I heard Mayors Dean, Barry and Briley say that they wanted to transform Nashville into the next Los Angeles. I'm from the Los Angeles area, and moved to Middle TN when Dean was mayor - and I noticed that it already looked like Los Angeles, which didn't please me at all! 😡
Well, the whiny crybabies keep taking my reply off. Just proof that I am right, our country has been taken over by folks who hate America, and our traditions!!!
@@Doug-mc3dd Yep, we let foreign industry kill our manufacturing base and industry here was cocky, stubborn and too cheap to upgrade with modern processes. The steel industry for the most part. Now were consumers enslaved to a a credit debt system……all tied in to a uni party political system that ACTS like there are two opposing sides but get us to want to kill eachother yet they ALL vote for the same omnibus spendjng bills, and the military industrial complex. They designed the system to make us complacent and hate eachother while the true enemies are the ones asking for our votes, waving flags and acting like theyre going to do something special for the classes they created. Theyre ALL on the same team, Trump, Biden, Bush, Obama, Reagan, Carter…..go down the list. I voted conservative for over 33 years and I I got was less freedom and liberty. They all suck.
I’m from Nashville, now I live further south and even back in the late 90’s I would go out just to take a ride and listen to music with no particular destination, simply for enjoyment. today I won’t even work there if a client isn’t willing to make it well worth the misery that I have to endure from the overwhelming amount of traffic in that place….TIME IS MONEY, AND STRESS AIN’T FUNNY HONEY!
Alot of turmoil was happening that year. Vietnam was raging, riots and protests in many cities,but you'd never know it from this home movie. I was 12 at the time and it was a great time to be a kid!😊
The most striking thing to me is the lack of traffic. I am a HS class of '68, and this is how I remember it. An eighteen year old watching this today might be stunned.
These people had no idea that we all would be looking at them in the year 2024 at a place called UA-cam where we would all be longing to be back in this era and lifestyle! Thanks for uploading this......from Tuscumbia Alabama.
I agree 100% I just wish I could find the family. I've posted the video in 30+ Facebook Tennessee History Groups . Every county from Chattanooga to Clarksville Tennessee. Nothing so far .
The highway footage in Tennessee shows I-24 in East Ridge Broad Street in Chattanooga, going up on the side of Lookout Mountain, on the edge of Raccoon Mountain from Tiftonia to Guild/Haletown, and across he Marion Memorial Bridge over the Tennessee River with a view of the Grand Canyon of Tennessee. It then briefly shows the approach into Jasper. Then, it skips to Nashville. Too bad it didn't show the ascent and descent of Monteagle via US-41, although by 1968, I-24 on the west side of Monteagle was open to US-41 in Manchester. The west side of Monteagle on US-41 is like a 4-mile long carnival ride. Great memories were stirred watching this video. 1968 may have been a rough year for this country and the world, but it was a very happy year for a teenager in love.
I was born and raised in Chattanooga (1972) and it was really interesting for me to see the ridge cut and before 24 was completed all the way through Chattanooga. Recognized Cummings Highway around the foot of the mountain, Highway 41 through Mullins Cove, crossing the narrow bridge across Nickajack, and in Jasper. Really really cool.
@@MrTonyPiscatelle Yes. It was open to Cadiz at one point. Then later the bridge over the Tennessee River at Kentucky Dam was open. It didn't open all the way through Paducah until 1980. I know to go to Opryland we had to take U.S 41 from Hopkinsville and come into Nashville on Trinity Lane.
actually that was a lot of traffic for those days. We did that trip in 71 and it did not look much different than this video. Brings back so many memories. Dad driving and us kids sitting in the back of the station wagon. No radio, No A/C and 8 to 10 hours a day of driving. I dont know how we sat still. All I can say is Stuckys. probably kept us sane.
