And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, November 15, 2025
We used 4 - 80 AC. Open four windows, drive 80 mph.
Yeah, that's fine and dandy. Until the vent scoops up a Meat Bee that's been chowing down on a rattlesnake carcass, then flies up your pants leg while you're driving a loaded log truck going 60 mph.
The vent shown in the picture is not an opera window. They were commonly called "no drafts;" opera window were like those found on 1970s Lincoln Mk IVs and Tbirds.
My first car has these, as did our farm truck. Worked great! Also, never had to worry about locking your keys in the vehicle and you could pop the latch on these with a small screwdriver and just reaction and open the door.
they were great ! bring 'em back.
ReplyDeleteWe really need the directional vent under the steering wheel back. The old crotch dryer 6000…
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's fine and dandy. Until the vent scoops up a Meat Bee that's been chowing down on a rattlesnake carcass, then flies up your pants leg while you're driving a loaded log truck going 60 mph.
DeleteAsk me how I know.
Opera window. They started to disappear after 1964, when most manufacturers went to curved windows and A/C became almost standard equipment.
ReplyDeleteMy 88 Ford truck had them.
DeleteThey were known as "cozy wings" in my part of the country.
DeleteThe vent shown in the picture is not an opera window. They were commonly called "no drafts;" opera window were like those found on 1970s Lincoln Mk IVs and Tbirds.
DeleteMy first car has these, as did our farm truck. Worked great! Also, never had to worry about locking your keys in the vehicle and you could pop the latch on these with a small screwdriver and just reaction and open the door.
ReplyDeleteMy grandpa hung a cooler on the window. You put water in it and the fan would turn when you drove. Lifesaver in the desert.
ReplyDeleteWindows like this also made it easier to steal the car.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad put a sticker on the vent window of his 1957 VW Beetle: "Do not open vent at speeds over 100 mph."
ReplyDeleteMy summer driver still has those. They're sort of redundant as the top is rarely up.
ReplyDelete"Open four windows, drive 80 mph."
ReplyDeleteThat's from the same time period as 'Armstrong Power Steering'.
My 71 beetlebug has fly windows, they do the job keeping you cool, exceptionably well.
ReplyDeleteMy VW GTI had wind wings. When I moved to Philadelphia, they made breaking into the car very easy. I ended up getting a removable radio.
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