Car Accessories From The Past

[tonyav]

Look how you could have blinged your motor up all those years ago.
I'd have had a Bowmonk Dynometer, a Baronet steering wheel glove ( in Ocelot ), a Silerstone 12 coat, a Motorway safety felt cap and a pair of Fownes Jack Brabham driving gloves.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/ownership/the-weird-weird-world-of-forgotten-car-accessories/ss-BBW4fZI?li=AAnZ9Ug

[tonyav]

Or even a Silverstone 12 coat.

[Cloverjo]

I used to like those names in strips across the top of the windscreen. You don’t see them anymore. They always seemed to be Steve and Julie.

[douglas9401]

Feu Orange traffic light air freshener, death to any finish it spilled on.

Not exactly bling but there you go. :-)

[tonyav]

Oh yes I remember then, douglas. Very popular in the seventies.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e1/5a/1f/e15a1f7635c38e25f0fa89267aeed0d6.jpg

[DarceyK123]

All my 80's cars had "go faster" stripes, they didnt work! Ha ha!

[Rockrose]

I had a VW polo where I put two different colour go faster stripes and then had 2 sets of hubcaps that I used to swap round to match

[retrocop]

Bowden cable operated rear windscreen wiper gearbox on my 66 MGB GT

[Old_Geezer]

I recall some of them. My parents had the shelf thing that fitted to the door window. Only used when parked up though.

[teacake44]

Ha ha I saw the felt cap, so funny, how could we be so dim. Do you remember the bullet holes for the windscreen.007 here I come.

[EDDIE51]

Almost everyone had a steering wheel glove! It was supposed to be safer as it stopped the wheel slipping in your sweaty hands ! No A/C in those days . (or just 4x4 AC ,all 4 windows wide open )

[Buenchico]

Some of those prices seem horrendous!

For example, the fan in this ad
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBW41Z2.img?h=416&;w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&;o=f&l=f
is little more than a heavy duty version of what you can probably buy in Poundland (or similar) today for just a quid. However the price back then was a little under £6, which was my pay (at the age of 16, between 5th form and 6th form) back in 1969 for an entire week's factory work!

[Buenchico]

PS: Does anyone know if it's still possible to buy a motorway cap, 'incorporating the special No. 11 anti-shock felt'?

I'd surely be a lot safer driving if I was wearing one of those, wouldn't I?

;-)