Blast from the past - remind us of a thing
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DickyC said:
CammyN said:
DickyC said:
Chrome windscreen wipers.
You occasionally see dramas set in the forties, fifties and sixties featuring cars with black wipers.
Outrageous behaviour.
....and windscreen wipers on Fords that slowed down when you went up hills,You occasionally see dramas set in the forties, fifties and sixties featuring cars with black wipers.
Outrageous behaviour.
Windscreen washers that were not electric.
Now you're talking.
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... and if all else failed (e.g. blizzard conditions), opening windscreens that allowed you to squint through the gap.
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Kids today ......don't know they're born
witteringon said:
Manual wipers operated by a lever at the top of the screen
... and if all else failed (e.g. blizzard conditions), opening windscreens that allowed you to squint through the gap.
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Kids today ......don't know they're born
I took Mrs C's elderly SLK in for a service and asked if they could increase the tickover a bit. 600rpm tickover seemed low to me... and if all else failed (e.g. blizzard conditions), opening windscreens that allowed you to squint through the gap.
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Kids today ......don't know they're born
"There's an old bloke in Reception talking in some ancient language."
Apparently, even in cars built towards the end of the last millennium, you can't adjust the tickover.
witteringon said:
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DickyC said:
CammyN said:
DickyC said:
Chrome windscreen wipers.
You occasionally see dramas set in the forties, fifties and sixties featuring cars with black wipers.
Outrageous behaviour.
....and windscreen wipers on Fords that slowed down when you went up hills,You occasionally see dramas set in the forties, fifties and sixties featuring cars with black wipers.
Outrageous behaviour.
Windscreen washers that were not electric.
Now you're talking.
![hehe](/inc/images/hehe.gif)
... and if all else failed (e.g. blizzard conditions), opening windscreens that allowed you to squint through the gap.
![driving](/inc/images/driving.gif)
Kids today ......don't know they're born
Pre-WW2 so no pansy sat-nav. He was all of 15 years old.
DickyC said:
CammyN said:
DickyC said:
Chrome windscreen wipers.
You occasionally see dramas set in the forties, fifties and sixties featuring cars with black wipers.
Outrageous behaviour.
....and windscreen wipers on Fords that slowed down when you went up hills,You occasionally see dramas set in the forties, fifties and sixties featuring cars with black wipers.
Outrageous behaviour.
Windscreen washers that were not electric.
Now you're talking.
![hehe](/inc/images/hehe.gif)
Error_404_Username_not_found said:
We went to see Chariots of Fire. It was the Big Picture of the day.
The B picture (support film) was "Gregory's Girl". Nobody had heard of it then.
Loved it.
Maybe because I'm a Glasgow kid?
My big brother was at Uni in Edinburgh during filming of 'Chariots', got paid £20 per day as an extra with a free haircut thrown in.The B picture (support film) was "Gregory's Girl". Nobody had heard of it then.
Loved it.
Maybe because I'm a Glasgow kid?
At the big race meeting where Eric Liddell was surprisingly beaten, the crowd is shocked into silence but the bloke standing next to my bro yells out "f
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They had to do another take.
hidetheelephants said:
DickyC said:
Chrome windscreen wipers.
You occasionally see dramas set in the forties, fifties and sixties featuring cars with black wipers.
Outrageous behaviour.
Or lacking a tax disc! The country is going to the dogs.You occasionally see dramas set in the forties, fifties and sixties featuring cars with black wipers.
Outrageous behaviour.
Mikebentley said:
hidetheelephants said:
DickyC said:
Chrome windscreen wipers.
You occasionally see dramas set in the forties, fifties and sixties featuring cars with black wipers.
Outrageous behaviour.
Or lacking a tax disc! The country is going to the dogs.You occasionally see dramas set in the forties, fifties and sixties featuring cars with black wipers.
Outrageous behaviour.
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DickyC said:
Mikebentley said:
hidetheelephants said:
DickyC said:
Chrome windscreen wipers.
You occasionally see dramas set in the forties, fifties and sixties featuring cars with black wipers.
Outrageous behaviour.
Or lacking a tax disc! The country is going to the dogs.You occasionally see dramas set in the forties, fifties and sixties featuring cars with black wipers.
Outrageous behaviour.
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'soaking' a tax disc would have defeated the object I think!
There was a chap in the village where I grew up who had two identical black Rover P4s. The one with the central light; the Cyclops. Anyway, he had two cars, but they shared an identity. He ran one and worked on the othe one. When the worked on one was ready, he swapped the number plates, took the other one off the road and worked on that. No one ever shopped him as far as I know because it didn't seem like such a bad thing.
The Russians are going to nuke us any minute, what difference would it make?
The Russians are going to nuke us any minute, what difference would it make?
Super Sonic said:
Steamer said:
Vacuum operated Lights...
...Because driving a classic at night needs added drama![hehe](/inc/images/hehe.gif)
Vacuum operated lights? How did the vacuum produce illumination?...Because driving a classic at night needs added drama
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DodgyGeezer said:
EmBe said:
My 13 year old thought I was joking this morning when I told her fresh Orange Juice used to be considered a starter in many pubs and restaurants when I was a kid.
And when we had it at home, which was rare, it came as a concentrate in a can that you dissolved in water.
oh yes! And when we had it at home, which was rare, it came as a concentrate in a can that you dissolved in water.
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Edited by DodgyGeezer on Friday 28th June 19:52
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