Remembering The Past With Vehicles

[Big7]

floor dimmer, 4 speed, 4 barrel, dual exhaust, no a/c (yet), roll down windows and vent windows. I sure enjoyed driving it today after church


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That was a GREAT motor!!

 

[HarryO45]

Front drum brakes

 

[HarryO45]

Asbestos

 

[HarryO45]

Lap belts

 

[HarryO45]

Glass headlights

 

[HarryO45]

Glass tube fuses

 

[HarryO45]

I had an eight ball shifter on my 73 mercury capri (2600)

 

[Big7]

Magnetos.

Seen 4 working cars and a tractor with them Friday.

 

[tr21]

no power steering !

 

[Big7]

Coal oil.

 

[Big7]

Outside Motocross Tracks.

 

[basstrkr]

Push button automatic.

 

[HarryO45]

Everyone had glass packs

 

[basstrkr]

-side note- I worked at auto pars store for several years. had a feller one come in and wanted a passing gear for an atomic transmission.?!

 

[NE GA Pappy]

-side note- I worked at auto pars store for several years. had a feller one come in and wanted a passing gear for an atomic transmission.?!

when I had a couple of NAPA stores, there ain't no telling how many times certain groups of people would come in asking about 'cadillac' converters.

 

[ucfireman]

running boards on cars.

Grand dad had a VW bug and we would ride the running boards holding the grab straps inside, just around the neighborhood but fun.

When most vehicles came with standard transmissions, AKA 3 on the tree

Never drove a 3 on the tree, dad did have a few but I was too young.
I had a 4spd Escort, loved that car and a a coupe 5spds.
Wish more cars had manuals today.

And a deck below the rear window behind the back seat.

6x9 speakers oh yeah, before subs existed.

Sitting on the sides of the bed of a pickup going down the hyway

Never did the sides or on the hyway, dad was a FF and said to dangerous, but did get to ride in the bed by the cab on side streets.

Jars of pig feet and pickled eggs on the counter.

Saw them but never tried them, red eggs were weird.

The old Centerville store is still standing but is now a car dealership. Used to love it, fishing, knives, oil and Coke in a bottle, cool store.

Not Car but the old one lane bridges, some old metal trestle types,

 

[Ruger#3]

Buddy in high school had a bug we rode to wrestling matches. Dang thing like to froze us to death in northern Ohio in the winter. Air cooled engine with little heater flex ducts running to the front never got warm.

 

[Redbow]

I remember the telescoping radio antennas mounted on the front fender of cars and trucks, don't see those on vehicles now days.

The first car that I saw with an automatic headlight dimmer was a ford thunderbird, my cousin had it but I don't remember what year model the bird was. Seems like in '59 or '60 maybe.

 

[JustUs4All]

Cars and trucks used to have bumpers you could stand on, fenders you could sit on, and roofs you could climb onto without fear of doing irreparable harm.

 

[Redbow]

Cars and trucks used to have bumpers you could stand on, fenders you could sit on, and roofs you could climb onto without fear of doing irreparable harm.

Three of my buddies that I grew up with went to the junkyard in Smithfield NC and bought the hood off two very old cars still parked there many years ago. They took the two old hoods to a welder who welded them together and re-enforced the hoods with some iron braces. Those two hoods made a great boat for us boys who could not afford a real boat. We used the thing for years a board across the front and back of the makeshift boat to sit on and paddles for propulsion. It was very stable in the water also and we caught many fish out of it. The old tin boat was lightweight and easy to handle, and it fit into the back of their old pickup truck just fine for transporting it where we wanted to fish.

Occasionally I still see an old car at car shows that has the same kind of hood their old boat was made out of, sure does bring back some good memories of the fun us boys had with the old tin boat many decades ago.