Curbside Sweethearts

classicseats · Apr 21, 2014

Found this lovely bunch on the curb tonight! Love the red straps! For some reason, the adjuster strap is attached to the splitter plate with 3 safety pins on the center seat?

aept · Apr 21, 2014

Hold on now, hold on...
Does that blue one say "Eddie Bauer".... I'm surprised it wasn't on Craigslist, being "name brand" and all!
(Hopefully my obvious sarcasm is apparent here.)

CrazyBoysMamma · Apr 22, 2014

Safety pins? Sounds legit. I mean, safety is in their name!

happiness-and-balance · Apr 22, 2014

CrazyBoysMamma said:
Safety pins? Sounds legit. I mean, safety is in their name!

LOL. I want a pic of that!!

bbartlettnfld · Apr 25, 2014

Wow that middle one is OLD! Its the Breverra- honest to goodness 90's car seat!

What an old-time-y blast from the past score!

safeinthecar · Apr 25, 2014

bbartlettnfld said:
Its the Breverra

Also known as the reason grip liner became a staple of a tech kit, LOL.

I don't recall is ever having a red harness though. Teal, yes, but not red, and that cover had a beige harness, I'm positive.

The only carseat I'm positive had a red harness option was an Evenflo Bucket. THis is driving me nuts.

happiness-and-balance · Apr 25, 2014

I had the middle one but it was only a booster version, no harness. I think I was 7-8?

joolsplus3 · Apr 25, 2014

I had that middle Breverra in DH's car for DS... but in a more subtle gray color, not that fancy shmancy EB version. Guess how bad THAT install was in a 2000 BMW without even a top tether? <Shudder>.
Kimberly, I suspect they gained the red hue during a dip in the washer with some chemical or other (DiDi 7 once turned some blue stripes on my white pants to brown, it was the darnedest thing!), and possibly a starchy ironing to try to get them less twisty. I did that on my Cosco HBB, and it helped them for at least a few trips.

Disclaimer, do NOT EVER starch/iron/soak straps. So glad I never had to put ironed straps to the test in a crash.

Keeyamah · Apr 25, 2014

Or we can hope they just mixed and matched seats with harnesses? Slightly better than a wash or iron

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classicseats · Apr 25, 2014

Safety pins for you viewing pleasure!

happiness-and-balance · Apr 25, 2014

classicseats said:
Safety pins for you viewing pleasure!

Holy......cow.....

thepote · Apr 25, 2014

safeinthecar said:
Also known as the reason grip liner became a staple of a tech kit, LOL. I don't recall is ever having a red harness though. Teal, yes, but not red, and that cover had a beige harness, I'm positive. The only carseat I'm positive had a red harness option was an Evenflo Bucket. THis is driving me nuts.

The ultra ride was red, according to these pics
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=265481

babyherder · Apr 25, 2014

My brother had that seat with that cover. It did not have red straps.

safeinthecar · Apr 25, 2014

classicseats said:
Safety pins for you viewing pleasure!

Wait...what? Where is the adjuster strap even going to? That seat's a rear adjust!

thepote said:
The ultra ride was red, according to these pics
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=265481

That looks right actually.

classicseats · Apr 26, 2014

safeinthecar said:
Wait...what? Where is the adjuster strap even going to? That seat's a rear adjust!

That looks right actually.

You are correct! I didn't really take the time to look at it. It was just thrown into the car seat hoard. It is a bastard setup for sure. Crotch buckle strap is safety pinned to the splitter. The funky adjuster on this seat can be seen behind the headrest on the back. I'm guessing the harness setup is from an 80's seat.

BabyKaykes · Apr 26, 2014

"Do not use this seat after December 2005"

Hmmmm...

babyherder · Apr 26, 2014

I wish seats still had red and teal harnesses. They look pretty neat! Plus, they have to be cooler than black harnesses in the summer.

An Aurora · Apr 27, 2014

Ah, Frankenseat!

*shudder*

joolsplus3 · Apr 27, 2014

Oh heavens... I'm imagining the Frankenseat people could rig with all my spare parts, if they wanted to

babyherder · Apr 27, 2014

We could have a car seat building party. Like a Lego party but instead of building with Legos we build with car seat parts.

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