City kids do not leave keys in vehicles. . . It’s different out here...

[lman]

I remember our old Oliver tractors didn't have keys. You turned a switch and pushed a starter button. Of course when the battery was dead you cranked it. Better yet park it on the hill to pop start.

 

[Hay Dude]

I remember our old Oliver tractors didn't have keys. You turned a switch and pushed a starter button. Of course when the battery was dead you cranked it. Better yet park it on the hill to pop start.

Those were the days. Not much stuff got stolen. People respected each other and their property a lot more. Now you need keys & locks, locking hoods, locking gas caps, anti-theft systems, cameras, no trespassing signs and hopefully watchful neighbors.
A lot of cost to society because a lot of our children arent taught to leave other people property alone and punishment is a slap on the wrist. Seemed to start in the 70’s.

 

[Oaktree]

Remember the early '60's Chevy ignition switches?
As long as you didn't pull the key in the Lock position,you could still grab the switch and move it to start and back to run.
No key needed then.

As I recall, you could pull the key out in any position, though they did away with that some time in the mid-60s.

 

[bigtiller]

Those were the days. Not much stuff got stolen. People respected each other and their property a lot more. Now you need keys & locks, locking hoods, locking gas caps, anti-theft systems, cameras, no trespassing signs and hopefully watchful neighbors.
A lot of cost to society because a lot of our children arent taught to leave other people property alone and punishment is a slap on the wrist. Seemed to start in the 70’s.

Yep, 1972 to be exact. When the kids went back to school that fall it was a completely different environment than the years before because the dress-code was all but eliminated. The reason why that happened is 3 kids defied the dress-code and wore black armbands to school. look up "Tinker v. Des Moines School District"

 

[Torvy]

Yep, 1972 to be exact. When the kids went back to school that fall it was a completely different environment than the years before because the dress-code was all but eliminated. The reason why that happened is 3 kids defied the dress-code and wore black armbands to school. look up "Tinker v. Des Moines School District"

Haha. Tinker v Des Moines is required to teach for HS history. Just covered it a few weeks ago with my history kids. Tinker also opened the door for other non-speech being considered speech and protected by the 1st Amendment.

 

[KilroyJC]

favorite trans for drag racers is the old venerable Powerglide, highly modified of course. Way back when I had an Impala SS 409 with a Powerglide in it. You never could feel it shift. Good drive in car. Had a backseat like a couch....

A really interesting mod to the 727 TorqueFlite was to saw off the bell housing, replace the front pump with an adapter plate that allowed a clutch&flywheel to bolt up in place of the torque converter. Clutch-Flites. Good 1/4 mile setup.

 

[mapper]

My parents did not even have a lock on the front door of the house until 1970.

My folks house had locks, don't ever remember them being used until the late 70's or early 80's.

 

[mapper]

I have key locking gas caps on all 3 of our vehicles, just because. Have a padlock on my diesel bulk tank as well as the pump.

Don't worry about some person sawing off the cat because my truck don't have one and my car is so low to the ground, the convertor thief would have to be a 'pin head' literally to get under it...

Around here they come equipped with a hydraulic Jack and a battery powered sawzall. Takes less than 2 minutes, in broad day light. Dont park in the outer part of the lot at the local Walmart.

 

[mapper]

Never saw a 5 in the tree, but the old Saabs had 4 in the tree, my mother had one in the early 70s. Wasn't really designed for people with large hands, the wiper switch was also a stalk on the RH side of the column and was easy to bump while shifting. Taught my sisters how to drive stick on it.
Car also had free wheeling, which is difficult to describe unless you've driven one with it.

My folks had a 58 Mercedes 180D, four on the tree, 42 hp diesel. 0 to 60 in about 15 min. Learned to drive in that car. You could chirp the tires in reverse by dropping the clutch at about half throttle. Tough car, it survived me.

 

[JRH02]

I grew up in the city but have been far rural since my mid 30's in two separate locations. House is never locked and keys are in everything. Had a protective German Shep at the ranch (a lover if she knew you). Now we have three Catahoula Leopard dogs and 800' of perimeter fence (non climb) in the forest. In both places if someone shows up they either know where they are going, are severely lost or looking for trouble. The thing about visitors arriving and locking their rig is so funny. Some even lock the door behind them when they come in the house.

But we do have some wireless sensors on the trail up to 1/4 mile away. They are spaced so its easy to tell whether its a vehicle or a false positive. A bit over the 1/4 mile mark we do have a 5/8" logging cable and it can't be gotten around in a vehicle. There have been some cabins way off down the trail before us that have been broken into but we have found that thieves are too lazy to walk. But even if they got to the fence they wouldn't get by the dogs.

Fun note: The road sensors report audibly "Alert Zone 4" etc. Zone 1 is at our entry gate. The dogs listen to the alerts. They take notice of 4 but if 1 or 2 they go nuts and run to the gate. They can hear the base station even if they are on the porch.