Posted on 11/30/2014 11:03:47 PM PST by Dallas59
I pulled apart a piece of ducting a couple months ago and found two crisp 1971 porno magazines wedged between it and the wall. Grooming habits of the young American female seemed to have changed a bit since then.
Marking calendar good idea.....
Yes the Classics are head turners. I dated a guy who was restoring a 55’ Chevy. I remember him making a big deal about the chrome used under the hood when finally attached. The paint job was amazing, a candy apple Blue. I went to a couple drag races but didn’t find them entertaining, preferring to “see” the cars without the speed!
What was great about the Futura was how easy for repairs and my mechanic enjoyed working on it. No, I don’t have it anymore, I only drove it because for years my mom always said I’d get whatever car she was driving, and we use to laugh and joke about it, so it was very sentimental for me to drive for a time....I kept it about three years or so. A store owner always said when I was ready to sell he wanted it....so I sold it to him before moving.
Big cars feel safer I think. There’s so much car there! Laughed when you said yours was an “air craft carrier”...too funny!
There’s a huge parts fair somewhere in Pa., maybe Reading or Harrisburg area, where the hills are loaded with various car parts....miles of parts and pieces of cars! I can’t remember where it is but a gigantic display for whatever one might need. Have you ever been there?
....” when you see crap from your youth that was everywhere, now becoming valuable”.....
I was only in my 40’ when I saw my moms set of dishes in an antique shop.... I was floored! I remember her getting these piece by piece with the purchase of laundry detergent.
My brother was a science/math nerd and recently bought the very same microscope set he had as a kid. Bought it on E-Bay. It’s pretty amazing you can find a lot of the things had as kids on there.
The crowd thins out as dusk comes then builds back up for the evening as they have bands and lots of food!
Here's some of the cars at the Lake
look at the prices ping
I just tell people I have a death-grip on Peter Pan. LOL!
SWEET!!! Lookit all those sparkling gems! Good turnout for your church’s cruise-ins.
Cruise-ins are more fun than car shows because they’re more relaxing. The cars don’t have to be spotless since there’s no judging. It’s ok if there’s a bug splatted on the grill or the windshield. hee!
Plus, you don’t have to stay the whole time if you don’t want to. We usually stay the whole time when we go to cruise-ins because we enjoy meeting all the people who show up.
Drag racing has its own appeal. We used to go to Huntsville, AL to watch a couple of friends race but haven't gone in a while. Nowadays we prefer to show off our cars and admire the other cars that show up.
This is "Baby", taken at a cruise-in a while back. It was too hot that day to wear the poodle skirt.
Older cars are much easier to work on than the cars they put out today. Heck, you can't get your hands in there to reach what you need to work on. My hubby's a mechanic and he cusses the newer cars.
Glad your mom's car went to someone who really wanted it. It'll be taken care of and enjoyed rather than turn into a rust heap in a junkyard.
We don't get to travel very far so we haven't been to any of the events in PA. A couple of guys in the car club we belong to go to Hershey every year for a huge show there. We'd love to go to that one.
I bet Hershey is the place I was trying to remember.....yep it’s a big deal there.
“Baby” is Sweet! Oh my! I love the fifties cars though I’m not sure why that is....might be because those years were lots of fun and the world was a whole lot safer. At least as a kid I don’t recall all kids today have to contend with.
As for travel I think people are being far more selective where and how they travel today...at least I am. Work seems to occupy more and more of peoples times so there’s little left but to recover from the day at home.
I never cared for drag races....it must be an acquired taste. But then I’m not really into racing of any kind.
Here in my area there are so many car show cruises in the summer you have a great selection on where you go....even car dealers have them! They’re everywhere! I bet you could go every week-end without a doubt.
You can still get those metal cups at the VT country store catalog
My gosh, my mom had those!
You picked up a new volume each week from the grocery store. I really loved these books - my first exposure to history, science, and lots of other things too. Great stuff!
“Love Letters in the Sand.
Took me a while to think of ‘Boone.”
That brings back a very real memory—about 1957.
I was canoeing with a boyfriend on the Charles River in Newton,MA and that song was playing on the oh-so-cool transistor radio.
I dropped an expensive cigarette lighter into the water and I was really upset.
It’s probably still there. :-)
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I remember her collecting them..it was a big deal when she brought in groceries. She had a buffet with three shelves full of these dishes on display....she got them ALL!
It may well be Hershey you were thinking about. They have a huge car show and swap meet each year.
We don’t get to travel far because we have a “herd” of 38 cats at the farm and no one to take care of them if we were to go off for a few days. So we only go to events that are close enough to be gone for the day. And yes, there’s something going on pretty much every weekend from April through October.
The late ‘50s is my favorite era for cars because I just love those fins! LOL!
You’re correct that it was safer back in those days. We never locked our doors, kids could go all over the neighborhood to play without worrying about predators, etc. Kids today don’t know the freedoms we had as kids. And we were allowed to BE kids. We weren’t expected to be able to read by the age of 3 and such. We didn’t have computers to think for us. We used our imaginations and had fun doing it. Kids today have no idea what they miss out on.
We use to go into the woods and along the creek banks exploring everywhere! ...and be gone for hours at a time! Nobody worried til time for lunch or dinner. But we also knew to respect other peoples property too, rather than destroy it as they do today.
And if we wanted money we went around knocking on doors asking for old soda bottles to take back to the store for the deposit! We got 2 cents for the small ones and five for the large and thought we were rich as we went to the penny candy store for treats!.....We earned what we had...and often worked for nothing at all!
Oh my goodness. Transistor radio and “smoking a cig.”
Expensive lighter, huh? Zippo is all I recall. My Dad used those.
The expensive lighter was a gift—————on my dime it was Zippos.
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Excellent!
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