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Way OT - You can still buy a new car without AC (in Canada)
My first new car, a ‘70 Plymouth Fury purchased off a dealer’s lot in Michigan, stickered for around $3200 and sold in late ‘70 for $2800. That’s an unheard of price today. But it had very few extras. AT yes, PS yes. PB no, PW no, carpeting no. And the entire “info-entertainment system” consisted of an AM radio.
As to the AC-less vehicles. I won't check but wonder whether these cars with AC are still belt driven or all electric; as is the case for power steering. Hell, some of those small engines need all the horse power help possible for moving the vehicle with 4 folks, let alone driven an AC belt, too. Ya got a young'in "Orking" those ancient terms related to an auto.
I'm think'in others real quick.......power-glide, hydra-matic, torque-flight (especially with the in dash buttons). Holley/Rochester single or double or four barrel and by 1970 dual quads and tri-power had already been in place in factory autos.
I wander late at night. From one who build a Chevy small block from scratch in the parents basement, bolted a chain across the cylinder heads and with 3 friends, a 4 x 4, carried outside and lifted/lowered into place on the engine mounts in a '55 Chevy...............
Grandad had an old Dodge with the pushbuttons on the dash to switch gears. Those did not last long. Cheapest gas I remember was .19 cents/gallon. Today, north of the border, it's close to $6 CAD. Just absurd.
@ted. With all due respect,,, you should NEVER,EVER, comment on some other dudes choice of topics. You, the self styled linkster have started literally thousands of threads that were totally ignored. At least a few folks cared enough about this topic to respond.
@larryB- You are absolutely right, but I'm afraid that your suggestions are falling on deliberately deaf ears. Ted imagines himself to be a major functionary of MFO, and that's just the way it is.
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PS power steering
PB power brakes
PW power windows
As to the AC-less vehicles. I won't check but wonder whether these cars with AC are still belt driven or all electric; as is the case for power steering. Hell, some of those small engines need all the horse power help possible for moving the vehicle with 4 folks, let alone driven an AC belt, too.
Ya got a young'in "Orking" those ancient terms related to an auto.
I'm think'in others real quick.......power-glide, hydra-matic, torque-flight (especially with the in dash buttons). Holley/Rochester single or double or four barrel and by 1970 dual quads and tri-power had already been in place in factory autos.
I wander late at night.
From one who build a Chevy small block from scratch in the parents basement, bolted a chain across the cylinder heads and with 3 friends, a 4 x 4, carried outside and lifted/lowered into place on the engine mounts in a '55 Chevy...............
Good night to my old days.
Catch
Regards,
Ted
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