I’m 57 years old. I can remember in the mid 70’s at family gatherings I would be the only child at the table listening to the adults talking amongst themselves. These were depression and WWII generation people and I was CAPTIVATED by their stories at the tender age of 8! These people and many more like them moved about their lives with purpose, constantly on mission! They dressed to the nines. When they spoke people listened. They didn’t take any shit, they rolled over for no one. Everything they did had meaning and was worthy of their time. They were clean, courteous and respectful. Their word was their bond. As such, I have completely removed myself from the modern human race as I am completely incapable of relating to it or understanding it in any way. Nor do I possess the desire to even try. Modern humanity is not worthy of my precious time. I’m not even sure if most humans could even be considered human anymore. As I watch them out in public, they move about like post-apocalyptic mutants, disheveled and dirty..utterly sloven. Many wearing pajama bottoms that look like they haven’t been washed in a month and reek of stale ass crack and urine dribble. I see faces of blank, thousand yard stares, void of hope…shuffling about aimlessly with no purpose but to exist. Vapid and incapable of thinking for themselves. Incapable of seeing and caring about anyone or anything beyond the tips of their noses. I think that half the world’s population younger than 45 could drop dead right now and I am not sure if I would even notice. I hate to feel this way because at one time I didn’t but modern humanity has left me little choice. God help us all that are still sane in a world that seems to have completely fallen off a cliff. Thanks for the video and the stark reminder of how beautiful this country and our families once were. 😢
Wow! I'm 53 and you vividly described my memories as a child listening to my grandparents and my grandmother lived to be 110 so I loved listening to her stories as well. Everything they stood for I'm afraid has disappeared with their generation. Oh, us 50 year olds are tough but nothing like our grandparents.
I agree with you, the modern generation isn't worth talking to anymore, it's all just about their animation films, animation stuff, random pornography that they find, lack of interest and respect for classic cars, classic films, classic actors, and the past in general, and so help me god what-ever other crap they come up with.
I'm 65 and I was around 10 when this video was done. Reminds me of our cross country trip from Oklahoma to NYC in my dad's new '68 LeMans. He had just gotten out of the Air Force and had flown rear seat in Vietnam missions.We boarded a ship and went to South Africa (his second wife was from there). I returned to the US in '79 and it was still a 1000% better than today's woke slug world. We were taught discipline and respect for others. We had chores to do and were expected to do well at school. We have the society we have now because we have collectively turned our backs on God and Christian values.
I hear that! Our family gathered every weekend at our Great Great Grandparents. THere were at points 5 generations of us all playing, hanging out and just enjoying Granny's cooking.
I was 12. My parents and I would drive to Seattle every summer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I remember driving before the interstate highway system was completed. It’s faster now, but you see virtually nothing.
I recognize the highway from Missionary Ridge to downtown Chattanooga and Lookout Mtn. ( I was born in 67 , and we liked in Red Bank, a suburb of Chattanooga ) ...... I still remember a LITTLE bit of the early 70s there ( we moved to upper east Tn in 1972 ) ....... MUCH BETTER TIMES ! Thanks for posting ❤
For my Parent's 50th wedding anniversary, my siblings and I got their big shoebox full of 8mm movies and had them digitally produced onto a DVD. It's incredible what digitalizing does for those old home movies! Those movie years ranged from the early 1950's to the early 70's. we had made copies made for all of us, and I occasionally watch mine. However, as enjoyable as it is, it saddens me to see family members that are no longer here. Including my Dad. It'll be 7 years in July.
My father was a massive piece of crap. When he died 10 years ago, I was relieved to finally be rid of him. Don't be sad that your dad is gone. Be happy that you got the time you did with a good one.
Ah yes, I remember those days well. There were very few Interstate Highways. I will always remember those stops at Stuckey's for a Pecan Log Roll. Wonderful, happy times! Thank you for the great video!
I could tell that was atlanta they were leaving. I was 10 in 1968, we lived in atlanta, and drove that route many times, going to visit my grandparents in Chattanooga. I could tell exactly when they entered Chattanooga going by lookout mountain. It brought back so many memories. Times were so much simpler in the 60s and 70s.
