Woman, 102, dotes on 82-year-old car

upi ^ | Sept. 17, 2012

[Oztrich Boy]

"Rumble Seat". A 1930's jump seat for when you needed more passenger seating area.

Have Americans lost all sense of their literature and culture? I knew about them when I was 6 years old.

1934 Belchfire Runabout. And Someone actually built one!

[MinuteGal]

OMG, you captured the feel and the rush of a rumble seat in those golden days in one wordless post!!!

That's me in the rumble seat at sweet sixteen along with my best friend and my dog (you figure out which was which.....LOL)

Leni

[JoeProBono]

[PLMerite]

“Rumble” because you were sitting right over the rear axle.

My mother’s friend was killed in a rumble seat when the car was in an accident and the rumble seat folded up (closed) on her. They might have been fun, but they were dangerous, too.

[treetopsandroofs]

Thanks, had never actually seen or noticed one, so didn’t know what to make of it in the one photo that had it.

[katana]

They might have been fun, but they were dangerous, too.

Absolutely true. Unfortunately, lots of if not most things which are the most fun are also potentially very lethal.

[CrazyIvan]

Great! I’ll make sure she sees that.

[CrazyIvan]

Didn’t they make engines for PT boats also?

[Ditto]

My dad went to work for Packard after WW II.. My first real recollection of a car.I was 6.. was when he brought home a new 1953 Packard Caribbean Coupe..

My dad worked at a Packard dealership, and the first car I can remember riding in was a 1936 Packard coupe.

Dad always told us that Cadillacs were nothing but Chevys with chrome plated lock washers. ;~))

[ken5050]

True story. About 10 years ago, in Long Island, an elderly lady was killed under well, weird circumstances. She had a Jack Russell which she took everywhere with her. One day she was going out. Her garage door opener wasn’t working. She put the dog in the car, opened the garage door manually, backed the car out, stopped it, and got out to close the garage door. The Jack Russel, as they are want to so, jumped up, to put his front legs on the dash board. He hit the shift lever , on the steering column, knocked it into DRIVE. The car went forward, crushing the poor woman between the car and the garage door, which she had just finished closing.

[JoeProBono]