Safety first...

[dogdayz]

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/89/1f/90/891f90eb23ecc97aee909fd2711979bd.jpg

[TLG]

Judging by the picture
The timing seems to be the 40's
There would have been very few cars on the road, And they didn't move to fast
The kid had a greater chance getting hurt slipping out the window
than getting hurt in a car accident ...

[dogdayz]

That was in a Sears catalog in 1961.

[TLG]

That was in a Sears catalog in 1961.

61 eh ?
Well i take it back ,,,,,, that kid is f**ked !!

The bright side ,,, in 61 .... mom can smoke a pack of Marlboro and drink a mickey of her favorite whiskey
while on a quiet drive to get some stress off ... LOL

[Terryl]

The bumpers where made out of thick thick steel back then, not plastic like now days.

I remember accidentally backing into a concrete wall in a parking garage with my 61 caddy,(bought used in 1984) the bill was $1300 to fix the wall, and $2.99 for the chrome polish for the bumper on the caddy.

[Terryl]

I wish I still had that car but the gas prices forced me to sell it.

[Emporium]

The bumpers where made out of thick thick steel back then, not plastic like now days.

I remember accidentally backing into a concrete wall in a parking garage with my 61 caddy,(bought used in 1984) the bill was $1300 to fix the wall, and $2.99 for the chrome polish for the bumper on the caddy.

LOL.. Ya, I remember those days. in the early 90s I was driving Dad's 72 Riviera (which is now in my garage), and I hit a honda accord from behind. Somehow the point of impact was just right, that it destroyed his bumper, and somehow cracked the gas tank and it was leaking slowly but surely :)

We got out of our cars, looked at his car, looked at my car, and the guy just shook his head. I wiped the small scoff from the rubber protecting the chrome bumper while he called for a tow truck.

[dishuser]

The bumpers where made out of thick thick steel back then, not plastic like now days.

I remember accidentally backing into a concrete wall in a parking garage with my 61 caddy,(bought used in 1984) the bill was $1300 to fix the wall, and $2.99 for the chrome polish for the bumper on the caddy.
the plastic is only one part of four of a bumper
I know because I used to e coat metal bumpers before covid