This is the Tennessee I grew up in. Loved going to Nashville, Lookout Mountain, the Smokies. Traveling around is more of a hassle now; we've become way overcrowded 😢
My gosh! 1968, I was 8 years old. And I remember my dad loved to go to Nashville, Tn. to the Ryman Auditorium. From the time I was 5 until I was 13, we took this trip. We had a farm in South Alabama just about 25 miles from Gulf Shores. We would get up about 3am and head out. Mom had the trunk packed with food. We had a big Dodge that looked like a tank with tail fins. And my Dad always took the long way. So we ended up in Cherokee, NC. to see the sites the head across to Chattanooga, Tn. And go through Lookout Mountain. And any new roadside attractions that sprung up. Dad had money but didn't want to spend much until he hit Nashville, so Dad, mom, me and my sister ate out of the trunk of that car that mam had packed with food. And then Dad would find a church or police station and we slept in that car. But when we reached Nashville usually by Thursday evening. Dad always stayed at the Andrew Jackson Hotel downtown. And we ate at some real nice restaurants. Then Friday and Saturday night we had reserved tickets on the fifth row first 4 seats on the end center stage. And let me tell you. Thoes old church benches got mighty hard. And sometimes the show would go until midnight to 1am. Because every singer and entertainer there had a chance to preform. God how I miss my dad and thoes days so much. I live in Atlanata, Ga. now. I went to Nashville one more time since then about 5 years ago. And I couldn't beleave my eyes. The once wonderful downtown Nashville had been turned into a Sodam and Gomorrah! Wall to Wall bars and people acting like they were half crazy in the middle of the streets..The bars was so packed with people you couldn't no way in hell get into one. . Needless to say I saw enough and came home the next day. The only part of what was to be a 3 day trip was going back to visit the Ryman. And as I walked down to where we used to sit as a child, I just totally lost it. I wept like a baby Both tears of memories and sadness. 😢😢
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful memories. I cried. I've lived in Nashville 54 years. On the outskirts for the last 20 years. It's so sad what's happened to the city. I guess it's the next generations turn to make it their home because it no longer belongs to the us old timers. We don't go down there.
Nonsense: in head on crash test against modern cars these old heavy cars do very poor comparatively in reducing occupants injuries and deaths. Fact ! Those old gas guzzlers fell apart after 60,000 miles. Many cars built today will go over 300,000 before they start falling apart. New cars blow away the gas hogs on mileage
I remember those days well. Worked for Shell Oil. Always stopped at Buddys BBQ in Columbia(still there today 5/24.) Lot's of memories on the "old roads" before interstates.
Traveled those same roads many times as a child in my parents car during this same time period, in the 1960’s, especially on old U.S. 41 going over Lookout Mtn west to Nashville, before I-24 was completed. I was a 7 to 10 year old about like the young man seen, at 8:26 count, drinking the Pepsi Cola, I grew up in Dalton, but my Dad had business in Atlanta and Nashville and we had lots of relatives in the Chattanooga area. Ironically, I own a 1966 Thunderbird similar to the one in the home movie now. Some things don’t change. The Good Ole Days!
The roads were well maintained, everyone is driving patiently, and are well dressed/groomed with not a tattoo, nose ring, or neon colored hair in sight. I love it. Adults were in charge back then. That boy at 8:24 got to experience the 1980s in his mid 20s or early 30s. I hope he had a great time in the best era before the culture wars finally took their toll in the 1990s onward.
Agree . Born and raised in Nashville. Have lived here for 53 years. Today's Nashville sucks but it's geared toward the younger Generation. Not middle age folks . It's like little Las Vegas .
@@MemoriesofNashvilleTenneessee I'm a native too (1967). "The few, the stubborn, the natives" I like to say. Also like to tell tourists and transplants about how Nashville used to be a nice city with a great theme park, and now Nashville *is* the theme park.
I love watching old film like this. This was the year before I was born. I know no one in this film/video, but I still feel oddly sentimental watching it. I wish more people would digitize. Someone should start a non-profit that will digitize old film like this for free, with the condition that it is publicly shared and preserved. We need to preserve what this country used to look like--the urban areas, the products we used to use, hair styles, clothes, etc. etc. Film like this needs to be preserved!!!!!!
agreed. i was born in 1955. i would have been 13 in 1968. i remember many of the old us highways that ran beside the interstate hwys that were under construction then. many of the mom-and-pop businesses then that shut down when the new stretches of the interstate were completed.nice film you trans fered to digital.sad you can't find the families in this video. maybe someone will see this yt video and identify it and maybe get it on a dvr disc from you. when time permits, i do like to drive the old us hwys that i remembered.
It started in Atlanta in the 6 lane highway where I-75 and I-85 are combined. I commuted through there in the 7th grade as it was expanded to 16 lanes. Some of the roads on lookout mountain look the same. In Nashville, I recognized the car dealer and a few of the buildings on Broudway.
Wow. What memories. We took a similar trip from Wisconsin through Kentucky, Knoxville and Nashville, Chattanooga and down to Atlanta in Dad’s ‘67 Bonneville wagon
We lived near Milwaukee and drove to Marietta, Georgia one summer. We visited Rock City with my 77 year old grandmother. She was a tough old lady and walked all the way through Rock City.
