Obsolete Car Features From The Past

Through the years, we have watched our cars become more and more advanced, but many of the features that were built into these older cars are ones we remember fondly. Learning how to drive and getting your very first car was a big deal, and that’s why it’s sad to think about the changes. This video revisits some of my older videos, compiling them into a longer, more comprehensive presentation. So, please enjoy this compilation of obsolete car features from the past.
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[@pslm23]

Older cars had so much character!

[@RJ1999x]

Late 70's Monte Carlo....a work of art

[@kregchapman6981]

Yes, so much more character.. now we are stuck with wrap around headlight sets and urethane bumpers that aren't even bumpers. Actually my biggest complaint with newer cars is the ridiculous stop/start feature.

[@ricksrealpitbbq]

You left out one very important feature. There was a time when you could tell the make and model of a car from a distance. Now they all look alike 😢

[@diannelavoie5385]

That is SO true. Cars nowadays look too much alike in general.

[@freedomrings1420]

Exactly, almost all look alike .Even some pickup trucks look alike.

[@markcollins2666]

That's because there are only 3 or so designs, for max fuel effiency. To me, they all look like running shoes.

[@frogworth1622]

That's why the emblems are the size of a pie plate

[@charleshamilton9274]

Only if you’re blind which means you shouldn’t be driving anyway. (My RX500h looks nothing like your busted Ford Focus.)

[@johnbethea4505]

To me, these were the good old days. Cars had their own personalities.

[@earthwormscrawl]

My grandmother's '64 Dodge Dart became my car to drive in HS and the first year of college. ('76 - '79). It had a manual choke and a push button automatic transmission. So many people have no idea what a choke is for. I have one on my snowblower and my wife was baffled by it.

[@johnbethea4505]

@earthwormscrawl Even though you are young, you have seen some things. I once drove cars that had foot floorboard starters. My 1st car was a 1948 Ford car, even though I have driven cars from the 1930's. To me, older things were neat, so simple.

[@sonyafox3271]

Yeah, but to be stuck in a station wagon and, I learned once after, I got in a station wagon and, had to ride a little too close to my brother! We never had like a regular seat that faced the back and, both were fords station wagons and, by the time mom got one like that, I was getting older and, thank God, I never had to sit in the back again! In the bigger station wagons they had seats that were like down in a cunbby hole and, they were little kids seats for sure by the way they were designed and, you couldn’t see out the windows because, you didn’t sit high enough and, you had hardly no leg room, my legs always hit each other! Then, on top of it, since our parents couldn’t see back there all the time my brother pestered me worse! I was glad the last trip we rode in it on the way back from the Smokies that he rode in it on the way back with him and, even with him being back there by himself, I can just say, I was glad, I wasn’t riding in the back. All you can say with that particular stunt he pulled, let’s just say boys will be boys and, that sums that up!

[@johnbethea4505]

@sonyafox3271 My mom had a 1960 Ford station wagon. I loved to drive this car. I was only 14 years old when I got my driver's license back then, and this car had power steering and air-conditioning. It was a joy for me. In the 1950s and 1960s, many times who ever had a car, it was usually packed with people, at times 4 to a seat.

[@jaysotherwife6007]

I've been driving since the late 50s and seen it all. I've still never pumped gas.

[@tinasmith1391]

The saddest part is that new cars can't be repaired by average people with basic tools. That's progress I guess...

[@angeldesigns1385]

Don’t feel bad. I’ve been taking my commercial vehicles to the same mechanic shop with well seasoned, and newer generation techs for about 15 years, and there are plenty of new vehicles that come in with issues that no one can even find let alone fix. Yes we are living in a world of disposable vehicles.

[@davidhudson5452]

Yea i guess

[@lovly2cu725]

@@angeldesigns1385 and chips to monitor you

[@d4mdcykey]

Given that modern cars do not NEED to be repaired as often, and is much more pleasant to drive is, indeed, progress.

[@angeldesigns1385]

@@d4mdcykey mechanic shops are packed with modern vehicles

[@bret9741]

I miss the 60’s and 70’s. Send me back please.

[@RJ1999x]

Please

[@charleshamilton9274]

Well, you’d be drafted as the pesky Vietnam War was raging. Perhaps you’d be dead within six months…

[@appleforever6664]

I wish I could send you back, it would be less one person on the road to help with traffic. 😂

[@RJ1999x]

@@appleforever6664 or you

[@theodorehaskins3756]

@@appleforever6664 Wow! Why not tell us how you really feel?

[@loftus4453]

The “rich corrinthian leather” motto is burned into my brain from the many commercials I watched during my formative years. Man Ricardo made that leather sound seductive.

[@Dilla4life]

One of my best friends in high school had a hand-me-down Cordoba…we called it the “boat”. Lotta good times in the car

[@ML-dl1cp]

He was a guest on Letterman one time an Dave wouldn't leave him alone about Corinthian leather until poor flustered Ricardo shouted "It doesn't mean anything, okay?!"

