In my day ...

[Milo Williamson]

My sisters first truck, and my father's old Saturn used to have them

 

[BrickHouse]

My sisters first truck, and my father's old Saturn used to have them

There's a few Studebakers that had no wing windows, as well as cars from Planet Motors (1942 - 1949) namely the Moon.

 

[BrickHouse]

My wife's jeep has them but they don't open. I guess they are to add a look more than a function. In function, I liked the wing windows for their added air circulation in the cab without the noise and buffeting of the wind in the regular window.

Speaking of windows, are hand signals for turning and stopping still allowed?

Did anyone own a vehicle that you turned the car on via a key and then started the engine with a push button that was usually foot activated?

How about adjusting the timing with the distributor or adding electrolyte to your battery?

Adding water directly to a hot radiator was always an adventure.

Yes, had a 53 Chevy 1 ton loggers truck with a 9 foot bed. That one could use any Chevy key from the 50's or 60's and the starter button was next to throttle (gas peddle) but wouldn't function unless the clutch was pushed to the floor. (Safety switch was hit by the clutch arm)

Also remember setting/adjusting the "dwell" when changing the points.

 

[Unforgiven]

We knew what that little button behind the parking break was for...

Spoiler

...it prevented short people from using the high beams.

 

[Unforgiven]

 

[lunatic59]

Three.

 

[BrickHouse]

Three.

HEY!..... That's was a bite.....

 

[lunatic59]

The world may never know.

 

[BrickHouse]

The world may never know.

Man, ads then are nothing like the stuff that's allowed now.

 

[lunatic59]

If you remember this one ... 'nuf said.

 

[silentwriter180]

 

[Unforgiven]

This warrented a double post

 

[Unforgiven]

Not so much an "In My Day..." post, but I figure the folks in here would get this

 

[BrickHouse]

Not so much an "In My Day..." post, but I figure the folks in here would get this

Tea anyone?

 

[olbriar]

When I first started driving gas was 30.9 cents per gallon and often could be had for less. When I was a sophomore we had a gas war and the prices dropped into the high teens. I think the cheapest I ever bought was 17.9 cents per gallon... regular gas. There were two grades of gas... regular and ethyl. Regular was the cheaper of the two.

 

[lunatic59]

Not so much an "In My Day..." post, but I figure the folks in here would get this

Clearly you over inflated the spare.

Fun fact, in the Beetle the pressure from the spare powered the windshield washer. There was no pump.

 

[Unforgiven]

Fun fact, in the Beetle the pressure from the spare powered the windshield washer.

And Yugos had rear defrost to keep your hands warm while you pushed it.

 

[Davdi]

My brother in law had a Yugo from new (that's how long ago it was), he only had it for a few months- it was a horrible little thing.

 

[lunatic59]

it was a horrible little thing.

Anyone remember the death trap Datsun's? Or the early Honda's that you had to drop the engine to change the spark plugs?

 

[Unforgiven]

Anyone remember the death trap Datsun's? Or the early Honda's that you had to drop the engine to change the spark plugs?

My cousin had a Datsun B210 Honey Bee. As a little kid I thought it was the coolest besides the General Lee because it had that little bumble bee on it.

 

[Davdi]

Many years ago I had the predecessor to that Datsun - A Datsun 1200 2 door like thi one.

 

[jhtalisman]

These things were everywhere.

Yes I took this picture today.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/aTWTwPq9UB3oSSow9

 

[Rico ANDROID]

Now THIS Little Lincoln was the CAR!

 

[lunatic59]

In my day, e-commerce was putting a dollar in an envelope with a form clipped from the back of a magazine just to wait 6 to 8 weeks for sea monkeys.

 

[Rico ANDROID]

In my day

In my day, e-commerce was putting a dollar in an envelope with a form clipped from the back of a magazine just to wait 6 to 8 weeks for sea monkeys.

Heck..in my day… we bought many packs of SeaMonkeys from the back of the comic books !!! Then finally one batch "took"… .