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18 Sep 2015, 5:06 pm

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triangular vent windows in cars.


I had these in my Triumph Vitesse.
Driving along the motorway late one night, the only way I could keep myself awake, was by positioning the quarter light window so that I got a constant blast of cold air in my face.
Couldn't do that with a modern car.
I am glad my Triumph Stag has them.



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18 Sep 2015, 5:44 pm

Nambo wrote:
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triangular vent windows in cars.


I had these in my Triumph Vitesse.
Driving along the motorway late one night, the only way I could keep myself awake, was by positioning the quarter light window so that I got a constant blast of cold air in my face.
Couldn't do that with a modern car.
I am glad my Triumph Stag has them.


I miss those so much. Every car I grew up with had them. My first car (vw bug) had them. My cute little MG midget had them. They were so incredibly practical, along the lines of rear pop-out vent windows that allow for actual flow-THROUGH of air in a car.


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18 Sep 2015, 6:13 pm

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@AuntBlabby - Re: SETs - I wasn't a Tech (I'm assuming that means fixing electronics); I was an Engineer (I designed things----but, nothing to do with transistors and capacitors and diodes, and stuff like that).

were you an MOS 52?

No, I was in the Navy. I worked my way up from Keypunch Operator, to Computer Operations, to Engineer, to Director of the Training Department.

you a chief? :star:



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18 Sep 2015, 6:16 pm

having to change points and rotor in cars.



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18 Sep 2015, 7:32 pm

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having to change points and rotor in cars.


Ironically, the first thing I changed in my first car (1972 beetle)...was replace them with an electronic ignition kit.


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18 Sep 2015, 7:51 pm

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having to change points and rotor in cars.


Ironically, the first thing I changed in my first car (1972 beetle)...was replace them with an electronic ignition kit.

did it run better?



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19 Sep 2015, 7:18 pm

My daughter and I talked this topic a little bit at lunch today.

Her eyes got huge big around when I told her that I remember a time before McDonald's had Chicken McNuggets. :lol:

And how there were only six channels on television and NO devices by which one could play whatsoever movie one chose. No BluRay, no DVD, no video cassettes--you just had to wait and hope that channel five or whatever would play a good movie one night that week. She was astonished at her mother's deprived childhood.

Just thinking that her mother is older than videogames and Chicken McNuggets seriously floored her.


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19 Sep 2015, 9:23 pm

auntblabby wrote:
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having to change points and rotor in cars.


Ironically, the first thing I changed in my first car (1972 beetle)...was replace them with an electronic ignition kit.

did it run better?


Oh my gosh, yes! There was too much play in the distributor shaft & I didn't want to sink $100's (USD) into a re-manufactured one. $39 and maybe an hour of work later and the timing never varied again. I owned several 'points' cars after that including my little midget and the first thing I did with each was put in an electronic ignition.


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19 Sep 2015, 10:41 pm

Edenthiel wrote:
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having to change points and rotor in cars.


Ironically, the first thing I changed in my first car (1972 beetle)...was replace them with an electronic ignition kit.

did it run better?


Oh my gosh, yes! There was too much play in the distributor shaft & I didn't want to sink $100's (USD) into a re-manufactured one. $39 and maybe an hour of work later and the timing never varied again. I owned several 'points' cars after that including my little midget and the first thing I did with each was put in an electronic ignition.

am guessing that Chrysler corp. did a good deed when in 1973 it installed electronic ignitions on most of its vehicles.



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21 Sep 2015, 3:52 pm

Cigarette commercials. Cigarettes being advertised on TV and on the radio.



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21 Sep 2015, 8:42 pm

auntblabby wrote:
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having to change points and rotor in cars.


Ironically, the first thing I changed in my first car (1972 beetle)...was replace them with an electronic ignition kit.

did it run better?


Oh my gosh, yes! There was too much play in the distributor shaft & I didn't want to sink $100's (USD) into a re-manufactured one. $39 and maybe an hour of work later and the timing never varied again. I owned several 'points' cars after that including my little midget and the first thing I did with each was put in an electronic ignition.

am guessing that Chrysler corp. did a good deed when in 1973 it installed electronic ignitions on most of its vehicles.


Yep! Most automakers did so in order to comply with the Clean Air Act of 1973. Mechanical distributors weren't so far from hit-and-miss compared to electronic ignition, & the timing of the spark has a huge effect on how efficiently an engine burns gasoline.


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21 Sep 2015, 9:53 pm

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Yep! Most automakers did so in order to comply with the Clean Air Act of 1973. Mechanical distributors weren't so far from hit-and-miss compared to electronic ignition, & the timing of the spark has a huge effect on how efficiently an engine burns gasoline.

from memory, it seems ford and gm took the plunge only in 1974 ['75 model year] when catalysts became the norm.



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22 Sep 2015, 9:38 pm

Back in 1974, the year I was born, Mr. Potato head went through a dramatic change where he no longer had arms, was much bigger, and his potato body was a dark brown that made him look like he'd been baked for too long. He was very strange and kind of creepy-looking. Also instead of holes you had to put the pieces into slots that were deigned only to hold each piece in its proper place, so you couldn't have the fun of mixing up his face or having his feet stick out of the top of head. I vaguely remember my brother and I getting him for Christmas, but he disappeared so suddenly and mysteriously that I used to wonder if that was just some weird thing I imagined. It was in the 80's that Mr. Potato Head got his more modern and more pleasing shape and appearance, and regained his arms and holes. He also got that sweet door in his butt for storage. :mrgreen:

I actually have several holiday-themed Potato Head toys that I bring out when each holiday gets close.



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22 Sep 2015, 10:24 pm

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He also got that sweet door in his butt for storage. :mrgreen:

I guess you could call that storage compartment a "rumpus room" ;)



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22 Sep 2015, 10:51 pm

LyraLuthTinu wrote:
My daughter and I talked this topic a little bit at lunch today.

Her eyes got huge big around when I told her that I remember a time before McDonald's had Chicken McNuggets. :lol:

And how there were only six channels on television and NO devices by which one could play whatsoever movie one chose. No BluRay, no DVD, no video cassettes--you just had to wait and hope that channel five or whatever would play a good movie one night that week. She was astonished at her mother's deprived childhood.

Just thinking that her mother is older than videogames and Chicken McNuggets seriously floored her.


I work with kids a lot and the other day I accidentally mentioned dial-up. Took a while to explain that one to them.
Here's something a friend brought up the other day and for some reason it scares me a bit. We all remember 9/11, right (recent anniversary)? Well there are kids in high school now who weren't even born when that happened.


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22 Sep 2015, 11:21 pm

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We all remember 9/11, right (recent anniversary)? Well there are kids in high school now who weren't even born when that happened.

:o that makes me feel ancient. :|