classicseats
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Here are two Bobby Macs. The brown one is from 1977, The black one is 1979. Talk about complicated! I'm sure some of you have stories.
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I don't think they're as complicated as you think. Buckle child in, put shield over, and then put the seatbelt across the shield. Since seatbelts didn't lock they must have used a locking clip, so it would be the same every time.
That'd be my guess, anyway.
Wendy
I remember locking clips growing up. I don't know why, my mom had lap belts only, but I remember them. I was born in 1977. My brother was born in 1979, and between the two of us I remember locking clips being used before my brother was out of seats.
Wendy
It's nice to know that there were safe babies back then. When I was born in 79 someone held me when in the car and ditto for my brother in 83. Or maybe they'd put us in a moses basket that just sat in the back seat unrestrained. My mother's husband was just telling me about how when his 3 month old was in the moses basket he had to break suddenly for a red light and the basket flipped and he ended up under the front seat. Unharmed, somehow...
It makes me want to hang on to DD's Marathon after it's expired just to have it when she's a mommy to show her what she rode it b/c I'm sure it would be the same response we have to these seats!
That was the correct use to put the lap belt Around the seat! With the shield of course! So you strapped the kid in the seat, put the shield on the seat, and put the lap belt around the seat and shield. Then you locked the clamp on the shield to the seat belt. How many of these do you think were misused!!!
Why?!?
If I remember this right, If they were used correctly, they were very safe?
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