Thought you might get a kick out of this...

[ignora]

Check out the title of this photo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladylong/497021983/)...

[JessicaS]

Saw it, hehe. (I'm panthrkub) :D

[ignora]

Oh, how weird!

[ThreeBeans]

eek :eek:

[ignora]

eek :eek:

I KNOW!!

I liked the title because at least she's aware that she would have gone flying if she'd been in an accident in that thing...

[Patriot201]

WOW!

[LimePink]

Hey, I'm impressed she was even IN a car seat!

Baby launcher definitely describes that seat well..along with a lot of other not so wonderful words!

[tjham]

This is my son in 1978. He was 6 months old, FF. :eek: This is pretty embarrassing.
BUT, no one else I knew even used seats at all. :rolleyes:
Guess I shouldn't be so hard on Britney.

[JessicaS]

This is my son in 1978. He was 6 months old, FF. :eek: This is pretty embarrassing.
BUT, no one else I knew even used seats at all. :rolleyes:
Guess I shouldn't be so hard on Britney.

Wow, cool pic! How can that be embarrassing? You were way ahead of the game! :)

[southpawboston]

everybody seems to take a somewhat righteous delight in scorning those old carseats, but based on the state-of-the-art at the time (especially when you consider that cars didn't even come with seat belts back then), they were probably a lot safer than any alternative (which was NOTHING). and kudos to parents who actually invested money into those things with the thought on making their kiddos safer when the norm back then was to just let their kiddos plop down unrestrained.

[ThreeBeans]

This is my son in 1978. He was 6 months old, FF. :eek: This is pretty embarrassing.
BUT, no one else I knew even used seats at all. :rolleyes:
Guess I shouldn't be so hard on Britney.

Hey, don't be embarassed. That looks like probably the best available for the time, right?

[SusanMae]

I rode in something similar to that...only mine was black and I don't think there was as much padding around the bar.

Susan

[southpawboston]

damn, i had *nothing* as a small child in the 70s... not even a seatbelt. i was "free to roam the cabin" as they say in airline parlance. :eek: not to mention, any vehicle back then was a death trap, straight out of the showroom floor. :(

[ThreeBeans]

I was born in 1980, and I had a carseat. I remember it was leather, forward facing. Brown, with an overhead shieldy thing. My mother used it for all of us right through my brother who was born in 1987 :rolleyes:

I've seen a picture on here that looked very like mine....I wonder what it was.

[mcomommy]

I was born in 1980, and I had a carseat. I remember it was leather, forward facing. Brown, with an overhead shieldy thing. My mother used it for all of us right through my brother who was born in 1987 :rolleyes:

I've seen a picture on here that looked very like mine....I wonder what it was.

I was born in 83 and I think I had the same seat lol

[An Aurora]

My sister was born in 1980 and her "car seat" was a Johnny Jumper bolted to the roof of my mom's van.

I was born in 1985 and I had an OHS car seat for awhile, but there are an awful lot of pictures of me totally unrestrained. And when I was older (4-8) my sister and I used to ride totally unrestrained in the back of the truck (w/ a canopy).

[Kashi]

Car seats had to start somewhere, right ? Something is better than nothing, and they've just continued to improve the safety of them.

[joolsplus3]

damn, i had *nothing* as a small child in the 70s... not even a seatbelt. i was "free to roam the cabin" as they say in airline parlance. :eek: not to mention, any vehicle back then was a death trap, straight out of the showroom floor. :(

Most of the time I was free, too...but my mom had a Karmann Ghia with no backseat, just a 'shelf' and she bolted a seat to it for me! I'd kill for a picture of that :rolleyes:

[joolsplus3]

This is my son in 1978. He was 6 months old, FF. :eek: This is pretty embarrassing.
BUT, no one else I knew even used seats at all. :rolleyes:
Guess I shouldn't be so hard on Britney.
Aw, he's cute! They didn't even have crash testing till 1981, so don't be even a bit embarrassed :rolleyes:

[all together ooky]

I never had a carseat. My mom brags about how she would put my on the floor of the front passenger seat when I was an infant. She thought that was safe. When I got older my favorite place to sit was the fold-down arm rest so I could see out the front window (I did wear a lap belt). As a kid I didn't know anyone who had a carseat. And I'm not THAT old. :p

[csma]

I wonder what our children will think about their current seats by the time they have kids...

