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Are you old enough
to remember these auto terms?
What a great blast from the past! I haven't
thought about fender skirts in years.
When I was a kid,I considered it such a funny term. Made me think of a
car in a dress.
Thinking about fender skirts
started me thinking about other words that quietlydisappear from our language
with hardly a notice. Like "curb feelers" and "steering knobs."
Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction
first.
Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain
some of these terms to you.
Remember "Continental kits?" They were rear bumper extenders and spare
tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.
When did we quit calling them "emergency brakes?" At some point "parking
brake" became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went
with "emergency brake."
And almost all the old folks
are gone who would call the accelerator the "foot feed."
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