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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 05:59 PM
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1. smoking windows
Probably just like eliminating ash trays and cig lighters. My guess would be cost. My Volare had those windows in it. Plus my high beams were on the floor...I miss that.
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  -I REALLY miss wing windows in cars! TorchTheWitch  Feb-25-11 05:56 PM   #0 
  - smoking windows  Maine-ah   Feb-25-11 05:59 PM   #1 
  - Heh! A Volare...  madinmaryland   Feb-25-11 11:03 PM   #13 
  - mine was 1977 and a lovely avocado green  Maine-ah   Feb-27-11 07:29 AM   #29 
  - But some "soft corinthian leather" would be even better...  madinmaryland   Feb-25-11 11:07 PM   #14 
  - Yes, yes, I agree!  May Hamm   Feb-25-11 06:03 PM   #2 
  - or have a window cracked in pouring rain without getting wet  TorchTheWitch   Feb-26-11 02:43 AM   #15 
  - I miss them, too!  Joe Fields   Feb-25-11 06:42 PM   #3 
  - I agree. And it is not just because I smoke. In fact,  Curmudgeoness   Feb-25-11 06:46 PM   #4 
  - The extra cost killed them.  trof   Feb-25-11 06:48 PM   #5 
     - But but but...there are some pretty expensive cars out there.  Curmudgeoness   Feb-25-11 06:51 PM   #6 
     - but the extra cost of electric windows, GPS, and all the other  TorchTheWitch   Feb-26-11 02:45 AM   #16 
  - I had always heard that it was a way to sell air conditioners  rurallib   Feb-25-11 06:57 PM   #7 
  - haven't thought about those in quite a while  fishwax   Feb-25-11 07:00 PM   #8 
  - Why dont they put the gas cap behind the rear license plate anymore?  Throd   Feb-25-11 07:03 PM   #9 
  - if they just made them standard which side I'd be happy  TorchTheWitch   Feb-26-11 02:54 AM   #18 
  - just got one of our junkers running again - 85 ford 3/4 ton PU - it has them  Kali   Feb-25-11 07:19 PM   #10 
  - I think it was called the invention of air conditioning? Did you ever  david13   Feb-25-11 09:22 PM   #11 
  - far too expensive to opperate  TorchTheWitch   Feb-26-11 02:52 AM   #17 
     - Mine doesn't have any problem, and doesn't use much gas. And  david13   Feb-26-11 12:21 PM   #21 
        - how nice to be able to afford a car I wanted  TorchTheWitch   Feb-26-11 02:52 PM   #22 
  - My '62 Chevy Impala convertible had wing winders  tonekat   Feb-25-11 10:50 PM   #12 
  - "Fly Windows..."  hunter   Feb-26-11 10:15 AM   #19 
  - I'm glad wing windows are gone  meow2u3   Feb-26-11 11:13 AM   #20 
  - puh-leeze  midnight armadillo   Feb-26-11 10:06 PM   #25 
  - Yeah, opening the wing windows on a '59 Olds is gonna hurt your mileage.  Throd   Feb-26-11 10:29 PM   #26 
  - Pull my finger  Inchworm   Feb-26-11 10:49 PM   #28 
  - my great grandfather had an old car with windshield that tilted out  grasswire   Feb-26-11 09:07 PM   #23 
  - LOVE them !  BlueJazz   Feb-26-11 09:23 PM   #24 
  - I remember those! My Dad had those in his car when I was a kid...  Rhiannon12866   Feb-26-11 10:38 PM   #27 
  - These were always the dog window!  JCMach1   Feb-27-11 07:54 AM   #30 
 

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