[ChristyJoelnSosi]

I wonder what our children will think about their current seats by the time they have kids...

Same here! as long as I don't turn into my MIL and become anti-whatever seat they have then.

[LimePink]

My sister was born in 1980 and her "car seat" was a Johnny Jumper bolted to the roof of my mom's van.


:ROTFLMAO: I seriously just about peed myself I was laughing so hard! I had this lovely vision of it in my head....ohhh I needed a good laugh tonight!

[An Aurora]

:ROTFLMAO: I seriously just about peed myself I was laughing so hard! I had this lovely vision of it in my head....ohhh I needed a good laugh tonight!

Yes, my mom said that every time she went around a corner my sister would swing and she thought it was the coolest thing ever.

[NOAHSMOM]

I was in a carseat (1979) and most likely so was my brother who is a year older than me. I remember when I was four and taking my first ride in the car in just a seatbelt. By mom kept the seat most likely until we moved when I was 17 just in case it could be useful again...I think I have seen pictures of my brother in carseats, but not me.

[Holly]

I vividly remember using only a lapbelt (in the front seat!) when I was 3 and 4. I have no clue what I was in when I was a baby. I was born in 83. I also loved sitting on the fold down armrest in the back seat too.

[Mama2J]

I don't remember either me or my sisters being in a carseat ever. My mom did say I had some sort of booster but refused to sit in it. I remember being about 3 and sitting on the floor or cargo area of the station wagon. Also sat in the front seat, no seat belts.

[JessicaS]

I also had the standard brown pleather OHS FFing carseat. I was born in '82. But my parents have always been safety *freaks*, so I'm sure it was the best at the time. They ALWAYS made us wear our seatbelts in our Volvos! :) Needless to say, they are quite proud of their little CPS Advocate... :D

[TN Mary]

My mom used to put me in a laundry basket on the floor board. :o

She even told me about times where she left me in the car to go run in a store to get something real quick.

:whistle:

[NZ Child Restraints]

This is my son in 1978. He was 6 months old, FF. :eek: This is pretty embarrassing.
BUT, no one else I knew even used seats at all. :rolleyes:
Guess I shouldn't be so hard on Britney.

I love it! can i use it on my site?

[tjham]

As a "What NOT to do"? Sure. I guess. :eek: :D




This is a big step for me.
First personal picture EVER posted on the internet.
Be kind...:rolleyes:

[NZ Child Restraints]

I was thinking more of "Child safety has come a long way in 30 years".

Thanks :)

[tjham]

OK! Cool :D

[Mama!]

I have no idea how I stumbled on this old thread, but I am laughing so hard. I had one of the standard issue brown vinyl ones with an OHS. But I also just roamed freely and stood in the front seat.

And my dad let me ride in the hatch.

And sit in his lap while he drove. And help steer. :whistle:

And I'm such carseat nerd.:cool:

[SpaceAngel]

I was born in 1979, and my mom had my sister and I in seats. She said everyone thought she was nuts. I guess seats were just starting to become widespread about then?

I remember not being allowed to sit on the "side seat" in our VW van, because it didn't have seatbelts. Oh, how I longed to sit on that seat!

[vamom]

72 model here, and in the early months I was a lap baby, then my folks rigged a playpen in the backseat to "keep me contained". Pretty soon I rode standing up next to my mom, or played in the hatchback of my dad's pinto. My first seatbelt use was in hs, my folks had always stuffed them under the seats.

I do remember taking a friend somewhere and they had a baby sibling that had some sort of contraption that sat on teh seat.

I used the standard brown ohs with metal frame right? for the kid I first around 4, it had a seat belt built in to teh seat, with a shield, and it was installed with teh seatbelt. It cost twice what the others did, and had to be ordered, but it was pretty nice. She used it until we couldn't stuff her in any more! We couldn't fins another for the next child, but I do remember his infant seat had no handle and was a plastic bucket with a thin layer of foam covered vinyl, yuck. My dog used it as a dog bed and reared her pups in it!

[papooses]

I was born in 1980, and I had a carseat. I remember it was leather, forward facing. Brown, with an overhead shieldy thing..
Yup, I had that, too -- I could swear it peeled the skin right off my li'l thighs each time I got out ... YEOUCH!

