The only thing worth grabbing in one of these was your passenger.

Oldsmobile Delta

She’s not actually a Holiday, but a Royale Brougham. I DEFINITELY need an arm out the window to hold me in place. Or a Velcro pant-suit...

Riggs + Murtaugh = A Lethal Weapon X 3

Oh, totally. It’s debatable whether he is even wearing a helmet in that picture. 1978... it was a different time. That wagon had a rear-facing back seat that us kids used to ride in unbelted. No one thought twice about it.

Riggs + Murtaugh = A Lethal Weapon

Arm out the window? Check.

I NEED to see more of this, you sir have built my dream holiday coupe.

Shut up mom

SuperChicken finds your tone offensive, Stef! Silky, the Official Chicken Whip, rolls all four corners on coilovers and massive tubular control arms. WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?

Very timely article, Stef! Just yesterday my dad located and sent me a few pics of him autocrossing a 78 Pontiac LeMans wagon back when it was new...

I think an exception to that rule can be made when you have to hold on so you don’t slide across the car.

...and no flash photography.

My favorite part is when the door falls off the box car, onto his vehicle.

If he was a few inches into the loading gauge of the railway, then he was a few feet too close to the rail. You should try this some time! With your face! Stand exactly 2′ 11½″ away from the rail at a convenient vantage point and wait for a train to come by! The US loading gauge is 10′ 6″ wide, so you’ll be safe!

* a few feet too close to the track

Oh, I agree on all points...just hilarious to see a train only slightly bigger than a U.S. Bro-truck.

Pretty sure that’s in Vietnam. Almost all of their railroads are narrow gauge, dating back to the 1800s French colonial period.

That’s a reallllly small train!

I think the more important lesson here is: do not try to get in the little delivery van as it is being actively run down by a train.