What retro delights do you enjoy?

I've got a clock radio that I bought about 40 years ago. Still runs fine, though I never use it to wake me up. I'm awake long before that thing would go off. It used to be white, now it's sort of a light brown due to discoloration. Maybe I'll post a pic tomorrow.
 

Nathan said:
Many of the police agencies in this area used the Crown Victoria for patrol vehicles, pretty much the entire time that the Crown Vic was manufactured. The Wikipedia Crown Victoria article states that the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor available from 1992 to 2011, but my employer, SBCSD was using a Crown Vic version when I hired on in 1985. Nowadays you can see some of the old Crown Vics that had been decommissioned and auctioned off, being driven by some nostalgic druggie.
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The PSP went to using all SUV’s about 10 years ago, except for the ghost cars, which are cars that have no outer markings and are used for DUI and speeding stings. The ghost cars were Dodge Challengers with the police interceptor engines. I think we also had a few Crown Vic’s. The Interceptor engine was a 5.7, V-8 rated at 400 horsepower.

I heard that we are going back to using cars and they will be going from the dark gray paint that they use now back to using white paint. In my opinion, this is a mistake.

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@911 Why do you consider going back to black & white on cars to be a mistake?
 

jimintoronto said:
Ah ha. I thought about a bigger CFM Holley carb, but rejected it because of the costs involved. The cowl induction, was it drawing air from the base of the windshield area? Smog pump ? What smog pump !!! I like your way of thinking. Sort of like a certain NASCAR guy, named Smokey ??

JIMB.
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Yep, Smokey was my hero growing up. I used my circle track experience to fabricate the cowl setup that we used on our pavement car that drew from the windshield area. Couldn't find a pic of the mustang with the hood up, but, the setup was similar to this pic.
On another note, the Holley I used on the cruisers was their 3 barrel that had 1050 cfm. Worked great.


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squatting dog said:
Yep, Smokey was my hero growing up. I used my circle track experience to fabricate the cowl setup that we used on our pavement car that drew from the windshield area. Couldn't find a pic of the mustang with the hood up, but, the setup was similar to this pic.
On another note, the Holley I used on the cruisers was their 3 barrel that had 1050 cfm. Worked great.


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I was curious to find out what that Holley carb costs now. Yikes, over $1200 bucks. Thats a lot of Benjamins for a carb. JIMB.
 
When I was a kid in ancient decades before cell phones, we had Walkie-Talkies, hand-held devices that you could call out on to talk to a friend some distance away. They were considered high-tech and extremely cool back in the day. I was gifted a set by my parents around my 10th birthday, and was in 7th heaven! I still use a modern Walkie-Talkie with my significant other so they can communicate with me when I’m out doing yard work…

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Nostalgia is the topic. I know I'm posting late for anything related to Halloween, but most years around that time this bit of nostalgia pops into my head. Thinking back to the late 1950s, I was only interested in having a mask or costume, being friendly, and getting treats in my bag. One house in the neighborhood was the residence of an elderly lady, Mrs Shaw, who lived alone, except when her niece was staying with her.

Some years on Halloween, a man would come to the door with Mrs Shaw. That fellow must've thought most kids in the neighborhood were potential pranksters (and maybe malicious ones?). Anyhow, I went to the door, rang the bell, and Mrs Shaw and the guy came to the door and opened it. The fellow invited me to step in about two feet, and offered me what I thought were salted nuts. I opened the can, and—being a naive little dude—was frigging shocked!😧 They laughed.
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I was a first-timer, but now I look back on it as "the hokey ol' snake in the can novelty hoot". After they saw it had its depraved, unsettling effect on me, they gave me something for the bag... but I don't remember turning out to be anything very special or delectable.

I think the next year when I went there, now ready for the spring-loaded canned snake, the guy gave my hand a shake with a palm buzzer.:rolleyes:
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horseless carriage said:
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When we got married in 1968 the UK's communication systems, namely phone and mail, were nationalised. The phone was called an appliance, and you rented it. The provider was known as The G.P.O. General Post Office. We managed to purchase our appliance when the phone system was privatised. It still works and sits in the hall where it amuses visitors who call.
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Back in the early 1960's the scooter Mods were giving all and sundry grief on the roads. Motorbikes weren't something that appealed to me, but I was taken by a Harley Davidson that I had seen in a museum. It looked so huge and retro. But this was the 60's and it was all Mods and scooters. A fateful ride on the pillion of a friend's scooter ended a love of two wheels. We were knocked off the scooter by a car driver who had failed to obey a give way sign. Miraculously we were unscathed, however, I made a promise to my Father, nothing on two wheels, unless it's a pedal cycle.

Come 1993, and it was our silver wedding anniversary, that promise to Dad went forgotten. The motorbike in the photo is called a Heritage Springer Softail, it's a model that echoes a Harley of much earlier years. We had it for five years, not a wobble, near miss or close shave, not once. Best of all, I made a substantial profit when we sold it.

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The Taron camera was one of those purchases that, later, proved to be a lucky find. Lucky in that nowadays they are much sought after by collectors who are happy to pay a high price. I bought it from a camera shop about a year after we were married, it's a 35mm rangefinder, (whatever that means.) Our photo albums are testimony to the clarity and use of that Taron.
Like the telephone, it still works, but in the digital age finding someone to develop celluloid is all but impossible.
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This is my Wurlitzer Jukebox along with which I have a collection of vinyl records.
Much of that collection is pre-fifties, the love of Big-Band and the Swing era stems
from our love of dancing Latin & Ballroom.
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"Are my seams straight?" was a question that I would be asked every time we were heading out to the next dance or heritage function.
The advent of the fashionable miniskirt, which exposed the legs to well above the knee, made pantyhose a necessity to many women. The shorter hemlines remained popular for many years. Sales of pantyhose soared and in the early 70's, exceeded stockings and have remained so ever since.
There is something classy about seamed stockings, but sadly, they were somehow hijacked by pornographers and to admit a liking for them gets you tarred with that insidious brush.
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horseless carriage said:
Today's technology has passed me by. Most people these days will send off an e-mail. I write a letter, by hand, in ink.

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Lilac's record player struck an empathy chord. I have a Wurlitzer Jukebox that plays music on vinyl.
Music on the radio, comes out of the speakers of the type of radio that was once known as a wireless.

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The car is of a 1938 design but was made in 1947. (WW2 happened, car produce gave way to war effort.)

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My 1926 Phillips bicycle, designed without a crossbar, specifically for the ladies, is ideal for comfort and my hip replacement.

Like Holly, we have a telephone appliance that has a finger dial.

All my clothes reflect an era when men took pride in their appearance.

Just going back to the car. UK law has all cars fitted with seat belts. Being of an era before seat belts, it has an exemption. There's something wonderfully subversive in driving around without the seatbelt on.
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Just want to say l like your cursive writing example. Really love cursive writing.
 
Feelslikefar said:
Wife and I have an ongoing Backgammon tournament and by her account, she's ahead by at least 80 percent.
She will throw out rules I've never heard of and insist they are real ones that people in Europe use...

We look forward to when the weather is nice and we can enjoy the deck and many games, listening to music and laughing.
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Sounds like good clean fun!
 
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VW has a new electric van that's retro looking, I saw one a couple of days ago and thought it looked better than the picture. I think we all remember the old VW hippy van so seeing it in a new version made me smile.
 
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