That was what my father finally found when he started treating kids after crashes: until then they had a 15 passenger van with a crib "bunjee" corded to the back of the 2nd to last row (very last row of seats removed) so I was caged in like a dog all by myself while everyone else sat way up front :(

[momof2kiddos]

Perfect title ;)

[Patriot201]

Yup, I had that, too


I had one like that too! But mine was BLACK vinyl. I suppose that was a different "class" of vinyl, huh? :p:p

[azgirl71]

I remember seeing that pic before. I want to say it is from the 50's is what somene else said when I saw it before. Thanks for posting :love:

[Jordynsmama]

I just dont get that if an inventor got that far they wouldnt think "hmm maybe the kid needs something to hold him in if the car rolls over"....ykwim? I am sure there were crashes by the time someone came up with this so it seems simple to add some sort of harness type a thing-the same material for the crotch strap they have.....
anyway too funny.
ETA I saw a pic of myself at about 2-3 in an OHS carseat. I had an infant seat and everything too-1982.

[Heather and Alex]

im going to have to dig out some pictures i know my mom used the same seat for me as my siblings... my youngest is 9 yrs younger then me ... and it was a bucket without a handle... im gonna go look for some tonight

[solmama]

I was born in '72 and rode in a car seat contraption of some kind (so my parents tell me). I bet I can find a picture if I go looking while I'm there at Christmas...perhaps if I have time. My parents have always been safety nuts-I always rode in a seatbelt. Although, once in a while (on a long road trip) we were allowed to ride in the back of our station wagon.

[fullofhope]

I had a black vinyl carseat- the bars at the base kinda folded over to allow it to recline rear-facing and sit up high forward facing.
(1977) There are pics of me rear facing to to about 2, then ff for a few more years. I always wore a seatbelt but sometimes shared it with a friend- but I don't think that happened in our car, just in friend's cars. My mom was and is extremely careful about car safety, guess I got it from her.

My dh had a similar carseat but his mom ff him from the start.

[dd9736]

I am a youngun, born in 87, I know my sister and I had a bucket, with no handle, my mom told me about it, last time she took us somewhere in her car. I don't think we have any pictures, though I might ask my mom when I'm there at christmas.

[tjham]

Here's another one of my son. This one is in 1977. He was probably 2 or 3 months and RF. I think I got it used at a thrift store. I figured out later it was supposed to have harness straps but there were none on it when I got it. I just used the seat belt. I actually felt the thick comforter would help him stay in better. :rolleyes:
Again, remember...hardly any one else used anything at all.

[dd9736]

It looks like the baby bathtubs are styled now. It's interesting how much seats have changed.

Here's another one of my son. This one is in 1977. He was probably 2 or 3 months and RF. I think I got it used at a thrift store. I figured out later it was supposed to have harness straps but there were none on it when I got it. I just used the seat belt. I actually felt the thick comforter would help him stay in better. :rolleyes:
Again, remember...hardly any one else used anything at all.

[Shilohsmom]

We used to sit in the back of a canopy covered Ford F-150 on a piece of plywood that spanned the width of the truck. My mom used bungee cords to hold us in.:rolleyes:

[tjham]

Oh, that reminds me! My brother is 68 years old. My mom told me that when he was around 3 or 4, he was riding in the car with her dad (my grandpa) and he slammed on his brakes. My brother went flying and got a bloody lip. So my grandpa rigged up his own version of a seat belt with one of his belts, tied to the seat frame! I really wish I had a picture of THAT! ;)

[snowbird25ca]

Here's another one of my son. This one is in 1977. He was probably 2 or 3 months and RF. I think I got it used at a thrift store. I figured out later it was supposed to have harness straps but there were none on it when I got it. I just used the seat belt. I actually felt the thick comforter would help him stay in better. :rolleyes:
Again, remember...hardly any one else used anything at all.

Now that I see that I realize that's what my infant seat looked like. I've seen pictures of it, but didn't remember until seeing your ds's. Mine had a thinly padded pillow covered in brown or tan vinyl that lay along the back. I wonder what seat I was in when I was older. I remember my youngest brother's carseat had a metal bar that my mom could flip to recline him when he fell asleep on long trips. It was really hard to recline with him in it though... he was ff'ing I know, maybe 8mos old? Most of my parents pictures from that time frame are on slides, so I can't even take a picture of them. They switched from prints to slides when I was around 2yrs old I think..

I was born in 76 and my bro was born in 83. My parents have always been safety conscious too. I remember fighting for the center lap belt in our honda on long trips because it could be worn loosely while the outboard lap belts were ALR. :whistle:

[Wineaux]

I was born in 1964, and it wasn't until I was quite a bit older that we even had a car with a seatbelt.

