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I'm so old I remember... 3 speed on the column shifting driving and working the clutch and brake all at the same time was how you learned to drive in Driver's Education in School.. and left clutch-and dimmer switch.. holding the steering wheel with the left hand and shifting with the right hand.. this is on the steering column not on the floor.. and this becomes really interesting on a hill with ice and snow..
And those ash trash in the 50's.. you could stick your foot in them.. and the lighter was like a burner on a electric stove. And the gas cap.. hidden behind the license plate bracket folds down.. Chevy 55 if memory serves me.. flip up the left tail light.. gas cap inside. International Harvester Scout had the gas cap lower right side of front windshield gas tank in front of passenger.. Most pick-ups the gas cap was behind the drivers left elbow outside the cab.. fuel tank behind driver and passage.. so when you flicked the cigarette out the window it would roll back and hang for a bit on the neck of the gas fill pipe.. and those vent windows.. made for fresh air and flicking the cigarette out.. Vacuum wipers.. speed up increase the vacuum and made the wipers go faster.. a leak in the vacuum line the wiper would work random.. vacuum was used on the distributor and a leak mess up the engine.. O the joy of working on a simple machine.. under a chestnut tree.. a cold beer --on a Saturday afternoon..
I always thought they gave you less problems than the automatic chokes.
Seems with the auto chokes no two cars started alike in cold weather
Lots of people flooded the carbs in those days before they learned the characteristics of their own vehicle. The manual choke certainly made it more difficult to loan your car out. Yes that was in these days when you could still get to the carburetor to put a little gas into it if you had to.
I also recall oil bath air filters. They were nasty things to clean but very cheap to operate and effective.
I'm so old I remember... 3 speed on the column shifting driving and working the clutch and brake all at the same time was how you learned to drive in Driver's Education in School.. and left clutch-and dimmer switch.. holding the steering wheel with the left hand and shifting with the right hand.. this is on the steering column not on the floor.. and this becomes really interesting on a hill with ice and snow..
And those ash trash in the 50's.. you could stick your foot in them.. and the lighter was like a burner on a electric stove. And the gas cap.. hidden behind the license plate bracket folds down.. Chevy 55 if memory serves me.. flip up the left tail light.. gas cap inside. International Harvester Scout had the gas cap lower right side of front windshield gas tank in front of passenger.. Most pick-ups the gas cap was behind the drivers left elbow outside the cab.. fuel tank behind driver and passage.. so when you flicked the cigarette out the window it would roll back and hang for a bit on the neck of the gas fill pipe.. and those vent windows.. made for fresh air and flicking the cigarette out.. Vacuum wipers.. speed up increase the vacuum and made the wipers go faster.. a leak in the vacuum line the wiper would work random.. vacuum was used on the distributor and a leak mess up the engine.. O the joy of working on a simple machine.. under a chestnut tree.. a cold beer --on a Saturday afternoon..
Shinin' Times, to be sure.
Vacuum wipers. Loved them.
Remember driving home from Miami once as a Hurricane (Cleo, I think) was coming in. The rain was so bad, I ended up driving up Military Trail in low gear to keep the wipers running well enough to see where I was going.
I'm so old I remember...
And the gas cap.. hidden behind the license plate bracket folds down.. Chevy 55 if memory serves me.. flip up the left tail light.. gas cap inside..
1956 Chevrolet had that type of hidden gas cap too.
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