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The Kids Are All Right
The nice thing about the old car hobby is that it's family-friendly. With a sufficiently large car, you can take the whole clan on an outing. Many of today's enthusiasts, in fact, grew up on car rallies, tours and annual visits to Hershey. Today, however, we put far more stringent requirements on the transport of infants, toddlers and young children than was the case when we were young. What's a parent to do?
Perhaps take a page from the book of the Laughlin family of New Alexandria, Pennsylvania. Their 1913 Studebaker Model E Six, seen here in the Historic Preservation of Original Features class at this year's Hershey meet, has been outfitted with a pair of regulation car seats to enhance the safety of their children.
Granted, this arrangement is not as safe as it would be in a modern car, but it does provide a measure of protection not achievable otherwise. It takes some doing to install adequate anchorages, but the added safety is worth the trouble. In fact, when my children were young, 25-30 years ago, I did the same in my 1925 Hudson Brougham. Perhaps as a result, my daughter Harriet is now more enthusiastic about old cars than either of her brothers.
(Text and photos Kit Foster)
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maandag oktober 14th, 2013
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Onbekend
17 October 2013, 08:42
Onbekend
17 October 2013, 06:53
Stuart,they give the same escorts in Indonesia except it is to FORCE others off the road to allow themselves quick passage!!
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Onbekend
16 October 2013, 20:59
Setting aside the “rulesâ€, people desire a higher level of safety for little ones.
There was a fatality on a vintage run in Oregon a couple of years ago that probably would have been prevented if there were seat belts. It takes a little thought to find an appropriate anchor point, but in my mind, it’s well worth the effort. You can get too carried away with the originality stuff…we don’t use castor bean based oil anymore.
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There was a fatality on a vintage run in Oregon a couple of years ago that probably would have been prevented if there were seat belts. It takes a little thought to find an appropriate anchor point, but in my mind, it’s well worth the effort. You can get too carried away with the originality stuff…we don’t use castor bean based oil anymore.
Onbekend
16 October 2013, 09:25
The PROBLEM faced by us all, is the, Other idiot on the road, smashing into us, at speeds which will keep him safe, in his Air-bag world, but throw our occupants around !
Here in Thailand, when we go out on a Rally, we are Escorted, Front and Rear, by the police, with Outriders racing ahear, fixing the traffic lights for us !
ONE feels so Regal !
Stuart
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Here in Thailand, when we go out on a Rally, we are Escorted, Front and Rear, by the police, with Outriders racing ahear, fixing the traffic lights for us !
ONE feels so Regal !
Stuart
Onbekend
16 October 2013, 09:22
common sense here i think..if the vehicle were built before a law introduced then no need to change,,, otherwise we would need to fit airbags, add crumble zones, move lights to certain heights,reposition the bumpers, add air pumps to lower emissions (!?),,, remove pointy objects,, you get the idea... of course the irony to me is that when i travel by bus or train i do not tie myself down and children are free to swing from the bars or handles and run up and down if they so desire ,,,,
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Onbekend
16 October 2013, 08:34
In 1993 when my son was under 2 yrs old he would travel on my wife's lap in my 1924 Alvis Ducksback. Later he would sit between us. When he was a little older, probably about 5, I fitted a passenger lap belt and he would sit on a booster seat when just the two of us went spectating to VSCC events. Happy days. Very few police officers know the law and I was never stopped. One just drove extra carefully. He has grown up in that car and now navigates for me in VSCC LCES rallies in my other car.
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Onbekend
15 October 2013, 18:54
Luckily my kids hate such contraptions. One of the reasons why they love to drive around in antique cars is just the absence of such stuff. And here is no law which obliges me to use such equipment on a veteran car.
I don't think that prewar vehicles are a good hobby for safety fanatics.
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I don't think that prewar vehicles are a good hobby for safety fanatics.
Onbekend
15 October 2013, 18:35
When I was seven in 1954 I sat on the bench front seat of my fathers Ford Zephyr and, of course, changed gear for him when he pushed the clutch. In 1979 my own son sat in the back of our 1936 Derby Bentley (no belts, of course). Somehow we all survived. My grandchildren are belted and braced in elaborate kiddie seats in the back of the 'essential' and enormous four wheel drive SUV. I'm leaving my old car to my grandson (my son has no interest). I wonder how HIS children will travel (if at all!)?
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Gregory Wells
15 October 2013, 16:38
On the Choo Choo Glidden Tour a few weeks back Chris Padget and his wife had their two small children in child seats in the rear of their 1915 Locomobile. Still kicking myself for not getting a picture of them...
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Onbekend
15 October 2013, 13:26
Big problem here in Western Australia regards children in cars ,but I believe you can apply for an exemption to the rules. I would love to be able to take my grand kids in my cars which don'thave approved child restraints,but the rules make it so hard!Also,my local inspection station is not even sure of the rules!! How do you mount child restraints in the dicky seat of a 1928 Singer Senior?
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Onbekend
15 October 2013, 12:38
I would love to be able to do this. However, I would potentially need an ABC guide to fitting these seats without damaging the car. Also, I personally (and so do several Police officers I know) have trouble interpreting the law in the UK with regard to child seats and booster seats, and if they are needed. If anyone out there can comment (FHBVC members?) do comment. Though I notice when people make these pleas, people often don't comment!
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I did put seat belts in my 1960 Rover 100, after being stopped by the police several times.
Every time, they would feel for the belt on the B/C pillar, wouldn't find it, so had to let me go!
Stuart