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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Suicide knob or necker's knob.
Foot operated radio station changer?
Ha! What decade?
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.
Not quite. I had a 2008 F150 with roll up windows. And BOTH AM and FM radio!
Running boards, as Maxwell Smart found out...
I’d like it if a future list included seat belt retracters that don’t last the life of the vehicle.
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.
The package shelf. I used to sleep on it...
I really want a car with a rotating license plate, an ejection seat, and machine guns in the front fenders.
(Note: No empirical experience here, only historical stuff from antiquity.)
HEAR HEAR!
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...
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.
I remember in our 1954 Cadillac Convertible; the package shelf was a hammock! I could hide in there…
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.
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.
Every Ram on our local dealer’s lot is 4 door maxed out, power everything.....................
I used to ride in an uncles rumble seat .
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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.
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