Motoring stuff you never see anymore

Small steering wheels, like those you used to get in Mini Coopers, about the diameter of a 160mm disc these days, then drilled out in the alloy arms..

Way.
Cool.
Junior.

Screw-on petrol caps.

1975 ish?

I suspect you mean per litre

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 my Dad always having to go to Halfords to buy a cassette player and hang it under the dash whenever he got a new car.
Wind down windows.
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..

How could I forget these!

Weller Wheels 😉

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..

Ah yes.. heheh.. we’d snap the lock up and down really fast so the person outside had to try and pull the handle at the exact right instant.

Wing Mirrors
Rear Window Louver Sun Shade (Normally found on Ford Cortina’s)

Smurfs from the National garage.

Ah…..I fondly remember the trips to National with my Dad in the late 70’s/early 80’s just to get my next Smurf. Oh Happy Days………

Whilst on holiday in France in 2010, Kinder were giving away Smuffs with Kinder eggs (Which were very similar to the old National Smurfs). I explained to my kids about the National Smurfs but they just didn’t get it.

actual minis
“on a mission” stickers
silly letter styles on number plates

tin of fruit flavoured hard boiled sweets in white powder AND/OR extra strong mints.

a tub of wet wipes only for emergecy use, they’d been there so long they dried up.

a small chamois covered sponge for removing condensation from the inside of windows.

heaters that only emit heat after ~ 1 hour of driving

foot operated high/low beam button on the floor next to pedals (morris minor)

foot operated high/low beam button on the floor next to pedals

So if someone comes around a corner whilst you are changing gear they get dazzled for a second?

Those coiled cables attaching motorcyclists to their bikes ignition key

Yup havent seen one of those for a while

Steering wheel locks and bars,

Ermm…got one in the Mondeo – have you ever visited Wolverhampton?

Reflective rear triangles behind broken down cars

Bloke had got one on the M5 only last Fri night think it was a VW

Door bumper guards

At least three cars in the car park now with them on

Tow bar ball covers

Bloke over the road has got one c/w every other caravanning accessory evah

cd,s stuck in the window rubber, to deflect speed camera rays

I’ll give you that one

Nodding dogs and cushions on the rear window cill

Seen more than one of those Churchill dogs. Cushions/rugs/blankets still very much in vogue with our overseas cousins

Stickers saying ive been to Todmorden etc,etc,

One of the neighbours has been to Centre Parcs if that counts.

What a pointless load of accesories to buy, glad theyve all but become extinct.

I wish 🙂

So if someone comes around a corner whilst you are changing gear they get dazzled for a second?

Side of the foot, a bit like driving heel & toe

I remember a paraffin heater going under the car engine in winter.and formula shell petrol that burnt the car valves also remember lying under cars welding the rustbucket sills etc. Thank **** for modern technology

So if someone comes around a corner whilst you are changing gear they get dazzled for a second?

I’m trying to work out why they’re not used any more too.
Don’t forget there were fewer cars travelling at significantly lower speeds, so not quite as dangerous as doing the same today.

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.

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..

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.

a small chamois covered sponge for removing condensation from the inside of windows.

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)