[F30Andy]

Originally Posted by Bricktrix

I remember getting our first colour TV, then an actual remote controlled one years later, then teletext.

I also remember getting the slipper at school for talking in the swimming pool!
Non PC times were great!

Originally Posted by Watsey

How about :

When one of your mates got a car (Opel Manta) with fuel injection and you were SO jealous.

Adjusting the ignition timing manually using the turn screw on the side of the distributor.

Balancing twin carbs...every week because the balance never lasted.

Driving a 3 speed manual (68 Mustang) before you'd passed your test.

Changing brake shoes, front and rear.

The list goes on

Well I think it's safe to say that you two have confirmed you are clearly the eldest here!

[Danny Fireblade]

I remember when chieftain was a rank, and not a tank.

[HighlandPete]

You know you are old when....

You remember when half the cars you were driving didn't have synchromesh on 1st gear.
You remember Dunlop "Groundhog" cross ply tyres had not yet been invented when first driving.
You remember when car heaters were optional.
You remember car radios and fitted aerials were optional extras.
You remember when you first saw and heard an 8-track stereo.
You remember trying out radial tyres, (Michelin X).
You remember you had to try Dunlop SP Sport tyres with "aqua-jets".
You remember when 5 1/2 J rims, Peco exhausts and racing wing mirrors were the cool options to have.
You remember how you laughed when the Allegro came on the market.

More?

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by creepy coupe

My first job when leaving school was a pump attendant. The sign quoted it as £1.02 per GALLON.

Well "young man", my memory was father filling his cars for less than 5 shillings a gallon. (4 - 5 gallons per £1).

In 1970 I was paying less than a £1 for 3-gallons, +Quad Green Shield stamps. Northern Bridge, Southampton, on my way home to Bitterne.

I'd fill with £2 worth, virtually filled the Viva's tank, would get me about 200 miles.

[Rukka]

Adjusting points and setting the timing with a strobe light.

Clutches with cables.

Repairing exhausts with wire and bean tins.

Changing a Ford Escort MK2 engine in 30 minutes - because I could

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by Lobb

Yes, the Dunlop Groundhog!! Do you remember the little groundhog creature with wheels they invented to advertise them.?

Yes, remember the advertising.

My memory, one of the biggest advertising gimmicks for a motoring product at the time.

Dave has already mentioned the Esso tiger. Stickers with "I've got a tiger in my tank."

We used to collect the "tiger tails". Remember having them waving about from a home made aerial on my bike.

[allachie9]

Thanks for this thread, I think I remember just about everything that has been mentioned on here.

I also distinctly remember my late father-in-law saying to me - 'mark my words Alan, we'll soon be paying a pound a gallon for petrol'.

But . . . reminiscing's not what it used to be, is it ?

[a803sgo]

When you can't start the lawn mower on the first pull.

[HighlandPete]

Brakes....

You remember when "good" front drum brakes had two 'leading' shoes.

You remember adding 'adjusters' to your wire handbrake cables.

You remember when steep hills had sand filled "escape routes". And they were used.

You remember your first drive with front disc brakes.

You remember your first servo brake system. (May have added a servo to your braking system).

[Edinburra]

Originally Posted by Lobb

Yes, the Dunlop Groundhog!! Do you remember the little groundhog creature with wheels they invented to advertise them.?

i had a "Piggy Bank" model of a Dunlop Groundhog as a child. Had relatives that worked in the tyre trade.

[F30Andy]

Originally Posted by HighlandPete

You know you are old when....

You remember when half the cars you were driving didn't have synchromesh on 1st gear.
You remember Dunlop "Groundhog" cross ply tyres had not yet been invented when first driving.
You remember when car heaters were optional.
You remember car radios and fitted aerials were optional extras.
You remember when you first saw and heard an 8-track stereo.
You remember trying out radial tyres, (Michelin X).
You remember you had to try Dunlop SP Sport tyres with "aqua-jets".
You remember when 5 1/2 J rims, Peco exhausts and racing wing mirrors were the cool options to have.
You remember how you laughed when the Allegro came on the market.

More?

Yes please.

HighlandPete, you are now officially Highlandpops!

Also please explain the aqua jets thing to me, went way over my head.

[Bricktrix]

Originally Posted by HighlandPete

Well "young man", my memory was father filling his cars for less than 5 shillings a gallon. (4 - 5 gallons per £1).

In 1970 I was paying less than a £1 for 3-gallons, +Quad Green Shield stamps. Northern Bridge, Southampton, on my way home to Bitterne.