[@theodorehaskins3756]

@@ML-dl1cp Yeah! That David Letterman was a real pain in the ass!🤣🤣🤣

[@user-db2ob2jc2f]

Ya that Fantasy Islander CROAKED without graduating da ESL course 😁

[@madmike2624]

My brother, you completely nailed this video. I'm dang near 60 and feel like this is a "way back" moment!!

[@rdgr]

The bench seat was great for lover's lane.

[@KJ-of6lf]

As was the "couch" sized back seat

[@slim-oneslim8014]

Both seats for an orgy! 😅

[@markcollins2666]

The old Ramblers had a RECLINING front bench seat, decades ahead of its time.

[@selenelacaze9883]

Or if you park you car in a street and you want to go out easily on the sidewalk side. My prefered advantage of bench seat I think. I need my Fruy75 , Opel Rekord 66 , and Fury suburban 70 back on the road ( working on it actually )

[@mainiac4pats]

The bench seat combined with a moon-roof was a combo not to be underestimated.

[@rf159a]

You forgot to mention that those small ashtrays would also have spent chewing gum and chewing gum wrappers in them!!

[@sledawgpilot]

I can see people wondering how to take them out to empty them (you push down on the little snuffer tab and rotate it out)

[@barronridge5613]

My 72 T-Bird was a 6 passenger vehicle and every passenger had a cigarette lighter and Ash tray.

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

You also forgot flipping the Ashtray cover back and forth making the squeaky metal noise peeing off your parents

[@leahcimthgirw3163]

​@@rogerstlaurent8704my kids did that in the back seat of my 77 impala now my daughter tells her kid when they're in the back seat to do to p me off lol it'll be her turn when she gets the car after I die

[@nonenonnenopenonenomorefor5556]

Pocket change or finger nail clippers

[@kansascitian2009]

I LOVE the older cars.

[@jimday7812]

Some of the doors on those older cars felt like they weighed more than some entire cars today do. 🤣

[@brian70Cuda]

As do I:)

[@MrCooper83]

Same. When quality was more important than quantity.

[@joannwilliams7500]

Me too...I have ALWAYS loved the older cars...even when I was a little girl.

[@wendyh2708]

The nicest car I even drove was a late 80's Grand Prix. That thing road like a dream.

[@BH6242KCh]

It was long ago and it was far away and it was so much better than it is today......

[@josephgaviota]

Rest in Peace, Meatloaf. TMI: I held a "meatloaf" event at my place a while back. Obviously, I served meatloaf for dinner, followed by two movies, "Rockie Horror Picture Show," and then "Fight Club."

[@celowski6296]

Just one more reason I miss these old vehicles. Gen Z will never appreciate the nostalgia that we do!! Good memories you shared! Thanks!!

[@pattycake8272]

I don't know about that, I see a lot of youngsters driving older vehicles, ya they are making them look they way they like them with weird rims and lights, but they are driving and enjoying them just the same.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

Gen Z doesn't appreciate 1960's nostalgia, just like 1960's kids didn't appreciate 1900's nostalgia

[@einstein3509]

Kids having one of these older vehicles now doesn’t mean they know how to appreciate it. They may own one but their daily driver is probably a 2020 vehicle or newer. You can only appreciate these vehicles if you lived it. Meaning…….daily driving these vehicles because that’s all there was..

[@freedomrings1420]

​@@vicepresidentmikepence889Nice to see the democrat cheerleader today. Sorry but I like old cars when I grew . Good try , democrat cheerleader.

[@dod2304]

@@freedomrings1420 why in the world are you making this political? This is supposed to be a fun channel. Let's settle down and play nice.

[@jedidrummerjake]

Oh, dear R.R., don't even get me started. I'm glad I'm as old as I am. I need off of this planet. ❤

[@Chooge]

I miss driving a stick shift. Our parents did not allow us to get our license until we knew how to drive a stick shift. Back then they said you never know if you may be stuck somewhere and need to drive a stick shift for some reason. We can all drive a stick shift and I am grateful.

[@SpotTheBorgCat]

Now, having a stick shift car is a theft deterrent !!

[@henryturnerjr3857]

I was raised on stick shifts and 3 speed on the column shifts. My first car was a 69 vw. The reverse on that was a theft deterrent. 😆

[@mariawesley7583]

I volunteered to drive at work recently and I asked, "Where's the gear shift?". It was just a dial on the dashboard. 😮

[@billgreen1861]

​@@mariawesley7583 That's a good one ! I ask my nephew if I could drive his new car and I asked for the keys and he looked and laughed at me. I didn't know that you don't need keys anymore. I felt so old and out of touch after all I'm only in my 70's .

[@Nille0212]

I learned how to drive on a manual transmission. I didn’t have a automatic transmission car until I was in my late 30s and I am 44 lol. I miss my manual too.

