Posted on 06/06/2021 9:59:22 AM PDT by Bonemaker
In the summer of 1972, Alice Cooper and David Bowie blared from the radio as the country prepared itself for a presidential election later that year. (Incumbent Richard Nixon trounced George McGovern, the South Dakota Senator.) In the San Fernando Valley, teens and people in their early 20s were cruising up and down Van Nuys Boulevard, then they parked and hung out. Photographer Rick McCloskey, who grew up in the Valley, took his camera and chronicled the scene.
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Yeah I cringed when I saw that. The metal as thicker back then but not that thick. Maybe on a truck of those days.
1960 - 61 Whittier Blvd.
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Same in the OC area up north. Now? Ferrrget it.
indeed!
it was just fine.
we all understood that customers deserved good service
it was, needless to say, a very different culture then than today’s “customers be damned” attitudes
The new cars in 72 were bad but the 73’s were worse and on the way down. It wasn’t until the mid-80’s they turned it around some.
Ping.
You also didn’t have 24 hour news networks and social media constantly making mountains out of molehills, back then those stories may have made for a 2-3 minute report on the evening news, and that’s it.
Another great movie based in South California in the 1960s, was “Hollywood Knights”.
Commies ruin everything
Hard times make Good Men <-—WWII
Good men make Good Times <-—50s
Good times make Weak Men <-—60s
Weak men make Hard Times <-—started mid 70s
And the cycle repeats.
“Dazed and Confused” was the American Graffiti for the 70s.
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As I looked at the photos, I was thinking that all we did was drive around and get stoned. 1979. Go to kegers. Maybe we did more, but I cant remember.
Steve Miller Band.
Class of ‘72 here. I was eighteen when Alice Cooper’s “I’m Eighteen” hit the airwaves.
Ever stop to think that thanks to current car auctions most of the 70s cruising Detroit steel that was out there back then is now worth several million dollars?
They’re out there havin’ fun
In that warm California sun.
They had fun - but not enough babies to hold the territory.
And not a tat to be found on the chicks back then, and most of the guys for that matter.
The photo with the 2 women in white shorts.....
Plus the guy sits on the hood. Today you would leave a big dent!
LOL, so true.
Whoa. I really love those trick photos. If you stare at it long enough and kind of relax, you can see a white Ford Mustang in the background.
I'm a Chevy guy so ...
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