were there horses instead of engines?
That took in the muscle car era, too, with those 'nasty' pedestrian-eating bumpers--which morphed at the safety folks' insistence into the ugly and characterless 5 MPH bumper--which, in turn, broke quite a few firemen's legs popping back out while they were cutting battery cables at accident scenes.
Oh, I almost forgot, the standard transmission (manual) was standard, too.
Jeeeeez, the list goes on, no cup holders, no CD player, (no CD's!), no lighted make-up mirror, no Onstar, no car alarm, no keyless locks, no remote starters....
the horror, the horror...