[@12lfme12]

The vent windows were great for smokers when it was raining

[@pytube777]

Doing away with them together with no more ash trays have probably made cigarette companies lose sales.

[@dad4ever-c90]

As a teenager in the 1970's, I worked as a gas station attendant. With car designs rapidly changing, it was sometimes confusing (and embarrassing) locating the gas cap. On older cars, it was usually under the license plate. Then it moved to the side of the car, toward the back. Some sports cars had them up front, next to the hood. We routinely washed the windshield and checked the oil level too. Anymore, aside from NJ and OR, there aren't many places that will even pump it for you!

[@lovly2cu725]

nj is now the only state

[@DavidLS1]

Old GM cars had their gas caps hidden behind their left tail lights.

[@williamd2738]

I remember those days...you had to pay attention pulling up to the gas pumps, sometimes the attendant would pull up his car and put a couple dollars of gas into it and then not reset the pump back to zero, the next customer would be paying for his gas! That happened to me , the pump started at $2.00 and I told him about it, we argued about it but it was my word against his so I let it go, never went back to that station!

[@ericdonner7199]

@@DavidLS1 On older vw bugs the gas cap an tank was under the hood.

[@dod2304]

I'm in western NY state and there was a station just down the road from me who would pump gas for you, up until the guy who owned/ran it retired a couple years ago. Now I don't know any where that still does it.

[@brendanallen3759]

Lincolns back in the day had not just landau roofs but opera windows in the back and analog clocks (good ones!) on the dash. Loved em ❤

[@tommyrregina1227]

STILL HAVE ONE. 1979 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL TOWN CAR SEDAN

[@EvelynInez]

I loved the little triangle vent windows!

[@oreally8605]

Dad's 1978 Impala wagon sure was fun. He let me drive it to pick up the lawnmower at Grandma's house, one mile away.

[@angeldesigns1385]

My dad had a 76 fleetwood that brothers and I would take for a joyride when the parents were away. My oldest brother (the driver)was only thirteen at the time!😆

[@sledawgpilot]

@@angeldesigns1385yup, after a couple of driving lessons I “soloed” around the block like that

[@mayorb3366]

My dad had a '76 Impala 4-door. I had to clean it real well if I wanted to drive it. Armor All had just come out, I used it on the dash, tires and ....vinyl seats. Once. This was before seatbelt laws. The first left turn I made I slid across the bench seat and ended up in the passenger seat. Luckily I held on to the wheel and pulled myself back without hitting anything. Live and learn!

[@susan3830]

@@mayorb3366 That’s hilarious! 😂😂

[@damieg82]

1:22 the automatic seatbelts were mandated by law. As I understand it, a federal law came into being which required all new cars sold to have either an airbag in the steering wheel, or automatic seatbelts. The latter was a cheaper and faster solution for car makers, hence why almost every new car back then had them. More premium or luxury cars like Mercedes and Volvo opted to install the airbag in most of their models, so you wouldn't find the motorized seatbelts in those. Eventually those seatbelts got phased out in the 90s when a driver's airbag became mandatory for all new cars

[@mal1465]

I miss the floor vents you could open and close with your foot

[@douglassauvageau7262]

The set of keys which included the one marked 'GAS' evokes the '70s EMBARGO days.

[@kentcostello5286]

I miss my old trucks and cars. It was a better time 😢😮

[@colclumper]

not really

[@CarsandCats]

Velour DOES NOT make you sweat - vinyl and leather do.

[@insanejughead]

In '03 my parents bought a '77 LTD. It came with leather seats, and after three months we swapped those out for velour. Front and back bench seats have never been more comfortable than in that car.

[@williambailey5405]

Contrary to what you said, seating is definitely NOT more comfortable today. That can only be said by someone who never drove cross country in a couch like wonderful seat of many 50s, 60s cars as compared to todays over hard seats in even expensive cars.

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

And the Stiff hard suspension followed by the hard leather seats cars of the mid 70s to the 50s rode like you were flowing on air

[@RJ1999x]

My Grandparents had a 76 Plymouth Gran Fury it rode like a couch floating on pillows

[@squangan]

The seats aren’t comfortable today, the suspension is rough and the tire sidewalls are practically nonexistent, all contributing to a vastly inferior ride comfort wise compared to yesteryear.

[@Ironink]

I love this channel, especially when it has older cars in it. My uncle worked at a local AM rock station back in the mid 60’s to the early 70’s. He was in the marketing department, giving away tickets to concerts, meeting winners and musicians, etc. The company car he drove was a 67 Chevy- I believe it was a Chevelle - station wagon with a 396, 4 speed Muncie “ rock crusher “ trans with a posi rearend. He said it was rated at 375hp, but was way underrated. I was a little kid back then and he took me for a ride. All I remember was the tires screeching during gear shifts and it was FAST! Moving along to 1979, me and a buddy worked in a restaurant and sometimes we had to go to Safeway to pick up some specialty food for a party that night. My buddy drove his mom’s 1975 Pontiac Parisian station wagon. Here’s the difference between it and the 67. The Pontiac was loaded, weighed more than a tank but it had a 455 under the hood. For all you car guys and girls get out the Kleenex because you’re going to cry. The 455 had a whopping 145hp. It couldn’t get out of its own way. Less than a few years is all it took to turn cars into laughing stocks. This vid is great because it shows what used to be, and what no longer exists. Thanks for showing what used to be.