Thanks for posting this! It appears to be. Christmas time in ‘68 I would have been 10 months old. Living in Knoxville it’s sooo nice to see these old home movies of the little towns around Chattanooga that one would have to pass through from Atlanta to Nashville along the Tennessee river before i24 was completed. My father has 60 years worth of 8mm home movies that he’s put on DVD. It’s so nice and comforting to go and watch them. My parents are in there early 80s and we do a considerable amount of reflecting when we’re all together. Nothing brings family together for reflection like old pictures and old home movies 😊❤️
I love seeing the rack of oil cans at the gas station….it brings back memories of the good old days. I still have my oil can opener in my toolbox and just can’t let it go even though it probably will never be used again.
As someone who's family is native to nashville for generations it's wild that most of the people I work for are all from out of state now. So many people are desperate to move here
I'm with you. As of today, 6 generations have lived in and around Nashville. It started in the 40's with my Grandparents when they moved to East Nashville from Portland TN. I grew up on East Nashville 70's and 80's. Some of the Aunts and Uncles still live in East but most of us have slowly moved north toward Goodlettsville, Ridgetop, and Hendersonville. We refuse to go downtown now. It's not our home anymore .
I wouldn't know one person in this world would buy a home footage, or road trip or any other time capsule and have it restored back to its Glory! Above all "remastered" to colorize, and try to give it back to the rightfully owners... What a wonderful world this would be if everyone was as good-hearted as you my friend" 👍... I'm hoping this road trip finds its way! back to its rightful owners... GOD BLESS YOU!..
Thank you so much for the kind words❤️. I've witnessed the joy (sometimes sadness) it brings to people when they see old lost home footage of their youth, family and friends. I do it for my own selfish reasons though. Every time it happens it warms my heart and makes it grow bigger. It is a priceless feeling.
I lived in Nashville during this time. Was 4 years old at the time. Lived about a mile or two from the Airport. I even remember Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken !
Great clip, thanks for posting it! I grew up in Nashville during this era and the scene from downtown Nashville near SEARs brought back some memories. For those wondering why they took Hwy 41 from Chattanooga to Nashville, it's because in '68 I-24 between Nashville and Chattanooga was not completely finished yet. IIRC, that stretch of I-24 wasn't complete until 1970 or so.
I moved to Chattanooga in 1972. I 24 was not open into Chatt from Nashville when this film was made. Traffic came into town on Hwy 41 along the Tennesse river from Jasper Tn then at the base of Lookout Mountain. I remember the Big Rock Courts where there was a big gun battle in the 70's. That was Johnny Cash walking 0n the side of the road after he saw the Chattanooga City Limits sign. Great Video.
you are correct that the car went down S. Broad St in Chattanooga before I24 opened in what I believe was 1966. Therefore stating that the footage was from 1968 is incorrect.
Interesting that you mentioned Jasper. Someone was trying to talk or talk about moving there but both of us are too old to making any major changes to our life. Im sure it beautiful.
@ 5:40 1966 thunderbird getting a drink of some 100 octane Super Shell gasoline ⛽ Probably has the new for 66 .. 345 HP 428 option we have this engine in our 1966 Convertible Thunderbird ... awesome video thanks for posting this keep them coming 😊👍
Thomas Midgley added lead to gasoline, knowingly poisoning the entire planet. The story of corporate collusion is a clear indictment of how evil capitalism is.
I still have dads 1968 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight red convertible. His first new car, with the 365hp 455. Nearly 22ft long. He pulled a 24ft Nomad travel trailer with that car for its first 5 years of life. Overheated in the Smoky Mountains on its first trailer towing trip. Had to update the cooling system and fan. Later got pics of that same car and trailer in Yellowstone National Park. I was pretty young then, we got woke up about 3am because the bears were bouncing up and down on the trailer hitch still connected to the car. In the daytime mom got scared and took a perfect picture of the door panel when a bear come up to her door and put its paws up on the glass. Dad thought for sure that bear scratched the paint but a later check showed nothing. Big black bear pulled his claws in. Dad brought me home from the hospital in that car when I was born. I then took same car to my high school graduation, then later to college graduation. I would trade that car in a second if I could have dad back just for one day.
I recall my Dad pulling up with a new 1967 T-Bird, 390 cu.in. and maroon in color. In this film, I thought that '63 Bonneville was a cool look from behind; the signage by the roads a thing of beauty.
