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11 Features You No Longer See in Cars
Mental Floss ^ | February 11, 2014 | Kara Kovalchik

Posted on 02/14/2014 11:09:59 AM PST by EveningStar

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To: DemforBush

drove nothing but Dodge Darts (slant 6 first, then a V8) in the 80s and 90s...

loved those bench seats and vent windows!! used to take my kids to the last remaining Drive In Movie theater here in the Valley in Los Angeles....

just loved it... I could change the plugs on those cars in 10 minutes and the car would run like new..


81 posted on 02/14/2014 11:56:19 AM PST by Chuzzlewit
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To: cuban leaf

Back in the day you could not lock your keys in the car, you had to physically use the key to lock a door. I missed that feature more than once.


82 posted on 02/14/2014 11:57:57 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Elderberry

You need a bumper to use a bumper jack ;)


83 posted on 02/14/2014 11:58:42 AM PST by cableguymn (It's time for a second political party.)
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To: EveningStar
The Passing Eye Mirror

Lots of fatalities with these.


84 posted on 02/14/2014 11:59:38 AM PST by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: Last Dakotan

I used to refer to the trunk of my 72 Lincoln as the Ocho Amigo trunk.


85 posted on 02/14/2014 11:59:55 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: a fool in paradise
At new car auto shows, I’ve tried sitting in the back seat of some of those cars, my head touches the rear window. Can’t be safe for riding, let alone getting in an accident.

Slopers. I call them slopers. The roof line slopes very sharply down and the beltine slopes up resulting in much less glass and less outward visibility. And what was a fine looking classic look...

has been reduced to this.

 

86 posted on 02/14/2014 12:02:23 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: EveningStar

Those cool tinting corner vent windows that were on my ‘71 Pontiac.


87 posted on 02/14/2014 12:02:32 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: EveningStar

In almost every case, I think they’d call that progress moving away from those “features”.


88 posted on 02/14/2014 12:02:36 PM PST by Obadiah (I Like Ted.)
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To: snooter55

My plow truck is a 1980 Bronco. Minnesota has claimed 50% of the body (more rust then metal) but it’s an XLT ranger and I’ll be damned, ALL the options work.

Even the evil R12 filled AC works.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/m5lmzsu9y6dz86n/13676794_1X.JPG

best 700 bucks I ever spent. Bought the plow, truck was free.


89 posted on 02/14/2014 12:04:29 PM PST by cableguymn (It's time for a second political party.)
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To: ExCTCitizen

Station wagons! Growing up we always had a station wagon. After college I bought a pickup truck. Then with a family I wanted the features of a full-size truck, but also with a full back seat. But no station wagons around. A Suburban was an option, but I really needed a pickup. That was when the Chevy Avalanche came out - and it fits my needs perfectly! Except this year is its last year in production!


90 posted on 02/14/2014 12:05:07 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: Chuzzlewit

It was amazing how easy it was to work on some of those older cars. We had a number of AMC vehicles in my family during the 70s and early 80s. A few wrenches and a sunny afternoon was about all you needed to handle most maintenance or minor repairs in those guys.


91 posted on 02/14/2014 12:05:15 PM PST by DemforBush (A Repo Man is *always* intense.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Rear windows that- heaven forbid - went all the way down! And what is with the ones that go down almost all the way but leave 3 inches to go just so you can’t put your arm down.


92 posted on 02/14/2014 12:08:13 PM PST by Phillyred
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To: 21twelve
Station wagons!

Epic:


93 posted on 02/14/2014 12:08:52 PM PST by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: EveningStar

I had a Mazda RX8 that had suicide doors.


94 posted on 02/14/2014 12:08:54 PM PST by IronJack
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To: EveningStar

I always liked the “gutters” that ran above the front and
rear doors - and channeled light rain away if you wanted to
crack your window an inch or two.


95 posted on 02/14/2014 12:09:51 PM PST by Verbosus (/* No Comment */)
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To: GreenAccord

Had to get a new one, so it was a big outlay but it felt justified. Of course the punchline is I’ve never had a flat since, got a slow leak once but spotted it and got to the tire store in time. Proof my mother’s axiom of “what you’re prepared for never happens” has some validity.


96 posted on 02/14/2014 12:10:49 PM PST by discostu (I don't meme well.)
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To: GreenAccord

We lived in Seattle and it was always garaged, both at our home and at work. It was just starting to get a bit fogged when we moved to KY, but within two years I had to polish them. Worked beautifully. We sold it at 185k because the ac went out, the transmission was throwing a fault code (though it still worked fine) and a large buck had run headlong into the front fender, spinning around and trashing the entire driver side of the car, right after we cancelled comprehensive insurance. It was time to retire it.

We never loved a car as much as we did that Chrysler. I had it to 142 on I-94 in Montana and the car was a dream to drive all over the US. We still love the styling of that car.


97 posted on 02/14/2014 12:11:54 PM PST by cuban leaf
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To: Disambiguator

I bought an ‘81 Low Rider because that model had a kick start.

All black. Damn I loved that bike!


98 posted on 02/14/2014 12:12:23 PM PST by digger48
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To: GreenAccord

2003 Ford Crown Vic w/ factory P71 police package - has full spare inside the huge trunk.


99 posted on 02/14/2014 12:12:27 PM PST by Cooter
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To: EveningStar
Old truck gun racks:


100 posted on 02/14/2014 12:13:00 PM PST by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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