10 Car Innovations That DID NOT Stand the Test of Time

10 Car Innovations That DID NOT Stand the Test of Time | Part 2

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Join us on a nostalgic ride through automotive history, where we explore the quirky and fascinating features of classic cars. From the endless loop of the 8-track tape to the elegant tailfins that defined an era, and from the innovative push-button transmissions to the iconic woodie cars, we cover it all. Don't miss our discussion on other unique features like the floor dimmer switch, vinyl roof tops, automatic seat belts, whitewall tires, curb feelers, and the cool T-tops - it's a journey through the evolution of car design you won't want to miss.
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@AmericanRewind 4 ай бұрын

What other old car features do you remember?

@rayfridley6649 4 ай бұрын

Semi-automatic fluid drive. Chrysler introduced this in 1939 as standard equipment on Dodges, DeSotos, and Chryslers. Driver would need to lift his right foot off of the gas pedal for a few seconds for the transmission to shift gears, making a loud clunking sound.Last year for fluid drive was 1954.

@stevencooper2464 4 ай бұрын

Grounding Strips. Before the development of electrically "conductive" tires, many cars had a metal strip fastened to the frame on one end and the other end dragged on the ground. The purpose was to discharge the static electric build up in the car body that would occur while the car was in motion. As a kid, I used to find many of them laying in the street, that had broken off from the cars.

@danbenson7587 4 ай бұрын

Starter engages next to gas pedal. (Probably less an innovation than necessity). Also wing vent windows. Shade roofs over front window. Where have cigarette lighters gone? For that matter, wind up windows. What about 60s Mercury with wind down rear window?

@Greatdome99 4 ай бұрын

Dagmars--those bulbous protrusions on the front bumper that reminded folks of Dagmar, the well endowed n regular on the Milton Berle Show.

@wooderdsaunders4640 4 ай бұрын

@@rayfridley6649 didn't VW bugs have a similar setup?

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

We've moved from foot-operated dimmer to help keep hands on the wheel, to a touchscreen to take your eyes off the road completely. Progress.

@Steve-GM0HUU 4 ай бұрын

Don't forget massive A-pillars on modern cars that significantly restrict vision. Maybe also blinding high temperature LED headlights 😅. Windows so heavily tinted they restrict night vision. I am sure there other examples of modern safety feature that are debatable.

@collegeman1988 2 ай бұрын

I don’t get it. My Nissan Altima has an auto headlight dimmer feature, which automatically turns the brights off when it senses the lights from an oncoming car at night.

@oaktree1290 Ай бұрын

Exactly. My Friend has a Prius and everything is controlled on the screen. I have to ask her to turn the a/c on cause I don't know how to do it.

@williammaceri8244 7 күн бұрын

American cars have had auto headlight dimmers since the 50s. GM called it Autronic eye, it was a common feature on Cadillacs. There was a large photo cell on the dash that looked cool and was the sensor to control the high beams.

@750Bruteforce 4 ай бұрын

I miss the headlight dimmer switch in the floor.

@gtlfb 4 ай бұрын

Yes, they were very convenient. I understand, though, that they were prone to shorting out from water infiltration.

@750Bruteforce 4 ай бұрын

@gtlfb That's true. But we can make them water proof. My dad had a f150 withe the dimmer switch in the floor. I also miss the manual transmission.

@raymathews7035 4 ай бұрын

@@gtlfb/ I to miss the high beam switch on the floor.

@barronridge5613 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I do too.

@gerardduncan1040 4 ай бұрын

Still use mine on my 63 Thunderbird!😊

@allanleeth2415 4 ай бұрын

Vent windows , floor vents , body on frame construction , real steel , loud horns , full sized spare tire , full size cars , much much much lower prices to name a few.

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

Remember how Lincoln kept the legacy vent window when everyone else went to single-pane front windows, and it was power ... they knew their market and that senior buyers were used to having the vent (mainly to flick ashes from cigarettes out!)

@georgesheffield1580 4 ай бұрын

And rough riding ,poor handling ,noisy ,and unsafe in a wreck.

