Car Features That No Longer Exist!

31 thoughts on “Car Features That No Longer Exist!”

1. You were supposed to hit the horn ring with your thumbs, thereby not removing your hands from the steering wheel. I'm 60 years old and started driving at the age of 12, though not legally till 16! Bring the old cars back! 😊

2. I own a ‘78 CJ7 that has a foot dimmer, tilt steering wheel and zippered windows. It also has a bumper that can take a 10mph hit and still look brand new. I don’t know if it’s because my bumper is so strong or if it’s because the bumpers made today are so whimpy. Maybe a bit of both.

3. After watching this video I sure feel old. My station wagon has wood grain, and an antenna that goes up and down with the use of a little motor; the radio has a cassette tape player built into it, and one fortunate feature is, if I leave my turn signal on for more than one-quarter mile, a bell comes on to remind me to turn it off. Thirty years later and 167,000 miles, my 1994 Buick Roadmaster Estate wagon is still happily moving along the open highways. And while it's hood ornament shines in the summer sun, my passengers and I still right along in the most wonderful and delightfully quiet comfort, as the ride is smooth and the steering is effortless.Thank you for this nostalgic look back to a time that I so clearly and fondly remember.

4. My dad preferred window cranks to power cranks.

5. uh theres several hardtop convertibles being produced now…

6. They forgot to mention that some cars in the 70s had headlite on indicators mounted on the front of the front fenders.

7. I to,miss the vent windows.

8. I own a '69 Ford Custom 500, 2 door post with most of those features. One note on the antenna, front antenna were moved to the drivers side to prevent people, mainly teenage hoodlums, from walking along bending antennas. Simultaneously, the radio (optional equipment back then), was moved to the left side of the steering wheel.

9. When I was was young and start to drive in 80's in Hungary, I had a romanian Dacia (Renault 12 copy). One of my problm was the side mirror. It was outside the door, but it was just a metal version. I was envy about for the western car's coverd mirror, wich had an automatic setup from inside. Even the most popular Lada 1300 had something like that, but it was still manually. So in time we always had to setup our mirrors after the hundreds of kilometers continous shaking. In my first Dacia we hadn't got any power steering or electric breaks, so it wasn't easy to drive those cars. For a long time there was a huge (time)gap between the East cars and the West cars, not mentioned the quality and the reliability. Fortunately it is just a nice memory now.

10. the turn signal flasher could be upgraded to a 'loud' version so grandpa did not go down the freeway for 10 miles signaling to turn

11. 9:29 notice the 1969 Rambler SC/Hurst, a special promotion car built by American Motors and Hurst engineering. 1512 of these were made and they had a type A (pictured) or B paint scheme. the paint code on the driver door would only read "SPECIAL". These vehicles came from the factory with 390 V8s and 4 speed cast iron super T-10 transmissions with short throw Hurst shifters. They had non-slip rear differentials and came with rally wheels usually in bright blue. The red, white and blue headrests had the date the vehicle was created inside the cover stamped on the foam pad. They did the 1/4 mile in 14.3 but this is a bit misleading as 12.5 was closer to performance levels. Imagine a Big Block Nova, that is the SC/rambler. I have owned 5 of these in my life and can attest to the amazing performance. the picture you have shows a radio antenae but most of these were radio delete and had no other options as the whole car was an option. One of the SC's I had had 4:56 rear diff gears and I could start out in 4th. It was like driving a tractor and was truly and 1/8 miler. If you punched it in rain, you would spin the car around in circles. It was like driving a drug. Oh what fun!

12. Studebaker also had fiberglass dashboards with stewart warner guages and turned metal brightwork, while some of the GM cars had radios that would seek stations, had volume controls that would increase with the speed of the car and some 50;s had shifter pushbuttons in the center of the steering wheel for gear selection.

13. The steering column also had a tilt away or slide away version on T-birds and some of the GM mid 70's had swivel, tilt away seats for ease of entering.

14. starter push foot controls, vacuum ashtrays, hidden fuel fills behind tail lights all gone. The AMC cars had a horn ring on the steering wheel as part of the outer ring, sunlight and heat did them in. first factory seat belts, 1950 American Motors, thick, uncomfortable and rarely used. use of aluminum alloys by Studebaker and radium painted instrument clusters, some good ideas, some bad. Simca had 4 speed on the column in 1959

15. Swivel seats 1973-1975 olds cutlass and Chevy Monte Carlo

16. I liked the retractable rear window in some old Mercurys. And don’t forget the floor mounted windshield washer pumps.

17. The crank handles for the windows are still here. I just rented a 2023 U-Haul truck and while the dash was all digital, I still had to crank down the window manually.

18. Cadillac 1952 had "Optronic Eye" that dimmed high-beams when it detected oncoming headlights. I do not remember it actually working properly, but was a cool idea and ahead of its time.

19. Swing away steering wheel, wonder bar radio station changer, it was a switch on the floor that changed the station keeping your hands on the wheel, manual vent operation for fresh air.

20. One thing that really bothers me is when auto manufacturers dropped the CD/DVD player! I have a 2017 CR-V and no place to play my CDs – yes, we have SXM but sometimes I prefer to just listen to a specific singer!

21. No one will NdEVER will be smoking anywhere remotely near me, especially in my car! My Mom smoked and I chocked every time I had to drive her car – along with the constant residual smell and burn marks on the seats!

22. I’m just fine with no ashtrays and cig. lighters! All the cars I’ve had in the last over 20+ years a,ways had a very nice little pull down place or just a space for change, etc.

23. Oh, and u still miss that button in the floor for lights – I’m short and had no problem reaching it – and honestly it would be safer than trying to figure out some of the stuff js,med in the steering column nowadays!!!

24. I learned how to drive a standard shift on a VW Beetle – 4 on the floor! Piece of cake to drive. When I went home for the summer after my freshman year, my Dad loaned me his Nash Metropolitan – 3 on the tree!! Took a bit of relearning in that little cutie but I loved that car – weirdness and all!!! I’d buy one in a flash if I could find one with a good price and in good condition😄😄😄

25. 4:53 YES thank you! Its the same with getting rid of the ashtrays on trashcans outside public places like stores. No place to put it? It ends up on the ground.
    I think you can get it if you order your car and pay extra for it…but the last person to order a car that i personally know was my mom in 1992. I’m sure rich people still order cars, but everyone i know whos shopping needs a car ASAP and just pick from a lot.

26. Every time I watch your videos I just want to go back to that time which made so much more sense.

27. Some cars today don't even come with a spare doughnut tire. And, I own one of them.

28. Many things you missed, like the eye on the dash of Cadillacs of the 50's. Or the way you started a Buick up to 1957, or the pedal in the middle of the floor, sometimes above the gas pedal to start the car. I could give you more things you missed.

29. I miss the bench seat. I loved sitting between my dad and mom in the front!

30. ❤just one thing! Hubcaps are still a very important item in production of the Automotive industry. Take a look at the lower end of Nissan & Toyota & foreign markets. I guess that the reason is due to trying to hit a price point that pleases them. It is hard to distinguish if the Cap is a wheel or a HC. You really have to look really hard. But a good inspection will show that there is a steel wheel behind a beautiful hub cap! Take a good look the next time you’d swear that it is an Aluminum wheel!

31. I still miss vent windows.

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