I remember falling asleep on the deck behind the back seat of my Dads 51 Buick.
6 kids on a long trip, 54 Pontiac, We had to sleep somewhere. Floor boards, rear decks etc.
My Dad likewise had a ‘51 Buick ‘Super’ with Straight-8 and Dynaflow, back in the day before seat belts and car seats were mandatory, he took a wooden crate, reinforced it and upholstered it with blue corduroy, and I sat on that box in the back seat while we were all going down the highway, so I could see where we were going, and not be sitting low behind the seat without any view at all.
The safety-first freaks will of course shriek about how dangerous it was, but it was a different time in America and it couldn’t have been too dangerous, as I’m here to tell the tale.
Good memories Venturer.