I remember this era. We had a turquoise 1966 Pontiac Bonneville hardtop coupe with AC and a big ol' 421 V8 that era. I was 11 years old and remember stopping at The Sunoco gas station and getting that 100 octane gasoline.. A glass bottle Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola or 7-Up and a pack of peanuts out of the machines. Back then, gas stations didn't have an entire food store. Mostly gasoline, oil, tires, hoses and belts..
What a great blast from the past of a bygone era where people travelled at a leisurely pace, there was no road rage & enjoyed each other's company rather than being permanently transfixed by their phone. Thank-you for taking the time to purchase, digitizing/restoring & uploading this Gem for the rest of the world to enjoy. Loved hearing the "live" version of Sonny & Cher's The Beat Goes On, I always thought it was better than the studio version but then again, I'm weird. Cheers.
Times sure have changed. How come nobody is tailgating and passing on the right at 90mph. Notice the oil stain in the middle of each lane, don't see any more. You can tell the model of every car a mile away.
Yeah Scrappy, old cars had a "road draft" tube, instead of a closed PCV system, so the the pressure was exited through a tube that was pointed towards the road. I remember dad's old '60 Falcon wagon having the old road draft tube on its original 144 6 cylinder engine. Later on, we swapped in a 200 6 cylinder engine from a totalled '66 Mustang, and it had a closed PCV system.
@@daleclontz5421 I remember seeing the blow by smoke coming out of the road draft tube, when idling. Plus all the cork gaskets and leather oil seals that leaked like crazy.
@@daleclontz5421 1966 was when Positive Crankcase Ventilation was installed. That tube came down the front of the engine and dumped out near the oil pan.
@@lvsqcsl I was thinking it was '65, or '66. My dad bought a '78 Dodge Aspen station wagon for $300.00 back in the late '80's. It had a 225 slant 6 engine, and a factory 4 speed transmission, and a posi traction rear differential. It would use a quart of oil about every 800, to 900 miles. Dad decided to tune it up, and seen that the PCV system was closed off. Dad went to auto parts store and got the correct PC valve for it, and it pretty much stopped using oil after that. It would use a quart, maybe between oil changes, with the PCV system working properly.
At first I thought oil leaks, but the cars were new then so the gaskets were still good. Then I thought it must be carbon from the exhaust, I had a 78 lincoln and when it started it would shoot soot onto the ground under the exhaust. I thought it was oil but my dad told me that was normal for carbed cars. This is the first I've heard of the road draft tube, I haven't learned much about stuff from before '65.
This brings back memories of our annual trip to the family farm in the '60's. We always picked the hottest weekend of the year-no AC, sweltering the back seat fighting with my brother! Thanks for the video!
this brings back memories to me. i was 13 in 1968 and remember many of the us hwy's then and being on them while the interstate was under construction.
I was born in 1954 and my mother's family was in Cortland Alabama. Each year for Thanksgiving we would make the trip from Waterford Michigan to Alabama. I can remember before the interstate all the towns we would pass through on our way to visit my mom's side of the family. In 1968, my dad drove his brand new 68 Impala that was a three-speed manual on the tree with overdrive. I can remember how nice and quiet it was compared to the 60 Impala we road down in the previous year. Those were some simple times back then compared to now. Thanks for sharing the video of a much simpler time.
I was 3 in 1968... That's the year of some of my earliest memories. Did you all see how clean the roads were? Not a pothole in sight, road markings were bright and visible. Good job, whoever filmed this.
@@stephenholland5930 - Yeah, how about it? I've seen old photos of the PA Turnpike from the mid-60's with that black oil stripe down the middle of the right lanes, but not so much on the left lanes. Just think how much more slippery the highways would have been during weather events?
I moved to Nashville in 1990 been here ever since. Wow I loved watching this old film, no traffic, old buildings, gas stations and when cars were made well. Nashville was still nice in the 90s but today I would move if I could its become a big city like all the others. Crime, traffic is out of control, over 100 people a day are moving here probably more now. All the old historical buildings and recording studios have been torn down and apartments & condos are everywhere 😢 Thanks for the film makes me wanna go back to 1968. I'm 67 now.
Yeah. I like driving fast. I would have liked it then, but it was a chalenge to keep a car on the road much above 70. Bias ply tires, drum brakes, and no sway bars made the cars tough to handle. I was astonished how slow the traffic moved back then and by the body roll exhibited on the average car. That said, I'd go back and retrofit whatever car I had to handle todays traffic speeds.
