I like a nice vinyl top.
I like a nice vinyl top.
Blower rear defrosters - they were loud and started with the little hole that got larger.
Fender skirts
Four wheel drum brakes
Mazdax605 wrote: A gentleman's vent.
The ladies like those, too.
Non overdrive transmissions.
Manual door locks
Drum brakes
Flip up headlights
Vent windows.
Non-ABS brakes.
No CHMSL.
Shoulder belts that don't retract on an inertia reel, but instead have to be folded up and stored in little clips at the edges of the headliner... where they will spend their entire lives.
Radio antenna wires in the windshield.
Child seats that clip over the back of non-locking seat backs. And non-locking folding seats, for that matter.
Low-rise seat backs without headrests.
Clear plastic "Italian grandma luxury" seat covers.
Beaded seat covers.
Metal dashboards.
Noisy mechanical turn signals.
Gas fumes and signature smells so strong that your friends know which car your mom drove you to school in.
Defrosters so ineffective, your family can't find your driveway. On your own block.
Newfangled radial tires that squeal like a new theme for The Twilight Zone.
Grandmas who reach back and lock your doors for you (now they lock themselves or ppl have central locking)
Non-synchro first gear
Log or brick (used on cold days to hold the gas pedal down while the car warms up in the driveway)
I'll stop now.
Margie
Gasoline heaters.
My '67 Plymouth Belvedere II had an early evolution of the cupholder inside the glovebox.
Car phones.
Cassette decks.
Chrome bumpers.
Turn signal indicators on top of the front fenders.
(And why is this thread describing my own cars?)
Trunk keys.
Woody wrote: My '67 Plymouth Belvedere II had an early evolution of the cupholder inside the glovebox.
Those are the "Drive In" cup holders I mentioned. No way you can drive around with those!!
Cigarette lighter.
Not gone yet, but the cigarette lighter as a power source. I suspect USB will replace those pretty quickly.
BRATs
Marjorie Suddard wrote: Shoulder belts that don't retract on an inertia reel, but instead have to be folded up and stored in little clips at the edges of the headliner... where they will spend their entire lives.
My dad's 1968 Olds "98" had those and they would rattle when near the chrome trim so my dad would yell at us to NOT touch those seat belts. So each seat had 2 sets of belts you would have to latch. No wonder nobody wore seat belts.
Metal hub caps. aftermarket pop out sunroof T-tops window louvers
A child as a front seat passenger, Dad would extend his right arm across me in a hard braking situation.
Whitewall tires.
fujioko wrote: Whitewall tires.
Hey! I like whitewalls. I used to run them on my Town Car.
Spring-loaded hood ornaments.
Oakley stickers on every car. 
Spinners.
Straight axles
Bodyside moldings
Felt window seals
Lap belts
Horsehair and spring supported seats
Cable operated heater controls
Drip rails
Chrome push button exterior door handles
V belts
Points
Road tubes
Mechanical valve adjustment
Sealed beams
Full size spares
Hood ornament
Single chamber brake reservoir
Volume knobs.
Looking back at a few of my cars...
Metal dashboards,no seat belts, wire player, vacuum wipers, metal bumpers, hand pump windshield squirters, mechanical brakes, plate glass, licence plate gas tank hatches, primer cups, oil bath air filters, inner tubes, spoke wheels
Then there were the accessories. Wolf whistle, chaon steering wheel, big foot gas pedal, winkie the cat turn signal, toilet paper oil filter, coal fired foot warmer, electric defroster
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