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* Every auto make and model had its own unique design and you can
tell the make and model in an instant.
* 3 speed stick on the column
* Fluid clutch Why a clutch at all?
* Flathead engines
* Two tone paint
* Push button auto trans Edsel
* Chromed steel bumpers with bullets on front
* Wide whitewall tires
* Portawall false whitewall
* Fender skirts
* Spare tire on back. Toilet seat
* Chopped and channeled
* Raised and lowered
* Nosed and decked
* Bar grills
* Flex exhaust pipes to make it look like duel
* Dynaflow transmissions. Did you feel it shift?
* Fuzzy dice
* Fuzzy mirror
* Graduation tassels hanging from mirror
* Retractable hard top 1957 Ford I had one. Wish I had it now.
* Turboglide transmission 1957 Chevy. Did you feel that one shift?
* Tubes in tires. Man did they blow out fast
* Auto transmissions with only 2 speeds. Powerhouse
* 45 rpm record player under dash. Skipped over every bump
* No seat belts. Ouch
* No head rests * Metal dashboards
* Only AM radio
* No power steering or brakes. Who needs a spa?
* Big steering wheels that had to be turned 3 times to round a corner
* Big metal horn rings.
* Suicide knobs.
* Ignition points. What’s that? Oh yea, you adjusted them with a
matchbook cover
* Oiler kits to pump more oil into the rocker covers
* Single master cylinders (some under the floorboard). One leak and no
brakes. Pedal to the floor. Crunch!
* Glasspack mufflers
* Just rubber mat on the floorboard. No carpets. Carpets were an option
* Even a heater was an option
* No air conditioning Open the windows and go 60 mph
* Drive in movies
* 28 cents a gallon for gas. Those were the good old days * Car hops
* Hood emblems. The bigger the better
* Fins. The bigger the better
* High beam button on floor. Always rusted and corroded and seldom
worked.
* T-Bird sequential tail/directional lights
* 2 seater T-Birds
* Edsel, Pinto, Yugo, Fiero
* Bench seats even in the front
* Vent glass windows on front doors
* Bias ply tires. Wore out in no time
* Two door hard tops were cool and a four door was the old man’s
car.
* Would rather be dead than drive the old man’s station wagon
* Vacuum operated windshield wipers. When you accelerated the wipers
would slow down.
* Retread tires
* Manuel overdrive on transmission
* 4 bbl carbs
* 3 two's
* Duel quads
* Oil bath air filters
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