[@bonwatcher]

I remember our truck had a "choke" pull handle on the dash. It was basically a mechanical wire that pulled a butterfly valve closed on the carburetor when starting a cold engine. The carburetor itself is also a relic today.

[@karl28560]

My dad's 1972 Toyota Corolla

[@drhkleinert8241]

Yes, the old Beetle had it too...i remember

[@zeroceiling]

Still remember my dad had a company car which was the 1973 Mercury Marquis Station Wagon with woody sides..loaded and awesome. About 6 months into it, my dad’s boss suddenly decided that he needed the station wagon after all for all his cabin trips and exchanged with my dad…and we ended up with his dark blue 1973 Lincoln Continental with a black vinyl roof and 4 huge doors. It was totally presidential looking and it was also the car that I learned to drive on. Nudging that masterpiece down the highway..gently floating was a feeling hard to describe…but great to remember.

[@tommyrregina1227]

WE DRIVE DAILY OUR 1979 OLDS DELTA 88 SEDAN & 1979 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL TOWN CAR SEDAN. HEADLIGHT COVERS & 7-9 MPG. GREAT CONDITION & STILL USED DAILY 😃😃

[@Go4Corvette]

My 1978 Trans Am had a factory Delco radio with CB and it worked great. My T-Tops never leak because I kept the seal lubricated with silicone grease along with all of the seals on my doors and trunk. Vinyl tops were fine if you used the right protectant on them. It's all about doing the proper maintenance. Most today are too lazy to even wax and polish their cars, which protects your clear coat. Be smart put the radio face plate in the glove box and lock it so they think it's missing.

[@dod2304]

Are there any glove boxes ("compartments" I've always called them) that lock anymore???

[@Go4Corvette]

I was only thinking of people who still own the older cars and have added after-market radios. New cars make it much harder to replace the radio due to body control systems that match the VIN number of the vehicle to every device in the car for theft protection and in some cases, it needs to be reprogrammed in order to work meaning more $$$. But hell if you can afford a $40,000++ car you can afford to fix it. @@dod2304

[@ScarlettFire341]

My friend had a NEW 74 Toronado with the Factory CB built into the AM / FM

[@josephgaviota]

@@ScarlettFire341 Wow! I had a friend in high school (same time frame), who had a Cadillac with a CB radio in the dash. It was _SO COOL_ back then. Breaker 19, Breaker 19 !

[@michaelriebandt6754]

My his Parents had 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix had T-tops very cool car.

[@jeanbean1390]

I wish we still had vent windows.

[@coldsamon]

We used to call them "Mexican Air conditioning" 😂

[@mayorb3366]

Oh yeah,...those were nice!

[@incog99skd11]

I miss those little vent windows. I think my Dad had a Nash (1950) that even had them in the back seat.

[@tenorman]

It would blast all the cigarette smoke from the front to the rear passengers. How did we survive those days? 😳

[@bobellison7752]

We must have been POOR. I don’t remember A/C becoming standard until well into the ‘90s

[@danielulz1640]

​@@tenormanactually, the front vent windows drew smoke out of the car.

[@forddon]

vent windows are more commonly known as smoking windows, the thing I really miss are floor vents. Floor vents provided exellent cooling air flow

[@ScarlettFire341]

I now have a 69 442 4 on the floor convertible with 2 keys, a high beam light switch on the floor, and ash trays & cigarette lighter.

[@slim-oneslim8014]

I'll take all those options!

[@josephgaviota]

Great vehicle! No Millennial can steal it !

[@jeffrobodine8579]

All mechanical and virtually EMP proof.

[@ledwards8075]

​@@jeffrobodine8579The "EMP" thing came up in the early '60s when electronics, electricity and even automobiles (we're talking about '50s/60s Soviet vehicles) were disabled during that test the Russians did. The he '69 442 (which would be the Space Shuttle compared to an Soviet vehicle at the time) would be on the side of the road during an EMP attack also...

[@pmafterdark]

So glad I grew up when most of the cars had all these features. Still love having my 5spd.

[@1mespud]

The antenna wiring was later placed inside the front windshield.

[@tommyrregina1227]

OUR THEN TWO 1972 PONTIAC CATALINA SEDANS HAD THEM

[@lorenzobeckmann3736]

eating lunch in a co-workers parked car in 1980 I said to him, "See that rear window in the '60 Mercury in front of us? The large center section of 3 glass pieces rolls down for air to flow though the car". A FoMoCo thing

[@galaxieman1964]

I certainly miss the simplicity of older cars.

