2jakes
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Yes, fender skirts. I don't remember if the car had running boards, though. It had seat covers made of a woven plastic fabric that looked like the kind of flat plastic stuff you would use to make lanyards and things like that in the scouts. It had a three-speed on the column and no radio. I had one car that had a four-speed on the column that I thought was a really slick transmission. It was a Renault 16 hatchback. I don't remember that much about the old Chevy except that the cigar lighter was an interesting thing. Naturally it had no air conditioning but it did have the little quarter-lights in the front window that you could open and get a nice breeze. Most people didn't drive as fast as they do now but the roads weren't as good, either. I also don't remember it getting as hot during the summer as it does now. But for that matter, I don't remember it getting all that cold in the winter, either, although I'm sure it did.
The Chevrolet had plain fender skirts, of course, with plain hub caps.
I believe the reason that I don't recall
the summers as being uncomfortbly hot
was because we didn't have central air.
All we had was a rotating fan and the windows brought in a cool breeze similar
to the vent windows in the older cars.
And this was fine.
As far as the winters, they are not as severe as up North.
Today it is very uncomfortable without
the A/C.
It's a matter of mind over matter.
When I drive my '46 truck or beetle,
I know what to expect.
Starting the '46 truck is not just as
simple as a twist of the key. Especially
if the truck has been idle for a while.
But I'm sure most folks here know this.
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