@ronfullerton3162 4 ай бұрын

Loved the sound of the old trumpet horns from the forties. Loud but mellow at the same time. I would grab them and put them into newer cars.

@allanleeth2415 4 ай бұрын

@@georgesheffield1580 I replied to the original post. You are being an annoyance.

@allanleeth2415 4 ай бұрын

@@ronfullerton3162 When people used to do that it would certainly get ones attention ! A blast from a mini truck or a beetle comes to mind.

@Jerry-ok8gj 4 ай бұрын

Side vent windows would be great.

@750Bruteforce 4 ай бұрын

I do miss them.

@googleuser3760 4 ай бұрын

Amen to that.

@lancerevell5979 4 ай бұрын

We called it "poor man's AC". 😊

@McPh1741 4 ай бұрын

They should bring those back.

@McPh1741 4 ай бұрын

They should bring those back.

@NordicDan 4 ай бұрын

I about spat my coffee when I saw the Family Truckster 🤣 Well played

@endtimes2100 4 ай бұрын

You think you hate it now. Wait 'til you drive it.

@NordicDan 4 ай бұрын

@@endtimes2100 The ironic part about that quote is when I saw the real one built for SEMA just recently, I loved it lol

@raymondwelsh6028 3 ай бұрын

Is Truckster the car from National Lampoons Vacation? Never had them in Australia, we had the Leyland P76, almost as ugly as the Homer.🇦🇺

@NordicDan 3 ай бұрын

@@raymondwelsh6028 yeah that big gnarly station wagon they got. It's one of those that's so ugly you just want to have it, especially with the diesel that was put in the build that was done for SEMA

@Kevin-tn1hp 20 күн бұрын

Is that Aunt Edna on the roof?? Lolol

@wayneyadams 4 ай бұрын

1:30 I remember the rust that popped up under vinyl roofs. The only way to detect it was by the bulging of the roof where the rust was located. Cars also had the problem of rusting around the chrome borders of windshield and rear windscreens. In fact, cars of the 60s and 70s were rolling rust buckets. As much as I love the vintage cars of the 50s, 60s, and early 70s, I do not miss the rust.

@chuckwadnofski7147 4 ай бұрын

Any state that uses salt to deice their roads. You're gonna have rust on your cars, trust me.

@packard5682 2 ай бұрын

Or if you live along the coast near the ocean.

@wayneyadams 2 ай бұрын

@@packard5682 I happen to live in Southeast Florida about 10 miles from the beach. The humid climate was disastrous on cars.

@jstravelers4094 2 ай бұрын

@@chuckwadnofski7147It's not like it used to be. Not even close. I live in Minnesota.

@davidjones-vx9ju 15 күн бұрын

ever see a 90s car today?

@nvragn 4 ай бұрын

Can you believe this? I work for a large cement company and some of the trucks still have the floor switch and the funnest part I changed one just the other day. I will also mention that we had one on the shelf in the stockroom. True story. 👍🇨🇦

@haweater1555 4 ай бұрын

Foot operated turn signals were common on city buses.

@nvragn 4 ай бұрын

@@haweater1555 you are absolutely correct. Worked on a few of them over the years.

@yelwing 4 ай бұрын

Remember talking cars? “Door is ajar”. “Lights are on”. “Key in ignition”

@CraigerAce 4 ай бұрын

Everyone I knew that had one absolutely hated it. It didn’t last long. Peace. Out.

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

Yeah - now we have a touchscreen to bug you!

@Randy7th 4 ай бұрын

My 84 Daytona turbo was a talkie and when I quickly got tired of it I just turned it off via a switch in the glove box

@KreemieNewgatt 4 ай бұрын

"The door is ajar" No, it's a door

@dalecooper9942 7 күн бұрын

Funny, because a door will never be a jar

@leeshackelford7517 2 ай бұрын

I loved the little vent window on my foster dad's Porthole Thunderbird

@GEKJ86 4 ай бұрын

The city buses where I’m from still use the curb feelers!

@paulmaxwell8851 4 ай бұрын

You know, curb feelers look kinda stupid, yet they work! My mother had on on the right front of her 1970 Pontiac Stratochief, a huge yacht of a car.

