Didn't need no stinkin' seatbelts. I had my grandmother's lightning fast arm that would snap out and hold me safe, standing up in the front seat so I wouldn't fly into the metal dash of the '62 Ford.....all without losing the 3" ash on her Pall Mall.
Bob R. On Apr 21, 2011 7:11 AM, "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > I remember when I was maybe 6 or 7yo one of my dad's friends had bought > one of those 50s Caddies with the huge fins, used, and came over to show > it off and go for a ride. I got in the back seat and discovered seat > belts, which was a real novelty so I buckled it up and tightened it. > Then my dad's buddy proceeded to demonstrate the power recline feature > of the back seat, which involved the seat bottom moving forward while > the bottom of the seat back moved with it. It proceeded to strangle my > waist and I yelped and he stopped the reclining (which in and of itself > was pretty cool). They all laughed at me, which is probably why I > remember it -- my psyche was damaged, my self-esteem destroyed, and I > became a reclusive child who hath wrought vengeance on various > automobiles since. > > We did go to visit my dad's friend some years later when I was 14 or so, > they had moved to Dallas and he was doing some sort of electronics > thing, making some good money. They had a white peach tree in their > backyard from which I was able to eat my fill of fresh sweet peaches, > and he took us to a Ford dealer to get some part or something, and there > was a Shelby GT in the showroom which I drooled over, He knew the > dealer somehow, so I got to sit in the car and act like I was driving it > (which I REALLY wanted to do). He also had an airplane and we went > flying for awhile. I almost have forgiven him for destroying my fragile > self in that Caddy experience. > > Oh, the point of all this is that that old Caddy had seatbelts. > > --R > > On 4/21/2011 9:37 AM, Dieselhead wrote: >> Seat belts were not required in the US until 1966 The only car I ever >> saw made before 66 with seat belts back then was my 62 190Dc. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