[@MrJasonshores364]

I despised the automatic seat belts.

[@dod2304]

I'd forgotten about them. They were a pain in that their height couldn't be adjusted, so if they came across your chin..oh well, too bad.

[@Sparky-ww5re]

My Aunt Sandra brought a maroon 1991 Mercury Topaz brand new in the spring of 1991, and had it until just after Christmas of 2001, during the time she owned the car the motor on the driver's side was replaced twice, when it failed the third time along with the body badly rusted from the harsh Michigan winters, she scrapped the car and purchased a used 1998 or '99 buick LeSabre during the year end sale event. As an '89 baby I used to think my Aunt was rich having these fancy seat belts when I was a small child 😂 While she hated the seat belts with a passion 😅 but was otherwise been a very reliable and simple to maintain car, manual windows and locks, 5 speed on the floor, AM/FM radio and cassette player, ashtray and lighter, what more do you need in a car that gets you from A to B right?

[@michaelriebandt6754]

My friend had 1988 Ford Escort with automatic seat belts and usually got stuck did not work correctly after few years.

[@davinp]

A problem with pop up headlights is that if the motor breaks, then it will get stuck in the open or close position

[@CarsandCats]

3 motors in 3 years on my Trans Am and it cut my hand every time I had to change them.

[@kennykittrell2549]

95% of Electric Cars are still on the road. The other 5% made it back home. I ride a Harley Davidson Sportster and it still runs great even though it's a 1997 model.

[@wlonsdale1]

They're dead as door nail in cold Chicago.

[@jaysmith179]

Mr Potato head is the only one that wants EV cars.

[@MrCalverino]

🤣😭😂

[@williammain7281]

I see a lot of cars broke down. None seem to be EVs.

[@US_Joe]

Thanx for stirring fond memories! PS: Bring hood ornaments back! 👍👍👍

[@jeffrobodine8579]

And hidden headlights.

[@RJ1999x]

Helped with aiming! Lol

[@mikeywid4954]

Thank you Recollection Road for a great look into our automotive past. I learned to drive on a '64 Rambler American with a three on the tree. I remember mom telling me that if I knew how to drive a stick that I could drive anything.

[@Istandby666]

I loved the front bench. But when someone short drives. It can be hurtful to the taller passengers....lol

[@ScarlettFire341]

One of the coolest options I had was a 75 Thunderbird (same as the Lincoln Mark IV) and it had an electric vent window that went down before the main side window went down !

[@josephgaviota]

I remember those, and remember thinking how cool it was.

[@paulne1514]

Had them on my 79 Lincoln. Pain I. The butt when pulling up to the toll booth in a heavy rain. My 66 t-bird had electric ones, that twisted. Liked them better. When driving with someone who smoked, it would pull the smoke out of the car.

[@tommyrregina1227]

HAVE THAT SETUP ON OUR CURRENT 1979 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL TOWN CAR SEDAN ♥️

[@carterseeley1738]

The triangle air vent window was brillant.

[@drno-xc1yt]

When I saw that mid 1960's T-Bird, I thought for sure the legendary swing away steering wheel found in 1960's T-Birds would make an appearance in this list.

[@josephgaviota]

Back then, T-Birds had LOTS of neat features. It was a very forward-looking car.

[@MisterMxyzptlk1972]

Roll up and down windows, I love and miss you so much. ❤

[@joannamcpeak7531]

I didn't realize cars don't have ashtrays anymore, but I've been driving the same car for a while, lol.

[@pattycake8272]

I had a 1999 Buick lasabre and it had ashes on the door arm rests. But it had electric windows. Lol.

[@Thelake9667]

Yep! Now smokers have to throw their butts out the window 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dod2304]

A LONG while, I gather. LOL Good on you!

[@paulne1514]

I couldn’t figure out why drivers were throwing lit cigarette butts out the window. I didn’t know ashtrays were not in cars anymore. I was driving on an interstate with my sunroof open and someone threw one into it. It landed in the back seat. I realized it when I smelled smoke!. Now only open the sunroof on back country 2 lane roads.

[@pattycake8272]

@@paulne1514 back country two lane roads, lol. But ya that would be something else. Don't even smoke and have your car seat wrecked by a cigarette.

[@patriciamercer9960]

I love older cars.

[@matrox]

10:10 A friend of my mother had a Chrysler Cordoba like this. Beautiful car and it rode really nice.

[@dod2304]

did it have "rich Corinthian leather"?? LOL

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

My grandparents had one. It was NICE! ❤ So comfortable.

[@lindaclarke204]

​​@@dod2304came here to say that very thing. I heard it in Ricardo Mantalban's voice!😂

[@tommyrregina1227]

1975 BLACK CORDOBA WITH BLACK LEATHER INTERIOR ♥️

[@DavidLS1]

American cars no longer come with cornering lamps. They really made turning on dark streets easier.

