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Posted: 5/22/2017 4:19:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/22/2017 4:22:40 PM EDT
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Came out shortly after WWII and still around after all these years. You don't mess with success.
Has the Amphicar been mentioned yet? 
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Posted: 5/22/2017 5:56:02 PM EDT
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TL;DR but here are a few car related:
Vacuum windshield wipers - they slowed down when you drove up hill, making it impossible to drive up hills in heavy rain. Car tires had tubes inside. The odometer "rolled over" at 100,000 miles. The seat belt interlock - 1974 "feature" that disabled the ability to start the car unless the driver's seat belt was fastened. Heaters were optional. The antenna went up when you started the car, and went down when you turned the car off. |
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Posted: 5/22/2017 6:02:45 PM EDT
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To mail letter, you licked the postage stamp you put on the envelope.
This gave rise to the lawyer joke: The U.S. Postal Service came out with a commemorative stamp honoring the legal profession, but they had to withdraw it. People didn't know which side to spit on. |
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Posted: 5/22/2017 8:55:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI had one of those football games, and used it on long trips, (air or car). You had to move your fingers fast.
Unfortunately, my Dad decided to sell it at a garage sale, w/o my knowledge, and as I saw the person leaving the sale, I stupidly, gave them the 120vlt. to 9vlt. conversion plug I had for the thing. Of course, I could have used the converter for other 9 volt games. |
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Posted: 5/22/2017 10:19:49 PM EDT
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http://www.flyingtigerantiques.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/horlicksmaltedtabletfrontw.jpg Recently I found out that they were included in the emergency survival rations for the RAF in WW II. I loved them as a child. http://www.horlicks.co.uk/ 
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Posted: 5/22/2017 11:17:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/22/2017 11:55:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/23/2017 2:13:15 PM EDT
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Not so rare. I still use its younger brother every day. It may be the only good thing that hipsters have helped to keep alive. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Not so rare. I still use its younger brother every day. It may be the only good thing that hipsters have helped to keep alive. |
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Posted: 5/23/2017 2:54:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/23/2017 2:58:34 PM EDT
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I don't think I miss these godawful ads...
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Posted: 5/23/2017 3:01:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI always thought that hot dog doing flips was amazing. Wonder how long it took to teach it how to do that?
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Posted: 5/23/2017 3:07:00 PM EDT
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I always thought that hot dog doing flips was amazing. Wonder how long it took to teach it how to do that? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 5/23/2017 3:22:58 PM EDT
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https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/89283/IMG-6495-207229.JPG DDT Ran through that cloud countless times!  |
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Posted: 5/23/2017 3:24:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/23/2017 3:37:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/23/2017 6:03:04 PM EDT
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Hot dogs used to be smarter back in the day, they would even jump out of the package on to the grill by themselves. These young hot dogs just want to lie around all day. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 5/23/2017 6:08:39 PM EDT
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I always had a crush on the Doublemint twins.
The things I saw when I searched for them cannot be unseen... 
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Posted: 5/23/2017 10:34:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TinSpinner
Hot dogs used to be smarter back in the day, they would even jump out of the package on to the grill by themselves. These young hot dogs just want to lie around all day. 
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Posted: 5/23/2017 10:35:21 PM EDT
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Quote History"Sixfinger! Sixfinger! Sixfinger!"
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Posted: 5/23/2017 10:41:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/23/2017 11:00:15 PM EDT
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Hell, my mom used them in the late 60's. |
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Posted: 5/24/2017 9:58:19 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/24/2017 10:19:35 AM EDT
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This seems like the place to ask: I had a red toy car the used cards to control it.
The card went into the front or the back, I don't recall, and the motor started and pulled it through. As it was being feed through, rollers on either side of the card controlled steering and direction. I have no idea who made it or what it was called. |
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Posted: 5/24/2017 1:52:14 PM EDT
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This seems like the place to ask: I had a red toy car the used cards to control it. The card went into the front or the back, I don't recall, and the motor started and pulled it through. As it was being feed through, rollers on either side of the card controlled steering and direction. I have no idea who made it or what it was called. Most people today wouldn't believe there was a (primitive) programmable 1:24 model car in 1966. The lazy kids bought an extra 12-pack of "programed" cards. The creative ones payed attention to the printed lines on the cards,.. then figgerd' out all they really needed was scissors (with a little determination, you could cut the black hard cards ).
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Posted: 5/24/2017 4:10:25 PM EDT
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HASBRO Amaze-A-Matics Most people today wouldn't believe there was a (primitive) programmable 1:24 model car in 1966. The lazy kids bought an extra 12-pack of "programed" cards. The creative ones payed attention to the printed lines on the cards,.. then figgerd' out all they really needed was scissors (with a little determination, you could cut the black hard cards ).
https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/MTA2NlgxNjAw/z/RmoAAOSw2gxYpdDT/$/Hasbro-1969-Amaze-A-Matics-Mark-IV-Ford-5865-Vintage-_57.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This seems like the place to ask: I had a red toy car the used cards to control it. The card went into the front or the back, I don't recall, and the motor started and pulled it through. As it was being feed through, rollers on either side of the card controlled steering and direction. I have no idea who made it or what it was called. Most people today wouldn't believe there was a (primitive) programmable 1:24 model car in 1966. The lazy kids bought an extra 12-pack of "programed" cards. The creative ones payed attention to the printed lines on the cards,.. then figgerd' out all they really needed was scissors (with a little determination, you could cut the black hard cards ).
