Automotive terms people don’t know anymore (windshield, truck, gas)

[SandyJet]

Originally Posted by WouldLoveTo

OMG! 5 years ago I had my car into the shop for a timing belt etc. It's a dealer I work at. I had NO idea cars aren't timed with a light anymore until the tech went to borrow a light from one of the "old guys". Had I known I would've brought my own lol

I still write LOF (lube, oil, filter) in my notes when I get an oil change. My ball joints do have a lube port.

Sandyjet - some of us do still use studded snows. So much better than all-seasons, which I feel are a compromise between summer and snow tires. Ya, they do the job but real summers and real snows do it so much better.

My 1969 car came brand new from Factory with 7 full sized Rims and Tires

Four regular, two snows and one spare. That is something you never see anymore.

Every fall and every spring switching out the snow tires and rotating in spare what a pain.

Now days a spare is never even put on the car and some cars done have spares.


Car Generator and Smog Convertor are old school stuff.

Also my 1976 Jeep had a CB Radio with a Whip Attenna, remember those gigantic Antennas some with a flag on top

Breaker Breaker Smokey ahead 10-4

[Boris347]

Three Bar spinners
Four Bar spinners
Feeler gauges
Funny Gas
Six Pack
Three Deuces
Three Barrel
Dual Quads
California Rake
Shackles
Ladder Bars

[HappyRider]

Originally Posted by HarborRat

And don't forget to set the points gap and dwell...."Get me that timing light, dwell meter and a matchbook cover!".

It's gotta be "point bounce” again. The damn point gap just wouldn’t hold.

[sedimenjerry]

Around here people don't seem to remember what a turn signal is

[HarryWho?]

Wide ovals, baby moons, full moons, mooning (not an accessory but for some a necessity), chopped and channeled, slicks,cheater slicks, suicide doors, reverb, cb radios, 8 balls, fuzzy dice,lakers, double pumpers,trips, dual points, mags.

[SandyJet]

Chalk,


I remember I used chalk line with timing light to do a tune up. Dont think folks do that anymore.

Rethread Tires - Remember when you buy them rethreaded and used motor oil. They strain it and reuse it. They actually sold that stuff

[CSD610]

Originally Posted by HappyRider

Change has a way of sneaking up on you. I was thinking how many automotive terms that some of us grew up with but the young have no clue what they are.

Carburetor, points, condenser, rotor, distributor, hand brake, shift knob, sealed beam, leaf springs, rear end, sway bar, I-beam suspension, vent window

Dimmer Switch
3 on the tree

[bagster]

Originally Posted by sedimenjerry

Around here people don't seem to remember what a turn signal is

Remember when cars didn't have turn signals and you had to stick your arm out the window to signal?

[snowtired14]

How about oil bath air filters? My Dad has a 1952 Pontiac Chieftain, it had an indian head hood ornament and a straight 8 cylinder engine. It had an AM radio with tubes, if you ran it without the car running, it would discharge the battery in about 15- 20 minutes. Oh, I forgot it had the OPTIONAL tree mounted turn signal lever.

[Rivertowntalk]

Also, instead of fuel filters there was often a "sediment bowl" that had a glass bowl that you unscrewed and dumped out on occasion. We had an International truck that had a hand pump for pumping wiper fluid. The truck had a "dual low" gear for creeping.