@FiveBlackFootedFerrets 2 ай бұрын

I gave a pair of curb feelers to my ex-girlfriend. (for obvious reasons). She kept knocking merchandise off the shelves in supermarkets.😂

@Eagle-nq2mv 4 ай бұрын

I miss the white wall tires, thin stripe.

@jacksons1010 4 ай бұрын

You can still buy whitewalls, they just aren’t very popular.

@Eagle-nq2mv 4 ай бұрын

@@jacksons1010 oh , i didn’t know . Thanks

@romad357 4 ай бұрын

The first tape cartridge was the "Stereo-Pak" a 4-track system developed by "Madman" Muntz from a monophonic 2-track system used by broad radio. Bill Lear of LearJet liked it so much he had his engineers modify the system to create the "Stereo 8" 8-track.

@ivanleterror9158 4 ай бұрын

My mom worked for a while in his assembly plant in Van Nuys for the stereos. On of his stores was right down the street on Roscoe Bl.

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

What a California story ... "Muntz" of the 1960's $199 console color TV home entertainment system. Not too good ...

@-oiiio-3993 4 ай бұрын

@@ivanleterror9158 I grew up near the large _Muntz_ sign that was on Sepulveda at Burbank.

@ttop64 4 ай бұрын

I do miss white wall tires and vinyl roofs on cars even though vinyl roofs were a pain to keep looking good.

@rongendron8705 4 ай бұрын

If you wanted to keep a car looking new, for a long time, buying one with a vinyl roof wasn't a good idea!

@elultimo102 4 ай бұрын

@@rongendron8705 Every vinyl-top car in the junkyard, is rusty beneath the vinyl. Bad idea, like plastic pick-up bed liners that cause the the bed to rust out from the accumulated water.

@Zebra_3 2 ай бұрын

and keeping the white walls white.

@ttop64 2 ай бұрын

@@Zebra_3 Until commercial wheel cleaners came along I used to sprinkle Comet on a scrub brush to clean white walls tires.

@Zebra_3 2 ай бұрын

@@ttop64 be careful w/ those cleaners, some can damage the wheels.

@jackeldogo3952 4 ай бұрын

Back in my 1st year of college, one of my friends had an old beater '63 Dodge Dart with the push button gearbox, it was pretty cool back then .

@Greatdome99 4 ай бұрын

Swivel seats, salesmen coupes (no rear seat), vacuum windshield wipers, bias-ply tires.

@roberttwist5190 4 ай бұрын

Vacuum operated wipers were the worst! Accelerating from a stop would make the wipers stop working until you let off the gas in my ‘57 Chevy!

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

Business coupes, right, had the shelf for "sample cases" where the back seat would be.

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

I do not miss bias-ply tires. My dad bought the best in the 1960's, but you couldn't hope for more than 15K miles from a set, and never made made it to the next set without at least one flat ... Modern radials, 60K miles and when is the last time you had to change one on the road ....?

@paulmaxwell8851 4 ай бұрын

And in severely cold weather they froze with the flat side making them out of round. It could take a few miles of driving to warm them up and make the flat disappear. Until then, it was a bumpy ride!@@power4things

@sandybruce9092 2 ай бұрын

@@roberttwist5190Agree! My 1955 Chevy BelAire has them and when it did rain in Phoenix, it could come down in buckets - vacuum wipers could never keep up!!!

@Greatdome99 4 ай бұрын

Push button drives were designed by Borg Warner for Packards and Edsel-Mercury-Lincoln using a starter motor to move the shift cable. Chrysler's was all-mechanical and more reliable. They changed to a column shift like everyone else because people didn't like to rent them at Hertz.

@danielulz1640 4 ай бұрын

Actually, they were effectively outlawed by Government mandate, for the 65 model year, requiring a standardized automatic shift pattern.

@daveditcher4059 4 ай бұрын

Mopar’s push button trans shifter was discontinued because a federal regulation took effect in 1965 mandating all automatic transmissions have a common P-R-N-D-L or P-R-N-2-1 shift patterns, not because people didn’t want to buy them.

@MileyonDisney 4 ай бұрын

An 8-track player under the dash and an FM-converter in the glove box. Woo-hoo!

