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[from the Car-Talk site]

Some people see this as options they don't have; we see it as money we didn't spend!
Does that make us cheapskates or optimists?
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Note the black Tuning and Volume radio dials on my 1958 Rambler American.

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There's no radio. The dials were on the dash, whether or not you had a radio.

:banana:
 
Now THAT is funny.
 
And those factory extra-cost gauges under the dash.
 
Actually, the roll-down rear windows, sun visors, oil filter, and rear seat ashtrays were also options, as was the one inch thick foam on the front seat.

Original owner decided against the oil filter. Hey - why spend the extra $7.50 when you change the oil every 1000 miles?

(Fun car - very representative of the Eisenhower era family economy car. Interesting history too.)
 
In the final analysis... they are all non-essential things that can break. :wink-new:

I used to have a Mini 850 and wished I had sun-visors.
 
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