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re: Has everybody here manually rolled a car window up?
Posted on 8/3/25 at 7:49 pm to LSUballs
Posted on 8/3/25 at 7:49 pm to LSUballs
I still have a truck with roll up windows and both the cranks have vice grips attached. It also has a floor switch for the bright lights, that feature really blows young peoples minds.
What's most fun is that the brakes don't work. It has a big brush guard that I run into stuff to stop. Only reason I still use it is because it has a 15 foot dump bed that's functional. When the dump bed gives out it will head to a scrap yard.
What's most fun is that the brakes don't work. It has a big brush guard that I run into stuff to stop. Only reason I still use it is because it has a 15 foot dump bed that's functional. When the dump bed gives out it will head to a scrap yard.
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 7:53 pm to PowerTool
I have a 2008 Chevy Siverado with crank windows.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 7:53 pm to LSUballs
The better question would be who has driven a vehicle with:
Manual locks
Manual windows
Manual transmission
No power steering
I can check all those boxes and I'm only 38.
Manual locks
Manual windows
Manual transmission
No power steering
I can check all those boxes and I'm only 38.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 7:55 pm to LSUballs
That would be yes
Posted on 8/3/25 at 7:56 pm to LSUballs
I remember as a very young kid getting in my friend's mom's Cadillac and thinking how cool the automatic windows were. Back then, only luxury cars had automatic windows.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 7:57 pm to LSUballs
My daddy had three trucks in my lifetime before he passed away. The first was one he had before I was born, then when I was. I don't know.. 10-11 years old he got a new one.. He had it for a few years when an 18 wheeler hit him on Hwy 1 and totaled it so he got a newer model of the one he had..
The truck he had before I was born had manual car windows. I remember the handle on the passenger side would stick and it couldn't be rolled down completely and when he got the next truck with electric windows.. I was happy I didn't have to almost break my wrist every time I wanted to roll down the window. That was back in the day when he let me ride in the back of the truck if it was nice outside. Today, I think its illegal to have a kid in the back of the truck right?
The truck he had before I was born had manual car windows. I remember the handle on the passenger side would stick and it couldn't be rolled down completely and when he got the next truck with electric windows.. I was happy I didn't have to almost break my wrist every time I wanted to roll down the window. That was back in the day when he let me ride in the back of the truck if it was nice outside. Today, I think its illegal to have a kid in the back of the truck right?
Posted on 8/3/25 at 7:59 pm to LSUballs
Yes
And rode in back seat window
Lit something with cigarette lighter
Manual shift on column
Turned dial for radio station
8-Track and Cassette
Dumped ashes from ash tray
And rode in back seat window
Lit something with cigarette lighter
Manual shift on column
Turned dial for radio station
8-Track and Cassette
Dumped ashes from ash tray
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:12 pm to Trevaylin
quote:My first car was a 1966 Mustang Fastback. 3 speed manual, no AC, no power steering. Windows were manual. It got passed down to my brother, and I have asked him a bunch of times, to let my buy it from him.
a bigger break through was the invention of power steering
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:14 pm to LSUballs
My first car with power windows was 1994.
I had been driving since 1980.
The old side vents were awesome.
Had no AC in a vehicle until 1990.
Grew up in Alabama.
I had been driving since 1980.
The old side vents were awesome.
Had no AC in a vehicle until 1990.
Grew up in Alabama.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:18 pm to jorconalx
That's what my PawPaw and friends called it but with the 'er'. I've even heard a few black guys use it.
This post was edited on 8/3/25 at 8:19 pm
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:20 pm to LSUballs
You haven't really struggled in life unless you've had to roll down a window with a pair of channel locks in the middle of August when it is 150° in the truck and the only thing you have to keep from getting third degree burns on your hand is the tail of your shirt.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:25 pm to CR4090
quote:
CR4090
Brah.....
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:26 pm to LSUballs
Im so old, my first truck was such a pos, I had to use some vice grips as my window crank.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:27 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:
You haven't really struggled in life unless you've had to roll down a window with a pair of channel locks in the middle of August when it is 150° in the truck and the only thing you have to keep from getting third degree burns on your hand is the tail of your shirt.
Or running over a skunk on Hwy.19 in West Virginia and having to roll the windows down in a 1979 Dodge Aspen Station wagon and ride the last 200 miles to Pittsburgh in the dead of winter.
That's living.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:27 pm to LSUballs
My first truck was a glorious 1992 dodge dakota single cab with a v6. Sucker was fast and I have fond memories of driving around town and seeing a buddy in the right lane and having to lean over and crank my window down with one hand on the wheel. My son has never operated one.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:31 pm to Bama and Beer
I had a 2018 Nissan Frontier base that manual windows and manual door locks. My wife and daughter acted like it was a model T.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:36 pm to LSUballs
I think the next forgotten thing is cable TV. When the old and reluctant die off, it's going to unsustainable. The kids don't watch a lot of TV but at 6-9 they needed to have cable explained to them. Idk how anyone is still paying those nutty prices for limited media AND satellite outages.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:38 pm to Yakker
Basic Jeep?
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:47 pm to LSUballs
I'm 31, just did it tonight in my 69 Caprice.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:53 pm to LSUballs
Innumerable times.
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