Classy cars.
Classy cars.
Noise, Vibration and Harshness
A-pillars you can see around
Cars without B-pillars
Floor mounted pump you pressed to squirt windshield wiper fluid.
Rubber floors
sidepipes
Mural paintjobs
velour interiors
full sized spares
leaf springs
Portholes.
Side mounted spares.
Bobzilla wrote: Manual pull choke on the dash. Those high beam buttons on the floor
I still 'nearly daily' drive a car with the high beam button on the floor and a manual choke on the dash. TR250
My first car had a three on the tree too! 63 Lark
Key hole on the front passenger door
single-circuit brake systems
mad_machine wrote: Take your average driver, somebody between the age of just learned to drive and not yet able to buy beer. Now, let's see what this newly fledged driver has never seen in a car and will likely never see in a car in his or her lifetime. I will start.. Three on The Tree shifting
Starter button under the clutch pedal.
The sound of quadrajet secondaries opening...
Bonus points if there was an open element air filter and glass packs
Drum brakes on the rear AND front of a motorcycle
6 volt electrical systems
Pop-up headlights.
Fitted luggage. 
Copo cars that were not really streetable
Single digit fuel mileage
Vapour lock
Melted plug wires
Oil leaks from your new car
Two speed transmissions
Non lockup torque converters
Fuel tank behind the seat
Oily hand marks from assembly line workers
My 1970 F100 has a chunk of seam sealer or something that was stuck to the dash before they painted it.
Two tone paint.
Mike wrote: Pop-up headlights.
I have never heard of fitted luggage actually being used. Seems like a convenient extra, though.
I'll add:
Curb feelers, though I have never seen them used during my lifetime either
Putting oil in your carburetors. (SU carbs) Bias ply tires Quarter windows on front doors Windows held in with rubber channel Road draft tube for crankcase ventilation Hand crank starters Asbestos brake pads
That surprises me, I'm not much older than you and my first car was a 1980 pickup with a 3 on the tree.
My contributions:
Floor mounted High/low beam switch
Non variable speed wipers
Vacuum operated wipers, retractable lights.
Non-digital stereo
Wing/vent windows
Foot well vents instead of air-conditioning
Sine_Qua_Non wrote: Window vents
Lots of Miata's still out there ….
as for vents …try cowl vents …
cars sold without heaters or defrosters (my first car, '50 Plymouth, cowl vent, triangle vent windows, hand crank windows, floor mounted high/low beam switch, pull choke, 3 on the tree, E-brake operated a drum on the drive shaft, directional lug studs (could only use them on the side for which they were designed), vacuum wipers (non-variable speed … except for start/go if you mashed the throttle), hand choke …… 1 barrel carb, with an oil bath air cleaner, no wide shield squirters, metal dashboard, no seat belts, mechanical brakes, plate glass, inner tubes, and I'm pretty sure that there are more 
Didn't somebody make a gas heater for the old VW Beetles? (Not the safest)
my next door neighbor had one in his Corvair
I have a stomp-starter in my truck. Who remembers those?
Hidden gas fillers. Behind a tail light or license plate.
Pretty much the only thing in this thread that I really miss are hood ornaments. I loved the variety as a kid. And the 'aftermarket' options in the JC Whitney catalog.
Side curtains, crank start, wooden spoke wheels, hand pumps to pressurize the fuel tank, removable gas lights so you can find your way into the house at night, Lucas electrics that leave you stranded for no good reason other than a bad ground.
Mechanical push button shifters
CONELRAD/Civil Defense markers on the radio dial
Bias ply tires
Single speed wipers
Optional heaters
Optional seatbelts
Optional windshield washers
Optional reverse lights
Single tail light
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