One extinct feature you would revive?

[wayupnorth]

Most of my earlier vehicles (pre-80's) had the floor mounted dimmers and they would rust in place usually on high. My sister had a '58 Fairlane convertible with a magic-bar scanner on the radio face. Didnt do much as there was 3 AM stations back then you could get here. Flicking the turn signal lever is so much better, I think.

 

[ea56]

I had a ‘55 Cadillac Coupe de Ville that had a Wonderbar tuner on the radio. The Wonderbar homed into the nearest strong radio signal every time it was pressed. It also had the optional Electric Eye Headlight dimmer. It was called Autoronic Eye, and it really worked very well.

I used to do a lot of night driving on two lane roads then and it never failed to dim the lights at just the right time and and soon as the oncoming car had passed the lights went right back to high beam. I spoiled me for the little time I owned this car.

I bought this Cadillac in 1974 when it was already 19 years old and had 180,000 miles on the odometer. This was during a gas shortage and I traded a paid for ‘69 Volkswagon for this Cad that I saw when I was driving down Hwy 101. I pulled of the hwy and bought the Cad for $995.00 and left that gas saving bug behind. I was impulsive and just had to have that Cadillac.

I once had 8 passengers plus myself in the huge old boat, 5 in the backseat and 4 of us in the front, back in my wild partying days.

After the novelty of the Cadillac wore off I traded it for a ‘74 Chevrolet Nova 2 dr. coupe, painted Lemon Yellow, which turned out to be very appropriate as if there was ever a lemon, that Nova was it!

Eddie [this post was last edited: 8/28/2021-17:38]

 

[rp2813]

Our '57 Lincoln had the dash-mounted electric eye for high beams, but it wasn't sophisticated enough to bump down to low beams when you were coming up behind another vehicle on a dark road.

 

[sudsmaster]

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From Wikipedia:
 
TorqueFlite (also seen as Torqueflite) is the trademarked name of Chrysler Corporation's automatic transmissions, starting with the three-speed unit introduced late in the 1956 model year as a successor to Chrysler's two-speed PowerFlite. In the 1990s, the TorqueFlite name was dropped in favor of alphanumeric designations, although the latest ZF-based transmissions with the eight-speed automatic has revived the name.
 
Oh, and the pushbutton transmission controls were phased out in 1965. So my '64 Valiant is one of the last iterations of that, I think.
 

 

[ladyearth]

wow too many to read all

BENCH SEATs def tired of losing things and tearing up my thin skinned up skinny hands and arms.
Def push button car radios/ With a Big ON / Off power knob..... not "the tiny can't read or feel well to find nearsighted me stuff. Hate MOST digital crap most of the time too.
I think we might still have a push in Button car radio. wish I could locate it w/ o spending hrs doing so
What about call a psychic to tell us where we put a....n objects or filed something.
and local temporary, honest guys that will work and not have to pick up and drive them back. also not "ogling their In love with" SMART PHONES.
heck I could go on
Oh what about honest people that repair stuff period like HVAC. Others the don't call you back period.
Only couple of guys locally did a fine job the rest Ah half but a furnace. coatuld have Co2 ed me still not right
Several month to see your dentist in this small hick town.
Local Radio station. "TRADIO"gone too and local big outdoor twice a week FLEA MKT gone too. Bunch of sceary cats in this town RAH
OH what about honest CL posters and ones that delete their ads when an item is sold I heard Facebook has the same problems as Im not a member and this "Catcha" check off stuff to see CL replies
I could say even more. LOL
Blessings all

 

[vacerator]

"Seek & Scan"

car radio tuners are electronically integrated in the audi system and when equiped steering wheel buttons. Wunderbar tuners, Aeronutronic search (Ford), etc. no longer needed. Remember Delco Reverbs?
Now what I do miss are like the Marantz thumb wheel blue lit tuning dials.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

I’ll second the car radio seek and scan, I’m so peeved the last car that had that feature was my 2003 Honda Civic, and I actually like my radio automatically finding the stations for me…

At least my wife’s 2018 Toyota Corolla does…

— Dave

 

[maytagneptune]

Reply #8

Totally! I also want the Fisher&Paykel Aquasmart and Intuitive back

 

[suds14]

Washer with suds saver, variable water level and a spray rinse after the wash cycle.

 

[junior8uup]

Butter

I just found out about this feature this year on my grandparents 55' whirlpool refrigerator, the butter warmer in the door! Never have to try and scrape hard butter across toast in the morning. Sad thing is that it's the only thing on the fridge that doesn't work.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Panel lighting on washers and dryers that can go on or off independently or maybe on/off with the machines’ operation…

Ditto for ranges, that actually lights up the cooking surface…

— Dave

 

[elginkid]

I would bring back the design of the GE Spacemaker, with the pull-out shelves. I absolutely LOVE that feature.

 

[vacerator]

My GE Profile fridge

has two pull out sealed glass shelves. It's enough.

 

[warmsecondrinse]

I'd like to see those window a/c's that were around briefly in the late 70's, Mostly Kenmore.

They had a switch that would let set the unit to provide less cooling and more dehumification than 'normal'. Really good for those days in the low-80's with humidity in the 90's.

 

[combo52]

Window A/Cs that Could Dehumidify Only

Hi Jim, Whirlpool built A/Cs for Sears that could cool and dehumidify or dehumidify only and maintaine a fairly precise temperature and humidity that you selected from around 1960 into the early 70s, but I am not familiar with any A/Cs from the late 70s that could do anything like this.

 

Can you find an ad for such ?

 

We have several of these neat earlier A/Cs that cool or dehumidify only, they had a reversing valve and a 2nd condenser behind the evaporator to do this.

 

John L.

 

[joeekaitis]

 

Delay Start with Bake Time.

 

Delay Start is the time of day for the oven to turn on.  Bake Time was how long to bake and then shut off.  It could be used without Delay Start, i.e.: start baking for a specified length of time, then turn off.  Newer stoves will turn on at a preset time but not off.

 

[vacerator]

When did timed bake with delay start

go away? My GE profile has it, and a temp. probe.

 

[combo52]

Time Controlled Oven Baking

I have never seen an oven that can be programmed to turn on but not turn off at the time you select.

 

Examples Please, John 

 

[ea56]

Joe I just looked at the owners manual of your new Frigidaire stove and on page 24 there are instructions on how to set the amount of time you want the oven to be on and also for setting delayed start.

You would first set the amt of time you want the oven to be on and the temp, then the time you want it to turn on. Then once the oven turns on it will only remain on for the amt of time you programmed into the controls and then turn off.

HTH,
Eddie

 

[joeekaitis]

Bake Time was on the previous model . . .

 

. . . and Frigidaire apparently didn't update the owner's manual.  Here's the control panel.  There's no Bake Time icon though it's alluded to in the Keep Warm instructions.