Love that stretch on route 11, passing just south of Mocassin Bend at 2:40. I try to do that drive every fall and go up to the top of Lookout Mtn for an amazing view at Point Park. Chattanooga is one of East Tennessee's many gems. 🥰
What a wonderful time to be an American. In 68 I was only 4 but I remember those times as a child well. Today Nashville is all Skyscrapers and tourists and Chattanooga is is all well worn signs from the past sitting along the roadside.
What you notice in all of these old films is the pretty colors on all the cars. Nowadays all the cars are black, white, or silver. It's like someone went into a field of flowers and took all the colors away.
@@percyhawkins716 It's cheap to paint a car black, white, or silver. That's what it's about, it costs money to mix colors and metallics and pearls. The bean counters at the car companies are basically responsible for this.
@@BillySBC That makes sense, thanks. But I have to say I had a 65 Olds 98 that was white with a white ragtop and it was a cool looking car and I now have a 23 Ford Explorer King Ranch that I ordered in Metallic Black that I get compliments on all the time. But I would NEVER buy a gray car, lol.
I have never been on some of those roads, haven’t spent much time in Nashville, but this is an awesome video. Brings back memories of what became classic cars, and the classic cars at that time. The clothing, the laughter, the diners, some of the best music ever written. Great times without all the violence of today. One has to wonder though, we were in the middle of the Vietnam conflict and those folks certainly had it on their minds. Again, great video and thank you sharing.
Back when jackwagons weren’t tailgating and driving 90 miles an hour and endangering families. I was 9 year old and was probably laying in the back window of our Cadillac.
I’ve made this trip from Atlanta to Chattanooga and Nashville dozens of times and it’s something to see the downtown connector so empty and I75 north so new as it was then. I will have to watch it again but I didn’t see a car newer than a 1966 and I really don’t recall that many pre 1960 cars on the highway back in 1968. So this may be off by a year or two but still brings back memories of those times.
Oncoming 68 or 69 Chevy at 3:56. New car models hit the road in the fall back then making a 69 possible. I notice a christmas shopping bag 8:52 appears twice at the "party" as does a calendar marked December.
@@JohnShinn1960 I'm a car girl at heart. Grew up in the 70s around racing , my grandfather own a body shop., etc. my first car was a restored 65 Mustang in 1985. I'm just curious if 50 years from now , people will be looking at old home movies and know exactly what year, make , and model a car is? Hey, there is a 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe or Kia Soul (I picked these two cars because a used they are one the 2024 Ugliest Car List) 😂
@@MemoriesofNashvilleTenneessee I was just pulling your chain, man. Shared this with my parents that were born in the mid 50s and they loved the trip down memory lane. Especially my father who's family had a vacation in 69 to WonderCave
When the American automobile was still the envy of the world. Yes you had European exotics and such but, the sheer number of styles and interiors and colors and quality control for mass production vehicles was unmatched. I don't think any new memories I have can replace the 60's and 70's road trips in our family station wagons. It would be pretty cool to find the family and get the story behind the road trip.
@@percyhawkins716 Even the sound since all new cars are so muffled. I could tell a Ford from a Chevy or Pontiac with my eyes closed back then. Even the starter motors sounded unique.
That's so cool. At first I watched for the cars but my favorite part was at 7:20 when the young one pulled the mans head back while he was eating. He smiled so perfectly! Of course I lit a cigarette while watching.
@@MemoriesofNashvilleTenneessee I will share this too and see if I can help. What a cool video to just be lost. When they filmed this, they wanted it to remain in the family.
You’ll see the sign for Chattanooga and Marietta (Mayretta). That’s where I-75 stopped north of there near Cartersville I believe. It opened up in around ‘74 and then ‘77 in Cartersville. We used to play where the soon to be built Interstate was cleared of trees.
That's because the speed limits were reasonable considering the cars they were driving. It was actually a challenge to keep a car on the road back then. On the newly built interstate highways, the speed limit was typically 70 mph in 1968. 10 states posted 75 mph, Nevada and Montana had none. Back then, though few exceeded them because the cars were not capable. Braking distances were awful and the tires would cause the cars to wander. Radial tires became widespread after 1973 because of the Arab Oil Embargo. Because of radials, disc brakes, rack and pinion steering, and anti-sway bars in all modern cars, drivers are able to pilot a car at much higher speeds with a much better level of safety than back then. That could be the reason that people drive faster than the posted limit today versus then. The speed limits haven't really changed much!
