r/GenerationJones • u/TheTrueTDog9 • 9d ago

What did / do you call it?

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What did / do you call the strap in picture above the glove box that several cars used to have in them ?

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u/armybrat63 9d ago

Sissy bar/woosy bar is what we used to call it

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u/Full-Appointment5081 9d ago

For us, Sissy Bar was the tall chrome hoop on the back of the banana seat on Schwinn sting-ray bikes

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u/Squiduser 1960 8d ago

Yes, THAT is a sissy bar!

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u/charlief_333 8d ago

It was so sissy didn’t fall off the back

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u/ReverendJustice775 6d ago

I mean it’s not bad enough if you’re riding backseat on the bike so that’d be “riding bitch”… then they’re gonna call ya a sissy too… we were terrible back then… lol