Re: anybody ever seen one of these?

Posted by Larry51 On 2010/7/23 18:51:11

Yep - and venetian blinds 'lingered on' into the 60's here in Oz. I can remember them being an optional extra on Holden cars like the 1964 EH, and you could find them (occasionally) right up until the HK / HT / HG model Holdens (early 70's) as I recollect.

Then those externally mounted racy-looking plastic louvres emerged and many cars had those, including a couple of mine. Importantly, they were great to keep the sun off and they cooled the car considerably as well. And as a sideline they gave a little more privacy to the young blokes 'smooching' at the Drive-In theatres!