Car fashion fads

[Cold]

So said:

Louvred rear windows.

Ooops...

[unsprung]

2Btoo said:

pjfry said:

Sequential indicators have been around for a long time. 1965 Ford Thunderbird was the first I think?

Something old and American, for sure. And how we all laughed when we saw them!

Then Audi decided to start selling them and everyone was suddenly happy to pay extra to look like a complete fashion victim.

1964 - 1966 Ford Thunderbird was first. Ford Mustang and Mercury Cougar also had them.

1966 example in Australia:
https://youtu.be/Qwzxn9ZPW-M

For a wafty cruiser at the height of the Jet Age, these lights have a certain elegance, I'd say.

[crankedup]

Back in the day, bullitt hole transfers to be used on every section of glass in the car
‘I’ve got a tiger in my tank’ complete with a synthetic furry tiger tail to hang from the car radio or mod
scooter ariel
Happy days with simple pleasures.

[Nickbrapp]

cmvtec said:

I often wonder if this is a regs thing?

I can only think of one car that is avilable new with flush handles and it's the little MG3.

My X-Type has them, mind.

Dacia range too

Most likely cause they look awful

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

For the older folks..

...remember when your Capri had to have these: (usually in grey )

[unsprung]

WJNB said:

Maybe I'll add a sticker across the top of the windscreen KEVIN & KIMBERLY

Whilst being entirely dead-pan about it. "Wot? The colour? Yeah, Mate. She's me pride an' joy."

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

What about those aerials that came out of the front wing & clipped on the back wing or roof..

...whiplash aerials?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

The left Avenger has a short one

[LuS1fer]

70s - diffraction tape stickers spangling out your car make; "earthing straps" from the bumper which were rubber and just flailed in the wind; whip ariels; electric ariels (kinda cool though); mudflaps with cartoon characters etc on them; massive rally-style spotlights, extra brake lights; air horns.... my, we bought some crap.
80s - little backshelf dolls that pulled their trousers down; aftermarket black rubber boot spoilers, modelled on Ford items, I believe.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Tom summarised most of them

Wish I had a grey Cortina
Whiplash aerial, racing trim
Cortina owner - no one meaner
Wish that I could be like him
Twin exhaust and rusty bumper
Chewing gum at traffic light
Stop at red but leave on amber
Grey Cortina outa sight
Wish I had a grey Cortina
Whiplash aerial, racing trim
Cortina owner - no one meaner
Wish that I could be like him
Furlined seats and lettered windscreen
Elbow on the windowsill
Eight track blazing Brucie Springsteen
Bomber jacket, dressed to kill
Wish I had a grey Cortina
Whiplash aerial, racing trim
Cortina owner - no one meaner
Wish that I could be like him

[Shivvers]

Touchscreens are dreadful - really unsafe while driving, usually quite cheap slow tech and quite a reach from your regular driving position!

Seen Audi have ditched the rotary wheels and buttons, hopefully BMW and Merc stick with it.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Shivvers said:

the rotary wheels

I predict these will be with us for a while yet

just spoofing

[Cledus Snow]

unsprung said:

2Btoo said:

pjfry said:

Sequential indicators have been around for a long time. 1965 Ford Thunderbird was the first I think?

Something old and American, for sure. And how we all laughed when we saw them!

Then Audi decided to start selling them and everyone was suddenly happy to pay extra to look like a complete fashion victim.

1964 - 1966 Ford Thunderbird was first. Ford Mustang and Mercury Cougar also had them.

1966 example in Australia:
https://youtu.be/Qwzxn9ZPW-M

For a wafty cruiser at the height of the Jet Age, these lights have a certain elegance, I'd say.

Only the Shelby mustangs. As they all used the same lamp units.

FWIW people probably now think I have an aftermarket kit to copy modern Audis rather than proper 60’s innovation.

[white_goodman]

cmvtec said:

I often wonder if this is a regs thing?

I can only think of one car that is avilable new with flush handles and it's the little MG3.

My X-Type has them, mind.

Could be a popular myth but I thought this was so that firefighters/rescue could open the doors easily with thick gloves on? That being said the newest cars that I've seen with the older "flip-up" flush, door handles are the North American Dodge Charger/Challenger which I believe are still on sale. My 2010 MINI and my wife's 2009 Fiat 500 still had the "80s-style" chrome door handles like you might get on an 80s VW Polo/Golf. Not sure if the new 500/MINI still have them.

My pet peeve is "piano black" interiors.

[Olas]

So said:

Louvred rear windows.

Vinyl roofs.

"My other car is a Porsche" sticker on a tatty beast, when owning a Porsche was still rare.

Louvres are one of my dirty little secrets. 70s and 80s stuff with louvres cause me to suffer spontaneous involuntary erections.

[RyanOPlasty]

Isn't it time that the vinyl roof made a comeback?

[Tabs]

Hopefully not like the one on the Avenger. The Top Hat?

[Fiammetta]

Bertone using Marcelo Gandini to do a Ferrari .
Somehow I think that” fad “ has stood the test of time .

[anonymous-user]

You know how we look back at the 1980s and think WTF?

I genuinely think we'll look back the same way to the 2010s , with the proliferation of black wheels, lurid green, shiny gold and camo wraps on Lamborghinis and Ferraris. I know some do now, but more so in the future IMO.

Interesting to see that side rubbing strips were worth losing for styling even though they had a practical need...especially when both cars and their drivers are bigger yet parking spaces remain the same small size.

[Gecko1978]

Red Noses n your car in the 90s that you left on for rest of the year. England lags in the windows. Also in the 80s those sort of sound generating box's which made gun an rocket sounds if you were cut up by someone. Sun strips in the 70s. 00s beenie babies. CD players in the boot or ones you pulled out of the dash rather than just a face off. Oh an Car phones what a great idea.