I'd fill with £2 worth, virtually filled the Viva's tank, would get me about 200 miles.

OMG again, I'd completely forgotten about Greenshield stamps!!
Plus with a previous post of yours, 8 track stereos!
VERY fond memories of going out with my Grandad, in his mk1 Escort that he had had since new, and 8 track stereo he'd fitted

In my teens I also had a mk1, Weller steel wheels if anyone remembers those and HUUUUUGE Cibies x4!

This thread is nringing soo much back

[F30Andy]

Another one that just sprang to mind.....

Using a pair of lady's tights as a temporary fix for a broken fan belt.

[Bricktrix]

Originally Posted by F30Andy

Another one that just sprang to mind.....

Using a pair of lady's tights as a temporary fix for a broken fan belt.

Along with an egg in the rad if you had a leak, or just removing the thermostat if it was overheating!

[Three Bell Load]

....going into the petrol station, pouring 2 stoke oil into the fuel tank of my MZ and giving it a shake after filling up!

Not sure what was worse, the pissing about or riding the MZ!

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by a803sgo

When you can't start the lawn mower on the first pull.

For me... that was an Allen Scythe. Horrid things to start.

http://www.tractorbox.co.uk/forum/up...943_allen1.jpg

Then I first saw the first Flymo... got my first one in 1973, that wouldn't start first pull. Have run them ever since, latest has a Honda engine...

[F30Andy]

Originally Posted by Bricktrix

Along with an egg in the rad if you had a leak, or just removing the thermostat if it was overheating!

Bloody hell, I just had a flashback of my dad separating the yolks from the whites by the roadside once when he had to do that trick.

I distinctly remember the smell coming out of the vents on the drive back!

Radweld ain't got shit on free range!

I remember being told that there was a time when drink driving was not illegal. I take it some of you fellas were driving when this was the case.

[F30Andy]

Originally Posted by HighlandPete

For me... that was an Allen Scythe. Horrid things to start.

http://www.tractorbox.co.uk/forum/up...943_allen1.jpg

Then I first saw the first Flymo... got my first one in 1973, that wouldn't start first pull. Have run them ever since, latest has a Honda engine...

So it pretends it has a turbo after 6000rpm, has a stupidly high redline, drinks fuel and has no torque?

I'm shocked there is no modding scene for these!

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by Bricktrix

OMG again, I'd completely forgotten about Greenshield stamps!!
Plus with a previous post of yours, 8 track stereos!
VERY fond memories of going out with my Grandad, in his mk1 Escort that he had had since new, and 8 track stereo he'd fitted

In my teens I also had a mk1, Weller steel wheels if anyone remembers those and HUUUUUGE Cibies x4!

This thread is nringing soo much back

Cibies... My wife's brother 'tuned' up her 1968 Mini 1000, 4 1/2 J wheels, Peco exhaust, the home made leatherette dash with all the repositioned instruments (speedo behind the wheel) and extra dials and switches, (all the rage when HotCar magazine was the mag' to have).

Cibies were battery drainers... Lucas dynamo had limitations. Those were the days, remember going out with him to set up the lights. Out with a spanner on a deserted country road, tweaking the Cibies.

I was a Lucas Square 8 guy, on my Cortina Mk II GT.

[Three Bell Load]

Originally Posted by Lobb

Does anyone remember when there were no speed limits on the M1 (1963 I think) HighlandPete

Can't recall any speed limits on the M1 in the early 90s when I had my 350LC.

[F30Andy]

Originally Posted by Lobb

Does anyone remember when there were no speed limits on the M1 (1963 I think) HighlandPete

WTF?! Really?!

What I would give to have a vehicle with today's power back then.

Just imagine, no speed cameras and being allowed to drive as fast as you want whilst drunk.
Man you guys had it good.

[Bricktrix]

Originally Posted by F30Andy

Bloody hell, I just had a flashback of my dad separating the yolks from the whites by the roadside once when he had to do that trick.

I distinctly remember the smell coming out of the vents on the drive back!

Radweld ain't got shit on free range!

I remember being told that there was a time when drink driving was not illegal. I take it some of you fellas were driving when this was the case.

Oh god yeah, but I never did.....never have done!

I did however go out with a few who did and respectively ended up in ditches, car being totalled or rolled onto roofs by them!
Ahem, they were "interesting" evenings, especially when you called the local plod and all they did was come and try and get in touch with local farmers to tow the cars out!
Quite bizarre compared to today!

When I think back how lethal it all was, but at the time, was just part of being a normal "lad" teenager