<VV> Early Chevies - NO CORVAIR - hiding the gas filler pipe in the fifties

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

At least hiding the gas filler pipe in the fifties was fun, watching them 
try to find them on my father's car.

It was a big game then, to make it hardest to find.

Hiding gas filler pipes and more recently, window switches, is not as 
hazardous as making it hard to get out of someone else's car, since they 
seem to be playing the same game now with seat belts and door latches.

It's fun to talk about, but what happens when you really need to exit 
someone else's car ?

The news the other night reported an astute shopping center security guard 
who notice a "Help ! Call 911" sign in the window of a new Cadillac. (How 
many people leave the sun shields up without regard for the "warnings" 
printed on them !)

Anyway, it turns out that two elderly ladies car battery dies and they could 
not get out of their electronic-locked car, in So Cal heat, easily 110 
degrees.  (My car has gone as high as 135 degrees when it was 102 outside)

Should they design a fail safe that unlocks the doors when the battery dies 
?  Would this make the mfgr liable for stolen cars ?




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; "Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per" 
<chaz at ProperProPer.com>; <Sethracer at aol.com>
Cc: "Virtual Vairs" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Early Chevies - NO CORVAIR - PNDLR aka "per-nan-del"


> and hidden window switches.
>
> RonH
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per" <chaz at ProperProPer.com>; 
> <Sethracer at aol.com>
> Cc: "Virtual Vairs" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:58 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Early Chevies - NO CORVAIR - PNDLR aka "per-nan-del"
>
>
>>A normal problem in my '65 with deluxe seat belts.  I always have to tell 
>>the passenger - it's like an airplane, pull up.  They always - so far 
>>anyway - get it.
>>
>> To me, the big problem is trying to find the door handle in another car - 
>> in the dark.  Have to wait for the driver to open the door so the light 
>> will go on.
>>
>> Later, JR
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per" <chaz at ProperProPer.com>
>>>
>>> Now the problem is seat belt latches.
>>>
>>> Have you ever tied to get out of someone else's car ?
>>>
>>>
>>
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