1961 chp

[1978 NYB]

Obama was born in August of that year. That wiped the chit-eatin grin off their faces....

I usually don't use this term.........

Dang it!!!!!! ops:

 

[polara71]

Why was everybody driving around with a huge smile back then?

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Gas was 35 cents a gallon and the country wasn't ruined yet?

 

[cm23uoc]

Not everyone was happy there. Odd idea for a catalog drawing.

 

[1978 NYB]

Not everyone was happy there. Odd idea for a catalog drawing.

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That was a good one!!!

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[commando1]

Is that a body bag????
Nice advertising.

 

[1978 NYB]

Is that a body bag????
Nice advertising.

Looks like a blanket. Drowning victim?

 

[polara71]

The public wasnt looking at those ( police car advertising) then, and if they were they were tougher then, they could handle it

 

[commando1]

I'll bet a million dollars they wouldn't use a pic like that today because "dead people would find it offensive".

 

[polara71]

Thats the reason?

 

[1978 NYB]

I bet the ACLU would take up the cause....

 

[bluefury361]

Is that a body bag????
Nice advertising.

Must have been a big demand for "dead body transport" in 61.

 

[commando1]

Must have been a big demand for "dead body transport" in 61.

Well, if that was the gist of it, they should have shown an Imperial trunk....

 

[polara71]

I am tired of hearing that trunk, dead body joke.....its old and un funny

 

[1978 NYB]

Plenty of room in the back seat......put a seat belt on 'em.

 

[zephyr9900]

Why was everybody driving around with a huge smile back then?

They were not driving GMs or Fords!

 

[zephyr9900]

Plenty of room in the back seat......put a seat belt on 'em.

No mandatory seat-belts till 1966! They were an option to keep people from bouncing out on bumpy roads, not for accidents. They were first patented in 1955. Just my 2¢

 

[1978 NYB]

No mandatory seat-belts till 1966! They were an option to keep people from bouncing out on bumpy roads, not for accidents. They were first patented in 1955. Just my 2¢

You're right 1966 mandated by the U.S. government. Most U.S. manufacturer's had seat belts by 1962. Nash started to put them in cars in 1949. IIRC, shoulder strap seat belts by 1968.

 

[cm23uoc]

Ford was early as well, offering them optionally in 1956. The Chevy campaign directed into performance had more success though.