@Randy7th 4 ай бұрын

Whomever ordered my 70 Dodge Charger R/T special ordered an AM/8 Track lol, it was an $900 option-same as the 6 barrel on it!

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

@@Randy7th which is like $7000 today! Two shockers, cost of the 8-track and how $ is worthless now.

@user-dd5gq2gb3p 3 ай бұрын

My first car is 67 Ford Mustang Fastback was an automatic and it had a odd pedal over by the where your left foot would rest so out of curiosity I put my foot on it and pressed it and water shot out of the the little Jets on the hood to hit the windshield but if you stepped on it real hard you could spray it all the way over to the back of the car

@justme-6695 2 ай бұрын

Nobody mentions The Four Track player I had one

@SupaSupaDave1955 2 ай бұрын

The only thing I remember about 8 track players is how easy it was for thieves to steal them.

@user-tv5ht8ig6q 4 ай бұрын

I thought curb feelers was a good idea !

@andrewvelonis5940 12 күн бұрын

I'm sure you can still get them.

@briang.7206 4 ай бұрын

Push button automatic transmissions the one on our old Dodge worked perfectly.

@johnslaughter5475 4 ай бұрын

I would much rather have a foot button for high/low lights. I don't know how many times I've inadvertently turned on my windshield wipers and/or the turn signals. How many times have people been taking a turn at night and had to shift their left hand to go to low beam because there was a car coming from the other direction? That can be dangerous. The curb feelers actually served another purpose - to make sure the car was within 12" of the curb as required by law.

@williamjones7163 4 ай бұрын

I bought a car in 1982 that had an 8-track stereo made by Blaupunkt. Although the the technology was antique the electronics were state of the art. Best sound system I ever had in a car.

@geebsterswats 4 ай бұрын

I love the Griswold’s station wagon @08:00 , complete with grandma’s body strapped to the roof lol! This is a real replica and just saw it drive through Florida on its way to the upcoming Mega-Con in Orlando. It even has the dog leash and collar tied to the back bumper! Edit: I was mistaken about the dead body on the roof. It’s actually Aunt Edna, not grandma (The replica actually has Illinois vanity plates that read “AUNT EDNA” lol). It’s been a minute since I seen the movie,

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

You watch it that often too? Glad I'm not alone! 😆

@ronaldacarter8079 4 ай бұрын

I, also recognized the station wagon. Did you realize that they were called station wagons because they could transport large amounts of luggage to the train station?

@geebsterswats 4 ай бұрын

@@ronaldacarter8079 (As Wayne Campbell) “I was not aware of that”. lol. But seriously, I was not aware of that. That is very interesting and I love learning new things. 👍

@youtube-handle-are-a-joke 4 ай бұрын

The vinyl roof inserts on early cars were there because they couldn't stamp complete roofs . It was technical not for aesthetics. The woodies were to keep the price low on wagons, then it became a luxury feature after the war. I miss vent windows and full size spare tires.

@wassiswallylokhankin191 14 күн бұрын

I have fondest memories of my 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser, a cream-color woodie station wagon. V6, 3.3, front wheel drive... and a warm feeling of being home.

@ivanleterror9158 4 ай бұрын

Wood bodies were also for replacing steel for the war. My1950 Ford sedan had 2 early items no longer found. The wipers were powered by engine vacuum instead of electrical power. And it had an actual heater with coils that heated like a bathroom wall heater and a little fan that pushed air into the interior.

@Randy7th 4 ай бұрын

My 55 Jeep Station Wagon has vacuum wipers with the vacuum being made by the fuel pump lol

@ivanleterror9158 4 ай бұрын

and some off of the intake manifold similar to how the earliest smog devices that suck the crank case emissions back through the manifold just below the carburetor. did yours slow down during acceleration and speed up decelerating?@@Randy7th

@AJ-qn6gd 4 ай бұрын

My 2016 Toyota Hilux has an electric heater element as well as the normal heater matrix this is turned on separately and is to make sure heat is available when ticking over in cold climates, it only works in Park Or Neutral and switches itself off when the coolant temperature is sufficient, great also for de icing in the winter 👍🏻🇬🇧

@raymondclark1785 4 ай бұрын

Cars were not made during the war

@paulmaxwell8851 4 ай бұрын

You're right. Feb. 19, 1942 was when the manufacturing of American cars and trucks for the consumer market stopped. The war had been raging for two years already, but the U.S. hadn't joined the party yet. They made up for lost time, though, giving both the Germans, Italians and Japanese a taste of their own medicine. Cheers from Canada!@@raymondclark1785

@michaelfred8848 7 күн бұрын

I liked the starter on the floor next to the gas pedal.

