Old farts, what do you remember.

[Robert1320]

Three on the tree.
Ignition keys on the dash.
Points.
Two water pumps on the motor.
Leaf spring suspensions.
Friction shocks
Rotary phone
Punch cards not usb sticks
5-1/4" floppy
Reel to reel

Etc............................................... ..........

[71SC/360]

Re: Old farts, what do you remember.

You don't have to have lived during any particular period of time to know about some of the things that existed then but it does strike up some interesting memories for those who did live during these times...

How about, on the dash, push button transmissions?

I'll see your rotary dial phone and raise you a phone ringer on the wall, not on the phone itself (ours was mounted in the closet).

[Duner]

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8-track stereo is where it's at.

[squirrel]

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Testing the tubes from the TV at the corner drug store (using their tube testing machine)

[HillbillySailor]

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Stretch Armstrong 8)

[pro65]

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When gas was 30 cent a gallon. :o

[Monk]

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Honk Magazine
Stroker McGurk
Fender skirts
Cut outs
Foxcraft shifter
Hi test gas
and lastly..........give me a dollars worth ;D

[cstmwgn]

Re: Old farts, what do you remember.

I remember

Actually being able to remember stuff :

Being good looking :o
Having the fastest car ;)
Being the next thing to sliced bread on a dirt bike ???

Ok, maybe only the first one ;D

[457Brodix]

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Sticky Butylaire tires - Standard Oil

Yellow Dot 3 tires - Goodyear

High Octane Crest Gas - Gulf

steering wheel push button controls - Edsel

first year Chevy made the V8 - 1917 and no I wasn't around then!

[JRoberts]

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AM radio only...
No catalytic converters..anywhere....
Air conditioning was an option and most people didn't opt for it.....
Disc brakes were not even an option (at least on American cars)....
The only family van was a VW....
Half of the drive between Washington, DC and Daytona beach was non-Interstate....

[Dans 83]

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Wringer washers
Black and white TV
Little Rascals
Howdy Doody

[A/Fuel]

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327's were cool
no one wanted a dodge dart
or a honda
oil in a can
454's were big engines, and about as cool as it got
a 13 second car was fast
it was ok to let your rear tires stick out a little
don prudhome
don garlets
shirly muldowney
tom mcewin
al hoffman
tom hover
ordering from the big PAW catalog
N50's
painting cars in my driveway (and trees, grass, my mom's car, the side of the house ect)
whats a turbo?, or racing from a roll, are they related somehow?
findind 455's (all of 'em) and 440's in junk yards, and not buying them.
thinking $1500 is way to much for that '69 camaro my buddy drove to school.

[Two Lane Blacktop]

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Cherry Smash

Grapette

Tru-Ade


Reverbs ("Stereo Magic") for car radios

Antenna "toppers"

AM radio DJs & their Saturday night "School Spirit" contests

[wikd69]

Re: Old farts, what do you remember.

Oh yeah, and...

Having Dad tell me I could'nt spend $1,600 to buy that shiny black 66 Coronet with the fresh 426 Hemi, 4 speed and drop tube front axle from that car lot in Medford, OR (Honest Harry's Used High Performance Cars)

Watching Vanishing Point at the drive-in...

On a related theme, discovering what 'tonsil hockey' meant...

Sneaking into the same drive-in hidden in the trunk of my buddies car...

Riding up to the state fair in Yreka in the back seat of a friends green AAR Cuda...

[Monster]

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S&H Green Stamps

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