Remembering way back when
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Topic: Remembering way back when
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Subject: Remembering way back when
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2021 at 7:23am
| Guys I was laying in bed about 4:00 am trying to get to sleep and I got to thinking about old girl friends. How many of you guys drove a car with bucket seats and a console? How many of you guys went to the local upholstery shop and had a cushion made that fit between the seats and sat on top of the console? That way your best gal could sit beside you. How many had that cushion made the same color as the rest of the seats? I'm trying to remember which gal was the first to sit on it. Dang if I can remember that. Their all still alive and great grandmas now. Maybe someday I'll remember to ask them. |
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Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2021 at 7:35am
| Never put one in after an incident with first girlfriend. You see she was trying to move over as we were driving along at highway speed and bumped the gear shift into reverse. Car got a little squirrelly at that point. Never gave it a second thought |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2021 at 9:08am
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Well,,I never had one throw the tranny in reverse,,,whoa,,,!! almost a disaster right there,,,,  I always made sure my cars HAD a floor shift whether a standard or an auto,,,that way,,,when going after a hard 1st to second speed shift,,my hand always had a tendency to "slip" off the shifter and ,,,,and,,,wind right in the middle of her le,,,,,errrr,,,never mind,,,but they would most of the time just squeel,,,,,
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Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2021 at 11:57am
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Ever get carried away at the drive-in, in a Corvair? That was a nice
car, baby blue with white interior. LOTS of memories in that car. Then
there was the 59 Chev Impala rag top. Had a 6 cylinder auto when I got
it. Had a 427 4 speed when I got rid of it. I should have never
gotten rid of that one!! Was ALL kinds of room in the front seat with
buckets, no console. I made a box that went in between with padding and
carpet on it. (Hidden things inside) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QptZ8tYZAkE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QptZ8tYZAkE ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2021 at 11:58am
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WTH?!?!?! Why can't we put Youtube videos in here anymore?? What happened to the filmstrip??!! ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Grayray
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2021 at 3:24pm
| Youtube censorship?? |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2021 at 5:34pm
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Shows up on my computer!! Mary Hopkins! |
Posted By: fixer1958
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2021 at 6:00pm
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Had a 8 track player in the car, buckets seats, console. Girlfriend found a 8 track storage box. Fit right in the passenger seat level with the console. Got a nice cushy blanket and everything. Worked really well. I loved that girl and she loved back till..........Somehow, beats the chit out of me how, got left in there and it wasn't hers?? I really liked her and her brothers were really big guys. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2021 at 7:09pm
Yeah Fixer,,,I think most all Red Blooded American boys are the same everywhere,,,,
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fixer1958 wrote:Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2021 at 8:40pm
| Always had bench seats...steering wheel wasn't that much in the way..... didn't need the back one.... |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2021 at 10:13pm
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I like these "old Timer" threads ,,,them was the Good Ole Days,,weren't they,,,, Does anybody remember the "ECHO CHAMBER" attachments for your radio or record player,,?? I used to really like that sound and then you wired up a Vibrato unit,,,,Man,,, you be chittin in tall cotton as far as amazing sound effects,,,!!!!
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2021 at 3:02am
| mostly only drove trucks, i did have a '68 Impala coupe for awhile, it had air cond, and none of my trucks did. drove the car on dates when we had to dress up. other wise we tooks the truck...lot of GREAT memories there too! tried a jeep out in the toolies one night...i don't recomend it! we are still a truck family...but do like the burbs and open jeeps too! Fixer...i used to "lose" girl things in my buddies cars, or their parents cars, or the not so buddy cars. sure was fun seeing the aftermaths. condoms were fun to leave in the parents cars! |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2021 at 3:03am
| oh...and i still do those things sometimes, great to have a wally world so close, with the cheap items to have fun with! |
Posted By: iowallis
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2021 at 7:31am
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I was a 19 year old working at the local pizza joint, middle of March. Boss had left for the night and one of the waitresses brought in some 2 liters of "Purple Passion" and while closing/cleaning up we had a few drinks. At the time it was legal for 19 years olds to drink. The discussion switched to cars and the one of the waitresses (Dana, and she was CUTE!!) mentioned she had never rode in a convertible. Guess who happened to be driving their dad's '66 Impala convertible because his car was out of commission? Me!! So I offered her a convertible ride in Iowa in the middle of March. I, my best friend Jack in the passenger's seat, and Dana sitting on the console went for a drive with the top down. I guess the cop working at 2:30 in the morning thought I had taken a corner a little wide (plus a car with the top down when the outside temp was about 40 might have been suspicious) and pulled me over. Made me get out of the car and started doing the DWI tests. He asked "did you know you took the corner a little wide?" I said "yes, you see Dana is sitting right next to me and if I turned any sharper my elbow would hit her boob and that wouldn't be very gentleman like". He finished his tests and said "you barely passed, put the top up, one of them get in the back seat and get home" Then he said "I have heard a lot of excuses in my time but yours was, by far, the best". Of course I made Jack get in the back seat as we drove back to the restaurant. Ended up being good friends with Dana and was in her wedding a few years later.
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Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2021 at 7:39am
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Lot more room in the cab of a 79 C10 and the front seat of a Honda Civic then looks like there is. Especially when you're young and flexible ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2021 at 8:50am
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Guys, I read this post and thoroughly enjoyed dreaming of the "good old days" Yes I said the good OLD days.I think those memories kinda got better with age.
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Posted By: Red Bank
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2021 at 6:28pm
Never really understood why Mom and Dad let me buy a 77 Trans Am with a 4 speed until one night at the drive in we tried out the back seat. I am not that flexible 
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Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2021 at 11:09pm
I've got a handful of 8-track players that have it yet too. I JUST bought an 8-track player that also has 'record' on it. I never knew that they made them!! Anybody got any empty 8-track tapes?? The OLD record players are making a BIG come back!! The kids now like the sound so much better than anything they can buy now. I'm sitting on a few $$$$, as I have quite a few of them!! I don't really want to sell them though.
------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2021 at 10:10am
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You're right Ted,,,they were called "reverb" ,,,,don't remember what I was thinkin, tho,,, Jeeeeze,,,Ted,,,you closed the door too quick ,,,,,!! I would sure love to have one for My Ole School 55 Belair,,,,,,,,
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Posted By: Robert Musgrave
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2021 at 12:40pm
| 1963 Chevrolet Impala SuperSport bucket seats, PowerGlide shift console. One key worked the ignition, console, glove box, truck, doors. Ignition switch could be started without a key if left on the "off" position and not the locked position. My (now) wife made a special cushion for the console. Also had the built-in "reverb" unit in back seat speaker to give a delay to the radio signal. Back seat was a firm bench type..................................................... R. Musgrave |
Posted By: Robert Musgrave
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2021 at 12:43pm
| Above post "truck" should read "trunk" |