- 1. Old Fart question--NO LBC (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 16:28:28 +0000
- This is for the older members of the list that were around in the 1950's. I was watching a show on Speedvision about "Lead Sleds" and other cruisers, and most of them had the door handles shaved off.
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01963.html (7,369 bytes)
- 2. Re: Old Fart question--NO LBC (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 23:37:34 EST
- Back in the "stone(s) ages" the ones I saw used a 12V solenoid through a lever arangement to release the door latch. It was triggered by a hidden push button switch. I;ve often wondered though, what
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01970.html (7,926 bytes)
- 3. Re: Old Fart question--NO LBC (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 02:27:02 +0000
- Rick, Thanks for the reply. I guess they just used the same arrangement used today, only with a physical switch vice a remote-controlled relay. I can answer your question about locking oneself out o
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01989.html (8,826 bytes)
- 4. Re: Old Fart question--NO LBC (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:35:54 EST
- While I am not an OF, I am a gear-head (and if you ask my SO, she'll tell that I am a virtual storehouse of arcane knowledge...). [H]ow did you open the doors without handles back in the 50's when th
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01994.html (8,453 bytes)
- 5. Re: Old Fart question--NO LBC (score: 1)
- Author: bugide@juno.com (Larry Dickstein)
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:44:30 EST
- Well, Scott, there were two ways. The first, and most popular, was an electrical switch under the rocker panel. A carefully (and sneakily applied) toe would open the door to admiring stares from girl
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01999.html (7,855 bytes)
- 6. Re: Old Fart question--NO LBC (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 10:13:59 -0500 (EST)
- The talk about the 97s, Porters, blue dots, door kick swithces and shaved bodies nearly brought tears to my eyes. Personally, I preferred the purr of a set of Smittys to go with the then high compre
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg02010.html (7,321 bytes)
- 7. Re: Old Fart question--NO LBC (score: 1)
- Author: bugide@juno.com (Larry Dickstein)
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 19:40:45 EST
- Easy, Jim. We shouldn't do this to ourselves at our age!! Larry Dickstein bugide@juno.com "You see, the big six was dead in the water from the outset (sorry if that is hard to swallow, but it is sadl
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg02087.html (7,365 bytes)
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