Author Topic: Just for balance , what do you not miss ? (Read 16276 times)

oldbike54 · « **on:** December 10, 2016, 02:55:50 PM »

We are discussing the greatest inventions , so thought we might discuss products that we have bid good riddance to . At the top of my list are 8 track and cassette tapes .

Dusty

Daniel Kalal · « **Reply #1 on:** December 10, 2016, 02:58:25 PM »

pneumatic actuated push button controls on the dash.

Sasquatch Jim · « **Reply #2 on:** December 10, 2016, 03:00:27 PM »

What vehicle had pneumatic push buttons?

pyoungbl · « **Reply #3 on:** December 10, 2016, 03:04:48 PM »

'60-'61 Plymouth had push button transmission, I suspect they were pneumatic. I do not miss tube type radio or vacuum windshield wipers.

Daniel Kalal · « **Reply #4 on:** December 10, 2016, 03:07:05 PM »

Quote from: Sasquatch Jim on December 10, 2016, 03:00:27 PM

What vehicle had pneumatic push buttons?

Mopar. Early seventies, certainly. Perhaps earlier, too. A/C, heater, ventilation controls--all with a zillion skinny air tubes behind the dash. Shudder...

I'm not sure; but, didn't the old push-buttons on the Chrysler automatics also use pneumatic control?

edit: looks like pyoungbl (above) confirms the old push-button automatic controls. Ghastly things. What's wrong with a simple lever?

oldbike54 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 10, 2016, 03:12:07 PM »

Quote from: Daniel Kalal on December 10, 2016, 03:07:05 PM

Mopar. Early seventies, certainly. Perhaps earlier, too. A/C, heater, ventilation controls--all with a zillion skinny air tubes behind the dash. Shudder...

I'm not sure; but, didn't the old push-buttons on the Chrysler automatics also use pneumatic control? might have been electric, I guess.

Pretty sure they were used thru the 1960's also , maybe even in the late '50s .

Dusty

Daniel Kalal · « **Reply #6 on:** December 10, 2016, 03:13:27 PM »

I don't miss the ignition switch on Guzzi being below the seat on the left side. It's a short run for the wires to the battery; that's the only thing good to say about it.

ITSec · « **Reply #7 on:** December 10, 2016, 03:16:03 PM »

Party lines. Made good neighbors go

Carburetors (I mean, Daimler created them using a perfume bottle!). I expect this comment to go

Drum brakes (with very limited exceptions). These things were originally wooden blocks on Conestogas, and even in the lat 60s didn't work much better!

I actually like cassette tapes, and still have a pro dual-deck cassette unit and a ReVox A77 reel-to-reel. I also like tube amplifiers (but not tube TVs or radios).

neverquit · « **Reply #8 on:** December 10, 2016, 03:19:38 PM »

Motorcycle related- I've got to say kick starters. Fine if you still have decent knees but at my age I'm happy they are gone. I still have one kick start only bike in the garage and it cost me a trip to the orthopedic surgeon.

Other items- Telephone party lines, they were awful and they really weren't necessary. Almost everyone would have gladly paid for a private line but the telephone companies thought it was best if you had to wait, for years!

wavedog · « **Reply #9 on:** December 10, 2016, 03:22:49 PM »

I don't miss the old telephone party line. I don't miss the way autos from the 50's and 60's handled. I don't miss living in old base housing with no insulation and one electrical outlet per room. I don't miss lighting off the old Loran alpha set about an hour before scheduled underway time so as to allow the tubes to warm up. That thing was huge. No lat/long readouts either. Just an o-scope screen and you matched the waves, read numbers and interpolated on the chart. Kinda fun in a hurricane at 0200. Actually, I do miss that.

oldbike54 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 10, 2016, 03:45:35 PM »

Corfam shoes .

Dusty

Kentktk · « **Reply #11 on:** December 10, 2016, 03:55:12 PM »

Quote from: Sasquatch Jim on December 10, 2016, 03:00:27 PM

What vehicle had pneumatic push buttons?

Volvo 240's for heater controls

fotoguzzi · « **Reply #12 on:** December 10, 2016, 03:58:08 PM »

Film..

reminds me of my
Ex wife which I don't miss either.

lucian · « **Reply #13 on:** December 10, 2016, 04:22:03 PM »

Lawn darts, man what were they thinking.

Triple Jim · « **Reply #14 on:** December 10, 2016, 04:38:38 PM »

Quote from: lucian on December 10, 2016, 04:22:03 PM

Lawn darts, man what were they thinking.

Funny, I always liked them and still occasionally play.

oldbike54 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 10, 2016, 04:51:26 PM »

Spinner hubcaps .

Dusty

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #16 on:** December 10, 2016, 05:07:31 PM »

Television before dvr and remote control. Commercials suck!

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #17 on:** December 10, 2016, 05:10:30 PM »

oh, and restrooms with a path out back

SeanF · « **Reply #18 on:** December 10, 2016, 05:16:39 PM »

VHS tapes
Computer "floppy disks"
CRT monitors

ohiorider · « **Reply #19 on:** December 10, 2016, 05:17:46 PM »

I loved it all for what it was at that moment.

Bob

ritratto · « **Reply #20 on:** December 10, 2016, 05:31:37 PM »

Eight track and cassette tapes.

TodkaVonic · « **Reply #21 on:** December 10, 2016, 05:32:39 PM »

Smoky bars, restaurants, and airplanes.

Good riddance.

Noguzznoglory · « **Reply #22 on:** December 10, 2016, 05:51:50 PM »

Pretty sure the Chrysler push button titans controls had cables attached to the buttons. Welcome to be corrected by anyone that's worked on em

vibr8r · « **Reply #23 on:** December 10, 2016, 06:02:30 PM »

Vacuum wipers.

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #24 on:** December 10, 2016, 06:16:15 PM »

Quote from: Daniel Kalal on December 10, 2016, 03:07:05 PM

Mopar. Early seventies, certainly. Perhaps earlier, too. A/C, heater, ventilation controls--all with a zillion skinny air tubes behind the dash. Shudder...

I'm not sure; but, didn't the old push-buttons on the Chrysler automatics also use pneumatic control?

edit: looks like pyoungbl (above) confirms the old push-button automatic controls. Ghastly things. What's wrong with a simple lever?

All these years I've wondered how they worked.

Huzo · « **Reply #25 on:** December 10, 2016, 06:23:01 PM »

Vulcanising patches. I still relate the smell to being in trouble with a flat away from home. Oh and also, single compound tyres.

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #26 on:** December 10, 2016, 06:24:28 PM »

Quote from: ritratto on December 10, 2016, 05:31:37 PM

Eight track and cassette tapes.

Yeah those 8 tracks were so touchy on their tape tension. Cassettes were much better, except then you lost the high freq. sounds. Now my ears miss the high freq. sounds.

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #27 on:** December 10, 2016, 06:27:05 PM »

Quote from: Elevenminusoneblade on December 10, 2016, 05:32:39 PM

Smoky bars, restaurants, and airplanes.

Good riddance.

Last time I ate in Texas(`03) it was still that way.

Darren Williams · « **Reply #28 on:** December 10, 2016, 06:29:09 PM »

Points. Don't mind carbs, but I always felt like setting points was something regularly needed at always the worst time. Love me my electronic ignitions!

ritratto · « **Reply #29 on:** December 10, 2016, 06:36:02 PM »

Quote from: Elevenminusoneblade on December 10, 2016, 05:32:39 PM

Smoky bars, restaurants, and airplanes.

Good riddance.

+1

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