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Originally Posted by Ohighway
Mmmmmmm.... can't say I agree with you.
Yes, most definitely some of the older technology was a marvel, was crafted with care and quality materials, and was a joy to behold and use....and still is today. However as much as people don't like to admit it, -some- of it was crap, and some of it was NOT crafted with care.
Also don't forget. When that stuff was manufactured it WAS the NEW STUFF. I wonder if someone was yelling in the background back then about what a bunch of crap it all was?
Not all new equipment is crap. Just like 'back then' some embraces innovation and quality, and some does not. And I suspect maybe 50-75 years in the future, some of this current day stuff you call crap will be collected and appreciated.
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That's very true. Consumer Reports back in 1955 was saying that the cars that year were thrown-together junk with style over substance. Coming from someone that owns (and loves) a 1955 Buick Century, I have to admit that they're right.....holes twice the size of the screws, chrome hung haphazardly everywhere, and systems that only survived on my car because it was retired in 1967 with about 54K on the clock.
It's not that things today are junk or good, or things back when were junk or good, it's what they had to work with, and the dynamic of the day. People today would rather replace something every 10 years of flawless service than have it fail every other year and need tinkering, but would generally last for decades.
That, and today we have CAD engineering that wasn't available back then. People for example, can wax philosophical about old snowblowers, for example, and how great their '60s Ariens Sno Thro is, but have them take one or two passes with a modern cheapy Craftsman two stage 5HP, and there's no comparison.....except the Craftsman will give up the ghost after a decade. But the Craftsman is still a better machine, just not built to withstand the hands of time.