What the heck is a Fender Skirt

[leehljp]

"floorboard starter" (Been so long - I don't think that is what they called it but it is descriptive of it anyway.)
"starter button"


In another field and it could have been just my area of the country:
"hot potato"
"hum that jewel"
Anyone know or remember what those refer too?

[BobSch]

We still have people around here that grumble about blown fuses when a circuit braker pops.

[cabinetman]

Got a few more -butch wax, lake pipes, station wagons, clip on skates, skate keys, pogo sticks, pom pons, Davey Crocket hats, cosmic finger rings - I'm still thinkin'.



"I'M NEVER WRONG - BUT I'M NOT ALWAYS RIGHT"

[leehljp]

I have heard this one only twice in my life - once in the late 50's and once in the early 60's by elderly men talking:

"Want a dope?"

Meaning - Coke . . . Coca-Cola! Originally Cokes had cocaine in it as a lift me up! Heard that before the invention of the personal computer.

[tuttlejr]

How about "filling station" when service stations no longer gave service.
Or "Central" for the telephone operator.
"foolscap" for writing paper.

[eezlock]

DUd......

DUD

Right off the top of my head - dashboards when they were boards, padded dashes, whitewalls, baby moons, glass packs ,Todd-AO, orange juice squeezed in the bowl with the fluted cone in the middle, Madras, sock hops, washboards, mangles, hootenannies, coffee houses, victrolas, I'm still thinkin'.



"I'M NEVER WRONG - BUT I'M NOT ALWAYS RIGHT"

twin lakers.chopped, dropped, sectioned, channeled,lowered,and smoothed
all terms applying to low rider street cruisers of the 50's era. eezlock

[eezlock]

want a dope?

I have heard this one only twice in my life - once in the late 50's and once in the early 60's by elderly men talking:

"Want a dope?"

Meaning - Coke . . . Coca-Cola! Originally Cokes had cocaine in it as a lift me up! Heard that before the invention of the personal computer.

I heard that all of my life...from relatives in the mountains of N.C. & Tenn.
and I'm only 56 yrs. old! eezlock

[garwin]

Any of you familiar with a jockey box?
Gary

[KenBurris]

I have an older freind who'll call a CD a record. I guess it just stuck in our mind.

If you notice, you will find many recording artists and music critics often refer to new "records" coming out
EDIT - from an article on CNN.com today about Michael McDonald -
His comeback began in 2003 with a collection of Motown classics that seemed tailor-made for him. The album, simply titled "Motown," took off when his interpretations of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Baby" were used in TV commercials for MCI.
"We went from selling maybe 3,000 units a week to 30,000 units in a week -- in about a week," he said "It was crazy. All of a sudden we're on our way to platinum with a record that was probably destined to sell 100,000 units."
"Motown," which is approaching double platinum sales (2 million), revived his career. His last three records, including the follow up "Motown II," have all gone gold.

[Martin]

More things on cars in the middle of the last century

The starter button was a direct mechanical link through the firewall to the switch on the starter motor.
The light dimmer switch was on the left floorboard between the clutch and the sidewall.
The battery was under the right floorboard in front of the seat.
Windshield wipers were vacuum operated. If the hose was cracked or if you were pulling real hard, the wipers wouldn't work.
You could sit on the fender of the pickup with the headlight between your legs while driving up and down the cotton rows and shoot jackrabbits in the headlights. You had to hold the hood ornament with the free hand between shots in case the driver got excited and started a chase.
"Good" tires had nylon cords. The nylon would take a set. If a semi truck, had been sitting for several days the nylon tires would give a small bounce when rolling. then after the first turn, all the wheels would be out of sync and really bounce for three or four miles.
Truck tires were held on the rim by snaprings. The snap rims would pop off at inopprotune times such as when you were along side while trying to pass a truck.
In my fathers time, the heater in a car was dealer installed option.
Then the "suicide doors". When I was five years old, I thought the door wasn't properly closed and opened the door to close it. Fortunately, we weren't going fast, however, I hit head first on the gravel shoulder of the road.

[Martin]

More on Fender Skirts

This thread started discussing fender skirts.
Some models were fastened by manipulinating a hinged rod which pushed a pin into a socket on the fender. in some instances, a theif would drive slowly down a street in front of the college dorm; while his buddy would remove the skirts and toss them into a pickup. So.. some people fastened a razor blade to the handle.

[sinjams]

Done you remember

Don't you all remember 4 on the floor and 24 in the trunk.

[Tundra_Man]

I'm not that old (born in '69) but thankfully I remember most everything mentioned in this thread. Apparently my parents raised me right!

Here's a few more:
Safety belts (before they were renamed to seat belts.)
Hydromatic
Trousers
Dirigibles
Milk boxes
Choke knobs