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Started by Plumcrazzy, September 06, 2019, 05:37:27 PM

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Plumcrazzy

Was digging through some old boxes of car parts from decades ago and ran across a few things that got me remembering decades gone past regarding quirky accessories for our cars such as:

Porta Walls
Curb Feelers
The prism that attached to the dash that allowed you to see the traffic light if you were running a visor.
The weighted mount that laid across the transmission tunnel to hold your 8-track player
Reverb for your speaker system
Blue dots for your tail lights

I am sure you guys can remember a lot of other stuff so let's hear what you got!! 

Brads70

I never owned one  but, the big yellow Accel super coil stands out as a 80's thing.

jimynick

Thrush mufflers and side pipes- commonly known as leg burners. Sex lights- you know, those little purple clearance lights they used to mount under the dash.  :cheers:
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Dakota


Chryco Psycho

Triangle foam air filters
Pagers

anlauto

How about those chrome/black "feet" you could put on your gas pedal plus the little one on your dimmer switch  8)
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CudaMoparRay

Quote from: anlauto on September 06, 2019, 07:35:29 PM
How about those chrome/black "feet" you could put on your gas pedal plus the little one on your dimmer switch  8)

:rofl:
I had those on my 1965 Dodge Coronet and then these on my 1972 'Cuda back-in-the-day


dodj

Quote from: Brads70 on September 06, 2019, 06:31:26 PM
I never owned one  but, the big yellow Accel super coil stands out as a 80's thing.
I got one I could give you for the Jav? Probably look right at home.
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Brads70

Quote from: dodj on September 07, 2019, 05:07:09 AM
Quote from: Brads70 on September 06, 2019, 06:31:26 PM
I never owned one  but, the big yellow Accel super coil stands out as a 80's thing.
I got one I could give you for the Jav? Probably look right at home.

:))  Thanks but no thanks.

blown motor

Quote from: jimynick on September 06, 2019, 06:53:20 PM
Thrush mufflers and side pipes- commonly known as leg burners. Sex lights- you know, those little purple clearance lights they used to mount under the dash.  :cheers:

Did it help @jimynick ?
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12 Challenger RT Classic    15 Challenger SXT
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Brads70

Cheap tacky fog lights are another one that comes to mind. Also CB radio's
:-[ I was guilty of both of these....


7212Mopar

Sun tachometer, must have back in the days.
1973 Challenger Rallye, 416 AT
2012 Challenger SRT8 6 speed Yellow Jacket

RUNCHARGER

Eh: I usually filled up the garbage can with that sort of stuff when I bought a car. The worst one was peeling the angel fur off my 67 GTX interior when I bought it in 1976. I still remember scraping my fingernails off while scraping off the contact cement from the interior hard panels and headliner.
Sheldon

js27

A few from my 70's stash. Shock extensions to get the butt as high as you can. Cragar spinners-Black Velvet Hurst Handle.
JS27

Chryco Psycho

The velvet T handle was actually helpful in colder climates !!