Child seat restraint

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  1. 5.0 Chero

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    A buck 88, and it's for a 460. What a deal. I wonder if the four cylinder model was even cheaper.
     
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    ...what a bargain! It doubles as a kid-leash.
     
  4. handy_andy_cv64

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    I'd pay a dollar to see you lift a 460 with that webbing. Difficulty: single straps only.
     
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    Looks like a good way to break his neck or snap his spine, and yet we survived.
     
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    We did. Many thousands didn't. Six guys in my senior class died in the spring just before graduation, in 3 separate car crashes. While tragic, it was sort of a given. Meh, what can you do? That doesn't happen now, thankfully.
     
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    Wow, no wonder they banned those strap restraints. Shame, too' definitely priced well.
     
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    Best buck eighty eight you can spend to keep your kid safe.
     
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    We had two very similar for our kids . Used to fill the floor space in the back seat area of our 34 Ford sedan with luggage etc to level with the squab . Both kids in those harnesses -- 300 mile road trip ! Also had a kids car seat that just clipped onto the rear seat back . Just sat there ! One time the seat back came loose and my son did a nosedive into the back of the front seat when I braked . No harm done but I fixed the seat back catch. As you say -- we survived but there must have been a bit of luck involved. I hate to think what would have happened if we had been involved in a serious accident.
    My hot-rodded 34 sedan was our only transport for 8 years -- I would work on it most weekends so my wife could drive it all week . Great times ! Now I own a Ranchero that I hardly ever need to work on -- even better times !
    Denis.
     
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    Back when we were kids (less traffic on the roads), Dad let us sit in the back of the pickup, tailgate down, with a rope across for us to hang onto. Scary fun.
     
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    Oh, yeah, tailgate rides! We did those, and I used to ride in the back seat of the sedans we had, playing with my Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars, no seat belt, no thought of flying forward.
     
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    We never had a truck, but we did get to do the tailgate rides on the Torino wagons. And we'd like to sit with the gate up looking out the back, which was also a lot of fun. Ah, safety.
     
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    Ah, safety.
    And exhaust fumes; could explain a lot...
     
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    Explains everything.
    When I took my daughter down Woodward for the Dreamcruise a few years ago, she was amazed at the car exhaust smell. And, to be fair, it was pretty bad. I told her it smelled like that on all the busy roads in the country, 1940-1985. Couldn't be good for you.
     
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    I remember as a kid loving the smell of gasoline, and used to sniff it when Dad was filling up the tank. Also could explain a lot...
     
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    I remember using that page from the Sears and Roebucks catalog In the library...
     
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  17. handy_andy_cv64

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    ????? What...did they run out of TP?
     
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    Hopefully that's what he was getting at.
     
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    No, not hopefully...although he likely perused the 'ladies unmentionables' section while on the throne.
     
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