The longest thread ever

[aimo]

With the little crank to crack them open . . . .

Yep! Can't remember which car(s) I remember that from. My parents' 98 Oldsmobile or the Gremlin. Maybe both? Can't remember what years they were. My grandma had a 1963 98 Olds with a huge bench seat in the front. And she had short legs, so we ALL sat close to the dashboard.

[aimo]

Bonus points for the little foot-operated switch on the front left floorboard to toggle the high beams. The one or two automobiles I drove that had that feature always made me feel like a stunt driver or something.

My brother's 87 Dodge Ram has that. Notice I said HAS. You can hear that thing coming from a mile away.

[ClemmonsDevil]

My brother's 87 Dodge Ram has that. Notice I said HAS. You can hear that thing coming from a mile away.

That thing is an absolute tank.

[wilson]

My brother's 87 Dodge Ram has that. Notice I said HAS. You can hear that thing coming from a mile away.

Mad respeck for somebody still rolling in one of those.
Bonus points if it's a single-cab, triple bonus points if it has a two-tone paint job.

[aimo]

That thing is an absolute tank.

And sounds like one.

Mad respeck for somebody still rolling in one of those.
Bonus points if it's a single-cab, triple bonus points if it has a two-tone paint job.

He doesn't roll in it as much as chug. It is not a smoothly running machine. It is single-cab, with a bench seat, not two-toned, except for the rust.

[budwom]

things I miss: vent windows and chrome bumpers...some trucks have them, nothing else I know of.

[ClemmonsDevil]

And sounds like one.



He doesn't roll in it as much as chug. It is not a smoothly running machine. It is single-cab, with a bench seat, not two-toned, except for the rust.

It drives like hell. Gets terrible gas mileage. Looks awful. Sounds even worse. In short, it's his dream car.

[aimo]

It drives like hell. Gets terrible gas mileage. Looks awful. Sounds even worse. In short, it's his dream car.

No, his midlife crisis dream care is the KIA Stinger he bought early in the pandemic.

[bundabergdevil]

things I miss: vent windows and chrome bumpers...some trucks have them, nothing else I know of.

And Heinekens on the way home through Robber’s Knob…?

[budwom]

And Heinekens on the way home through Robber’s Knob…?

great recall...dark Heinekens thru Smugglers Notch...just two, gotta be safe.

[Bostondevil]

My brother's 87 Dodge Ram has that. Notice I said HAS. You can hear that thing coming from a mile away.

Drew?

[bundabergdevil]

great recall...dark Heinekens thru Smugglers Notch...just two, gotta be safe.

Thanks, my memory works in funny ways. If I have a conversation with someone new, I likely won't remember their name but will remember all the details of whatever it was they told me.

I'd also like to hereby formally request a change from Smuggler's Notch to The Robber's Knobber.

[DukieInKansas]

“Life went to hell after they stopped putting quarter glass vent windows on car doors. Fight me.”

Or at least the vent option on the heating/cooling system.

And I miss the floor switch for brights - less accidental switching them on.

[DukieInKansas]

Bonus points for the little foot-operated switch on the front left floorboard to toggle the high beams. The one or two automobiles I drove that had that feature always made me feel like a stunt driver or something.

Posted my earlier response before I read this one.

[ClemmonsDevil]

Smuggler's Notch sounds like a Hardy Boys book The Robber's Knobber sounds like a niche porn.

[aimo]

Drew?

yep. Drove it to Crapel Hell and had the Ram hood ornament stolen. More than once. He didn't learn to stay out of that place.

[aimo]

Smuggler's Notch sounds like a Hardy Boys book The Robber's Knobber sounds like a niche porn.

Or a Nancy Drew mystery?

[OldPhiKap]

Tabuleh salad with fried cauliflower is a very refreshing lunch.

[bundabergdevil]

Tabuleh salad with fried cauliflower is a very refreshing lunch.

Said no one ever.

[acdevil]

Tabuleh salad with fried cauliflower is a very refreshing lunch.

I think this is a Punchable Offense.