You "older" guys will remember these times!
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Originally Posted by ddellwo
Alas, when I got my license we were driving Citations and Escorts, because by then, gas had become ridiculously expensive at $1.00 per gallon.......
Viewed from afar, I'd say the coolest automotive trend of that era would have to be Lake Pipes (except for the leg burns you undoubtedly got when you weren't paying attention?) and the dumbest would have to be Continental Kits (that era's equivalent of the guy today who buys every possible stick-on accessory from Leer and drives around town looking like a ****?)........
Viewed from afar, I'd say the coolest automotive trend of that era would have to be Lake Pipes (except for the leg burns you undoubtedly got when you weren't paying attention?) and the dumbest would have to be Continental Kits (that era's equivalent of the guy today who buys every possible stick-on accessory from Leer and drives around town looking like a ****?)........
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Took my driving test in a '60 Belvedere Push Button Auto.
Rear view mounted on the dash, the steering wheel was rectangular.
The speedo 'filled up' like a thermometer, only it didn't work.
The examiner asked how fast I was going.
I banged on the unresponsive dash and said, I'm not sure sir.
When we first took off, he glanced down at his clipboard and asked,
"Aren't you going to put your seatbelt on?"
I said embarrasedly, "Uh sir, this car doesn't have seatbelts."
They were optional in 1960.
Rear view mounted on the dash, the steering wheel was rectangular.
The speedo 'filled up' like a thermometer, only it didn't work.
The examiner asked how fast I was going.
I banged on the unresponsive dash and said, I'm not sure sir.
When we first took off, he glanced down at his clipboard and asked,
"Aren't you going to put your seatbelt on?"
I said embarrasedly, "Uh sir, this car doesn't have seatbelts."
They were optional in 1960.
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Originally Posted by Raoul
Took my driving test in a '60 Belvedere Push Button Auto.
Rear view mounted on the dash, the steering wheel was rectangular.
The speedo 'filled up' like a thermometer, only it didn't work.
The examiner asked how fast I was going.
I banged on the unresponsive dash and said, I'm not sure sir.
When we first took off, he glanced down at his clipboard and asked,
"Aren't you going to put your seatbelt on?"
I said embarrasedly, "Uh sir, this car doesn't have seatbelts."
They were optional in 1960.
Rear view mounted on the dash, the steering wheel was rectangular.
The speedo 'filled up' like a thermometer, only it didn't work.
The examiner asked how fast I was going.
I banged on the unresponsive dash and said, I'm not sure sir.
When we first took off, he glanced down at his clipboard and asked,
"Aren't you going to put your seatbelt on?"
I said embarrasedly, "Uh sir, this car doesn't have seatbelts."
They were optional in 1960.
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Originally Posted by Raoul
Took my driving test in a '60 Belvedere Push Button Auto.
Rear view mounted on the dash, the steering wheel was rectangular.
The speedo 'filled up' like a thermometer, only it didn't work.
The examiner asked how fast I was going.
I banged on the unresponsive dash and said, I'm not sure sir.
When we first took off, he glanced down at his clipboard and asked,
"Aren't you going to put your seatbelt on?"
I said embarrasedly, "Uh sir, this car doesn't have seatbelts."
They were optional in 1960.
Rear view mounted on the dash, the steering wheel was rectangular.
The speedo 'filled up' like a thermometer, only it didn't work.
The examiner asked how fast I was going.
I banged on the unresponsive dash and said, I'm not sure sir.
When we first took off, he glanced down at his clipboard and asked,
"Aren't you going to put your seatbelt on?"
I said embarrasedly, "Uh sir, this car doesn't have seatbelts."
They were optional in 1960.
Long time no see. That of course could be because I haven't been on here much as I've been slammed with work and traveling. I hope all is going well Raoul! I miss reading your stories.
PM me if you're going to be in MN, TN, Ohio, or IL in the next two months and hopefully I'll be in the same area for work. I'd like to buy you and your goats a round of drinks.
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damn i wish i grew up in that time, maybe exactly that but born in 1951. 1965-1970, the best year for cars of all time IMO. I dont think there was a mopar or GM i would not have wanted in those years.
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Originally Posted by JBMX928
1965-1970, the best year for cars of all time IMO. I dont think there was a mopar or GM i would not have wanted in those years.