Do you remember when-

[Krusty]

when;
radios were AM (there was no FM)
car batteries were 6V.
and car batteries were + ground
there were NO seat belts
there were THREE lane hiways
normal hiway speeds were 45/50
cars and trucks were made of METAL (no plastics)
ALL cars/trucks were 'stick' shift
newer cars had the 'stick' shift on the steering column (three on the tree)
the adverage life of a car tire was @5,000 miles
auto inner tube rubber was good sling shot rubber
kids made their own toys--sling shots, stilts, match guns, rubber guns,
Daisy Red Rider B.B. guns were $7.00 !!
there was a $.02 deposit on coke bottles-- there were no cans-
you could understand all the words in every song !
people used to sing /whistle/ hum along with songs---

[TheRedHorseman]

no

[300sniper]

nope.
sorry.

[Roxywheels]

Glenn and Gary will remember

[primergray]

Originally Posted by Roxywheels

Glenn and Gary will remember

Damn, I remember all of those.

[tacoma73]

when was that? the 40's???????? damn.

uh, HELL NO.

[Rip DeLips]

I still have a truck with 3 on the tree.

[Krusty]

a chevy pickup came into the dealership with a clutch and the gear shift on the column------- everyone gathered around and tried to fugure out how to move the truck !! I was the only one that had ever driven a column shift !!!
three,- four and finally a five speed column shift !!!!

all radios, even car radios were vacc tube !

one of the favorite kid activities was to fly kites !!!!!
(most were home made.)

[WertyzMom]

Originally Posted by tacoma73

when was that? the 40's???????? damn.

uh, HELL NO.

Actually 90% of that list runs into the 60's!

I never knew there were 'Automatics' in cars/trucks - since my parents never had them on any of their vehicles... so I had never driven in one till the 70's!
w0w! Does that bring back memories of the Impala (yes with the 3 round tail lights) one of my step dads had... that car went so freAking fast and we (ages 3-7) never had to wear seatbelts!!

[Joe_W]

Originally Posted by WertyzMom

one of my step dads had...

that made me laugh



I can remember most of those things but they weren't current when I remember them. Never knew there were 5 speed column shifters

[CaryW]

Originally Posted by WertyzMom

Actually 90% of that list runs into the 60's!

I never knew there were 'Automatics' in cars/trucks - since my parents never had them on any of their vehicles... so I had never driven in one till the 70's!
w0w! Does that bring back memories of the Impala (yes with the 3 round tail lights) one of my step dads had... that car went so freAking fast and we (ages 3-7) never had to wear seatbelts!!

Seatbelts hell, I remember riding in the flat area under the back window, or in that supersafe sideways well in the very back of the station wagon.

[Krusty]

telephone-----
you picked it up and told the operator who you wanted to talk to !!
(or IF you knew their number, you could give her the number----- my best friend, Tim Bigler, his phone # was 102------ our home phone # was 185 J--- (we were on a 'party line, a shared phone line with 7 people on the same line-- our ring was 1 long, 2 short)
'dial' phones came into being when i was in college.

[chris408]

i guess being out of work is boring aye?

[Aces'n'8s]

And there were no alternators...only generators.

Good gas was referred to as "High test"

Lead was in most all paints

School children walked on asbestos tiles

It was okay to own full autos....without "major" paperwork

and...

No, I don't.

[cdarthvader]

Originally Posted by Aces'n'8s

And there were no alternators...only generators.

Good gas was referred to as "High test"

Lead was in most all paints

School children walked on asbestos tiles

It was okay to own full autos....without "major" paperwork

and...

No, I don't.

I still refer to 92 as high test but no i don't remember any of these things that were mentioned. I remember when gas was under a dollar a gallon though

[Old Scout]

Do you remember when your TV stopped working. You opened up the back and removed all the tubes. Drove to the Safeway and plugged them into the tube tester. Then bought the new tubes with the rest of your groceries .

[WertyzMom]

Originally Posted by Krusty

telephone-----
you picked it up and told the operator who you wanted to talk to !!
(or IF you knew their number, you could give her the number----- my best friend, Tim Bigler, his phone # was 102------ our home phone # was 185 J--- (we were on a 'party line, a shared phone line with 7 people on the same line-- our ring was 1 long, 2 short)
'dial' phones came into being when i was in college.

