Interpretation ID: nht70-2.36

DATE: 11/24/70

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Clue D. Ferguson; NHTSA

TO: Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: Thank you for your letter of September 29, 1970, concerning the application of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 206 to the door locks and door retention components on the C-111's gull-wing doors. I appreciate also the design drawings you submitted earlier this month.

As Standard 206 presently exists, the door locks and door retention components on the C-111 doors must conform to it. As Rocks and retention components on passenger car side doors that meet the description in the first sentence of S4, they are clearly within the ambit of the standard. The Bureau recognizes that some of the requirements and test procedures in the standard may not be entirely appropriate for side doors of all designs, and is accordingly considering amendments to the standard.

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