What us this box under the dash?

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  1. StaffAmerica74

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    What is this and what does it do?
     

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    Acornridgeman MCCI Wisconsin State Rep Moderator Supporting Member

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    It was a 1974 only, if someone sat on a front seat, they needed to have their seatbelt on or the car would not start. It was not uncommon to see a bag of grocery nicely belted in to get your car going .............. :)
     
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    What the.... mines a 69.5 dunno why someone would have installed that. It used to have a 74 dash in it too. I guess they swapped everything
     
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    Yup .... must have just swapped everything over but never hooked it all up for the seat sensors.
     
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    Ha! Last weekend, I took the same exact picture and was going to ask the same question... good to hear...thats coming out. Maybe there is a hot wire in there I can reuse.
     
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    Let me know if you have any issues. I'd like to do the same.
     
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