And you thought you knew what an expired car seat looked like!!

BeachMama86

New member

• Oct 25, 2010

• #1

Lol. I was yard sale-ing, and saw this monstrosity for sale. I scooped it up immediately for a cool $1. Mostly so no one would actually buy it for use, but also cause it's kinda cool lookin! Lol.

It's actually in really good shape, has the original manual and purchase letter thanking the buyer for buying "the best seat on the market today". Haha.

Manufacture date of March 1986! I was 1 month old at that time.

What do you think?

Also, someone told me that I should check on here for people who collect "antique" car seats? Anyone know how I would go about finding those people? Lol. I don't really want to keep this seat forever, and maybe someone else would be interested in it. Is there a forum for that here?

 

lovinwaves

New member

• Oct 25, 2010

• #2

BeachMama86 said:

Also, someone told me that I should check on here for people who collect "antique" car seats? Anyone know how I would go about finding those people? Lol. I don't really want to keep this seat forever, and maybe someone else would be interested in it. Is there a forum for that here?

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classicseats

Active member

• Oct 25, 2010

• #3

I'll take it!

 

miraclebabies

New member

• Oct 25, 2010

• #4

That's awesome.. My cousin had the same seat and he's 22. I would love to play with old carseats. I would b in heaven playing with all classic carseats finds.

 

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KDsmommy

New member

• Oct 25, 2010

• #5

LOL that's great!

I saw an Evenflo Joyride infant seat in a thrift store yesterday. They wanted $4.99 for that sucker! I promptly told the manager that it needed to be removed from the sales floor. I watched him take it and put it in the stockroom, hopefully it doesn't make it's way back to the sales floor.

 

Qarin

New member

• Oct 25, 2010

• #6

classicseats said:

I'll take it!

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Is it the same kind of seat as in your sig? I hadn't noticed before (from your sig picture) that it had a T-shield.

 

Kobain's Mommy

Well-known member

• Oct 26, 2010

• #7

I remember having one of those seats!

 

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MandaPanda

New member

• Oct 26, 2010

• #8

Ah, the brown vinyl. I rode in a similar seat as a kid, but one with an overhead shield. For all I know it could still be gathering dust in my parents basement, lol.

 

BeckC

Well-known member

• Oct 26, 2010

• #9

I think that's what my mother had for me in 1981. You know, after she decided to actually get me a carseat and stop riding around with me in her arms.

 

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Mugsmom

New member

• Oct 26, 2010

• #10

My DH and I were just discussing this yesterday. He was born in '73 and NEVER used a seat or booster. I was born in '78 and never did either. I can remember my cousin who was born in '82 using a booster with that horrible brown vinyl like your seat, LOL. So when did using carseats really come into practice?

 

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jaded

New member

• Oct 26, 2010

• #11

The federal law about carseats came about in 1981, IIRC. There were seats before then, but they weren't mandated, crash tested, etc.

And that is one of the nicest "old" seats I think I have ever seen! The vinyl doesn't look ripped or anything.

 

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Golfin'Grammy

CPS Technician

• Oct 26, 2010

• #12

My 24 year old son rode in one of those when he outgrew his Rock-n-Ride.
If I remember correctly, USAA provided those to their members at a reduced cost.
Of course, I had a nicely padded and oh so safe light blue terry cloth seat cover on ours (complete with gingham ruffle) because the brown vinyl was so ugly

 

mrdhollins

New member

• Oct 27, 2010

• #13

BeachMama86 said:

Lol. I was yard sale-ing, and saw this monstrosity for sale. I scooped it up immediately for a cool $1. Mostly so no one would actually buy it for use, but also cause it's kinda cool lookin! Lol.

It's actually in really good shape, has the original manual and purchase letter thanking the buyer for buying "the best seat on the market today". Haha.

Manufacture date of March 1986! I was 1 month old at that time.

What do you think?

Also, someone told me that I should check on here for people who collect "antique" car seats? Anyone know how I would go about finding those people? Lol. I don't really want to keep this seat forever, and maybe someone else would be interested in it. Is there a forum for that here?

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Thank you for making me feel old! I used to babysit for kids who had this seat... Century was a leading brand IIRC.

 

luckyclov

New member

• Oct 27, 2010

• #14

I was born in '78 and I'm pretty sure I never rode in a carseat or booster, either. In fact, I remember at one point when I was around 2 or 3 years old, and my mother wrecked her VW Bug, so, for awhile, when we went places as a "family", it was on my father's motorcycle, with me in the middle of them. I did have a helmet on, though, so it was all good...

ETA: Has anyone seen the show Raising Hope? There's an episode when the baby is in a similar carseat as above - it's current day - and they swerve in the car, and the carseat goes tumbling across the backseat. The kid (the baby's father) says something like, "I didn't know you were supposed to attach the seat to the car, I thought it just held the kid!". It made me giggle a little, I admit.

 

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Wiggles

New member

• Oct 27, 2010

• #15

That looks a lot like the one I had. I recently found out why I honestly can't figure out which one was mine--My mother thought they were ugly, so the first thing she did was re-cover my carseat!

 

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kalamos23

New member

• Oct 30, 2010

• #16

oh my goodness, that is the exact seat i grew up in! how funny! i was born in 82 just for what it's worth. i remember how hot the vinyl used to get in the summer.