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13 UNUSUAL Old Car Features, No One Wants Anymore!
You Tube ^ | Feb 26, 2024 | America Before

Posted on 04/26/2024 5:58:07 AM PDT by Red Badger

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13 UNUSUAL Old Car Features, No One Wants Anymore!

Discover the quirky side of automotive history with "13 UNUSUAL Old Car Features, No One Wants Anymore!" This video explores peculiar car features from the 1950s to the 1990s in the USA that were disliked and have since disappeared. From odd designs to impractical gadgets, these features were once part of everyday driving but are now a thing of the past. If you're a car enthusiast or curious about the evolution of automotive technology, this video is a must-watch!

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: automotive
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To: ArtDodger
The pointy knob on the steering wheel.

Suicide knob or necker's knob.

21 posted on 04/26/2024 6:37:53 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents in jail.)
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To: Sirius Lee

Foot operated radio station changer?

Ha! What decade?


22 posted on 04/26/2024 6:39:11 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Sacajaweau

Vehicles now are operated by the on board computer. The computer can be programmed to set a maximum speed.

The computer on my van is set to control the maximum speed to 82 mph.


23 posted on 04/26/2024 6:40:39 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: Red Badger

Not quite. I had a 2008 F150 with roll up windows. And BOTH AM and FM radio!


24 posted on 04/26/2024 6:41:37 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Running boards, as Maxwell Smart found out...


25 posted on 04/26/2024 6:41:39 AM PDT by null and void (Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
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To: Red Badger

I’d like it if a future list included seat belt retracters that don’t last the life of the vehicle.


26 posted on 04/26/2024 6:42:08 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: V_TWIN

Yeah...they should have had the government do a ‘study’ on it first ;p

The Chrysler Prowler had great looks (imo) - but what genius thought a V6 matched it? If it’d had a supercharged V8...

Some were good ideas but the technology just wasn’t ready (e.g. touch panels, HVAC single control)....so the title isn’t quite accurate.


27 posted on 04/26/2024 6:43:11 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Tell It Right
A place for kids to sleep under the back window.

The package shelf. I used to sleep on it...

28 posted on 04/26/2024 6:43:11 AM PDT by null and void (Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
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To: Red Badger

I really want a car with a rotating license plate, an ejection seat, and machine guns in the front fenders.


29 posted on 04/26/2024 6:44:07 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents in jail.)
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To: Red Badger
Rumble/Suicide seat.

(Note: No empirical experience here, only historical stuff from antiquity.)

30 posted on 04/26/2024 6:44:16 AM PDT by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: KrisKrinkle
I’d like it if a future list included seat belt retracters that don’t last the life of the vehicle.

HEAR HEAR!

31 posted on 04/26/2024 6:44:24 AM PDT by null and void (Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Ash Tray. I can’t remember a car recently that had one. .

Well, just throw your lit cigarette out the window into the dry brush on the roadside.

Problem solved!

Now where do I put my change...

32 posted on 04/26/2024 6:47:19 AM PDT by null and void (Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
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To: Red Badger

33 posted on 04/26/2024 6:51:33 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents in jail.)
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To: BBQToadRibs2

My 1967 VW had an electrical choke. It was controlled by a spring that was also a heat element. When you first started and the spring was cold, you got full choke, as the spring warmed, the choke would open. No way you could forget.


34 posted on 04/26/2024 6:51:59 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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To: null and void

I remember in our 1954 Cadillac Convertible; the package shelf was a hammock! I could hide in there…


35 posted on 04/26/2024 6:53:54 AM PDT by CalTexan
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To: MCF

Vent windows, and underdash air vents. Most of the underdash vents had a pull-knob to open and close.

A friend had a ‘66 Plymouth Barracuda that had vent boxes under the dash. You had to rotate a knob and then pull open a door on the box to get air.

The air ducts into the boxes were large enough that you could slip a fifth of Bacardi through the box, up into the duct and then close the airbox door. Even with the door open, it was hard to see the bottle neck. For those under 21 it was a perfect spot to hide booze, or so someone told me.


36 posted on 04/26/2024 6:54:05 AM PDT by Roadrunner383 (m)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Of course, there is the cigarette lighter. The strange thing is that cars still have a 12 volt plug for accessories, but no cigarette lighter that was the original purpose.


37 posted on 04/26/2024 6:55:19 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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To: SPDSHDW

Every Ram on our local dealer’s lot is 4 door maxed out, power everything.....................


38 posted on 04/26/2024 6:55:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: OKSooner

I used to ride in an uncles rumble seat .

….


39 posted on 04/26/2024 6:55:48 AM PDT by Mears
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To: 9YearLurker
What decade?

On the Caddy it was early 60's to early 70's. Gramps had one in his old car which still had the tail light "wings". I thought it was pretty cool.

40 posted on 04/26/2024 6:57:02 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to kill us. Plan to avoid this.)
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