13 Weird Car Innovations That No Longer Exist!

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13 Weird Car Innovations That No Longer Exist!
Step back in time with '13 Weird Car Innovations from the 1970s That No Longer Exist!' This video is a nostalgic ride through the most bizarre and now-extinct car features of the groovy '70s. Discover the quirks of automotive design and technology during this iconic era, from eccentric styling choices to unconventional functionalities. Each of the 13 innovations tells a unique story of ambition, creativity, and sometimes, failure. Whether you're a vintage car aficionado or just love exploring historical oddities, this video will captivate you with a glimpse into the automotive experiments that shaped, and were eventually lost in, the sands of time. Get ready for a retro automotive adventure!

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@AmericaBefore 2 ай бұрын

Which of these old car features would YOU like to bring back?

@JagXKR 2 ай бұрын

Vent Windows

@kevincostello3856 2 ай бұрын

The Swivel seats and the Imperial " Mobile Director". Hood ornaments and of course the flip-up headlights or hidden headlamps like Lincolns, Imperials and many more . Please keep'em coming

@worldwidebear1967 Ай бұрын

Swivel Seats was a realy cool idea.

@moscowandy 23 күн бұрын

Fins and design generally. What it comes to safety there are people that can harm themselves with a teabag, you cant always adjust yourself to clumsy people 🎉

@V3ntilator Ай бұрын

I guess when they put a vinyl player in a car, they forgot that road bumps is a thing. It's as smart as playing vinyl with a huge subwoofer.

@Errr717 Ай бұрын

The swivel seat is pretty cool. They need to bring it back for senior citizens.

@andrewfuller8440 3 ай бұрын

Chrysler push button was not electric, it was cable

@JagXKR 2 ай бұрын

Correct. And it still works perfect on my 62 Valiant

@glennso47 3 ай бұрын

When you were young you looked forward to the future. Now you’re nostalgic for the past. 🤔

@LG-qz8om 3 ай бұрын

Oh those caves and tiger hunts. Rubbing two sticks for fire. Those were the good old days.

@charlesbradley3663 3 ай бұрын

The entire episode was compiled by a non-human agent.

@dearbrad1996 3 ай бұрын

It's because we were lied to. The future was supposed to be awesome, not awful

@steveneuert4472 2 ай бұрын

😅@@charlesbradley3663qQ

@SuzannePada Ай бұрын

Onboard record players didn't use a ''new format,'' but 45'' single records. The ''big'' records are 33" - FYI

@be5952 Ай бұрын

Yes, I wondered about the video's claim that they were special / specific format records!

@dddavis3442 3 ай бұрын

LOL, new format, they were just 45s like in a juke box.

@khansakiran1092 3 ай бұрын

Hood ornament! Amazing! 🤩

@DoubleMrE 2 ай бұрын

Back in the day, when most cars had ‘vent windows,’ everybody called them ‘wing windows.’ And I mean everyone. I never even heard the term vent window until many years after they were gone.

@jamesskelton2988 Ай бұрын

I thought the SAME THING!We also called them wind wings,but to my knowledge NEVER vent windows!SAME,as far as never hearing that term before!

@bobschlenk9720 3 ай бұрын

Push button automatic transmissions ended because the government mandated that starting in 1965 all manufacturers would use the PRNDL indicator. Up until 1964 many GM cars used PNDLR indicators. I had a friend who after driving a FORD all week with PRNDL took his '59 BUICK out on the weekend and when he came to a hill he grabbed the lever to throw it in LOW, however, he ended up putting the BUICK in reverse while going down hill . It locked up the transmission, we all got out and rocked the car and it unlocked and continued on without a problem.

@TyroneEpps Ай бұрын

This is groovy man😊😊😊😊

@tea4223 Ай бұрын

I miss the old "wing" (vent) windows and the foot switch radio tuner the most. Also, some cars had a light that went on when you turned showing the way.

@lancerevell5979 2 ай бұрын

Car top tents are still very much a thing. My 1985 Dodge Ramcharger 4X4 truck had a hood ornament shaped as a ram's head. Some cars had them into the 90s. The Hurst shifter is still being used. The original "Hurst Performance" company was sold in 1970 to Sunbeam Products, with the shifters continuing production and use. Later the Hurst company was sold again, but is still in use.

@TheFman2010 Ай бұрын

I miss seeing those tailfins on the road.

@pamelaharnage 2 ай бұрын

Those Chrysler hood ornaments are murder.

@leniere309 Ай бұрын

You forgot the crank handle that was used to start the car if the battery was a bit flat or on cold mornings. Many a time I had sore hands because of the kick back they had. Cheers.

