#6: The Motormat Drive-In, 1948
Even though the world looks very different than it did 60 or so years ago, there are some things we wish never got taken away… The world underwent many changes in a relatively short period of time, so it makes sense that up-and-coming ideas were constantly being tried out, but we’re not so sure that the “Out with the old and in with the new” mindset is always the right method…
We know it looks a little weird, but we can imagine this drive-in doing really well in modern society. Kenneth C. Purdy invented this drive-thru type in Los Angeles, where food trays were sent to individual cars on rails. People were so desperate to get rid of outdated things that society bulldozed incredible ideas like this one…