Geez!! Actual round faced-dial phones and party lines!
My mom always reminded us 'We had to be careful what was said incase the snoopy neighbor was listening in for gossip!'

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[Muddin]

I remember no clutch safety switches. It's how I drove my mom's VW into the garage door when I was one or two years old. She left the keys in the ignition and I must have thought they were so pretty I should turn them.

My grandpa had a car we all called "The Green Machine". It seemed like a huge car to me, but I think it was a Nova. Front bench seat and lap belts.

[mike]

Originally Posted by Muddin

I remember no clutch safety switches. It's how I drove my mom's VW into the garage door when I was one or two years old. She left the keys in the ignition and I must have thought they were so pretty I should turn them.

My grandpa had a car we all called "The Green Machine". It seemed like a huge car to me, but I think it was a Nova. Front bench seat and lap belts.

I remember being pulled and then chastised for not wearing seatbelts until I pointed out that all my plymouth had was lap belts and the cop saying "yea, I'd rather just go through the window too."

I remember some of this stuff, thankfully not all of it

[Krusty]

you turned on the car radio and listened for the vibrator tube---- if you didn't hear it, you knew why the radio didn't work-----


I can't remember how many times i have pulled the tubes and checked them at the store !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! daymn near forgot that !!!!!


I bought gasoline for $.17 per gallon------
you pumped the lever back and forth, the gas was pumped into a glass measure tank on top of the 'pump' - you then removed the hose and drained the 'pump' into the car !



in those days----- it was known as a 'Service Station'--
you pulled in, one guy washed your windshield, another checked under the hood, and another pumped your gas !--- they wore uniforms with white shirts and black bow ties.
Texaco, Beacon, Signal, Red Star, Standard, Chevron
now it is known as a 'gas station'----

[Joe_W]

Originally Posted by Old Scout

Do you remember when your TV stopped working. You opened up the back and removed all the tubes. Drove to the Safeway and plugged them into the tube tester. Then bought the new tubes with the rest of your groceries .

Yep..I remember going down to the drug store with my dad and the tube display they had there

[Murph]

Originally Posted by Muddin

I remember no clutch safety switches. It's how I drove my mom's VW into the garage door when I was one or two years old. She left the keys in the ignition and I must have thought they were so pretty I should turn them.

My YJ is a 95 and there's no clutch interlock


Andy

[Bubba Ray Boudreaux]

Originally Posted by Krusty

I bought gasoline for $.17 per gallon------
you pumped the lever back and forth, the gas was pumped into a glass measure tank on top of the 'pump' - you then removed the hose and drained the 'pump' into the car !

Here ya go. I happen to know someone who has a few of them for sale, along with other stuff from the good ole days. I have a cousin who runs a car lot in Arkansas, it's more like a tax write off, he is making his money in other ventures. His dad started off running service stations back in the day and that's how my cousin got his start. These days, when he is traveling around the country, he'll be on the look out for old stuff and when he finds it, he'll buy it up, get it shipped back to his place and it'll be restored, then he sells it at the car lot.

[JackHammer]

Originally Posted by Krusty

telephone-----
you picked it up and told the operator who you wanted to talk to !!
(or IF you knew their number, you could give her the number----- my best friend, Tim Bigler, his phone # was 102------ our home phone # was 185 J--- (we were on a 'party line, a shared phone line with 7 people on the same line-- our ring was 1 long, 2 short)
'dial' phones came into being when i was in college.

You wouldn't happen to be Fred Mertz off of I Love Lucy. would ya?

[JackHammer]

Originally Posted by Bubba Ray Boudreaux

Here ya go. I happen to know someone who has a few of them for sale, along with other stuff from the good ole days. I have a cousin who runs a car lot in Arkansas, it's more like a tax write off, he is making his money in other ventures. His dad started off running service stations back in the day and that's how my cousin got his start. These days, when he is traveling around the country, he'll be on the look out for old stuff and when he finds it, he'll buy it up, get it shipped back to his place and it'll be restored, then he sells it at the car lot.

Looks like a hi-tech bong.