The first two to three minutes are going through Chattanooga and its surrounding area. I grew up there, and live there now. It’s amazing to see. Back when Rossville used to be something worth seeing. lol.
I remember as a kid driving that direction. same roads but opposite direction. We did that trip in about 1971. it was very similar to what you see in that video.....None of this is the same now.
@5:12 The Bob Pearsall Plymouth dealership building and lots at 500 Lafayette, Nashville are still there today along with the V shaped sign and the remains of the poles for the Simca a blue and white used car signs. Pretty cool.
A great big HOWWWDDY and thank u for acquiring, transferring to digital, and dubbing n 60's music. THIS video is priceless......goes right down Memory Lane for me.
It's terrifying to drive a stock 60's Era car in 2024 traffic. I picked up an all origional 1968 Chevy impala for a friend. The previous owner was daily driving the car. I had forgotten what driving was like with no overdrive and high rpms over 65mph. I had forgotten what 4 wheel drum brakes felt like coming to a stop at 60mph. Even cranking up a vehicle with a carburater is different. So driving on 80mph speedlimit highways is unnerving. I drove the impala about 100 miles going 60mph on the interstate and cars and big rigs where flying past me at 90mph. Even driving in the right lane I was slowing down the flow of traffic. That car had been maintained and was completely stock like it came from the factory. It seemed to be comfortable traveling about 60mph - 65mph. I remember as a kid most cars where traveling around those speed in the 1960's. I think there was a lot less road rage back then.
Wonderful, thanks for posting this. Brings back memories of my family vacations, which were also from Atlanta and usually on the old Dixie Highway up towards NE Tennessee where the kin lived. Best times of life, man...
Thanks a lot. In 68 I was being toted around the U. S. in the family Plymouth Valiant. Its exactly as I remember it. Roads were not crowded and we could enjoy the ride.
I miss old Nashville... Before it became los Angeles
I heard Mayors Dean, Barry and Briley say that they wanted to transform Nashville into the next Los Angeles. I'm from the Los Angeles area, and moved to Middle TN when Dean was mayor - and I noticed that it already looked like Los Angeles, which didn't please me at all! 😡
@@JohnAlbertRigali
Yuuuuuup.... Nashville is gone. Pencil neck Freddy put the nail in the coffin.
Looks more like a cross between Bangladesh, Juarez, and Johannesburg to me these days.
@@R3volutionblu3s I agree...
I had no idea there were massive homeless encampments in Nashville
Everything wasn't owned by big chains back then. As far as stores, restaurants and motels. Much better.
tell that to the average worker they got paid like trash
I miss these days. What happened to this country. Thanks for Taking me back to 68.
Well, the whiny crybabies keep taking my reply off.
Just proof that I am right, our country has been taken over by folks who hate America, and our traditions!!!
We have become a "Banana Republic".
😢😢😢
We became a 3rd world nation with criminals like Joe stinking up the WH.
9/11 happened started going down hill after that
@@Doug-mc3dd
Yep, we let foreign industry kill our manufacturing base and industry here was cocky, stubborn and too cheap to upgrade with modern processes.
The steel industry for the most part.
Now were consumers enslaved to a a credit debt system……all tied in to a uni party political system that ACTS like there are two opposing sides but get us to want to kill eachother yet they ALL vote for the same omnibus spendjng bills, and the military industrial complex.
They designed the system to make us complacent and hate eachother while the true enemies are the ones asking for our votes, waving flags and acting like theyre going to do something special for the classes they created.
Theyre ALL on the same team, Trump, Biden, Bush, Obama, Reagan, Carter…..go down the list.
I voted conservative for over 33 years and I I got was less freedom and liberty.
They all suck.
Hard working , joyful, friendly people....long for the old days.
"Hard working", exactly.
I'd go back in a heartbeat.
Anybody else notice the nice absence of semis on the highways!?!? The drive actually looked enjoyable!
I’m from Nashville, now I live further south and even back in the late 90’s I would go out just to take a ride and listen to music with no particular destination, simply for enjoyment. today I won’t even work there if a client isn’t willing to make it well worth the misery that I have to endure from the overwhelming amount of traffic in that place….TIME IS MONEY, AND STRESS AIN’T FUNNY HONEY!
@@angeldesigns1385The last part of your comment could have been written by Jerry Reed! Snowman from Smokey and the Bandit! 🤣
What semis did exist back then usually wore 8 to 14 different state license plates.. They had to have one for every state they operated in.
alot of freight was still moved by rail. just not quickly enough to. please the public
If you don't want semis on the road, stop buying stuff, because everything you buy comes on semis. I drive one. You're welcome.
