<VV> Sports Sedans or ............... What the Heck is a Fender Skirt (humor)

[Louis C. Armer,Jr.]

>
>I came across this phrase in a book yesterday "FENDER SKIRTS". A 
>term I haven't heard in a long time and thinking about "fender 
>skirts" started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear 
>from our language with hardly a notice.
>
>Like "curb feelers" and "steering knobs." Since I'd been thinking of 
>cars, my mind naturally went that direction first. Any kids will 
>probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of 
>these terms to you.
>
>Remember "Continental kits?" They were rear bumper extenders and 
>spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a 
>Lincoln Continental.
>
>When did we quit calling them "emergency brakes?" At some point 
>"parking brake" became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama 
>that went with "emergency brake."
>
>I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call 
>the accelerator the "foot feed."
>
>Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so 
>you could ride the "running board" up to the house?
>

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1966 Monza Convertible
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