AA patrolmen on motorcycle and sidecar, who saluted.
Asking at the garage for '5 gallons and a shot of Redex please'.
Bubble cars.
Bubble cars
Maybe they all drove too close to the garage door, and now can't get out? 😉
Crypton tuning vans.
Mate of mine had his CB400f tuned by a mobile service and burnt holes in all the pistons 100 miles later. 😕
Those extra long toggle switches looked like womens stick on fingernails,
clip on wheel trims,that unclip at speeds over 85mph,
Yes, I meant per litre. I do still just about remember prices being displayed in gallons though.My mum used to stop on the way to school with us and ask the man for £5 worth.
I remember fuel being 50p/litre in the early-mid eighties, my Mum used to do the same thing, stop every other day for £5 worth.
[i]Having to reach over/back to unlock each door - the fun of getting in the same side as the driver then not opening the door for my brothers.. [/i]
In a similar vein on my old Citroen ZX you could only open the boot using the ignition key. It was a bit of a pain dropping off people who had bags in the boot as you had to switch the ignition off, give them the key and wait for them to return it before you could drive off.
[i]a small chamois covered sponge for removing condensation from the inside of windows.[/i]
Still use one of these.
An operative of a petrol station filling up your vehicle with fuel from a petrol pump that looked like a robot, and taking your money to an office and bringing you the change, you always made sure you asked for a fivers worth as opposed to so many gallons, to avoid giving a tip to said operative, if it didnt reach a value of a fiver or a tenner.
jota180 42.9
no that would be per gallon!! remember them? there was uproar when petrol got to 5o p per gallon.
When was petrol ever 42.9p / Gallon ??
(Edit - answered my own question. Very early 70's just after decimalisation)