Car culture before the certified reality of global gunk.

RodeoSchro said:

As an aging hipster who was 11 - 20 in the '70's, let me tell you what I liked best.

1. The cars. The cars were the BOMB. Especially muscle cars. The Plymouth Superbird, the Mustang Shelby, the Chevrolet Camaro Z-28, the Dodge Challenger, the Pontiac Trans Am SD 455, the Plymouth Hemi' Cuda, the Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 - the list goes on and on. These are the most desirable and valuable performance cars on the market today. A '71 Hemi 'Cude convertible can go for as much as $2 million. Other cars were great, too. Personally, I think the 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix is the greatest two-door sedan ever built. But the cars were just awesome.

Uh...not ALL the cars were that great. My first car was a Pinto.

Sugar Hill Gang's - "Rappers Delight" (1979)

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XxAxX said:

babynoz said:

And don't forget horoscopes, back then the first thing to ask when you met somebody was "what's your sign?"

Then of course you had your mood rings, streakers, pet rocks.

Does anybody remember earth shoes?

i do not have beads hanging in the doorway, nor is the carpeting underfoot that green shag. but ding diddly dang it to heck there is a lava lamp in the room here with me as i type this

I have a lava lamp too,

And I KNOW you wore earth shoes.

noimageatall said:

Uh...not ALL the cars were that great. My first car was a Pinto.

babynoz said:

XxAxX said:

i do not have beads hanging in the doorway, nor is the carpeting underfoot that green shag. but ding diddly dang it to heck there is a lava lamp in the room here with me as i type this

I have a lava lamp too,

And I KNOW you wore earth shoes.

Cuz Gary Glitter was cool!!!!!...people actually wanted 2 c him!!!Infact they would pay 2c him..WTF??

babynoz said:

noimageatall said:

Uh...not ALL the cars were that great. My first car was a Pinto.

Heeeeeeyyyyy...that was before they found out the engines blew up if you hit them in the rear. And it was my first 5-spd. I learned to drive a stick in that Pinto.

It wasn't my very first car but it was my first 'divorced' car. I had some hot 'single' times in that little green bastard.

Channels 2, 4, and 7 was network TV. That's it, that's all! 5 and 11 was local out of Charleston, SC and 11 was PBS if I remember correctly. I showed my kids an old TV guide my grandmother had from the 70s and they couldn't believe it.

How did we ever manage with just those stations?

noimageatall said:

Channels 2, 4, and 7 was network TV. That's it, that's all! 5 and 11 was local out of Charleston, SC and 11 was PBS if I remember correctly. I showed my kids an old TV guide my grandmother had from the 70s and they couldn't believe it.

How did we ever manage with just those stations?

At some point in the future, every family will probably have their own network. Then people will wonder how we ever managed with just 1000 cable stations, lol.

ZombieKitten said:

AIDS was still unheard of

Imagine that! Back in the day, when you could have a weekend of unprotected sex, and your only worry come Monday morning was whether you'd get a call back or not, lol.

noimageatall said:

babynoz said:

Heeeeeeyyyyy...that was before they found out the engines blew up if you hit them in the rear. And it was my first 5-spd. I learned to drive a stick in that Pinto.

It wasn't my very first car but it was my first 'divorced' car. I had some hot 'single' times in that little green bastard.

It was green?

babynoz said:

noimageatall said:

Heeeeeeyyyyy...that was before they found out the engines blew up if you hit them in the rear. And it was my first 5-spd. I learned to drive a stick in that Pinto.

It wasn't my very first car but it was my first 'divorced' car. I had some hot 'single' times in that little green bastard.

It was green?

Well not THAT color green. More like a dark forest green...(like that's any better)

noimageatall said:

babynoz said:

It was green?

