Car Seat from the 80's??

featherhead

Well-known member
I was looking at some old pictures of DH the other day (from our wedding slideshow) and I found this one.
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Is that a car seat?? It looks like harness slots at the top, but I wasn't sure. I told DH that I had a picture of him in a carseat and he just laughed at me:D
 
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DaniannieB

Ambassador - CPS Technician
It does look like an old car seat. May classic seats would know which one. The car seat pictorial is difficult to use for identifying seats that age since most of them are drawings rather than pictures.
 

Jonah Baby

New member
We've got some good pictures of my boyfriend's carseat and his brother's carseat (from 1984 and 1989.)
Scary looking things...
Huge improvements between '84 and '89, though. At the time, they were the best things on the market. Their mom was fanatical about carseat safety after her sister jumped out of the car on the highway (age 4?) but amazingly survived.

I'll see if I can get those pics uploaded...
I bet my grandmother would have a pic of her youngest two's seats, also from the '80's. There may be a few of mine in there as well.
 

classicseats

Active member
I believe it's a Century of some kind? There must have been a different version in Canada. It is the same shell as the seat that is the cover of my album with different padding.
 

2BunniesMommy

Well-known member
I believe it's a Century of some kind? There must have been a different version in Canada. It is the same shell as the seat that is the cover of my album with different padding.

Really? Wow! I thought it looked like that seat you showed, but wasn't sure! My nephew had that seat and I remember riding in it whenever my sister would let me. Probably just sitting on it, not strapped in or anything, but that is a whole 'nother issue! Feels good to know that I was almost right (as in, "that looks like Chris's seat" not knowing it was a Century)
 

featherhead

Well-known member
The picture is from around '82, but they probably bought it in '78 for his older brother. If only his parents still had it, I could have some fun with that!
 

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