I was a teenager in the 70's and the cars and vans were are pride and joy. It was the best of times when you had to use your head to have a fast car and not every thing done with a computer and don't forget the Great music that we still Love to hear and the days of the mini skirts and WOW the creation of all those Good memories that we have. Definitely the Best time to live.
@@davem6685 60s and 70s cars I had. 1942 Ford 1956 chevy 1956 Pontiac,1958 chevy 1963 Avanti R2, 1962 Fi Corvette, that I still have. A1970 Olds 442 and a couple of go fast Kawasaki 500s from the early 70s. Life was good back then.
@@glenncanale9225 Yep it was, You kept the best one, so did I, a 340 hp wish I had all of them. But have my old Kaw. 900 Z1, and now have 65 nova 350, 68 big tire Camaro 427 Motown sbc, and a big tire 77 Monza , drag cars . Live 3 miles from Maple Grove Dragway Pa. home away from home.
Me too, and we went at it, blocked the highway and raced , sometimes almost the whole school would be lining the road to watch. Still at it, mostly at the track,
I was born in 1979 and I love the stink bug stance from the 70's. I know the car can't get traction with the ass end up high but I think it's cool. Maybe because when I was a kid there were still lots of cars that had that stance or what but I still love the stink bug stance plus you can get the stance with a pair of big meats in the back and a set of the original Gabriel hijackers air shocks to help the ass end out and your cruisin in style just like they did in the 70's
Yea 1976 I bought a 69 Mustang that had air shocks and L60 tires in the back. It drove terribly. Cornered like it was going to tip over. First thing I did was was get that rear end back on the ground and added an Addco rear sway bar kit. Made a big difference. Ever since then when I see a "stink bug" car I see "clumsy".
Born in 1966. The end of the 1960's / early 1970's brought in new wide tires, and people hadn't started tubbing and trimming rear ends. The rear end was jacked up like that with add-a -leafs, hijackers or primitive coil overs to stuff wide rear tires. Remember that time well.
@@WideAwakeViking Primative coil overs, remember them well, extend the rear shock all the way, or even get longer ones, then attach the top clamp on your coil over helper springs, slip over the spring and lower clamp, compress the coil with 2 long bars, usually 2 jack handles, and get your buddy to tighten up the lower clamp while you compressed the coil with all of your 140lbs. Then repeat on the second one using the first as your compression length example.
@@JackF99Jack, I totally agree. Only my names for them would be more negative. By 1979 I had one factory 440 GTX and one stunk up one. I spent all my time trying to get the stunk one back to normal. The car is tragically lost, but the L60 -14's on chrome steel slot reverse wheels off the back are still rotting on my patio. Most of the cars in the video are trailer queens. Nobody would drive a car to work and street race late night in those cars. "Donk" would be the right name.
man I miss these days . seeing these awsome sexy street machines crusing on the highways and surface streets. this was like porn for me, my dudes. these cars had masive stones!
right now i am converting a 1980 dodge ram van without windows to streetmachine. 7x14 reverse rims cragar s/s front, with 185/70-14 white lines. front 3 inch lower, short wheelbase, rear 10x15 rims with 235/75-15 white lines and cragar s/s, with 3 inch higher suspension ! bare metal body with candy painted flames ! and crazy sidepipes !!!
@@auteurfiddler8706 not sure about all of them as many had a lot of bucks sunk into them. I try to imagine them getting scratched/rusted and changing paint style to match what was in or not . Still i wish i could do those paint jobs.
what a beautyfull time 205/50-14 in front and 295/50-15 on the rear with 10 inch higher axles ! better is the 32 × 15,50 - 15 M/T tires with 26 x 7,50-15 front runner !
I look back on our taste in mods and I wonder what the hell were we thinking!! Big huge tires sticking out from the wheel well was the thing for the most part!
@bsagreg 1978 My car WAS cool as hell. For real. 72 Road Runner GTX. All stock. I see a car in the parking lot that is some kid's rusty 1965 Coronet sedan, slant six. Got it from his grandma when she stopped driving. He was the one that put (a) glass pack, ladder bars, air shocks, chrome reverse wheels, and every free decal he could get from Gratiot Auto Supply on the windows, fenders, and quarters. I just felt sorry for the guy. But also hate. As bad as his car was, he actually made it worse.