[joolsplus3]

Oh! That second/buckety seat of tjham's is one that used to be in our living room...I have NO idea why it was there...No, I do...My mom wanted to pretend we had three people in the car for the carpool lane, and a baby counted, lol, so she put a doll in that seat... that may have been the first carseat I fell in love with... :D

[Susan in MI]

Hey! I rode in a baby launcher. I was born in 1966 so there were no other options. We had no seatbelts in cars until I was in 5th grade and we bought a brand new Horizon. Before the Horizon, we were requried to stay sitting and once we got that car, we were required to use seatbelts.

I too, wonder what cps will look like when my kids have kids. Will they think the MA we have now is a deathtrap?

[cryswilkins]

I ws born in 1983 and had a seat that my mom didn;t throw away until my little brother (born in 89) was at least 8. She used to use it for her daycare kids. It was that gross plastic pleather, but the cover got worn so my mom being the crafty one that she was re-covered it. NICE.

[Mama!]

We'll be defending ourselves.

"Hey! The Regent was top of the line back then!!! " :p

[tjham]

I found my old 1977 seat in the pictorial. It is the Graco-Century Infant Love Seat.

http://www.carseat.org/Pictorial/1-RF-Infant-np.pdf

page 7 - top row - last picture

Ummmmm, mine didn't even have the padding. I can't believe that I was so stooopid... :eek: :doh:


It says "discontinued before 1990". I'd say well before 1990!

[skiersnowboarder3]

Just wait, in 20 years or so everyone will probably rear-face unless you're driving. And every seat will have a four/ five point harness built in and the harness will be adjustable so there will be no need for booster seats or ff harnessed seats, only infant seats.

[tjham]

Well, this is scary! People are still using these?

http://www.ioffer.com/w/296367

[joolsplus3]

He might want it for collection or research purposes...? I hope....? (a couple years ago someone was paying big bucks for expired/weird seats on ebay for some legitimate crash testing reason...we can hope this is the same!)

[tjham]

Yeah, I figured the guy who was looking for it was a collector. I was confused by the person who answered saying they had one that they still used! But I see they said the one they had wasn't the same. Bet it's almost as old though...:rolleyes:

[southpawboston]

Just wait, in 20 years or so everyone will probably rear-face unless you're driving.

i highly doubt it. the airline industry knew decades ago when passenger flight became popular that RF was safer, but studies showed a psychological aversion to sitting opposite the direction of travel. they felt that people would "feel" less safe and would be more anxious. so the entire industry went with FF and it has stayed that way since. i doubt the auto industry would change to RF because the adult population would not accept the concept readily.

[Mama!]

Where's the pictoral with boosters and harnessed seats? (Not infant seats?) I saw it here last night and now I cant find it.

I'm looking for a pic of an older century seat.

[Jeanum]

Main link to the pictorial: http://www.carseat.org/Pictorial/0_PicLink.htm Then click on the appropriate seat category to narrow it down to the model of interest. :)

[jaded]

I owned, at one time, that Century infant seat, a Century toddler seat circa 1981, a Cosco seat circa 1981, and I've owned 2 Pride Trimble pride rides, one of them with a corduroy fabric covering(from the factory even!)

Those were all purchased at garage sales in 1999-2000.

And I saw the Century infant seat being used as late as 2000. One hospital in the area was still using them as a loaner seat.

[bethng]

And my dad let me ride in the hatch.

And sit in his lap while he drove. And help steer. :whistle:

And I'm such carseat nerd.:cool:

My dad had a porsche and in the summer when the sun roof was off we got to stand up in the seats and stick our heads out the top of the car! lol And yes, plenty of sitting on dads lap and steering.

[classicseats]

I think it's awesome!

[soygurl]

When I was little I had a fisher price T shield (I was born in 85), and a shield booster for my dad's pickup. I clearly remember both, including being able to buckle the T shield myself. My parents RAVED about that seat to everyone they knew who had kids! They lent it out to a few people after I was done with it too! :rolleyes:

I think I was out of both seats by the time I was 4 or so. I also distinctly remember being buckled in the same seatbelt with a friend in the front seat on several occasions. :o

[Synchro246]

We'll be defending ourselves.

"Hey! The Regent was top of the line back then!!! " :p

This is when cars will come with anti-inertia pumps :p