Things you don't see anymore.
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MaxxVolume
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An abundance of good, AOR-type FM radio stations ( I REALLY miss that !)
sKiZo
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They still make em ... just can't find em anywhere. Lucky us, we can still buy em by the case at Amazon!
PS ... they still put the "coins" in the packs, it just takes a lot more of them to get anything, and your teeth will probably be gone by the time you save up enough. <G>
Clerks that could actually COUNT change without a computer telling them what to give ya. I think some of them have pictures now:
GIVE THE CUSTOMER THIS:
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mfrench
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To add to this,....
People that can/have drive(n) a column shift; 'three on the tree".
Push button tranny's
MaxxVolume
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Yep....and, in those days, your gears were commonly called "Low, Second, and High"....
(I learned how to double-clutch on a three-on-the-tree....no such thing as first gear synchro back then)
mfrench
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My dad did a restoration on a Model A, back when I was about to get my drivers license (1975'ish). I learned to drive it. Every gear needed a double clutch. But what was really crazy was the manual spark advance on the steering column. You had to adjust it on the fly to keep the valves from clattering, and keep the power. They seemed like simple cars, until you had these things to contend with. It also had a clear glass bubble "window" in the dash board, that looked into the gas tank, so that you could see if you had fuel (maybe a half dollar, .50¢ piece size).
Another thing you don't see these days: a gas tank like that in your lap.
Another thing you don't see these days: a gas tank like that in your lap.
mfrench
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That video reminded me a quite a few things. Thanks.
We also had the thermometer in the radiator cap. The Model-A that my dad restored also had an electric starter, that had a pedal in the floorboard that you stepped on; as well as the hand crank. There was an alternate throttle on the steering column too; lots of levers on the column. It also had that godooga horn.
Another thing that it had, was a rumble seat. There was a foot pad on the fender to climb into the rumble seat. The fender was strong enough to handle a persons weight without the slightest flex (thick steel!)
Something else that you don't see anymore.....
Manual choke knob in vehicles, in the cab. It had one of those as well.
That's incrediburgeble . Burger Chef and Jeff . I need a fun meal .I used to live on these things ...
1970's Fan
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Cash registers with big chunky buttons.
Phones that had to be dialled.
And had 'a' and 'b' buttons on them and a little drawer.And every phone was black.
Separate train carriages with corridors along the side. And they had leather straps to pull up the window.
Flat bed lorries often for coal deliveries and the price on a board above the cab.
Vending machines with sweets outside shops which stayed un-vandalised.
Phones that had to be dialled.
And had 'a' and 'b' buttons on them and a little drawer.And every phone was black.
Separate train carriages with corridors along the side. And they had leather straps to pull up the window.
Flat bed lorries often for coal deliveries and the price on a board above the cab.
Vending machines with sweets outside shops which stayed un-vandalised.
Sweets: These should resonate with UK members old enough... 
Shrimps
Flying saucers
Black jacks
Halfpenny chews
Everlasting strips
Jamboree bags
Toffee Apples
Gobstoppers
Smiths Crisps with those little blue waxed paper bags of salt in them - my record was 6 in one packet!
Shrimps
Flying saucers
Black jacks
Halfpenny chews
Everlasting strips
Jamboree bags
Toffee Apples
Gobstoppers
Smiths Crisps with those little blue waxed paper bags of salt in them - my record was 6 in one packet!
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^^^^^
Somebody sounds like they have/had a sweet tooth.
LOL - I only know the names silly! - of course I didn't eat all that stuff....... much, well.... maybe just a bit
