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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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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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View Quote 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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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. View Quote http://www.horlicks.co.uk/ |
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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. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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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I actually have a bunch of these stored away with some other collectables.
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I don't think I miss these godawful ads...
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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? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/89283/IMG-6495-207229.JPG DDT Ran through that cloud countless times! View Quote |
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I still use one of these!
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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. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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"Sixfinger! Sixfinger! Sixfinger!"
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Had that many times growing up.
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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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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/$/Hasbro-1969-Amaze-A-Matics-Mark-IV-Ford-5865-Vintage-_57.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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This seems like the place to ask: I had a red toy car the used cards to control it. The card went into the front or the back, I don't recall, and the motor started and pulled it through. As it was being feed through, rollers on either side of the card controlled steering and direction. I have no idea who made it or what it was called. Most people today wouldn't believe there was a (primitive) programmable 1:24 model car in 1966. The lazy kids bought an extra 12-pack of "programed" cards. The creative ones payed attention to the printed lines on the cards,.. then figgerd' out all they really needed was scissors (with a little determination, you could cut the black hard cards). https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/MTA2NlgxNjAw/z/RmoAAOSw2gxYpdDT/$/Hasbro-1969-Amaze-A-Matics-Mark-IV-Ford-5865-Vintage-_57.jpg |
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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/$/Hasbro-1969-Amaze-A-Matics-Mark-IV-Ford-5865-Vintage-_57.jpg View Quote My Mother had one of these: |
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My mom has one like the top picture ad still uses it damn near every day! I bet there's no telling how many dresses it made for my sisters over the years or how many pair of pants it hemmed for me growing up. Come to think of it, she's got one identical to the bottom picture too, which was her grandmother's.
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HASBRO Amaze-A-Matics Most people today wouldn't believe there was a (primitive) programmable 1:24 model car in 1966. The lazy kids bought an extra 12-pack of "programed" cards. The creative ones payed attention to the printed lines on the cards,.. then figgerd' out all they really needed was scissors (with a little determination, you could cut the black hard cards). https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/MTA2NlgxNjAw/z/RmoAAOSw2gxYpdDT/$/Hasbro-1969-Amaze-A-Matics-Mark-IV-Ford-5865-Vintage-_57.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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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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Anybody do this? http://www.rantfood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-shot-2015-02-25-at-10.04.08-AM.jpg View Quote @18, I was allowed to buy this... |
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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. View Quote |
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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. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Summer of 79 I passed on a Chevelle LS6 because it burned a little oil.....it was $500. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Are you old enough to remember the days of cheap 50s classics and 60s-70s muscle? |
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These were much more painful.... http://www.toykonstrukt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CarRamp49.jpg View Quote |
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These were much more painful.... http://www.toykonstrukt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CarRamp49.jpg View Quote |
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These were much more painful.... http://www.toykonstrukt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CarRamp49.jpg View Quote |
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I actually tried to sell Grit in the mid 70s. Nobody bought it.
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These were much more painful.... http://www.toykonstrukt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CarRamp49.jpg View Quote |
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