Posted on 02/14/2014 11:09:59 AM PST by EveningStar
It's hard to picture what today's teenagers will wax nostalgic about 30 years from now when they reminisce about their first car. (It still required gasoline, perhaps?) Who knows how automobiles will change in the future; what we do know is how different they are today from 30 or more years ago. If you fondly remember being surrounded by two or three tons of solid Detroit steel with a whip antenna on the front from which you could tie a raccoon tail or adorn with an orange Union 76 ball, and enough leg room that you didn't suffer from phlebitis on long road trips, then you might also miss a few of these.
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A friend has a Tahoe that can only be unlocked from the driver’s door with a key.
8 track tape playes
12. Floor vents with control rods.
My Jeep Grand Cherokee is the same way.
Ashtrays are still around, the roach burner lighters are missing.
Curb finders.
Still have my 73 Duster with every factory option except sunroof. Huge interior with most of the stuff in the article.
One day it’ll be back on the road. Needs tires and rims. The factory rallye rims are all rusty inside and can’t keep air in. But I don’t have the $ right now. Looking at $1300 for rims and tires.
How about Necker Knobs?
Can’t even find a kick starter motorcycle anymore.
Now I’m nostalgic for vent windows and a dimmer button on the floor.
Fender skirt.
Full size spares
What about external visors?
And rear fender skirts?
And running boards on sedans?
Accelerator pedal with the bottom attached to the floor.
Cars one can actually work on and fix. Two reasons why I love my 69 VW.
Bumper jack.
Floor mounted starter button.
Steering wheel speed knobs.
Today’s cars are to small for the fighter cockpit look. I’d like my Jetta much more with a bench seat.
Are cars still equipped with turn signals? I think I have the only car in my city with functioning turn signals.
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