Automobiles

lol... I love the old cars so much. my 63 scout has the lug nuts your talking about, on one side its oppisite. Never seen a foot pump windshield sprayer yet. My 28 Studebaker has the vaccum windshield wipers you talk of, also has the windshield tip in or out for OLD style A/C.


But yes Ohhhhh so simpler and faster to fix....

20's and 30's ALL THE WAY......



Mike..

 

ahah my dad still has his sisters car seat from the early 50's. it just basically hangs over the seat. two metal bars curving back over the seat with a basket thats got leg holes in it for the baby up front. i wish i had a picture to show you

 

i rember when not having one didn't make you a second class citizen!

i definately remember 40s and 50s chevy/gmc 'light' turcks (pickups and panel vans) in the 1/2 3/4 and 1 ton range with that 235 overhead cam inline six. and a granny fourspeet with a big stick on the floor. those were my favorite. until the mid to late 60s datsuns came along. which were in many ways quite functionaly simular only way better on gas.

dead battery? no problem. park on a hill and pop the clutch (in second, in first the compression would stop you dead). am radio with tubes if you had that. air conditioning? open a window. but real gauges that actualy told you what was going on if you had any understanding of how things worked. not idiot lights that light up to tell you you should have chainged the oil 60,000 miles ago and now you're going to need a new engine.

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We had a 66 dodge PU. I loved that truck it was bare bones no radio no heat. The dash was metal. LOL it was great.

 

and they were built for speed....and you felt safe in them having your ass wrapped in heavy guage metal...instead of plastic and aluminum.....trucks and 4 wheel drive vehicles were for working practicality and utilitarian uses.....not a social status symbol...that is an over-grown gas hog...and each manufacturer's style was different in appearence....instead of the common look alikes of today


and with an ounce of common sense you could work on your vehicle...and maintain it yourself...instead of having a computer tell you what was wrong....and a tune-up and oil change was a saturday afternoon activity that most people did themselves

 

One of the Chryslers around 1960 had push buttons instead of a shift lever. Don't remember which model. Those kind of cars were works of art.

Many cities have some great classic auto shows. It's like going back to another world. I like the ones where they play the 50s music. Some people are extremely dedicated to restoring and maintaining their cars. I give them a lot of credit.

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..yeah and you could actually work on them yourself without a computerized diagnostic machine. (Still the proud owner of a 1969 Chevy pick up)

 

LaSalle was a beautiful car.

http://www.100megsfree4.com/cadillac/lasalle/lasalle.htm

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I noticed in the opening credits of All in the Family on TV Land, Archie Bunker and Edith mention a LaSalle

"Our old LaSalle was great, those were the days"


Hotwater

 

I was told I came home from the hospital in a Kaiser, 1 day old I don't remember that one.
I do remember our 1954 Buick Road master. What a car, it was huge. On trips I would climb up on the rear window deck, behind the backseat and take a nap.
Cars didn't have seat belts in those days, I can imagine a child doing that today, you would get pulled over and the parents would be arrested for child endangerment.
............................................Alaskan.......................

 

Kids used to ride in the bed of pickup trucks.

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Three on the tree!

 

The Model T had three pedals on the floor. There were a combination of moves to get you moving. One pedal, the middle one was the reverse gear. The levers on the steering column adjusted the spark advance and fuel. You retarded the spark, pulled the fuel lever about three quarters of the way then got out and used the hand crank that came out under the radiator. If the spark was too advanced it could kick the crank back, possibly hitting and even breaking your arm. I still have a lump on my arm bone from a Model T hand crank. Later year models had a starter.
Those were the days????
Cheers

 

I used to have '64 Plymouth Fury with the push-button automatic transmission, what a great ride it was.


It had the bench seat too which
got alot of use, if you know what I mean...

ZW

 

i remember when cars didnt have 800 pounds of plastic parts....your bumper was good for bumping

 

Anyone remember those old turn signal levers that flipped up out of the side of the vehicle? They were called semaphores, or trafficators.

 

ha yes...I was at the scrappers today and they were on lunch so no loader coming to help and I wanted to keep the new tires...I got them all loose and rolled the car off ...was able to get three rims off just by hand but the 4th one was jammed and if I had my truck with the metal bumper Id have just pushed the car sideways till the tire popped out...but I had my good truck and that damn plastic bumper would cost over $1000 to fix


ended up waiting 10 minutes just to get that wheel

 

One accessory I remember is the AM/FM 8 track radio. And arm strong air conditioning. No plumbing. Just used your strong arm to crank the windows down.
And, speaking of Ramblers. The pre 1964 Rambler American had to be one of the ugliest cars around.
One more; The 1959 Nash Rambler had the first reclining seats. Ah yes, I drove that monster car to the drive in where I received much of my early sex training.

 

The mid-late 50s Edsel had the pushbuttons mounted in the center of the steering wheel! Wacka-wacka.....