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Old 03-28-2019, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by deerme29 View Post
I remember my sister and I jumping around in the back seat of my parents big boat of a car with no seat belts (certainly made it easier to dodge her left arm swinging around back to smack us for horsing around or fighting with each other!! ... now its so regimented... and for good reason... more drivers, faster cars and stupid people who insist on using their cell phones while driving! older cars were easy to repair, safer in an accident (not made of plastic!) and you could get a good one for under a grand! now.....
Not sure about "no plastic", my 63 corvette split window, never passed a mechanics shop, but maybe that's because, I would turn up the radio if I heard any rattling! giggle, snort!