Duuuuuuuude, maaaan... now you're talking but don't forget your Kinney G.A.S.S . shoes, a big weed belt buckle and a "Grass,Ass, or Gas.." bumper sticker.
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How bout this one... A skinny long haired white dude on a root beer brown heavy flaked Honda 750 chopper with a 5 foot twisted steel springer front end (not raked), wearing bell bottoms, a vest and a hat made out of Coors cans and yarn. With a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. I GAR-AN-TEE there's a hamber or three who can dig out and post a picture just like the one I just described. And there's always a 72 Impala in the background. Come on, dont let me down.
Definitive 70's Trends Engine: M/T & Cal Custom valve covers, Moroso gold and chrome mid to late 70's Accel ignitions with Accel Super Coil/yellow wires, Thrush exhaust, white painted headers, Torker intakes, Tunnel rams, velocity stacks, Chrome 4 into one side pipes Undercarriage & Suspension: Lakewood traction bars, shackles, Deep Dish Cragars rear and skinnies on the front and also Slots and Keystones, Cragar Super Tricks and Centerlines in mid to late 70's. Gabriel HiJackers or Monroe air shocks, Pro Trac, M/T Indy Profile, Kelly Springfield Supercharger tires F-70-14 or 15 front and L-60-15 or N50-15 rear. Rear tires stuck out 1-3 inches and we liked it Exterior: paint-Endless lines, freakdrops, or solid candy colors, Grumpy lump or A&A Channel ram hood scoops, Bauman layer scoops for the Mopar guys. tasteful use of decals in rear windows and underneath the truck lid. Sun fuel and vacuum gauges on cowl (auto meter in late 70's), stock body other than paint (wheel flares and IMSA look was for the california sweater wearing gays), chrome hood pins with lanyards Interior: Sun gauges & tach around steering column or on top of dash, Mr Gasket vertical gate shifter, Hurst competition plus, B&M Quick CLick (mid to late 70's), crushed velvet interiors or naugahyde deep tufted,dune buggy type 3 spoke steering wheels People always crap on the 70's but we had for the most part no stds, no aids, no job outsourcing or offshoring, you worked for a company for life and you did not have to constantly "redefine" your job skills lest you become obsolete 3 weeks after learing a new skill, no "scare" of the week (gov't created boogeyman terrorism to keep the people in line, bad food cops etc), the boobs were real and did not feel like a hard grapefruit, musclecars were cheap, street rods were overall plentiful, cruising the drive in was not a staged affair like they are today-they are nothing but a glorified car show today. Back then they were impromtu and you really just hung out with friends.
StreetFreakMustang obviously been there, done that. Don't forget square headlights in anything no matter how bad they looked, at least 2 frenched antennas and a "Keep on Truckin" sticker if it was a truck or van. I agree, it was a better time, there wasn't a cruise night, it was all the time.
now thats the kind of stuff I was referring to! I remember I had g60 15 on the front? though but did have the L60's on the rear!! the 70's weren't that bad if you weren't a pothead and stayed away from the clothes and the girls looked good with feathered hair all of a sudden I feel 17 again
OK, I know I was a redneck...But nothing said 70's like white waggon wheels and captains seats in our 60's model pick-ups. If you were very cool, you had a silk screen mural in the rear window.
let's see... 1972, driving 1969 tri-carbed 427 Vette. Work boots with steel lace protecters. Arms burned to the elbows from pouring steel into molds. Nose and lungs plugged with foundry dust, working 16 hour days to pay for that son of a bitch. Oh yeah, those were the good old days..... yeah right.
Damn - you beat me to the Cyclone Purple Hornies. A couple of years ago we were having a cocktail night and came up with this concoction we called the "Cyclone Purple Horny". From memory it was Vodka, Blue Curacao and Cranberry juice - great colour, lousy taste!
Is this the 70's "look"? Car came out of the late 70's/Early 80's era I think. Used to belong to one of my friend's dad. Pretty solid, those wheels all the way around, jacked up too high, stock front suspension. Agh.
Lakewood traction bars, yeah.....but if you were REALLY cool you had the "ladder bars". Actually I still have a complete, cherry set in the garage, brackets & all. That, & fiberglass fender flares...."Hurst", "Holley", etc. stickers on the inside of the trunk lid & quarter windows if you valued the paint job....or, the front fenders if you didn't. Pro-Trac or Mickey Thompson tires....
I remember those things too. Becuse of them I had to replace all of the interior panels of my GTO. The sharp edges cut circles around my window crank and soor handle shafts. Not one of cal custom's better products. How about those wire basket fake wire wheels. My GTO had those too when I got it. Dave
Damn this is some sick shit digging this up!but yeah purple hornies aimed down so they gave ya a headache....8 track tape(with quad sound)..and fm and a color light box from j c whitney.....listenin to KISS or Boston......and I'd love ta dig up a set of sidepipes and tru-spokes for my 68 ragtop.....sick eh...Oh yeah..my avator is my high school car class of "74
Not sorry I wasn't here for that decade! You just never know what trends might creep back around, but god I hope they stay dead.
Dont forget bellbottoms,platform shoes for everybody...and perms...now on the good side..tube tops,halter tops.hot pants....and beer bongs at van-ins
graduated in '80... drove a stock '64 fourdoor malibu... everything I can recall, you guys already mentioned... except that no matter how shitty a stereo system you had, you could always go to the pawnshop and get a big set of home stereo speakers, lay them in your back window, and AC/DC sounded fuckin awesome!!! ...and weed was sooooo cheap, or so I was told.
What? No love for custom vans???? I grew up in Miami, and I didn't see a lot of lowriders back in the day, but these were everywhere.
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