Remember When

[89s10]

remember candid camera with the wv they put all the gas in & the one with the long dip stick they use to have alot of good variety shoes that was the days before info tv remember when you had more tv program and less commercial now it is sell everything

Remember the 2-60 AC, 8 track tape playerslots of chrome everywhere, wide white wall tires, Dang i'm getting old

[danny]

does anybody know why the performance tires of the late sixties were called "wide oval tires"?

[carsandcycles]

I think Wide Ovals were called wide ovals because if you took a cross section of the then wide 70 series tires, a more oval looking pattern would be seen. Before the wide ovals debut, most tires were of the 78 or 83 series aspect ratio. If you looked at their cross section the pattern was a lot closer to round, than oval.

[mrich12000]

or how about the trans kickdown on the carb that made the
down shift for the 300 trans. and the motor mounts that
would let loose and jam the throtle in full untill you killed the ignition lots of old fun ...

[mrich12000]

The general prduced the engine to answer SSCA engine
reqierment for track racing

[mrich12000]

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Alan Funt was a wizard

DO YOU REMEMBER THE TIME THEY SET UP A CAR WITH A 100 DOLLAR BILL HALF OF IT SHOWIN IN A LARGE SUPERMARKET PARKING LOT AND STOOD BACK AND WACTHED THE FUN
WELL SOME TRIED SOMANY WAYS TO FREE THE GEM ....

NOW THAT WAS FUNNY...

[89s10]

o yes i had a 60 pontiac &66 chwvy11 the motor mount broke that was a wild ride the pontiac had a 389 &the chevy11 had a 283 what about the single master cylinder when you lost a line you had NO BRAKES

[jmedved]

That's the only kind that I remember..till I bought my '68 Impala..
"cruizin in style"...and the old "Armstrong" power steering...and, did you ever try to "emergency-stop" a 5400 pound '58 Olds going 85 mph with drum brakes?? What an adventure....well, at least I didn't hit anything...the brakes faded to the floor in about 50 feet...pumping them did nothing except add to the anxiety. no wonder I drive around at 55 mph. BTW, the 66 Pontiac I bought off the showroom floor had "wide-oval" tires....really stunk in the snow...

[89s10]

oh yes they were the good oh days of the past speaking of armstrong stering when is was in the service the duce&half had the same kind thats a big truck to turn around in some of them German town it was tight

[jmedved]

Here's something to think about... Once had a friend that raced in the SCCA with his Cosworth Vega... He raced in the "showroom stock" class. After several laps at Watkins Glen, he was going down hill in front of the pits at over 100 mph, prior to turn #1 when he suddenly realized that there was some knocking in his engine, so of course he reached for the key, and turned off the engine... You guessed it.... the car had a locking steering column... when he tried to turn in for turn #1, the car went straight thru the field and catch fences (4) (this was prior to the "kitty litter" addition) did a real nice job on the car. Later that year, it was OK to disable the locking feature of your steering column in "showroom stock" class. I wonder if he still races???

[89s10]

that is just as much fun as having a drink bottle roal under the brake pedal

The first 18 wheeler I drove had armstrong steering. Not to bad on the road but sure was tough getting backed up to a dock.

[theyoungs97]

The LAST 18 wheeler I drove had armstrong steering! You're right, Fenderbender, about the sweat it takes to back to the dock!

Took me almost a half hour one dark and rainy night in Winston-Salem, NC. Customer space was real tight and chock full full of trash. When I apologized to the dock foreman for taking so long, he told me I did good. He said the guy before me had taken an hour!

[towtrucks]

Does anyone here know the correct hand signals for right turn, left turn, and stop ?
Does anyone here remember USING hand signals?????


(current hand signals as to suggest where to go or what a person should do with himself does NOT count)