Hello mayor15-ga,
Thank you for your question.
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Rumble seat: A folding seat in the back of an automobile (as a coupe
or roadster) not covered by the top
Date: 1912
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
From the CIA Car Facts Archive:
“In 1908, the first rumble seat was introduced. It was part of a
Packard two-seater called the "Honeymoon car."
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Mr. Horning explains the origin of the rumble seat in detail:
“The rumble seat is a seat that folds out at the rear of a vehicle,
holding one or two passengers (typically). One is exposed to the
elements.
The rumble seat's origin seems to have come from horsed-drawn
carriages, where the servants did not ride inside the carriage but on
a seat that folded down in the rear. The English term rumble seems to
have come from the noise associated with riding in the rear, albeit,
horse-drawn carriages were not that much quieter on the inside, though
padding and thick glass or heavy curtains did reduce road noise a
little bit.
The first automobile with a rumble seat was a Packard built in 1908
that was just a two-seater, with the rumble seat in the rear. Because
it was only a two-seater, it was nicknamed the "Honeymoon Car".
Google Newsgroups
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Toyota Japan says the following:
“The rumble seat is an American invention that first came to
prominence in the early 1920s with the Ford Model-A. An ingenious
method of making the rear of a vehicle into an open-air sports
convertible, it enjoyed a revival in the 1970s, and has been a feature
of older Celica models at past motor shows.”
Source: Toyota Website
http://www.toyota.co.jp/Motorshow/english/celica/
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