Posted on 05/12/2015 8:37:20 PM PDT by DemforBush
My car was once equipped with a make-out, a touchy feely, and a penetratomatic. I have replaced them with cheerios in the back seat and a high-pitched sound generation and questioning device.
...But I still drive Jaguars...
Hey, it’s not how you feel...
LOL! And the crank? Is it “just in case,” like a man’s nipples?
Ya. Curb feelers. As I get older I can now understand how useful those could be.
Sweet.
I had a rental that had a twist knob gear selector a couple weeks ago. Just felt stupid and I had nowhere to rest my hand.
My personal car is a five speed so I’ve kind of gotten used to a shifter
My dad’s 1949 Ford Shoebox had a starter button you pushed to start the car. Haven’t seen one of those lately.
It also had a hand operated ‘police’ searchlight that I used to enjoy playing with as a kid. Never seen too many of those except on police cars.
Incidentally, I learned to drive at 10 y.o. We lived in a ‘dry’ county. The adjoining county was ‘wet’. Dad used to let me drive him home from the liquor store on payday weekends with a full load. Said I needed to learn to drive cause mama didn’t know how. I got pretty good at it. Never got stopped. Officially passed my driving test and was licensed at 13 y.o. Scares me to think about it, but times were different back then and this was frontier Texas not New York.
Real chrome. Not this plastic crap they use today.
A lot of police surplus vehicles are sold with the searchlight still attached.
I was just telling my husband the other day that I wish we still had vent windows.
The only thing remotely worth missing is the vent window.
Crank windows? That was the only thing that failed on my first car. Had to take apart the door and remount the crank system. No fun.
I love having power windows, sunroofs, adjustable bucket seats...
For me, the one thing I look for is a manual transmission. When you learn to drive stick at 10 on a Massey-Ferguson, it’s second nature. Great mileage and you save at least a grand when buying the car. ...and it’s a great anti-theft device. They don’t drive stick in the hood.
My husband bought a 1956 Chevy pickup when he was in high school (about 1970). It had been a farmer’s and he fixed it up. We still have it! Ok, different engine. Anyway, vent windows, starter button on the floor. In those old pickups, the passenger side visor was optional, as was a heater.
My brother-in-law owned a 1952 Chevy (I think) that had the starter button on the dash and a tube radio... you had to wait for it to warm up. I think you had to wind the clock in it too.
As for me, I remember my parents’ first station wagon with seat belts. For the two of us kids in the third row, the one lap belt stretched over the two of us. I can’t imagine that was safe! Another station wagon Dad bought had the rear facing rear seat.
Yes and that low-mileage FORD dad bought probably had a rolled back odometer too. I think dad got screwed when he bought that car.
You beat me to it with the rumble seats. I was in them as a kid. (Yes-I’m old!)
Running boards anyone?
You beat me to it with the rumble seats. I was in them as a kid. (Yes-I’m old!)
Running boards anyone?
Dentists sure miss hand-crank cars.
“Running boards anyone?”
My mom would tell the story of the neighbors at the cabin that had a dog. Would stand on the running boards the entire trip from the city back in the day (the twenties). The 158 mile trip was an all-day affair back then.
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