@bsagreg Exactly true about the nothing under the hood. I think the reason Gratiot Auto Supply had so many to give away was that most guys left them behind at the store. I never went in for car parts stickers but I did like radio station bumper stickers (like W4) and Presidential Campaign bumper stickers (Nixon -Agnew, Carter -Mondale, Jackson). I never put them on a bumper, though.
That Ford at 0:34 is no car from the 60's or 70's the rims give it away and Toyota on the track wall is another giveaway since no track in the 60's, 70's or 80's had Toyota on the track wall anywhere in North America
That Ford at 0:34 is a 1972 Ford Torino GT with after market wheels and aftermarket side exit exhaust. Rims don't give away anything, as they are/were readily and easily changed. The time photo was actually taken may not be consistent with the rest of the photos, but the car sure is and it is also quite cool.
This is trying to rewrite history. You'd have to be at least 65 to have been on the road when these cars were. If you are younger, you need to know that you can't get your idea of driving in 1978 from the "Street Freaks" issues of "Car Craft." All this stupid stuff was done only by a few guys and they were regarded as idiots at the time. It was like hearing pre teen boys talk about "naws" after the first Fast and Furious movie came out.
I was a teenager in the 70's and the cars and vans were are pride and joy. It was the best of times when you had to use your head to have a fast car and not every thing done with a computer and don't forget the Great music that we still Love to hear and the days of the mini skirts and WOW the creation of all those Good memories that we have. Definitely the Best time to live.
Nice blast from the past!
Kids nowadays don’t appreciate these timeless classics, I was lucky enough to buy a 65, 71 c10 and 72 blazer before I was 18. My pride and joys
False I’m 19 and I love there cars I wanna build one so bad one day
This is what cool was when I was a kid still is to me👍👍👍👍😂
😂 I remember those days up in the back low in the front ! .
Goosebumps !! Memory lane hear , high school all over again
6 figure cars owned by kids 45 years ago
Yep. We had no idea what we had. Wish I still had every car from my youth. Camaro’s, chevelles, pickups, trans am’s, etc.
@@davem6685 60s and 70s cars I had. 1942 Ford 1956 chevy 1956 Pontiac,1958 chevy 1963 Avanti R2, 1962 Fi Corvette, that I still have. A1970 Olds 442 and a couple of go fast Kawasaki 500s from the early 70s. Life was good back then.
Every day drivers, rains sleet or snow !
@@glenncanale9225 Yep it was, You kept the best one, so did I, a 340 hp wish I had all of them. But have my old Kaw. 900 Z1, and now have 65 nova 350, 68 big tire Camaro 427 Motown sbc, and a big tire 77 Monza , drag cars . Live 3 miles from Maple Grove Dragway Pa. home away from home.
Great freaking pictures, exactly the 🚗 car's that I grew up with..
Me too, and we went at it, blocked the highway and raced , sometimes almost the whole school would be lining the road to watch. Still at it, mostly at the track,
im new gen but still love this!!!
Great video, cool music too!
I was born in 1979 and I love the stink bug stance from the 70's. I know the car can't get traction with the ass end up high but I think it's cool. Maybe because when I was a kid there were still lots of cars that had that stance or what but I still love the stink bug stance plus you can get the stance with a pair of big meats in the back and a set of the original Gabriel hijackers air shocks to help the ass end out and your cruisin in style just like they did in the 70's
Yea 1976 I bought a 69 Mustang that had air shocks and L60 tires in the back. It drove terribly. Cornered like it was going to tip over. First thing I did was was get that rear end back on the ground and added an Addco rear sway bar kit. Made a big difference. Ever since then when I see a "stink bug" car I see "clumsy".
Born in 1966. The end of the 1960's / early 1970's brought in new wide tires, and people hadn't started tubbing and trimming rear ends. The rear end was jacked up like that with add-a -leafs, hijackers or primitive coil overs to stuff wide rear tires. Remember that time well.
@@WideAwakeViking Primative coil overs, remember them well, extend the rear shock all the way, or even get longer ones, then attach the top clamp on your coil over helper springs, slip over the spring and lower clamp, compress the coil with 2 long bars, usually 2 jack handles, and get your buddy to tighten up the lower clamp while you compressed the coil with all of your 140lbs. Then repeat on the second one using the first as your compression length example.
