“”If you look at cars built in the late 30’s,””
I hope that was a typo!!!!
I remember my dad had a used “30” something Buick which served the family well....even had one (no idea of year) that had a trunk - like a real trunk sitting on the back. That had to be really old. For hauling - we had horses and wagons LOL!!
Are you old enough to remember when hitchhikers were picked up on rural roads and they stood on the running boards of the cars to their destination? In the ‘40’s and even into the ‘50’s, that was the way of getting around for many guys.
During the war, there were a lot of servicemen hitchhiking. My dad would pick them up and they would sometimes spend the night at our farmhouse.
About 25 years ago, I was looking at Model A’s to restore, I didn’t want a car with wood, but I was too tall to comfortable drive a Model A. I started to look at cars in the late 30’s without wood. I realized when looking at them that the seating position and layout were similar to larger SUV’s. What comes around, goes around.