A little funny for the boomers out there

[bill718]

See photo below.

 

[daveman]

Yup.

 

[White 6]

See photo below.

Definitely remember.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Seeing that pic, I have a sudden urge to pump from behind.

 

[bluzman61]

I never owned an automobile that I had to pump the gas underneath the plate. Just on the side(s). I did however own several Ford Pintos........

 

[DukeU]

And the dimmer switch in upper left corner of floorboard.

 

[Winco]

I did however own several Ford Pintos........

Oh sweet Lord.

Something no 'so-called conservative' would willing admit to.

 

[1srelluc]

Damn, CA prices were high back then too.

I miss on the floor dimmer switches.

 

[MarathonMike]

I never owned an automobile that I had to pump the gas underneath the plate. Just on the side(s). I did however own several Ford Pintos........

Wow and your still alive? What are the odds!

 

[theHawk]

See photo below.

I’m Gen X and I rememebr manual transmissions with gear shifter on the steering column.

 

[rightwinger]

And the dimmer switch in upper left corner of floorboard.

I still miss that

 

[rightwinger]

I’m Gen X and I rememebr manual transmissions with gear shifter on the steering column.

The old three on the column with manual steering and brakes

 

[BULLDOG]

See photo below.

I still remember being aggravated because it took so damn long to pump $5.00 in gas, and I had to pee so bad till I didn't know if I would make it to that bathroom on the outside of the station.

 

[Moonglow]

Seeing that pic, I have a sudden urge to pump from behind.

she has hip dysplasia now.

 

[theHawk]

Also, vehicles that had a choke to start it up. My dad had a Datsun truck with that.

 

[Winco]

Riding my bicycle 15 miles to the River, floating with friends at 12 years old, returning safely to Mom and Pop.

Asking ..... "How was my day."

circa 1974

 

[Foxfyre]

Damn, CA prices were high back then too.

I miss on the floor dimmer switches.

Me too. These new fangled cars are complicated computers on wheels and trying to remember what all the buttons and switches and programs on the console do and/or are for is beyond the patience of a lot of us old timers. And I hate fiddling with all the rotating switches on the levers protruding from the steering column not knowing for sure which do what or what I'm messing up. Including the dimmer switch.

That dimmer switch on the floorboard was so simple and uncomplicated and easy to use. You didn't even have to think about it.

 

[rightwinger]

Riding my bicycle 15 miles to the River, floating with friends at 12 years old, returning safely to Mom and Pop.

Asking ..... "How was my day."

circa 1974

We used to go camping by ourselves at that age. Grab a tent and sleeping bag, hot dogs, cigarettes and a Playboy magazine

 

[Mr Natural]

I remember

 

[Ringo]

Damn, CA prices were high back then too..

In 1995 I moved from Connecticut to Georgia, Atlanta. The price of 89 in Connecticut was $1.21 a gallon and I thought the price would be higher in the big city, but when I arrived I found it was 85 cents in Atlanta. The lowest price I saw for 89 that year was 79 cents. Considering the cheapness of gasoline and ammo (a 500 pack of .22 caliber was $10) a trip to a shooting range 50 miles away in the woods was practically free.