Which Classic Car Quirk Do You Wish Wasn’t Extinct? Asks Petrolicious

"Trevor Slattery, ACTOR" (anacostiabikecompany) 11/30/2015 at 10:53 • Filed to: None

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Well. What do you miss?

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 10:56

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AkursedX > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 10:56

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Pop-up headlights and/or sealed beam headlights.

Body-Proportions that made 15” and 16” wheels still look good.

TheHondaBro > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 10:59

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Well, I’d say the vagina grill, but only so I can say “vagina grille.”

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 11:00

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Rear facing rear bench seat in wagons

Sam > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 11:01

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I don't miss much. Most classic car stuff would be terrible in this day and age. Leaving the classic car stuff to the classic cars.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 11:01

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More rounded shapes - most cars these days are chiseled, angular and aggressive looking to the point where it's cartoonish.

Sam > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 11/30/2015 at 11:02

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It's a shame they were the least aerodynamic thing possible. On my 924, putting up the headlights at 60mph, without inputting extra throttle, will drop me to around 55. And if it's windy, they catch it and shove the front around.

505 - morphine not found > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 11:03

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Quarter windows, the ones you could open to get some air into the cabin without getting hour head blown out by wind. I love those.

jjhats > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 11:03

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low front ends, open greenhouses and skinny pillars. im also partial to chrome windshields on convertibles especially on the inside like these:

also love when exterior color accents the inside which I know a few new cars have now:

and also hideaway headlights which have no impact on pedestrian safety and should be legal:

jjhats > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 11/30/2015 at 11:04

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only one of these is a classic imo but fair point

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 11:05

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Imperial swivel seats! Okay not really.

crowmolly > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 11:08

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More of a feature than a quirk, but I have to add it anyway :)

You could take the engine and trans out of one of these cars and put it in any of the others in an afternoon. Want the 427 Tri-Power in the Impala? Hand me a 9/16” wrench.

These days that would be like putting a GT350 engine in a Fiesta.

BringBackTheCommodore > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/30/2015 at 11:18

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Tesla has you covered:

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > BringBackTheCommodore 11/30/2015 at 11:22

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If you're a rather small person, yes. Needs MOAR vast expanse of bench

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 11:23

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Chrome bumpers. Yeah they did nothing to protect you or your car. Who cares? They look awesome.

Metal Dashboards and industrial switchgear.

Sidecurtains. Because windows are for wimps.

BringBackTheCommodore > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 11:25

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This died out about 9 years before I was born, but when this deployed at a stoplight, it showed you meant business:

My dad’s ‘57 Belvedere had this setup (pictured is a ‘58 Coronet):

Look at those chrome trim pieces on the fenders of this Newport:

From the front you can’t tell, but from the back :

They showed the driver the turn signals were working.

BringBackTheCommodore > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/30/2015 at 11:27

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Touche! Would be nice if it would fit a full-sized adult.

d15b > AkursedX 11/30/2015 at 11:45

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The first point I am fully aware of. The second, that is a true gem.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 11/30/2015 at 11:56

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I never got this before I got my X1/9.

Afterwards, I agree that they're the best thing in the world.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 12:09

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Two things I’d say.

Firstly, cars that are lightweight to the point of being unsafe. Yes, it’s very nice to have brand new cars that you can drive into a tree at usual driving speeds, open the door and dust yourself off like you’re on the A-Team.

However, what if I don’t want that. What if I don’t care if my car is unsafe. Why should I be forced to buy something that is to the detriment of style, speed and efficiency? (the answer is, as always, you’re not. Just buy a classic car).

Second, I'd say marginal attention to aerodynamics. I'd quite like it if a modern car designer said 'fuck it, I know x feature reduces the drag coefficient by 0.03, but it looks good so we're keeping it'.

Berang > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 13:02

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air cooled engines.

Big steering wheels (although the 2002’s was a bit overkill honestly).

Dash mounted shifters and/or flat floors without a huge ugly center console.

Vent windows (even though they’re also loved by robbers)

So how about the more secure footwell vent? Let’s be honest in modern cars ventilation sucks.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 13:08

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Style.

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 11/30/2015 at 13:34

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So with you on this. I always ask, “why is it still ok for my friend to buy a 180hp motorcycle and ride around in shorts and a t-shirt if he wants but I cannot by the modern equivalent of a Triumph Spitfire or MG Midget?” Now I am not talking unsafe like defective/recall unsafe but if I want to buy a car that is really nothing more than a 4 wheeled motorcycle, why should the gov’t regulate what is available? If the car won’t pass federal crash tests, don’t keep it off the market. Just let me know and give ME the chance to decide.

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 11/30/2015 at 13:35

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You had an X1/9? My cousin had one of those when I was a kid. Thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 11/30/2015 at 13:39

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Individuality is gone. A shame.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/30/2015 at 13:56

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That typewriter picture is awesome.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/30/2015 at 14:11

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The two things are actually somewhat separate. The first is some kind of mobile office... table... thing that Chrysler played with, and the first is an earlier thing it was sort of related to, which was standard on Imperials but available on some other models including Plymouths: a seat that not only could swivel but was actually rigged to the door so that it turned as the door reached full open. Kookoobananas.

TheAnswerIsAlwaysCitroën > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 15:56

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I guess because motorcycles are typically ridden solo, and as a hobby, not as cheap transport. If there were no safety requirements on cars, the cheapest family cars on the market would be Chinese tin cans that would kill you in a minor fender bender, and poor families would buy them en masse. It’s a fine balance, though, to require cheap cars to be safe, yet allow them to be cheap enough that people actually buy them instead of driving even more unsafe old rustbuckets.

I wonder if exemptions could be made for 1-2 seater sports cars, or cars that are obviously not just made that way to be cheap.

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > TheAnswerIsAlwaysCitroën 11/30/2015 at 16:37

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Your last sentence is what I am getting at. A low volume exemption or something. The car comes with a special registration that lets everyone know what they brought and what they are getting themselves into.

Again, I am not saying get rid of standards and let the buyer beware, I am saying run the tests and publish the results and let ME make the choice about how safe/unsafe a car I wish to drive.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 17:02

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I did but i never got to drive it :( bought it sight unseen off ebay. Got it running and took the bumpers off then a storm brought a tree down on top of it :( poor thing was absolutely mullered. http://oppositelock.kinja.com/so-this-happen…

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Trevor Slattery, ACTOR 11/30/2015 at 17:05

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Bang on. Just let me know that it doesn’t pass crash tests and i’ll make the decision for myself. Am i going to take my family to the movies in it? No. Am i going to take it for a blast around some b-roads on a sunday like most bikers do? Of course :)