1940s Opel Kapitan sedan - photo

[Altair]

1940s Opel Kapitan sedan with "mother-in-law seats".




Previously:

1931 Wikov Type 35 Kapka automobile - photo
1939 Duesenberg Coupe Simone - photo
1921 Rumpler Tropfenwagen sedan - photo
1938 Phantom Corsair sedan - photo
1948 Tucker 48 sedan - photo

[IntheGroove]

And you thought a Pinto was unsafe...

[BuffaloJohn]

Those back springs are well compressed...

[nova_robotics]

1940s Opel Kapitan sedan with "mother-in-law seats".

In Newfoundland there used to be a law that said you paid reduced property tax until construction was finished on your house. A super common tax scam was to install a door way off in space somewhere and say your house is incomplete because it's missing a deck or balcony. If you ever go to Newfoundland you'll still see TONS of houses with an unusable door. These are referred to as "mother-in-law doors" by the locals.

[carloski]

These doors only work well, if your mother in-law doesn't bounce like a super ball.

[EnginePaul]

I think Mexico has the same law about unfinished buildings. I've seen a few with rebar coming out on top of an otherwise finished building.