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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I’m with you on the foot activated dimmer switch.
With the salt, they would corrode and get stuck on brights. I remember I once needed to turn them down and was stomping on that danged button that so corroded it would hardly budge.
I finally got it loose and decided to never use it again.
Ash trays are great for change and I think CD players should be back.
Ha. Same with my 2004 Mazda/ Ford Ranger B2300 truck. It’s so small I can reach over and roll down the window on the passenger side. 4 cylinder w 5 speed manual shift.
1967 Riviera fold down headlights. He also features the 1965 Riviera clamshell style lights later in the video:
https://youtu.be/cXndm_agNrA?si=P9IWpbUzfcndTj8D&t=272
The guy who did the video has a great channel on YouTube called Rare Classic Cars & Automotive History which gives special attention to the mostly unloved big barges of the late sixties and seventies. He’s an executive at GM and somehow is able to get interviews with the stylists and engineers — now long retired — who created the vehicles of that era.
My 2008 F250 has manual windows and door locks (as well as AM/FM radio). I wish I had bought it with a manual transmission too.
Only 86K on it, so I’ll be keeping it for a long time. I only use it for hunting and the occasional run to the dump or to Lowe’s if I’m getting something that won’t fit in the Sentra.
Interesting mix between bad ideas, design errors and features that were just a few years ahead of the technology supporting them.
Push button transmissions and parking brakes are common, touch screens are everywhere and combined HVAC systems are universal.
But everyone still hates the Gremlin and Yugo.
I never hated the Gremlin, I thought it was kinda cool looking.
I liked the Pacer, too...................
I miss side vent windows on cars and trucks.
Ditto.
I like the saying, “Real trucks don’t have power windows”.
I drove Ms. America 1974 in it in the ‘77 Ms. Oregon Parade
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Ha ha—some things you never forget!
I owned a Gremlin. It wasn’t the looks that killed it. It was rolling piece of sh*t.
And as for the Yugo. They took a Fiat which was a poorly built car to begin with and licensed the design to a company in a communist country which are, as a group, known for shoddy workmanship and lack of quality.
Steel dashboards.
Don’t remember those- do remember other drivers getting upset because my dimmer switch would jam bedause of rust causing it to catch, and not dim the ,ights though lol
I always wanted one because they looked like a cool ray-gun!...................
Thanks for that link. I sure do miss that car. Ours was gold with the faux convertible top material. The cars style reminded me of Speed Racers car, I believe it was called the Mach 5.
I think the electrical choke was pretty much standard in all cars by 1967.
I have a 2001.
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