Well not THAT color green. More like a dark forest green...(like that's any better)

Lawd... you po chile,

babynoz said:

noimageatall said:

Well not THAT color green. More like a dark forest green...(like that's any better)

Lawd... you po chile,

Yes...I was po.

just wanted to say, just 'cause of this thread today i'm rocking some black bell bottom pants and a 70s style embroidered smock shirt. even have the love beads on, man.

noimageatall said:

babynoz said:

Heeeeeeyyyyy...that was before they found out the engines blew up if you hit them in the rear. And it was my first 5-spd. I learned to drive a stick in that Pinto.

It wasn't my very first car but it was my first 'divorced' car. I had some hot 'single' times in that little green bastard.

We had a brown one with glitter in it we also had an El camino! Oh, and a purple Javalin and a baby blue baha Bug!

Im forgetting the orange wood panel station wagon, and orange full sized van with shag carpet over the ENTIRE inside... Why put carpet on the roof??

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noimageatall said:

Channels 2, 4, and 7 was network TV. That's it, that's all! 5 and 11 was local out of Charleston, SC and 11 was PBS if I remember correctly. I showed my kids an old TV guide my grandmother had from the 70s and they couldn't believe it.

How did we ever manage with just those stations?

I know. I grew up in the 70's and we only had 7 channels to watch and I would just watch TV all day! Now, there are 207 with very little interesting programming on any of them!

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KoolEaze said:

Those monsters put me through SO many nightmares when I was a kid

Harlepolis said:

KoolEaze said:

Those monsters put me through SO many nightmares when I was a kid

That's okay, lol. We all have our issues, lol. I was always freaked out by those giant Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons! (...and am still not that fond of them, lol).

tinaz said:

noimageatall said:

Heeeeeeyyyyy...that was before they found out the engines blew up if you hit them in the rear. And it was my first 5-spd. I learned to drive a stick in that Pinto.

It wasn't my very first car but it was my first 'divorced' car. I had some hot 'single' times in that little green bastard.

We had a brown one with glitter in it we also had an El camino! Oh, and a purple Javalin and a baby blue baha Bug!

Im forgetting the orange wood panel station wagon, and orange full sized van with shag carpet over the ENTIRE inside... Why put carpet on the roof??

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Nooooooo...not the sparkly glitter paint! My grandmother bought a Matador station wagon with brown paneling exactly like this and it was so fugly.

And this is what I got my permit in...although it was beige.

noimageatall said:

tinaz said:

those are some ugly gas guzzling bitches!

Ah the wood side print/paint. I tip my hat to whoever the genius that came up with that idea, put the capital T on TACKY.

kitbradley said:

noimageatall said:

Channels 2, 4, and 7 was network TV. That's it, that's all! 5 and 11 was local out of Charleston, SC and 11 was PBS if I remember correctly. I showed my kids an old TV guide my grandmother had from the 70s and they couldn't believe it.

How did we ever manage with just those stations?

I know. I grew up in the 70's and we only had 7 channels to watch and I would just watch TV all day! Now, there are 207 with very little interesting programming on any of them!

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The uhf channels had all the good cartoons. Every day after school nobody had to worry about where the kids were.

Right. And remember Saturday morning cartoons? Man, I used to be up every Sat morning watching cartoons from 7a to 12p. And they had them on CBS, NBC & ABC. Kids now days don't know what that's like.

kitbradley said:

Right. And remember Saturday morning cartoons? Man, I used to be up every Sat morning watching cartoons from 7a to 12p. And they had them on CBS, NBC & ABC. Kids now days don't know what that's like.

i still do sometimes remember creature features at midnight?

XxAxX said:

kitbradley said:

Right. And remember Saturday morning cartoons? Man, I used to be up every Sat morning watching cartoons from 7a to 12p. And they had them on CBS, NBC & ABC. Kids now days don't know what that's like.

i still do sometimes remember creature features at midnight?

Oh lord yes! Except, it came on at noon on Saturdays here in Michigan. We used to have a local personality named Sir Graves Ghastly who showed old horror movies on Saturday afternoon, also. He'd scare the crap out of me whenever he'd raise up out of that damn coffin!

We even had a Ford Pinto!