Car accessories that have died a death

[shaggy]

Jaziz there's some nasty lookin ones in there. Bring some back for yer mates and stick them on their steering wheel when they're not lookin.

[deltona]

I strolled past a motherload of steering wheel covers and other tat by accident this evening...

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[Leins]

Saabs used to have optional sunroof deflectors too, but I don’t think these ever caught on elsewhere

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Haven’t seen a rear window louvre for a while either

[ozy]

Oh, and another pre AC 80s thing, huge "weather deflectors" on the windows so you could open up and let the air flow without it coming into your face I guess. Sorry if mentioned before, kinda missed this thread, but honorable mention to the big sun visor too.

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[ozy]

On a hot day in a car with no AC, those bead covers stop you from sticking to the seat with sweat.

oh, i always thought it was a back massage device. Now that you say it, I remember heaps of 1980s ford falcon and hold commodore taxi drivers having these in Perth! doh!

[Wrasslers]

On a hot day in a car with no AC, those bead covers stop you from sticking to the seat with sweat.

[Sideline]

Was in Parts for Cars today, and a real live woman bought a set of these - and preceded to fit them straight away out in the carpark. Shocked

A lot of lads were suffering from back pain back the day from manual work and they swore by these when sitting in a car for a while. Not much adjustment available in car seats then either.

Pins and clips holding down bonnets.

A small boot rack was all the go for a while.

Covering the headlights with the yellow Lukazade wrapper.

spotlight on the rear for reversing ( or blinding your mates when driving in front of them)

[markcro]

Was in Parts for Cars today, and a real live woman bought a set of these - and preceded to fit them straight away out in the carpark. Shocked

Hahah, I shall delete them from the tread!

[kdevitt]

The wooden beads seat throw over. Every self respecting Dad had to have a set of these wooden beads. Just for the driver though. The passenger can dream on! Always in dark brown or natural wood beige colour. Gave the feeling like you were sitting on marbles.


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Was in Parts for Cars today, and a real live woman bought a set of these - and preceded to fit them straight away out in the carpark. Shocked

[deltona]

Can you still buy a wunderbaum?
Been ages since I saw one.

Knew I'd spotted them somewhere recently - one of the local filling stations has them.

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[Username]

I had an Alpine headunit, changer and speakers all fitted in that place that used to be beside the Red Cow in 1997, and I don’t think there was much change left out of £1000. The owner at the time had an E30 M3.

I used to keep the removable face in the glove box until someone pointed out that was the first place a crim would look, so instead I then took to leaving the glovebox empty and open all the time, making it redundant.

This was probably my favourite though, a rebranded Blaupunkt as fitted to my old E30 Alpina. From a time when they hadn’t quite figured out things, it had a single CD cartridge that had to be load each time you wanted to change disc

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Man, that's cool. I'd love one for myE34 today.
I have a pop-off Sony thingy in there from the early 2000's that someone definitely thought was the dogs :D:D:D:D:D:D at the time.

[TuneR]

Even better I suppose, the Charmants better for skids (being related to the old E80 corolla series, the one pictured has an AE86 drivetrain), but if you're just going for low and slow with all stuff in it, well I guess that's as bland as bland gets.

No need, stick the old Rolla on trays/hubcaps and off you go

[markcro]

This is what I have in my van.

The Panasonic cockpit RM (roof mounted) 710.

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I've never owned anything with a stereo newer than the 2000s era of Sony Xplod etc.

I'd have to really love a car before I'd buy one with an LCD screen to risk the chance of causing serious issues when I ripped it out to upgrade to a proper stereo.

Man that is seriously cool! Conntrols to route the love tunes straight to the back!

That is actually mental that all of that sound tech was available in 1979, let alone in a car stereo! I think that the first digital tuner that I seen was in the mid to late 1980s here. And the tape decks didnt have auto reverse yet either.

[shaggy]

I did have one of these on my van at one stage. The king of (roll-the-dice/N-Cap -5) aftermarket steering wheels.

[crank_case]

Not just aftermarket steering wheels, but a dished wheel too! You don't see those these days, but I thing that might be safety related? something to do with not getting impaled on the steering column?