THE FABULOUS 60s & 70s

[Treasure_Hunter]

Who besides myself really enjoyed the 60s & 70s? The music, the cars, the clothes.....i was single through 60s and 70s yet old enough to enjoy it.

 

[unclemac]

it was a PLAYGROUND! ....and then...I went 50 years without missing a paycheck until I retired....

 

[pepperj]

Not as old, though being the youngest in the family I had the enjoyment of listening to every hit record.

By /74 out living the dream🤣
Unloading steel on the R/Road.
Saw alot of bands, and I remember a few even.

Bought/wrecked a many cars/trucks and even managed to sell a few.
Looking back at what it was, and where life is today.
Yesterday was great for many reasons but we live today because we have lived through the best times there was.
I believe.

 

[releventchair]

I should dig out some pics someday..

One around 1977 is my $300.00 66 Ford Falcon coupe and a my to be first ex wife.
I had an open 9-5 sign on the dashboard.
L-50's on Cragar rims in summer.
FM converter. 8 track. Jammin!

 

[newnan man]

 

[jeff of pa]

Stuck my Thumb Out for the first time in summer of '69 to Get Off the Mountain and meet a Girl from school Downtown.

turned 16 in '71 got my fiirst car


Never Regretted a Moment of the '70's .
I'm sure the ones I can't remember were even better

The Best Part. The wild Parties where .. No One Died Like they Predicted

 

[Physics guy]

The cars! I had a ‘61 Aston Martin DB4 and a ‘69 DBS. The DBS was RHD, shifted with my left hand. They weren’t astronomically expensive back then if you bought them well-used. If I had just put them in storage…

1967 was the peak of human civilization, IMO.

 

[Physics guy]

I posted this a while back but thought I’d repost it here.

I’m stuck in the ‘60s but in the ‘70s I used to commute from SF to LA on Pacific Southwest Airlines. $11 one-way, no assigned seats and the aisle seats filled up first: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=psa stewardesses 70s

 

[unclemac]

...if you put out your thumb to a VW, your ride was in the bag!

 

[jeff of pa]

my friend drove one of these.
a lot of quarter barrels in the back over the years

 

[Mackaydon]

I can expand those good times back to the mid 50s to the days of the original rock 'n roll; those were my teen age years.
Don in SoCal

 

[guest]

Who besides myself really enjoyed the 60s & 70s? The music, the cars, the clothes.....i was single through 60s and 70s yet old enough to enjoy it.

Man, those were wild times.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

In 1969 I bought a red 1970 Roadrunner off the show room floor while still in military.

Sold Roadrunner and bought Austin Healey sports car, sold it and bought old '63 VW bug and drove it to Ohio, Minnesota, then Nebraska where I sold it in 76.. It was not a good car for sub zero weather, heater only worked when moving.

This is the VW bug, theventire roof was convertible top that slid back.

In 1975 I flew to Chicago and bought new 1976 Chevy short bed van from factory, then took it to shop and customized it and drove it through rest of 70s into early 80s,

it was a rolling hotel room, had small heater , cooler and custom bed 4' wide with 6" button-tuck mattress. Front cab was customized with red western cedar panels on doors, dash top and full T-console overhead with stereo system and CB radio .

Great ride for 70s, and many a party in it in many bar parking lots.

I bought 2nd van already customized in '82 from dealer, it was a Chevy long bed Starcraft Van, great for vacations, bed in it converted from a single to a queen.

I also used it to run my part time chimney service, "Top Hat & Tails Chimney Service".

 

[russau]

I think it would behove me NOT to reply about my "stupid" things I did when I was young apposed to the "stupid" things I think up now-a-days ! I think I'll just try to keep my mouth shut and plead the 5th and try to set a good example this time around !

 

[k0bgalan]

Yes, the 60s and 70s were great, but so were the 80s. At that time, I was making enough money I could afford what I longed for in the 60s and 70s!