@shblair Ай бұрын

AMC Pacer did not have vent windows. It was a ridiculously huge wind up window the length of the doors. I learned to drive in a 1976 Pacer.

@joeapicelli8367 3 ай бұрын

1959 caddy. My fav automobile.

@normanott644 3 ай бұрын

My sister had 45 player in her Plymouth, it played the records upside down and you could stack about 5 records, after one played it would drop into a tray on the bottom.

@thenoeticskeptic5819 3 ай бұрын

5:10 The Cartop Tent is still very popular in Australia. I'd never seen one prior to my two-week trek through the Outback in 2019 in a pulled caravan. Few people had ground tents. I figured with Australia's infamous creepy crawlies and slitherings, people wanted off the ground.

@DK-vx5co 3 ай бұрын

Yes. Everything there wants to kill you.

@besinji2000 Ай бұрын

Car top tents are still around. Just not really practical in price. Like 20 times the cost of the tent itself for some reason

@cyclenut 3 ай бұрын

To me, the mid 60s was the height of car culture. The number of options was something. Some car options - 2 door or 4 door, notchback or fastback, hardtop or sedan, sport options (Chevy SS and so) station wagon and even a pickup truck bed, seat cloths or plastic, interior trim options, exterior options, engine (many choices), transmission manual or automatic, shifter (column or floor), wheel options and hubcaps, radio AM, AM/FM, and even cassette. Then the color - any color paint. There were other options, too many to list. buying a car today how many option choices do people have? What I mean choice innovation also no longer exist.

@bradzimmerman3171 3 ай бұрын

Wheel options are finally becoming available-useless hubcaps still available and make any vehicle look lame

@mt3311 Ай бұрын

The '61-'66 T Birds had the swivel seat, with the swing away steering column. My aunt had twin '64's with both features. The 1956 Oldsmobile car had the pull out radio option. The radio could be pulled out and used in close proximity to the car.

@DinoLondis 3 ай бұрын

Let’s play, Count the Inaccuracies.

@citibear57 2 ай бұрын

Way too many.

@ianlogan6632 2 ай бұрын

Lost count! WTF! Is it artificial idiocy?

@budlesage3358 2 ай бұрын

Hurst out of business by 1970...????

@yumpinyiminy963 2 ай бұрын

This younger generation is missing out on front bench seats. Straddling a center console is no fun. Get it? I also miss the wing windows. The electric ones that go up and down don't count. You could use them for ventilation in bad weather and not soak the inside. It was also useful for smokers. They sucked the smoke out and the ashes with a simple flip. Speaking of bad weather. I find it extremely irritating not have roof gutters. They actually work quite well for keeping the water run off from coming in a slightly opened window. Gee. Bring back the wing windows and you wouldn't need the gutters.

@patriot9455 3 ай бұрын

The automobile record player was just before the 8 track player boom. The era also produced a 4 track version.

@jamesskelton2988 Ай бұрын

I just found my old 4 track in the attic!Also an old 8 track!Do you remember wedging a matchbook underneath whatever 8 track tape that was "double tracking" so it wouldn't play 2 songs at the same time?Ah,good times!

@skatedd2451 26 күн бұрын

When I was a kid we and some friends were making fun of someone and they ran into a back of a car and cut themselves.. still feel guilty about that today be good to people

@RWilliams6943 Ай бұрын

I bet you can’t get that License Plate starting at the 2:17 Minute Mark anymore.

@JBK647 2 ай бұрын

What clutch pedal? Push button start- ??

@tonymayhew191 3 ай бұрын

There is a very rare car parked about a mile away from my house ! It is a 1970 or 71 chrysler 300H factory Hurst addition and the thing is in amazing condition for being parked outside under covered parking with no cover over it! I just hope it doesn't end up burned up by a careless resident of the apartments.

@vm8821 3 ай бұрын

I’d love to get my hands on a car record player. My uncle had one in the late 60s Thought it was the coolest thing ever at the time

@patriot9455 2 ай бұрын

The flaw in the record player was it required specially formatted records, which could only be found at a dealership. They were also subject to warping if you left them in the sun

@mickeyray3793 3 ай бұрын

Odd that the tail fins on the late fifties cars were considered "futuristic" at the time. Since 70 years later they still have not returned! Actually, tail fins were just "late fifties-istic." 😅

@CoachAzizaB 3 ай бұрын

Wondering why car tents are listed here. It’s still something we use today unlike all the others listed.

@louiscyphre2267 3 ай бұрын

That’s a pretty good point. I never knew about them. I don’t camp, I want one though.

@TyroneEpps 2 ай бұрын

This is so cool❤❤❤❤

@user-jp6in7fx9c Ай бұрын

How could they make a record that could play in a moving car without skipping and jumping all over the place due to the motion of the car. I can remember playing records at home as a kid that would skip if you walked across the room too hard.

