100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About

[Pakhan]

Dying of Dysentery (on the Oregon Trail)

good times   

[the_Journeyman]

I forgot about the high-beam headlight foot switch located on the floor. I really miss those things. Having them on the steering column kind of blows.

Several of our school buses, even up through the 90's models are equipped with that foot switch ~

JM

[superjohn]

Several of our school buses, even up through the 90's models are equipped with that foot switch ~

JM

I had an old Ford pickup that you had to really kick to get the high beams to come on. If you didn't apply enough pressure, the low beams went out as well 

[Autostrada Pilot]

good times   

I loved that game in 2nd grade.

[the_Journeyman]

I had an old Ford pickup that you had to really kick to get the high beams to come on. If you didn't apply enough pressure, the low beams went out as well 

That's the way some of our buses are.  I guess kids will never get the experience of totally loosing the headlights because they didn't stomp the switch hard enough to make the change from one to the other 

JM

[Super T.I.B]

Having only a 2 speed gearbox in your car.


*2 speed Powerglide FTW! 

[the_Journeyman]

Also the good ol' "three on the tree" 3-speed column shift transmissions.

JM

[somegirl]

That's the way some of our buses are.  I guess kids will never get the experience of totally loosing the headlights because they didn't stomp the switch hard enough to make the change from one to the other 

Last time I was trying to switch off the high beams in the Falcon, I accidentally turned on the wipers instead.

[the_Journeyman]

Since RWD is getting harder and harder to find, fewer are going to know the joy of zipping down a gravel road and stabbing the throttle going around the next bend so you can get good and sideways!  I grew up drifting all over the gravel backroads before they ever called it drifting 

JM

[superjohn]

Since RWD is getting harder and harder to find, fewer are going to know the joy of zipping down a gravel road and stabbing the throttle going around the next bend so you can get good and sideways!  I grew up drifting all over the gravel backroads before they ever called it drifting 

JM

Funny you should say that, because I've missed RWD for the last 10 years so last night on my way to getting some dinner I did just what you described, only not on gravel. Of course, I also had to turn off the TC and enable "Competitive Driving" mode to do it, but it was fun to kick the rear end out again. 

[GAAN]

back when it was called a power slide

[GAAN]

I love all the little rice eaters who are laying claim that "drifting" was invented in Japan in the last 10 years

I wonder what all the rally folk and sprint car drivers have to say about that

[superjohn]

I love all the little rice eaters who are laying claim that "drifting" was invented in Japan in the last 10 years

I wonder what all the rally folk and sprint car drivers have to say about that

Yeah, but we drifted for the purpose of going fast. They drift just to drift. Sort of the difference between Speed Skating and Figure Skating.

[Speedbag]

4-wheel drum brakes. Even better, in a panic stop. 

(Experienced this very morning in my '67 Cougar)

((Which also has the floor headlight dimmer))

[Langanobob]

quality craftsmanship
horse hair plaster and lathe walls

There, Junior, fixed it for ya

A couple of others I can add:  turning on your car radio and no sound 'til the tubes warm up.  Vibra-sonic radios, The DRAFT, Made in USA labels, carburetors, carrying 22 rifles across town to go rabbit shooting at age 12, slow motorcycles, $100 2Mb RAM chips, Individual Responsibility, high school shop classes, real silver coins, those toy plastic rockets you filled halfway with water and the rest of the way with compressed air?