Comments on: Items of Interest to Motorists (Feb, 1931) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/01/items-of-interest-to-motorists/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Rick http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/01/items-of-interest-to-motorists/comment-page-1/#comment-1061240 Rick Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:31:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5583#comment-1061240 In case anyone is wondering why a lap robe was necessary in a car, heaters were not built in back then. In fact I remember my dad and my uncle installing a heater under the glovebox in a then-new 1940 chevy. They spent a whole day bolting it under the dash, installing a bypass to and from the radiator for the heater hoses and drilling holes in the firewall for the hoses to come through. The heater hanging under that dash was about the size of a toaster oven and the thing actually worked! For the front passengers, anyway. In case anyone is wondering why a lap robe was necessary in a car, heaters were not built in back then. In fact I remember my dad and my uncle installing a heater under the glovebox in a then-new 1940 chevy. They spent a whole day bolting it under the dash, installing a bypass to and from the radiator for the heater hoses and drilling holes in the firewall for the hoses to come through. The heater hanging under that dash was about the size of a toaster oven and the thing actually worked! For the front passengers, anyway.

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/01/items-of-interest-to-motorists/comment-page-1/#comment-1061095 Myles Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:17:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5583#comment-1061095 The cow catcher would be a safer way of picking up dodgy looking hitchikers (for the driver). The cow catcher would be a safer way of picking up dodgy looking hitchikers (for the driver).

]]> By: StanFlouride http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/01/items-of-interest-to-motorists/comment-page-1/#comment-1061091 StanFlouride Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:04:19 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5583#comment-1061091 Yeah, getting whacked in the ankle at 30 mph would REALLY hurt! I love the tire groove idea though. Yeah, getting whacked in the ankle at 30 mph would REALLY hurt!

I love the tire groove idea though.

]]> By: slim http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/01/items-of-interest-to-motorists/comment-page-1/#comment-1061078 slim Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:50:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5583#comment-1061078 I wonder if they ever tried that cow catcher at 30mph. That's got to be the funniest thing I've seen on your site yet. I wonder if they ever tried that cow catcher at 30mph. That’s got to be the funniest thing I’ve seen on your site yet.

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