I remember when cars had...
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The foot push button for high/low beam headlights.
The foot push button for high/low beam headlights.
HUGE back seats where you could really smooch effectively with your high school sweetie (now wife of 45 years).
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We had an Omega when I was a kid. We always folded down the back seat and put down sleeping bags me and my sister could sleep on our long trips to Grandmas house. #Safety1st!!!
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His was a 77. Maybe the po took them out? I remember when the seatbelt law passed (Maybe 85?) he had to take it to the dealership to have seatbelts installed in it .
May have missed it in another post, but manual window cranks. Covered headlights that opened with vacuum (my 1978 Ford Thunderbird). Bumper rub strips and bumper guards. Analog clocks that never ran after a year or so of ownership. Rear seat ashtrays with lighters. Hubcaps (not wheel covers)
Giant thin diameter steering wheels... I mean really?
Wing-vents.
Well I think the column shift is back but not like the old days, just electronic so that there's an aux battery in case your main battery dies, you can still shift it out of park. I think many other cars have it now.
Cars used to have room under the hood. Spark plugs almost changed themselves. I used to carry a Tach & Dwell meter and a Timing Light. I could do a roadside tune-up in minutes. No need for a code reader or scanner. You had to figure everything out for yourself. I miss those days. This was my Daily driver 
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Dual note horns
I remember when cars had courteous drivers.
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No side marker lights and no third brake light.
Gas caps behind the license plate or if they were tricky, behind the brake light or rear turn signal light.
The emergency brake consisted of brake drum on the driveshaft near the transmission, a brake band wrapped around the external part of the drum and you had a big lever to pull on inside to use.
Hidden behind the car emblem on the trunk was where you inserted the key to unlock the trunk.
Wagons had rear windows that went down and the door itself would lay down flat or open from the side.
The wagons had seats in the rear that faced each other.
Lots of great stuff here!! I loved the old vent windows, real keys, lock tumbles on all doors and some real metal. Well it rusted but it was real...
Part and parcel, I remember as a teen in the 90's cruising my bike around with my friends (parents rarely would lend the vehicle out to kids to just drive around) to go talk with the mechanics, old timers etc to beg and borrow manuals, tools and knowledge to fix old vehicles. No internet so we used to steal beer, homemade wine and such to exchange for all the said books and tools. Guys would lend out garage space, use of welders for a project here and there.
I remember helping a buddy push his 1963 envoy epic 5 blocks over to an old retired shop teachers garage so he could show us basic metal work.
I remember when you could work on vehicles and not need a computer to figure the issues out first.
Part and parcel, I remember as a teen in the 90's cruising my bike around with my friends (parents rarely would lend the vehicle out to kids to just drive around) to go talk with the mechanics, old timers etc to beg and borrow manuals, tools and knowledge to fix old vehicles. No internet so we used to steal beer, homemade wine and such to exchange for all the said books and tools. Guys would lend out garage space, use of welders for a project here and there.
I remember helping a buddy push his 1963 envoy epic 5 blocks over to an old retired shop teachers garage so he could show us basic metal work.
I remember when you could work on vehicles and not need a computer to figure the issues out first.
This thread makes me sorta feel old...... I have so many of the parts mentioned..... I am not kidding either. 
