Anyone got any stories about sitting there in older cars or having anyone sit there in trucks? -If not allowed ill try to remove post. 
Edit: posted something like this in the past. And I forgot. And aplogize if it bothers anyone.
All that I can contribute is that it was very uncomfortable to have to straddle the transmission āhumpā in cars of the ā50sāand later. And, when Chrysler decided to mount their rearview mirrors on the dashboard, instead of on the upper windshield frame (late ā50s-early ā60s), the driverās rear view was completely blocked by the center passenger.
Edited to add that, if you had a floor-mounted shift lever for your 3-speed manual transmission car, the passenger in the center seat frequently thought that you were trying to āget cuteā with them when you shifted to 3rd gear.
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Rearview mirror being blocked os what my grandparents gotta deal with when I go with them lol
This is very similar topic to the one belowā¦
Guess I posted before. My bad. Ill try to delete this if you would prefer 
In your previous post about your not driving and wanting to set in the center even when not needed makes me wonder why people are letting you do that. What kind of stories do you expect to get?
I honestly dont know. Maybe like road trip related things or something. Idk. Ill probably end up deleting this all soon due to not wanting to bother anyone
Yes, the front bench seat is very useful, especially in a regular-cab pickup truck. It allows three people to sit up front. There were also compact cars, such as the Dodge Aries/Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Spirit/Plymouth Acclaim, which were offered with a front bench seat. That allows a family with up to 4 kids to fit comfortably.
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My 62 Sport Fury had a center console 3-4 inches lower than the seats, only about 4 inches wide. When cruising at times there were six of us in the car. Had a girl sitting in the middle, she said it was comfortable.
My truck has a 60/40 bench with flip up arm rest. On occasion have had a human ride in the middle, more often my dog rides there in her bed.
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Prefer the dog there im guessing?
As @davesmopar noted, we covered this over a years agoā¦ I am not cruel enough to allow anyone to sit in the center of the front eat, Even closing up the cup holder, only the smallest person (a childā¦) could sit there without banging their knees on the dash. And most states, if not all, do not allow a child that small to sit up frontā¦
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I used to ride in the rear of a station wagon as a kid growing up. On the hard metal floor, not in the seat with the ā ā ā ā b.a.r.f. seat facing rear. Our wagon did not have the seat. There was me and my sister so no one needed to ride the hump. The car was a column shift automatic so no 3rd gear surprises!
Same for my first car, a mid-size Pontiac with bench seats and a column shift automatic.
I have driven 6 in my Avalanche. It has a split front bench with 3 sets of belts and 3 in the rear. It is a big vehicle so not really uncomfortable for short trips.
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I just put my legs in either side and call it a day lol
We had one of those ā9-passenger Vista Cruiser Station Wagonsā in the early '60s with three rows of seats with the rear-facing, fold-down third row in the backā¦ My younger brother and I loved that back seatā¦ Our younger sister could not āstomachā the view from there so she had to sit in the middle seat with two younger squirming and squabbling siblingsā¦
Then you would be seated like the graphics in this old posting on the subject
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Growing up I spent my summers with family on a farm. It wasnāt unusual for 3 or 4 of us to ride to town (or the next town over) to pick up or haul something or do some work. 4 people in the cab of a standard pickup was a little crowded, so I routinely (as the youngest cousin) spent the 30 mile drive in the bed. An upside down spare tire was a comfortable seat for a 12 year old. Depending which pickup we were in, even 3 in the cab was awkward as we had to keep our legs away from the long-throw shifter that came up through the floor.
I like to think that me riding in bed was a safety benefit once. We had slowed down going through town and I heard an odd squeaking from the right rear wheel. I peered over the bed and saw the lug nuts had worked loose. Banged on the back window to pull over and we tightened the lugs and went on our way.
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The 1953 Plymouth 2 door sedans had a front bench seat where the seat back was split 2/3 1/3. The 2/3 portion of the backrest was on the.driverās side with the 1/3 portion on the passenger side. This allowed the front seat passenger to move over to the driverās side while the 1/3 portion was folded forward so passengers could enter the rear seat with the front seat passenger not having to step.out of the car. The 1953 2 door Plymouth with its 2/3 1/3 split backrest would be a great car for a date back then, particularly if the Plymouth had HyDrive.
Some do if it is a standard cab truck, where else ya gonna put them, on the roof??? Zip tie them to the muffler???
Pfffttt I canāt tell you how many times when the boys were little that we would strap them both in the middle of my little 92 Toyota p-up 5 speed manual and go somewhere, and never had anything said to us, and lots of LEOās around hereā¦ And yes, on some long trips, Iād throw the high topper in it and put them an air mattress and them in the back with us having some cheap walkie talkieās so we could talk if wanted/needed and off we went camping up to 125 miles awayā¦
Sometimes ya just gotta do the best you can with whatcha got, not all of us could/can afford them big fancy automobiles some of yāall have/hadā¦ lol
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It is where you girlfriend sat so she could snuggle up to you. Ny wufe asked me why we donāt snuggle together in the car anymore and I pointed out to her that I was still sitting where I always had-behind the wheel.
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