@kevind8752 4 күн бұрын

I remember curb feelers and automatic seatbelts. My dad’s 1960 Plymouth Pioneer station wagon had a push button transmission. My first car had a floorboard dimmer switch, a vinyl roof and a portable 8 track tape player.

@samcolt1079 4 ай бұрын

BRING BACK THE WHITE WALLS

@warrenguy76 4 ай бұрын

Wow I love your videos! Subscribed! ❤

@haweater1555 4 ай бұрын

Going way back, engine starter motors didnt have a solenoid to engage the pinion gear, so it took some effort pulling against a return spring to start. Pedal-operated starters were common.

@ivanleterror9158 4 ай бұрын

And some cars had a push button on the floor to crank the starter right below the gas pedal.

@SteelKokopelli 4 ай бұрын

Clark W Griswold would be proud. The Wagon Queen Family Truckster rides again! "You think you hate it now, but wait 'til you drive it."

@drhkleinert8241 2 ай бұрын

Yes...the Griswold car was build just only for the movie (5 Cars) and wasnt a serial car.

@trainliker100 4 ай бұрын

I had a 1946 Ford Deluxe with the "Wonder Bar" radio that had a button on the floor just like, and next to, the dimmer switch on the floor. The radio had presets you could set for stations and a sort of horizontal bar feature that you pushed down with your fingers and it advanced to the next position. Pushing the button on the floor energized a solenoid that pushed that same bar down. So you could change stations hands free.

@alanstevenson9885 4 ай бұрын

I remember as a kid riding with my friend in his dad's car that had this feature. His dad told us to check out this cool feature as he grabbed the sun visor and tipped it down a bit to change the radio station. We were in the back and couldn't see dad pressing the floor button. I thought that was the stupidest thing I'd ever seen. Why put the radio switch on the visor when you could just reach the radio on the dashboard. Had a good laugh over that.

@danielpopa4458 4 ай бұрын

Vinyl roofs were cheaper than painted because it eliminated the need to correct hood finish issues.

@stevenlitvintchouk3131 4 ай бұрын

With those wheel covers that covered the rear wheel wells, how did you change a tire? Did those wheel covers pop out easily and get positioned in place easily?

@Thinginator 4 ай бұрын

They are called "fender skirts" or "wheel spats" depending on where you're from, and yes they are removable. There are guiding pins that keep them in position when mounted and help you install them easily, and there is usually a spring mechanism that clamps the fender skirt to the wheel well from behind so you don't even need tools to remove them. It's not difficult to change a tire on a car with fender skirts, the skirts are usually pretty simple to remove and then there's plenty of room. I own a car with fender skirts and never had a problem with them.

@ronfullerton3162 4 ай бұрын

@@CraigerAceSome of the guys I knew that had them would take them off as soon as the winter weather hit. If ran through slush, they could end up frozen in place.

@XB10001 4 ай бұрын

The T top would still look good today on some cars.

@bobfeller604 4 ай бұрын

I liked vinyl tops, there was a product available to keep them nice looking.

@tomfields3682 2 ай бұрын

Ridin round town with all the windows down, 8 track's playing all my favorite sounds...

@NameRequiredSoHere Ай бұрын

This brought back memories, especially the the floor switch. It was once second nature to me step on it to turn the high beams on and off. And in the 60's "Push Button" was the equivalent of "Digital" today. My family had a couple of Dodge Station wagons with the push button shift.

@user-qm2dr5cx8r 4 ай бұрын

I need to go back in time.

