2007-07-24 12:07:05 · 5 answers · asked by Captain Tomak 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
No they went mud flaps. They were maybe 1-2 inches wide and there were usually two of them. Each about 1 foot from the end of then bumper.
2007-07-24 12:12:34 · update #1
No they were not mud flaps. They were maybe 1-2 inches wide and there were usually two of them. Each about 1 foot from the end of then bumper.
2007-07-24 12:12:59 · update #2
Robert S was partly right, the idea was to help eliminate static electricity from your car but the idea was for safety, not car sickness.
The fear was that when you put gas in your car and you touched the metal gas nozzle to the metal filler pipe on your gas tank, a static spark could ignite your gas tank.
On private airplanes they still require you to attach a ground wire to the propeller before you gas up your airplane... for the same reason as above.
Good question........
2007-07-24 14:22:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about "curb feelers"? These stuck out from the sides of the car, in the front and back. They were put there so they didn't scuff up their big ol' white walled tires on those classic cars. The driver could hear them scrapping against the curb, letting them know they were getting close to curb and best stop before messing up those white walls.
2007-07-24 19:46:49 · answer #2 · answered by (Phantom) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't remember it being the 70's, but some people had metal strips hanging from the bottom of their cars cuz they thought it would fool the radar detectors in police cars! You could see sparks flying at night.
2007-07-24 19:14:48 · answer #3 · answered by abbyn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The theory was that they grounded static electricity.
There was a metal webbing inside.
This was based on another theory.
That static made people car-sick.
2007-07-24 19:12:10 · answer #4 · answered by Robert S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you don't mean mudflaps?
2007-07-24 19:10:05 · answer #5 · answered by Darunik 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