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Old 07-17-2012, 12:11 PM   #26
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Re: Cylinder from floor

Lincoln wasnt it?
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Old 07-17-2012, 12:35 PM   #27
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Close. Huge car.
Chrysler Imperial!!
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Old 07-17-2012, 12:35 PM   #28
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Re: Cylinder from floor

When I was a kid, my dads 55 had swivel buckets, I think they were from a mid 70's monte carlo.
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Old 07-17-2012, 12:45 PM   #29
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Close. Huge car.
Chrysler Imperial!!
I think some of the BIG Thunderbirds from the 60's did that as well. Or maybe it was a telescoping steeing wheel that locked into place when you shut the door.

How about the MOPARs with the push button 727's?

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Old 07-17-2012, 12:57 PM   #30
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Or the mopars with the shifter on the dash. Mid fifties Desoto's had them.
And Our apoligies to Smoothride for highjackin' his thread.
And also a big THANKS for jarrin' our old memories.
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Old 07-17-2012, 01:17 PM   #31
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Actually... it's turned out to be a pretty cool thread!

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Old 07-17-2012, 01:42 PM   #32
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I drove a '78 Nova for a while (in the early '90s) that if your feet were wet it would ground out the dimmer switch. It didn't dawn on me at first why the headlights would get dimmer & there was a burning smell.
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Old 07-17-2012, 02:53 PM   #33
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I believe it was the thunderbirds that had the swivel seats and the steering column that move horizontal
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Old 07-17-2012, 03:08 PM   #34
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Or the mopars with the shifter on the dash. Mid fifties Desoto's had them.
And Our apoligies to Smoothride for highjackin' his thread.
And also a big THANKS for jarrin' our old memories.
Dads '57 Desoto had a weird speedometer needle, and push button automatic on the left side of the dash.
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Old 07-17-2012, 03:33 PM   #35
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this thread really brings back memories of the tricks play on my kids. I had a 86 Buick rivera that you could switch from mph to kilometers. I told my sons it was a hyper drive. Kick the car into passing grear and hit the button, wow, like 140 in nothing flat!
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Old 07-17-2012, 07:32 PM   #36
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Re: Cylinder from floor

thunder bird had the swivel seat and the steering column went right and then you pulled it back to the left to drive....

also chevy chevelle had a drivers bucket that turned to the outside to let you out....maybe a malibu ...
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Old 07-18-2012, 11:31 AM   #37
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64 Bird with "swing away" steering column.
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Old 07-18-2012, 12:12 PM   #38
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I'll bet a bunch of you have never seen a seat that moves out to you and swivels to make it easier to get in. Steering wheel pivoted off to the right at the same time. You sat down and the seat slid back in, swung back to centre and the wheel locked back in the centre.
Any guesses at what car?
That would be a thunderbird. Ever tried to find a vacuum leak in one of those? Everything runs off vacuum in those suckers! Must be 12 miles of vacuum lines behind the dash!
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Old 07-18-2012, 01:09 PM   #39
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64 Bird with "swing away" steering column.
Wheres the thunderbird? All i saw was a pretty girl

How about the button on the floor to lubricate the front kingpin suspension(crankcase oil)

I always thought powering your w/s washer from the spare tire was ingenius, till you had a flat and needed it
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