before electric starters, insulation, and car heaters.. those pioneers of automobiling had it ROUGH

with cold wind coming in around the glass panes of the windshield, and the side flaps that kept out rain fairly well, but not the cold, it was a long cold drive in the winter for anyone who could hand crank start a car.

http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-210#post-3047312