You know you're old when...

M_Six · 10-07-2022, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

...when your cars actually *had* (telescopic) antennas!

...for the AM only radio in your car.

cmyx6go · 10-07-2022, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

...for the AM only radio in your car.

Manual roll down windows, the front triangle vent windows and no passenger side view mirror yet.

garyfried · 10-07-2022, 09:06 AM

When you had to pump the windshield washer with your foot. Get off the lawn

Dino GT · 10-07-2022, 09:15 AM

When your first cars had the high beam switch on the floor.

cmyx6go · 10-07-2022, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by garyfried

When you had to pump the windshield washer with your foot. Get off the lawn

I don't remember this one....

CarsAndGuitars · 10-07-2022, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Dino GT

When your first cars had the high beam switch on the floor.

under-dash pull vents

tree shifters

gas tank access under the flip down license plate

~5 hard plastic radio buttons that you pull all the way out, then push all the way in to set your favorite AM(/FM??) stations- after dialing in your station with the knob and belt driven frequency needle

Dino GT · 10-07-2022, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I don't remember this one....

Neither do I

3798j · 10-07-2022, 11:34 AM

Duck and Cover! Cold War car radios so you could tune into Radio Armegeddon...(up to 1963)...

Esteban · 10-07-2022, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I don't remember this one....

Heard of it but never had a car equipped with it.

3.0L · 10-07-2022, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

...for the AM only radio in your car.

AM = American Music

FM = Foreign Music

3.0L · 10-07-2022, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 3798j

Duck and Cover! Cold War car radios so you could tune into Radio Armegeddon...(up to 1963)...

Sign posted in my favorite electronics parts store back in the '70's:

"In case of attack, pay bill then run like hell."

Sign posted in our TV repair shop (where customers couldn't see it):

"In case of attack, bend over and kiss your ass goodbye."

sygazelle · 10-07-2022, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Manual roll down windows, the front triangle vent windows and no passenger side view mirror yet.

3 speed manual on the column (3 on the tree)
A choke
Starting the car by pressing the gas pedal to the floor.

At least I wasn't around early enough to crank start the car by hand!

sygazelle · 10-07-2022, 01:33 PM

....when Tina Delgado was alive, alive.

vreihen16 · 10-07-2022, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Dino GT

When your first cars had the high beam switch on the floor.

...when your first car had the STARTER switch on the floor!

UncleWede · 10-07-2022, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Manual roll down windows, the front triangle vent windows and no passenger side view mirror yet.

Yeah, I'm thinking about having a passenger mirror installed before I re-paint the 77 bug. I already installed the FM radio with Bluetooth, and I actually put a Jumbo Jack ball on top of antenna.

Dino GT · 10-07-2022, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

...when your first car had the STARTER switch on the floor!

Don't remember that, I'm not that old

. I do remember the 3 on the tree and the manual choke now that sygazelle mention it. I also remember the foot e-brake.

I do remember pressing the gas pedal before starting the car in the old days, but that was normal procedure with carburetor engines. Not sure if that's what sygazelle was referring to when he said "starting the car by pressing the gas pedal to the floor"

Esteban · 10-07-2022, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleWede

Yeah, I'm thinking about having a passenger mirror installed before I re-paint the 77 bug. I already installed the FM radio with Bluetooth, and I actually put a Jumbo Jack ball on top of antenna.

I had a passenger mirror installed on my daughter's '66 Mustang. Was many years ago. She doesn't have that car anymore.

And when you say "Jumbo Jack ball" do you mean this? I remember those.

UncleWede · 10-07-2022, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

And when you say "Jumbo Jack ball" do you mean this? I remember those.

Dat's the fact, Jack!

Esteban · 10-07-2022, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleWede

Dat's the fact, Jack!

^^ originally said by Private Winger.

garyfried · 10-08-2022, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I don't remember this one....

My memory of windshield washers activated by foot is a 1965 Ford Comet with a bag of windshield washer under the dash left of the pedals. Cheap and easy system.

NealfromNZ · 10-09-2022, 02:53 PM

When you can remember these being a new car

0-60 a major achievement

Esteban · 10-09-2022, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by NealfromNZ

When you can remember these being a new car

0-60 a major achievement

"0-60 a major achievement."

^^ That's funny 😆

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