[@josephgaviota]

Cornering lights were GREAT! I only owned one car with them, but those were _wonderful,_ especially when turning left on a dark street coming home late from work.

[@Michael-yi4mc]

I used to sit on a seat cushion with springs in it to allow air to circulate on my back during the summer months preventing my back from sweating.

[@tommyrregina1227]

THOSE MIGHT STILL BE AVAILABLE ON LINE OR IN CATALOGS

[@biffgee6797]

I miss bench seats. Very much! Luxuriously comfortable.

[@Billyboy4209]

Cars seating is absolutely NOT more comfortable today…

[@quad8track253]

I caught that. I was wondering what on earth he was thinking.

[@ArthurShedsJackson]

My old school Jeep seats are more comfortable than any luxury car I've owned.

[@chipperthompson8746]

Really, I had a 1973 Lincoln Continental that you could just melt into the seats.

[@Billyboy4209]

@@chipperthompson8746 I don’t think you read my comment properly..

[@ArthurShedsJackson]

@@chipperthompson8746 Yes sir they had seats I fell asleep on. Not driving of course. LOL.

[@onefatstratcat]

We have a 2002 Mustang... CD player still works! :)

[@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676]

Remember the car radio antenna that was embedded in the windshield?

[@glennso47]

Some gm cars have the antenna embedded in the windshield

[@KJ-of6lf]

So did my 78 Vega.

[@bigron26048]

I really enjoyed watching this video. It took me back to my youth and some of the first cars I had. "THANKS"😅

[@jujuseducer6055]

Older cars had many great charms,BUT if i had to have an accident NOW,i would rather have that horror happen in my 2021 car! At least i would have a better chance of surviving,!

[@sli-fox]

My first car, a ‘72 Ford Grand Torino, had a foot switch for brights. That was so convenient to have.

[@440jasmine]

I miss those bench seats! So comfortable since they were convex and fit the curve of a human back instead of a turtle. Also, no having your head thrust forward at all times. I guess modern car seats and recliners keep chiropractors in business!!

[@frankwafer6919]

Beautiful memories,thank you!💯😮👍✌️❤️!

[@steveshaver2682]

Give me a bench seat, column shift, and 8 cylinders any day.

[@ianmaclean122]

Easier times. Much better times.

[@007smithson]

My dad’s truck from the 90’s has vent windows. Still runs great too!

[@steveholley9508]

We called them Wind Wings

[@caroldragon7545]

There are so many things about the new cars that I despise. First the computers and big screens that run everything. When (note I didn't say "if") they fail, you are in for thousands of dollars to replace them. Next, the car keys. Having a remote control is handy, but at what cost? My daughter wanted an extra key for her 2023 vehicle. Almost 500 bucks to get it and have it programmed. Without going into a lot of details, even my mechanic says older cars are much better in many ways, including being much easier to maintain and repair. Give me an old Crown Vic or Mercury Marquis, I'll be happily driving it long after these newer cars have "bit the dust."

[@matrox]

Our first car our family got with power windows was a a 62' Old Ninety Eight..

[@wheneaglesfly4817]

Old cars sure did survive fender benders better.

[@SirEpifire]

Yep. I obliterated a Turkey with my 78 LTD last year and while it did smash the headlight door, you couldn't even tell it hit the full metal bumper. Modern cars have a lot more plastic shrouds to give way in case you hit a pedestrian or bike, to absorb a bit more impact. The downside is you lose a lot more off the front of the car from very minor collisions.

[@paulne1514]

I was sitting in a 65 ford wagon at a red light. I got hit from behind by a 1973 Buick Rivera doing 60 mph, where he never hit his brakes. He pushed my car about 70 feet into a field while his car went further. He put a dent in my tailgate but he broke his motor mounts. I drove home. He didn’t. He had fallen asleep!

[@notsosilentmajority1]

Still miss the high beam button on the floor. Since my new truck still has a radio antenna, the power antenna would be nice to have again as well.

[@tommyrregina1227]

HAVE THE HIGH BEAM FLOOR BUTTON ON OUR CURRENT 1979 TOWN CAR SEDAN ♥️ & POWER ANTENNA'S ON BOTH OUR CURRENT 1979 TOWN CAR SEDAN & 1979 OLDS DELTA 88 ROYALE SEDAN ♥️♥️

[@notsosilentmajority1]

@@tommyrregina1227 You don't have to rub it in, ok? Lol. Congrats my friend, I miss the floor button. It still seems better than the multi-stick on the steering wheel.

