Things Kids of Today Wouldn't Recognize

I've had 3 Ford pick ups over the past 20 years. The first was a 79 F150, which had the low/hi beam switch on the floorboard, crank windows but was an automatic transmission with manual hubs.

My 97 F150 had power everything except manual hubs.

My current Ford, an 08, I ordered manual everything. It's an automatic transmission Powerstroke F350 however it has manual crank windows (which my 7 yr old and 4 yr old know how to use and open the windows) manual hubs, manual 4 wheel drive and manual seats...

My kids will still be exposed to the manual life of vehicles so they know what to do if they need to use a car equipped in the future....

 

Ok, rottiman you got me on this one.


Remember everything else, but no personal experience with starter pedals or cranks in cars.


Never learned the arcane art of the sliderule, nor an abacus.


But can recognize each.

 

Chaz, those were popular in the 50's/60's on a lot of cars. They were mounted low on the back of the wheel well ( passenger side) and were used to warn the drive of the concrete curb when they parallel parked. Slang name for them were "curb feelers"

 

Now I remember lol. I looked at them a couple times today. Ya I know what they are but what the heck were they called. Lol

 

Rumors have it if you put those on your car you'll automatically receive 2 pounds of junk mail from AARP per week.

You might need those if you have huge white walls and chrome trim rings.
Or maybe just big ol'raised white letters.

 

I just inherited one of those. Too bad most off the bits are gone. Loved playing with it as a kid

 

I still have one of those I got from my dad. Complete with 2 drill bits, philips bit and straight screwdriver bit.

 

The clear beer. That stuff was gross, probably why they don't make it anymore.

 

An awful lot of people liked it, just not enough .

 

I had one of those

 

Guess I'm old.

 

Sure as hell I remember being 5 years old and sitting in my father's 55' buick special playing with the dashboard switches. I pushed it in and when it popped back out, I pulled it out and saw the glowing red coil which I introduced to my right thumb. Instant brand made me a part of the 55 buick ranch...........

 

Well these 3 things earned me my first suspension from School!!
They never would have caught me if i could have got up off the floor

 

Hope I can explain this well enough for those that do remember.


Inside door handles of the older vehicles..... lets say probably up to the 50's on some trucks???

Anyway, if you closed the door, everything was fine. If you wanted the door locked, you would have to press down on the same interior door handle; that is, raising the door handle would open the door, pressing it down would lock it as there were no "stem posts" sticking up through the door near the glass yet.

Remember those?

 

You probably remember getting in and out of cars on the passenger side.

 

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Some cats caught on fast, some didn't. Then there was the really dumb one that sharpened it's claws on a cranky old Ayrshire's heel. It never did that again or anything else either.

I learned to drive on a 1939 Chev coupe with three on the tree. Next was a 1947 KB-7 International grain truck with an unsynchronized 4 on the floor. (Not the same truck.)