Are You Too Young To Remember These Auto Accessories?
My Uncle sent this to me
I came across this phrase yesterday ‘FENDER SKIRTS.’ 
A term I haven’t heard in a long time, and thinking about ‘fender skirts’ started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice, like ‘curb feelers’
And ’steering knobs.’ (AKA) suicide knob, Neckers Knobs.
Since I’d been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first.
Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of these terms to you.
Remember ‘Continental kits?’
They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.
I’m sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the accelerator the ‘foot feed.’ Many today do not even know what a clutch is or that the dimmer switch used to be on the floor.
Didn’t you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you could ride the ‘running board’ up to the house?
What’s Your Forgotten Accessory?
5 Comments on “Are You Too Young To Remember These Auto Accessories?”
don’t forget the fuzzy dice!
“remember all but the “foot feed” and parent’s never had a car w/running board. My 70s mustang I drove in HS still had the dimmer in the floor. I always liked the small v shaped front windows that opened independently from the rest of the front window. My 98 Jeep has a clutch and hand crank windows and when my daughter’s friends used to get in the car when they were little – 9 or 10, would ask me where the button was to roll up the window – only 10 yrs ago but they didn’t know what a hand crank was.”
“We used to call them ’suicide’ knobs in Michigan”
I remember “rumble seats”, pull-down shades on the windows, luggage carriers on the running boards, and cranks that you needed to start the car.
I bought a suicide knob from NAPA a few years ago and put it in my car. It’s between the “4″ and “5″ on the steering wheel and I use my left hand to turn the wheel. It’s great for parking and leaving the parking lot. When I’m on the road at speed, I never use it, my left hand is at the 10 position (like they teach you in Driver’s ed classes). I wouldn’t be without one…