[@tommyrregina1227]

​@@notsosilentmajority1NO OFFENSE INTENDED ☹️BEEN DRIVING SINCE 1976 & NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE NEWER THAN A 1979. ENJOY THE TWO OCEAN LINER'S WE HAVE & COULD GIVE A HOOT ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S FUEL PRICES. COMFORT , CLASS , SHOWY , vs TODAY'S OVERPRICED FIBERGLASS , PLASTIC , SARAN WRAP CRAP VEHICLES THAT DISINTEGRATE IN A MAJOR CRASH. 9-10 MPG ON OUR DELTA 88 ROYALE SEDAN ♥️ & 7-8 MPG ON OUR 233 INCH LONG LINCOLN CONTINENTAL TOWN CAR SEDAN BROUGHAM. FREQUENT STOP'S AT FUEL STATION'S IS GOOD FOR ONE'S HEALTH. STEP OUT , STRETCH , REFUEL , & BACK ON THE HIGHWAY'S & BIWAYS UNTIL THE 25 & 27 GALLON RESPECTIVELY FUEL TANKS NEED REFUELED. HOPEFUL THESE TWO MINT CONDITION CLASSICS WILL LAST FOR THE REST OF OUR DRIVING DAY'S ♥️♥️🤗🤗

[@matrox]

3:40 Its a 65' Thunderbird. 64-66 T-Birds some of the prettiest cars ever made.

[@Michael-yi4mc]

Vent windows allow you to prevent the windshield from fogging up on rainy days without opening the windows.

[@capoman1]

I loved our way back seats in station wagons, really good memories.

[@matrox]

Our 55' Olds 88 2 door H/T had the wide whitewalls...classic 50s styling.

[@tommyrregina1227]

BOTH OUR CURRENT 70'S VEHICLE'S HAVE WHITE WALL'S. WON'T DRIVE WITHOUT THEM. PAIN TO CLEAN BUT OH HOW THEY DRESS UP OUR 2 OLDIES ♥️♥️

[@dmurphy1578]

Pop up head lights were fire. 🔥

[@Thelake9667]

Yeah, they made the cars look like they had blinking eyes 👀

[@jeffrobodine8579]

Along with hidden headlights behind the grill.

[@jonb3189]

Had a '67 Cougar, and the pop up headlights were vacuum driven. Useful since if they did not worked, you likely had a vacuum leak.

[@tommyrregina1227]

FIRE ?

[@weduhpeople8504]

Not sure what year 1990-93 Acura NSXs had pop up headlights.

[@carlavision6143]

Thanks for the memories! I remember the Chevrolet Celebrity my Mom had and the valor seats and I'd always get shocked getting out of the car. I also remember the ashtrays in the doors. Loved the station wagon because, my Mom would put both seats down when we'd be heading to OKC to the hospital. Wish we could go back to the good old days just for a little while!

[@jtbyrge7990]

I miss the floor dimmer switch

[@keith3970]

I miss my '73 Nova.Simple machinery.

[@jf3232]

even the spare Donut tires is starting to fade away

[@slim-oneslim8014]

Good, those were a piece of crap!

[@pacificblue3955]

in paramedic school when learning about traffic accident injuries, i remember being told that one of the reasons the key ignition was moved from the lower dash to the steering column is because at impact in an accident, the driver would sustain terrible knee puncture injuries from being shifted forward and the driver's knee coming into contact with the key.

[@christopherseiler4544]

Boy I'm old miss those days

[@siddrajput1029]

I miss horn rings.

[@ScarlettFire341]

Ford called the Rim Blows

[@SirEpifire]

@@ScarlettFire341 Definitely gets a giggle out of me every time I hear that name too.

[@tommyrregina1227]

1971 DODGE DART SWINGER COUPE. HORN BUTTON , VENT WINDOWS ,LOWER VENTILATION DOOR'S WITH LOCK HANDLES & FULL VINYL TOP.

[@bp39047]

Most common car feature that has changes is the bench front seats. Nowadays, all captain chairs in the front. I can also remember when fastened seat belts were not required. In addition, cars were much larger than now. Now a 5'5 high person can tower over most of the cars. Mainly cars back then had character that is missing today.

[@julenepegher6999]

Yes, the bench seats.! You could sit beside your boyfriend when he was driving. No seatbelts to restrain you either, Good times! 🎉

[@einstein3509]

@@julenepegher6999 I was about to say almost that exact same thing. I could cruise main street with my arm around my girlfriend and little snuggling while driving. ahhh good times.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

I hate how new cars have a two foot wide center console with sixteen cupholders. I felt cramped when I sat in a new Ford Explorer.

[@bp39047]

@@jeffrobodine8579 Hope you have good luck with your new Explorer. :) I had a 2002 and had many issues early on including the odometer going out at 50k miles. Finally traded it in on a Toyota Highlander which I still have.

[@nick6var]

I think I was telling my parents to put on a seat belt back in the mid 1980s, long before it was required. In fact, I think the car didn't have one in the rear middle seat.