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

Never left

@jacksons1010 4 ай бұрын

Uncle Rico has a has a time machine he’ll sell for cheap!

@kmay4963 4 ай бұрын

Never heard of an 8 track. And we had a beta max.

@markschneider8815 4 ай бұрын

8-tracks were the first hi-fidelity music system that were widely made for automotive use. Prior to that was the 4-track systems, which only held half the music of the 8-track. The radio cart used in broadcast stations required a rubber driven wheel to operate. This required the user to operate a lever to lift the rubber wheel into position. 8-tracks came with the wheel already installed. At this time, cassette tapes were limited fidelity and not really great for automobile use. But times change and the 8-tracks were eventually replaced by the cassette. Those in turn were replaced by CDs and then mp3 players. At the time of the dawning of cassettes I worked in an automotive stereo shop and installed car stereos. I had a lucrative side business repairing 8-track tapes. I've only covered the bare bones of the evolution of car music systems. As each system became more sophisticated and the audio reproduction improved, new formats edged out the older systems.

@Randy7th 4 ай бұрын

FYI, beta max was dropped in favor of the VHS...

@allanleeth2415 Ай бұрын

That's true. It's all about saving time on tape. VHS allowed up to 8 hours.@@KreemieNewgatt

@Dorthy-wx9fq 3 ай бұрын

Love it!!!! Had one in my 1964 Dodge Dart. Wish I still had the car. Love from Marysville California

@ronm6585 4 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@MrzorkV 4 ай бұрын

Coming from New Zealand and visiting the US in 1980, one of the first things I saw was the Car Wickers. Thought it was a very good idea to stop scrapping your tyres.

@44hawk28 4 ай бұрын

The reason why you still see vinyl roofs on cars is it's actually cheaper to put a vinyl roof on a car then it is to completely finish it off and paint it. That's why it was used for so many years in the first place.

@deliveryguy7402 4 ай бұрын

I miss the little push open windows you could let cigarette smoke out without freezing your ears.

@susanlayne641 10 күн бұрын

Stop smoking do have a death wish

@MrYfrank14 4 ай бұрын

7:58- I didn't realize a dead aunt Edna strapped to the roof was a common feature at one time.

@user-lm8sv7ih9w 4 ай бұрын

My first TWO cars had dimmer switches on the floorboard. And I'm still around kicking and grinning and going out to eat! hahahaha

@unclemarksdiyauto 4 ай бұрын

Great info!

@johnscanlan9335 4 ай бұрын

I always and still do like the look of a vinyl top on an automobile. They started fading away in the mid 1970s mainly because they had never been popular on high-end European cars.

@MeganKoumori 4 ай бұрын

"White wall tires! They say 'Look at me! Here I am! _Love me!'"_

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

"Pit stop", Luigi 😆

@lancerevell5979 4 ай бұрын

Many cars once had vacuum operated wipers. I replaced them on my 1968 AMC Javelin with the electric wiper motor from a 1971 Javelin. But, the added electric draw meant I had to change to a heavy duty alternator to keep the battery from discharging if I ran wipers, headlights and defroster together. 🙄

@emmapeel8163 27 күн бұрын

Automatic seatbelts in the VW were 3-points. saved my friend's life in college.

@williammaceri8244 7 күн бұрын

I remember the curb finders, my dad added them to our cars when mom was learning to drive. I know they are considered stupid but they worked.

@jacoballred 4 ай бұрын

Glad. The 8 track player in my Ford Thunderbird stil work's. Whitewall tires actually last longer. It's opposite than the video says.

@fishman211 4 ай бұрын

The floor dimmer switch is something that should be standard on all modern cars.

@jacksons1010 4 ай бұрын

No, they died out for a reason. There was no consumer push back when American car makers dropped the floor switch; it wasn’t controversial at all.

@laurentmarandet4850 4 ай бұрын

My Mercedes benz has the automatic light system, switching high beam when there is no one in front of the car, I really like it.

@davidhall8874 Ай бұрын

Part of the problem was that the floor switch was vulnerable to water and dirt making it difficult to push after a few years.

