What exists on an old car that most people wouldn't recognise today?

[merc85]

Starting Handle, along with running boards

 

[st13phil]

Two more:

• Transmission Brake
• Pre-selector Gearbox (that one would get a few drivers confused as to how to use it!)

 

[ChipChop]

Naturally aspirated diesels. What no turbo?

Last ones i can think of were various VAG models using SDI n/a engines. No doubt killed off by EU emissions standards.

 

[whitenemesis]

To be honest any oily bit would be unrecognised by the modern motorist ...

 

[Benzowner]

Roof guttering

 

[Bellow]

Push rods.
Static seat belts.
A pippy lens bit that let the driver see that sidelights were on (Rover 2000 had them).

 

[190]

A fuel filler that was hidden behind the folding rear number plate.

Bonus points if you can name the car.

 

[Williamwoo]

A fuel filler that was hidden behind the folding rear number plate.

Bonus points if you can name the car.

Ford Zodiac? And I'll raise you - what car had one accessed by unscrewing a rear reflector?

 

[Dippo]

Ford Zodiac? And I'll raise you - what car had one accessed by unscrewing a rear reflector?

Humber Hawk?

 

[Ted]

Ford Zodiac? And I'll raise you - what car had one accessed by unscrewing a rear reflector?

And Lincoln Continental coupe (1963 I think)

Crash box

 

[st13phil]

Ford Zodiac?

And Zephyr, and Consul and Corsair... In fact, many Fords

Humber Hawk?

And the Humber Super Snipe.

 

[merc85]

A fuel filler that was hidden behind the folding rear number plate.

Bonus points if you can name the car.

W108?

 

[Williamwoo]

And Lincoln Continental coupe (1963 I think)

Crash box

Yes - didn't the whole rear lamp slide upwards or something?

And Zephyr, and Consul and Corsair... In fact, many Fords

And the Humber Super Snipe.

And the Imperial in fact

 

[baxlin]

Separate chassis?

 

[Skd884]

White stains on rear seats.

 

[G7Wagen]

Separate chassis?

G wagen still do the separate chassis thing from 1979 to now...

 

[Ted]

Yes - didn't the whole rear lamp slide upwards or something?

Ah! That’s it! I seem to remember the whole lamp pulled to one side to reveal the filler

Edit: this is the one I was thinking of.
Fifties not sixties!

 

[whitenemesis]

White stains on rear seats.

Still available if you have Alcantara coverings ..

 

[Phil1968]

Vauxhall's ingeniusly designed hazard light switch that could double as your ignition key.

I remember the '63 Vauxhall Cresta PB I had in the late 80s where the headlamp switch doubled as the interior light switch when you pulled it. Then some years later I had a Vectra as a company car & was quite surprised to find Vauxhall were still using that set up.

 

[190]

A slight variation on the theme from two wheels.

When a motorcycle used the same lever for both kick start and gear change.

Again bonus points if you can name the bike. I only know of one make that did this.