[@bitterspice5525]

I used the small vent windows to gasp for air as my mother drove around smoking with the windows up. She didn’t like to feel cold 😂

[@lilitharam44]

I miss bench seats and vent windows. My 2001 Trans Am had T tops and I liked them, wish they'd bring them back.

[@KJ-of6lf]

Continental Mark IV with opera windows. 8 MPG. Such boat to drive, but smooth!

[@dashulamite]

I had a 1976 (first half of the year) Lincoln Continental. It was sooo smooth 😍

[@jeffrobodine8579]

Frank Cannon liked his.

[@tommyrregina1227]

78 MARK V & 79 TOWN CAR SEDAN ♥️♥️

[@aaronlopez492]

Thing's we no longer see in cars. (1) Three on the tree. (2) Kraco 8 Track AM-FM😮 (3) Seats that pivot 20°. What i miss the most is fitting half dozen of my friends in to Pontiac Grand Safari station wagon to enter the drive in and pay for four.

[@josephgaviota]

The Grand Safari was a HUGE car! 9 lug nuts on each wheel !

[@jeffrobodine8579]

And swivel bucket seats on GM cars in the 1970's.

[@colclumper]

Luckily we don't see that anymore

[@jaydee4009]

You bring up GREAT memories! I remember in 1966 (might've been 1967) riding with three of my buddies in the trunk of my friend's dad's '64 Olds 98 to a drive-in theater. Three other guys rode in the front of the car (including the driver), so there were seven of us in total riding in the car. There was no really good place near the drive-in to "load the trunk," so the four of us "trunk buddies" rode all the way from home in the trunk - about a 25-30 minute drive. Then, when we got to the drive-in we found out that it was "$5.00 per carload" night. It taught us to check the newspaper before our next drive-in trip!

[@markcollins2666]

A little known fun fact, is that US Army jeeps used an extra floor light dimmer switch, as a starter switch for the jeep. Mounted beneath the clutch pedal. the clutch had to be depressed all the way to the floor, then you could tap the switch with your toe, preventing starting while in gear, making the jeep "soldier proof." As an Army motor sergeant, I would get mobbed by unlicensed drivers, begging to borrow a jeep. Instead of refusing or arguing, I would just shrug and say, "If you can start it, you can have it." Then followed 15-20 minutes of switch flipping, button pushing, that would push guys to the brink, before admitting defeat. Comedy gold.

[@randquadrozzi1280]

I had some sweet two tone Eddie Bauer leather seats and a dolby sound system in my new Yorker.

[@ebwholesaler]

Oh ! Boy !!! I'm FAMILIAR with all those items you described !... You JUST told me that i am 'OLD' now, lol !😇

[@Calibeachgtl1024]

Loved pop up headlights!!

[@ForlornFreddy]

Those velour seats were super comfortable.

[@spokanetomcat1]

At the 5:38 mark, you can see side panel vents. You could open them up while driving or parked and it would allow air in without car theft concerns. Fake wood paneling, we had and bought a new 1971 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Stationwagon Blue. The same year and model in That 70s Show used. I used Liquid Gold lemon furniture oil on the wood paneling vinyl. It never cracked until my parents moved to AZ and I was in the USAF and could not maintain the car anymore. Cigarette lighters are great for driving around lighting firecrackers. I had a 3 on the tree on my 1968 Chevy Impala.

[@skinnerhound2660]

Vistas were not used on Brady Bunch

[@spokanetomcat1]

@@skinnerhound2660 Looked again and you are correct. MOPAR cars. I will edit my original comment.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

​@@spokanetomcat1I remember Mike Brady's Chevrolet Caprice convertible.

[@tommyrregina1227]

​@@jeffrobodine8579AND PERRY MASON'S 50'S & 60'S CADILLAC'S & LINCOLN'S ♥️♥️

[@Michael-yi4mc]

I’m surprised that I am alive today. I never wore my seat belts during the 1980’s until the law was passed.

[@BamBamBigelow..]

A lady in a long dress in my Lincoln sounds like heaven

[@dudley5658]

My 86 cutlas with t-tops was a sweet ride and a babe magnet.

[@cliffpadilla5871]

Car ornaments were popular with thieves, too. Some of them were very easy to take off. I used to have them as part of my key sets.

[@masoodgha6765]

Thank you very much for this video,,,❤❤👍👌❤❤👍👌❤❤

[@jw77019]

We had to know hand signals to pass our driver’s test. If we didn’t take the test in a manual transmission, the license was “restricted” to an automatic transmission.

[@davidgrisez]

Since I was born in 1951 I have seen a lot these car features of the past that have long disappeared.

[@ChrisRoth1972]

I forgot about many of these old features Cars don’t have anymore such as the Manuel Door locks & rolling the window up. Radios in Cars blow my mind! All of the Cars we drove in the 80’s & 90’s feel like to me being on a “Horse & Buggy “compared to cars today. I do miss my 1985 “Horse & Buggy “ CRX! Those & the old Z Cars were bad ass!!!!!