@felzke440 4 ай бұрын

Spark advance, next to steering wheel, Choke and throttle cable, crank out windshield, as well as cowl vent, and wing vent, power ash tray (vacuum operated) venetian blinds in rear window, hand crank to start car (going way back)

@ronaldacarter8079 4 ай бұрын

The robe cord (blanket rope) that traversed the back of the front bench seat from which a blanket was hung. Thus in winter, the cold rear seat passengers could stay warm by cloaking themselves with the blanket.

@-oiiio-3993 4 ай бұрын

The '55 Oldsmobile had it.

@rolandsolomon7728 4 ай бұрын

I also loved skirts. I had some 1950 and 1951 Fords with skirts on them. They looked sharp. 😊

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

You always knew somebody had had a flat in the rear because they couldn't re-attach (or didn't bother with) the skirt afterwards.

@McPh1741 4 ай бұрын

The good ol’ Family Truckster. You think you hate it now, but wait til you drive it.

@phillipjoseph8768 4 ай бұрын

Push button transmissions are back

@user-si4ic4fd2c 4 ай бұрын

Curb feelers are still very popular on lowriders. For good reason

@oneobserver6116 9 күн бұрын

Older drivers, who were used to the dimmer switch on the floor, had trouble using the new dimmer switches on the steering column. They kept getting their foot hung up in the steering wheel.

@luisreyes1963 4 ай бұрын

White wall tires should still be used for luxury autos as a sort of status, symbol.

@petebeatminister 4 ай бұрын

Yes, you can still get them in certain sizes, but they are expensive. Small batch productions for vintage car enthusiast.

@cliftonjarvis8010 3 ай бұрын

They had poor man white walls,they glued onto the tire,I never could afford or want them.

@jimklein4066 Ай бұрын

I had a 1993 Subaru Loyale with automatic seat belts. I never had a problem with them, and could never figure out why so many people hated them.

@Hillers62 4 ай бұрын

At 8:05 ..The Griswold's car!!! Holiday Road!!!!

@KreemieNewgatt 4 ай бұрын

Wagon Queen Family Truckster!

@rtel123 6 күн бұрын

We used to say back then that the wood sides were not part of the design. Someone had forgotten to remove part of the packing crate!

@JohnCBurzynski 2 ай бұрын

I liked curb finders when I lived in the city.

@jstravelers4094 2 ай бұрын

I loved my wing vents on my 67 Camaro. Luggage racks too.

@666toysoldier 4 ай бұрын

My uncle used his push-button transmission to back off tailgaters. If R was pushed while the car was going down the road, the transmission would not shift, but the reverse lights came on.

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

I heard a story of a guy in NYC who worked at JFK and got hold of a landing light from a 737 to put in his back window, a quick flip would deter tailgaters without frying his electrical system. Illegal I'm sure, but effective and I would like to hear the other guy explain to police that he saw a "bright light coming from the guy's car .."

@DanteFortson 4 ай бұрын

I drive a 2020 GMC and it has a pusb button system. Took some getting use to but I like it.

@belleice1943 3 ай бұрын

How well we remember these cars. Too bad the Woodies left.

@BrianCStone 4 ай бұрын

You miss mentioning wind-wings

@feralcatbrothers 4 ай бұрын

It was my understanding that Chrysler eliminated push button transmissions because the Feds required a "standard shift pattern" for automatics in 1965.

@philipphariss4972 4 ай бұрын

I had a arc 1000 45rpm record player under the dash that held 10 records and played them upside down. Also had a motorola reverb in the trunk. This was in 1965.

@ronfullerton3162 4 ай бұрын

I had the Motorola reverb unit also. They had a very good sound as compared to other brands.

@washingtonforensicsservice5495 4 ай бұрын

2:40 - The problem with automatic seatbelts was that they were actually dangerous and were responsible for a number of fatalities. They were designed to work in conjunction with a manually applied lap belt, but people would not use the lap belt and so they were only restrained by the automatic shoulder strap. In accidents, people would “submarine“ underneath the and become unrestrained.

@MrYfrank14 4 ай бұрын

Patented in 1951and used in a 1948 prototype. He sure is lucky nobody stole his idea for those three years.

