is this glove box useless?
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is this glove box useless?
Other than my IPOD cable, not much fits inside. Hard to believe it was originally designed to hold about 4 cassette tapes...remember them?
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Actually that hinge design was made to be compliant with potential DOT safety standards. we were thinking ahead of compliance with this design which was done late 1996 and ready for the launch in 97.. it was designed to keep anything inside the consol from being a potential projectile in a collision. That's the real deal.
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wow premium gas was available in 1949 too? what kinda cars used premium gas back then? were credit cards available in 1950s?
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i remember $0.25 gas and a free loaf of bread with fillup....didnt have self serve then either
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Actually that hinge design was made to be compliant with potential DOT safety standards. we were thinking ahead of compliance with this design which was done late 1996 and ready for the launch in 97.. it was designed to keep anything inside the consol from being a potential projectile in a collision. That's the real deal.
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oh, and for the record, your (and all of ours) consol "glove box" is almost totally useless to answer your question directly.
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Brings back memories!!! Dads car out cruising for chicks,,had to bring it home with as much gas as when I left. You actually MOVED the gas gauge with a dollars worth of regular!! Back then the gallons 1/10 wheel spun in a blur while the dollar and cents wheels slowly rolled around!!You ran around all night on a dollars worth,,getting 15cent McDonalds burgers!! Guess we are showing our age,,, and I remember Paul McCartney's ORIGINAL band when it first became known in the USA!!
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Brings back memories!!! Dads car out cruising for chicks,,had to bring it home with as much gas as when I left. You actually MOVED the gas gauge with a dollars worth of regular!! Back then the gallons 1/10 wheel spun in a blur while the dollar and cents wheels slowly rolled around!!You ran around all night on a dollars worth,,getting 15cent McDonalds burgers!! Guess we are showing our age,,, and I remember Paul McCartney's ORIGINAL band when it first became known in the USA!!
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DANG!!!! I can remember 35 cent Premium! 
Gas wars of the 60's and 70's.. I remember selling my 65 Vette and buying a new 74 Honda CIVIC.. (flame suit on) We had the even / odd gas lines in Los Angeles and some stations limited everyone to 5 gallons!
My 65 Vette was always in the TV show "Adam 12". IT was parked on Chandler Blvd near the railroad tracks and they would always film Reed and Malloy driving down that street at the beginning of the show! Almost makes me cry watching TV Land!:o
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Gas wars of the 60's and 70's.. I remember selling my 65 Vette and buying a new 74 Honda CIVIC.. (flame suit on) We had the even / odd gas lines in Los Angeles and some stations limited everyone to 5 gallons!
My 65 Vette was always in the TV show "Adam 12". IT was parked on Chandler Blvd near the railroad tracks and they would always film Reed and Malloy driving down that street at the beginning of the show! Almost makes me cry watching TV Land!:o
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Ah the days of cheep gas- however I worked on a farm in the blazing Kansas heat, putting up hay and running tractors. I made 2 bucks an hour and was the highest paid of anyone. The farmer I worked for also kept me on a very rigid time line and if I took a fifteen minute break I was not paid for it. Builds good character though. Also convinced me to move and go to college!!!