@@JackF99Jack, I totally agree. Only my names for them would be more negative.
By 1979 I had one factory 440 GTX and one stunk up one. I spent all my time trying to get the stunk one back to normal.
The car is tragically lost, but the L60 -14's on chrome steel slot reverse wheels off the back are still rotting on my patio.
Most of the cars in the video are trailer queens. Nobody would drive a car to work and street race late night in those cars. "Donk" would be the right name.
Murrrika !! Nice Detroit steel there brother.
Oh yeah, takes me back to those glory days of engine rumble.
U.S.A. # 1
and
i am from germany !!
that,s sick !!!
Back when America was alot of fun and had some awesome iron
Right on!
Just bought my first car and doing this to it rn Just bought aluminum slots
Hi - jacker shock's made a killing back then,i had a set myself 👀
man I miss these days . seeing these awsome sexy street machines crusing on the highways and surface streets. this was like porn for me, my dudes. these cars had masive stones!
right now i am converting a 1980 dodge ram van without windows to streetmachine.
7x14 reverse rims cragar s/s front, with 185/70-14 white lines. front 3 inch lower,
short wheelbase,
rear 10x15 rims with 235/75-15 white lines and cragar s/s,
with 3 inch higher suspension !
bare metal body with candy painted flames !
and crazy sidepipes !!!
Whole FB group dedicated to these machines.
(4) 60' & 70's Style Street Machines,Gassers & Customs | Facebook
My 66 Chevy 2 looked like this until I put big block 68 Camaro coils on front and topped out the suspension and gave it a gasser look.
Biggest problem back then? Air shocks held 120 and the gas station Eco Tireflator maxxed out at 113.
Makes me wonder where whey all want because i do not see them at car shows or junk yards.
The guys that did that stuff sold them for cheap when they needed money for weed. Most were junked by 1980.
@@auteurfiddler8706 not sure about all of them as many had a lot of bucks sunk into them. I try to imagine them getting scratched/rusted and changing paint style to match what was in or not . Still i wish i could do those paint jobs.
what a beautyfull time
205/50-14 in front and 295/50-15 on the rear with 10 inch higher axles !
better
is the 32 × 15,50 - 15 M/T tires with 26 x 7,50-15 front runner !
I look back on our taste in mods and I wonder what the hell were we thinking!! Big huge tires sticking out from the wheel well was the thing for the most part!
@bsagreg 1978 My car WAS cool as hell. For real. 72 Road Runner GTX.
All stock. I see a car in the parking lot that is some kid's rusty 1965 Coronet sedan, slant six. Got it from his grandma when she stopped driving. He was the one that put (a) glass pack, ladder bars, air shocks, chrome reverse wheels, and every free decal he could get from Gratiot Auto Supply on the windows, fenders, and quarters. I just felt sorry for the guy.
But also hate.
As bad as his car was, he actually made it worse.
@bsagreg Exactly true about the nothing under the hood.
I think the reason Gratiot Auto Supply had so many to give away was that most guys left them behind at the store.
I never went in for car parts stickers but I did like radio station bumper stickers (like W4) and Presidential Campaign bumper stickers (Nixon -Agnew, Carter -Mondale, Jackson). I never put them on a bumper, though.
airbags. I remember.
That Ford at 0:34 is no car from the 60's or 70's the rims give it away and Toyota on the track wall is another giveaway since no track in the 60's, 70's or 80's had Toyota on the track wall anywhere in North America
That Ford at 0:34 is a 1972 Ford Torino GT with after market wheels and aftermarket side exit exhaust. Rims don't give away anything, as they are/were readily and easily changed. The time photo was actually taken may not be consistent with the rest of the photos, but the car sure is and it is also quite cool.
It’s the Gran Torino from the movie Fast & Furious 4.
Cars jacked up sky high in back were turds.
This is trying to rewrite history. You'd have to be at least 65 to have been on the road when these cars were. If you are younger, you need to know that you can't get your idea of driving in 1978 from the "Street Freaks" issues of "Car Craft."
All this stupid stuff was done only by a few guys and they were regarded as idiots at the time. It was like hearing pre teen boys talk about "naws" after the first Fast and Furious movie came out.