@Randy7th 4 ай бұрын

Vinyl roofs were loved by the car companies as they didn't require so much body prep on the top as painting them did

@kennethdrewary1094 4 ай бұрын

Machine guns behind the headlights, you only ever saw them in one car, then never again. Lol

@sandybruce9092 2 ай бұрын

Woodies are still great looking cars!!

@johnziersch4605 4 ай бұрын

Tail fins - one minor reason they went out of style was the derision of other nations - I remember when I was a young telephony technician (Australia) my work center got a Chrysler Valiant. We loved the engine & automatic transmission which the Americans do so very well, but the steering & handling! OMG! On rough surfaces or undulating roads the "Yank Tank" wallowed like a tanker in heavy seas, with less control. 4:06 the Prius rear end is a remnant of a rear spoiler like racing cars have and actually has a practical purpose. - nothing to do with tail fins.

@andrewvelonis5940 12 күн бұрын

I had forgotten all about the high beam switch on the floor.

@mgriff39 3 ай бұрын

My Dad had a 1970 Dodge Challenger, green with a white vinyl roof. It had an eight track player with an FM adapter because the car only had an AM radio.

@haweater1555 4 ай бұрын

When my grandfather first drove his new 1979 Chevy Impala, he removed the floor mat while trying to find the dimmer switch.

@Amenhir1 3 ай бұрын

I can't tell you how many elderly drivers I had to help turn off their high beams. For some strange reason older folks would always turn on their turn signals instead of turning off the high beams. I've also had to tell some younger people who bought an older car how to turn them on. They didn't know their was a switch at your feet.

@gregorytaylor41 3 ай бұрын

You used the Truskster from National Lampoon's Vacation 😂

@williammaceri8244 7 күн бұрын

I also liked Chrysler's push button drive. I learned to drive in the 60s in Chrysler vehicles.

@joebator9858 2 ай бұрын

T- top roofs were great; unless it started to rain & you're driving with no place to pull over and put the parts back on.

@kentbrooksbank1029 4 ай бұрын

I'm in the UK and had 4 Series, Hillman minxes😮 in the late 60s, early 70s. They were designed by Raymond Loewy, who designed the Studebaker Hawks of the 50s/60s. They even looked similar. Three of mine had column changes and were actually 4 on the tree. All had bench seats. The first was also a convertible/drop top. Love to go back and get another. Could drive one all day in comfort.

@dougberdan3906 4 ай бұрын

Pop up head light I have a Corvette that has headlight that not only Pop but but flip the Corvette had hidden or Pop up lights from 1963 to2004

@binaway 11 күн бұрын

In New Zealand flocks of a native bird, the Kea, started stripping the Vinyl off the roof of cars. I've seen a picture of a new Jaguar at a dealership with long pieces stripped from the roof. The US ambassadors limousine was also targeted by a Kea flock. After that for NZ a painted roof version was supplied.

@Steve-GM0HUU 4 ай бұрын

Some British cars used to have little prisms on top of the front sidelights. They reflected a small quantity of light back at the driver. You could see when the lights were on and exaclty where the front corners of the car were. Very useful for manoeuvring car, especially in low light conditions.

@paulmaxwell8851 4 ай бұрын

I didn't know that!

@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain 2 ай бұрын

The floor dimmer switch makes a lot of sense. Another thing about 8 tracks, though before my times I’m a late Gen Xer, is they allowed you to skip ahead to any tract you wanted. Although you couldn’t go backwards. Something that was quite neat at a time when CD’s didn’t exist. 50’s car’s and those fins were beautiful. 40’s cars were awesome too. Push buttons were a stupid idea then and they’re a stupid idea now. Gotta say whitewalls look great. Curb feelers look very weird. Just need to be a better driver. T-top: trans am Smokey and the Bandit. The woodies looked good but it took a lot of effort to maintain that wood. Simulated wood would be better.

@curtisharvey5579 4 ай бұрын

I wish T-Tops were still an option, love em, have an 89 Camaro with em

@power4things 4 ай бұрын

Originally low-volume custom delivery and station wagons cars were built of wood to save on metal tooling. Later, it was added as a legacy throwback on all-steel wagons and minivans.