https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/MTA2NlgxNjAw/z/RmoAAOSw2gxYpdDT/$/Hasbro-1969-Amaze-A-Matics-Mark-IV-Ford-5865-Vintage-_57.jpg |
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Posted: 5/24/2017 8:00:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/25/2017 9:39:49 AM EDT
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HASBRO Amaze-A-Matics Most people today wouldn't believe there was a (primitive) programmable 1:24 model car in 1966. The lazy kids bought an extra 12-pack of "programed" cards. The creative ones payed attention to the printed lines on the cards,.. then figgerd' out all they really needed was scissors (with a little determination, you could cut the black hard cards ).
https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/MTA2NlgxNjAw/z/RmoAAOSw2gxYpdDT/$/Hasbro-1969-Amaze-A-Matics-Mark-IV-Ford-5865-Vintage-_57.jpg 
My Mother had one of these: 
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Posted: 5/25/2017 10:07:43 AM EDT
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This was similar to the programmable sewing machines of the same decade that used drop-in cams for the various stitch patterns. The top-tier models would even stitch monograms.
My Mother had one of these: |
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Posted: 5/25/2017 12:15:40 PM EDT
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HASBRO Amaze-A-Matics Most people today wouldn't believe there was a (primitive) programmable 1:24 model car in 1966. The lazy kids bought an extra 12-pack of "programed" cards. The creative ones payed attention to the printed lines on the cards,.. then figgerd' out all they really needed was scissors (with a little determination, you could cut the black hard cards ).
https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/MTA2NlgxNjAw/z/RmoAAOSw2gxYpdDT/$/Hasbro-1969-Amaze-A-Matics-Mark-IV-Ford-5865-Vintage-_57.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This seems like the place to ask: I had a red toy car the used cards to control it. The card went into the front or the back, I don't recall, and the motor started and pulled it through. As it was being feed through, rollers on either side of the card controlled steering and direction. I have no idea who made it or what it was called. Most people today wouldn't believe there was a (primitive) programmable 1:24 model car in 1966. The lazy kids bought an extra 12-pack of "programed" cards. The creative ones payed attention to the printed lines on the cards,.. then figgerd' out all they really needed was scissors (with a little determination, you could cut the black hard cards ).
https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/MTA2NlgxNjAw/z/RmoAAOSw2gxYpdDT/$/Hasbro-1969-Amaze-A-Matics-Mark-IV-Ford-5865-Vintage-_57.jpg |
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Posted: 5/25/2017 5:21:33 PM EDT
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Thanks guys, off to ebay I go...
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Posted: 5/25/2017 5:27:49 PM EDT
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I did the same thing!
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Posted: 5/25/2017 5:44:19 PM EDT
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Anybody do this?
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Posted: 5/25/2017 6:05:53 PM EDT
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Anybody do this? http://www.rantfood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-shot-2015-02-25-at-10.04.08-AM.jpg ).
@18, I was allowed to buy this... 
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Posted: 5/25/2017 7:51:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/25/2017 9:29:02 PM EDT
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Remember taking my mother's car to the Esso station. Big fullsize Chrysler 440ci engine. Had 1/4 tank in it. The attendant filled it up, I gave him a $5.00 bill and he gave me change back.  memories. At the drive inn inn my 1962 falcon (factory bucket seats, yeah the fancy one ) when the gal and I got tired of the folks right next to us watching my windows steam up... so I hit the driver seat and off to the river bottoms we went.... I heard something and it was the drive inn speaker still in the window cord flapping in the wind. I STILL HAVE IT. What movie I have no idea she was wearing a little white top  well for some of the night.
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Posted: 5/25/2017 9:47:21 PM EDT
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My Dads was black, my butt was blue
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Posted: 5/25/2017 9:57:21 PM EDT
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My Dads was black, my butt was blue
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Posted: 5/25/2017 10:10:32 PM EDT
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In college I owned a '65 Pontiac Star Chief, a '67 Impala, and a '71 Caprice 2-door (with a 400ci engine). The three of them together cost $900. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Are you old enough to remember the days of cheap 50s classics and 60s-70s muscle?
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Posted: 5/25/2017 11:23:50 PM EDT
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Summer of 79 I passed on a Chevelle LS6 because it burned a little oil.....it was $500. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Are you old enough to remember the days of cheap 50s classics and 60s-70s muscle? 
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Posted: 5/26/2017 12:02:33 AM EDT
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These were much more painful....
http://www.toykonstrukt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CarRamp49.jpg |
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Posted: 5/26/2017 12:33:37 AM EDT
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These were much more painful....
http://www.toykonstrukt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CarRamp49.jpg |
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Posted: 5/26/2017 12:51:57 AM EDT
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These were much more painful....
http://www.toykonstrukt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CarRamp49.jpg 
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Posted: 5/26/2017 1:19:27 PM EDT
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Remember how you used to have to balance a tire?
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Posted: 5/26/2017 8:42:51 PM EDT
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I ran across this today in a thrift store.
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Posted: 5/27/2017 10:11:58 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/27/2017 10:38:11 AM EDT
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I actually tried to sell Grit in the mid 70s. Nobody bought it.
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Posted: 5/27/2017 1:22:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/27/2017 3:37:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/27/2017 5:54:44 PM EDT
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These were much more painful....
http://www.toykonstrukt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CarRamp49.jpg  I wish we had hot wheel track, since those willow branches broke the skin. Looking back, and at the replies to this photo, that must have been part of the marketing for track. "It can also be used to correct your children!" must have been on TV channels we weren't allowed to watch.
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