@JagXKR 2 ай бұрын

Where is the picture at 11:43 taken? Was it Karmann in Germany or even at AMAG in Switzerland?

@johnccargill4665 3 ай бұрын

Not jus incorrect buy it contradicts itself.

@wsbill14224 3 ай бұрын

Record players were an automotive accessory all along as they are older than the automobile. You need to your research better.

@mikemacpherson9154 2 ай бұрын

What about the tank outside the car window as air conditioning in the 30s I think 🤔

@kevincostello3856 2 ай бұрын

Just found this channel, subscribed Immediately!! Being a car guy since I was a kid growing up during the 70s . The 70s is when Detroit was still building cars WE wanted, remember those days????

@norbertjocker9504 2 ай бұрын

these swiffle seats, are now only optional (and very expensive) for disabled persons. Its a pitty that good inventions disappear.

@patriot9455 3 ай бұрын

The rear vents were to let air out, they worked well with the vents under the dash open, to let air flow out the back of the passenger compartment

@lancerevell5979 2 ай бұрын

I loved the sliding vents on the side under the dash of my 1968 AMC Javelin and 1968 AMC AMX 2-seater. Very nice in summer highway cruising as I didn't have AC. 😊 We called vent windows "Poor Man's AC". 👍

@asymmetry9988 21 күн бұрын

Push button transmissions still exist

@theknifedude1881 3 ай бұрын

My dad’s office manager had a Plymouth Hemi with a 45 Record Player (‘61-‘62).

@theknifedude1881 3 ай бұрын

My dad had an Imperial convertible with the Swivel Seats.

@user-nf2wv9qq2o 3 ай бұрын

was that jim Morrison?

@patriot9455 3 ай бұрын

On clutch type transmissions, in todays world where automatic transmissions rule, manual shift transmissions, with the cutch, can be theft deterrent devices. if you leave the transmission in high gear, some people can not figure out how to get the car going, maybe not even start it. Theft deterrent by old knowledge.

@SuzannePada Ай бұрын

Automatic transmissions, you talk about the States. Over in Europe, at least, clutch transmission is still the golden standard!

@DZ-cm5xw 3 ай бұрын

My 2021 Honda Passport has push buttons transmission.

@richardcriscione9427 2 ай бұрын

I am 72 the records were not special they were regular 45's every record player in the country played them there was a special adapter to play them they were sold when someone had a hit song and you just wanted the one song the other side had some off the wall single the artist had out all ready i had a 62 Impala with one of those players in it and it played all my 45's.

@alexanderzubar9593 2 ай бұрын

There were also 16 rpm records for car players so they would play near lp length records on the 45 rpm size records.

@be5952 Ай бұрын

Yes, some pathetically bad 'research' in this video.

@fgjr96way 3 ай бұрын

I wonder how many people today could drive a car without "power steering"😏

@lancerevell5979 2 ай бұрын

And without power brakes! 😊 In the 1970s we called manual steering "Armstrong Power Steering"! 😅

@SuzannePada Ай бұрын

My first car had no assisted steering, it's been a 1969 VW Beetle, and it's been real hard to drive. Got a 1977 Ford Escort soon after, much better :)

@ferencgobor749 3 ай бұрын

13:24 Ventless???? No...

@PaulHayman-tq5kb Ай бұрын

Ash tray and cigarette lighter and now called a accessory out let are now gone

@glennso47 3 ай бұрын

In some places kids would steal the hood ornaments to use as necklaces.

@cowboykody6775 24 күн бұрын

It WAS interesting until you mentioned Dog Poo Tesla

@BIGBADWOOD 2 ай бұрын

SO SAD !😪😪😪😪

@hackitgarage6503 3 ай бұрын

Most of these things were gimmicky just like most modern car features.the push button cars were a safety Hazzard with children

@MidwestMotor 3 ай бұрын

Came here looking for the HOT BLONDE on the thumbnail = Thumbs Down for clickbait!!!!!!!

@gregmoyers7757 Ай бұрын

Nobody wants a record player their car today. And they didn't work well when they were available. They skipped when car went over bumps, every few minutes another record would have to found and loaded into player when song ended. Talk about driver distraction.

@ianlogan6632 2 ай бұрын

Who writes this ? Certainly not a mind that has a trace of knowledge of the subject. Repetitive, contradictory and often plainly wrong...

@markvwood2007 2 ай бұрын

specially made mini records... Nope not watching this. Lost both cases resulting in the banning of tail fins. Makes no sense. Definitely not watching anymore of this video.

@wsbill14224 3 ай бұрын

How many mistakes are you going to make in this video? Swivel seats were called fat man's seats. Don't you know any old people?