Safety first...

[dogdayz]

[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