When Nashville Was Country! I love that burger joint and that old school gas station and Coca-Cola machine.
Florida used to be country too. Now the only good part of Florida left is north of State Road 40 & west of I-75.
Alot of turmoil was happening that year. Vietnam was raging, riots and protests in many cities,but you'd never know it from this home movie. I was 12 at the time and it was a great time to be a kid!😊
Great time to be a kid but I'd hate to be an adult, especially in the draft age.
@muziklvr7776 for sure. It was dropped when I turned 17. Just missed it.whew!!
I was 11 that year.. I was going to similar family events in the same part of the country. Different era. Different world.
The Boomers were throwing tantrums and the military was out of control. A recipe for disaster
The most striking thing to me is the lack of traffic. I am a HS class of '68, and this is how I remember it. An eighteen year old watching this today might be stunned.
I am stunned for that exact reason.
Family having a good time together. God bless them.
These people had no idea that we all would be looking at them in the year 2024 at a place called UA-cam where we would all be longing to be back in this era and lifestyle! Thanks for uploading this......from Tuscumbia Alabama.
I agree 100% I just wish I could find the family.
I've posted the video in 30+ Facebook Tennessee History Groups . Every county from Chattanooga to Clarksville Tennessee. Nothing so far .
The highway footage in Tennessee shows I-24 in East Ridge Broad Street in Chattanooga, going up on the side of Lookout Mountain, on the edge of Raccoon Mountain from Tiftonia to Guild/Haletown, and across he Marion Memorial Bridge over the Tennessee River with a view of the Grand Canyon of Tennessee. It then briefly shows the approach into Jasper. Then, it skips to Nashville. Too bad it didn't show the ascent and descent of Monteagle via US-41, although by 1968, I-24 on the west side of Monteagle was open to US-41 in Manchester. The west side of Monteagle on US-41 is like a 4-mile long carnival ride. Great memories were stirred watching this video. 1968 may have been a rough year for this country and the world, but it was a very happy year for a teenager in love.
We moved from Alabama to Western Ky in 1974, I 24 west of Nashville was still under construction if memory serves me correctly
I still take that carnival ride
I was born and raised in Chattanooga (1972) and it was really interesting for me to see the ridge cut and before 24 was completed all the way through Chattanooga. Recognized Cummings Highway around the foot of the mountain, Highway 41 through Mullins Cove, crossing the narrow bridge across Nickajack, and in Jasper. Really really cool.
@@MrTonyPiscatelle Yes. It was open to Cadiz at one point. Then later the bridge over the Tennessee River at Kentucky Dam was open. It didn't open all the way through Paducah until 1980. I know to go to Opryland we had to take U.S 41 from Hopkinsville and come into Nashville on Trinity Lane.
I thought I recognized some.of this footage being of Chattanooga. 😊
Makes my heart ache. And a tear in my eye. 😥
Same
Pure gold. Wish I could give it 50 thumbs up! So many vintage things to look at.
Man, theres hardly any traffic, awesome. No ones speeding past anyone, theyre all just enjoying the ride! Absolutely love this!❤
Love checking out the '50s cars and the more modern '60s ones. Liked the new-fangled freeway already stained by those dirty road draught tubes.
actually that was a lot of traffic for those days. We did that trip in 71 and it did not look much different than this video. Brings back so many memories. Dad driving and us kids sitting in the back of the station wagon. No radio, No A/C and 8 to 10 hours a day of driving. I dont know how we sat still. All I can say is Stuckys. probably kept us sane.
Yep, Stuckys, Nickerson Farms, so many cool things back then...😊@@Mikefngarage
@@sandramayes8679 what are those stores?
I’m 57 years old. I can remember in the mid 70’s at family gatherings I would be the only child at the table listening to the adults talking amongst themselves. These were depression and WWII generation people and I was CAPTIVATED by their stories at the tender age of 8! These people and many more like them moved about their lives with purpose, constantly on mission! They dressed to the nines. When they spoke people listened. They didn’t take any shit, they rolled over for no one. Everything they did had meaning and was worthy of their time. They were clean, courteous and respectful. Their word was their bond.
As such, I have completely removed myself from the modern human race as I am completely incapable of relating to it or understanding it in any way. Nor do I possess the desire to even try. Modern humanity is not worthy of my precious time. I’m not even sure if most humans could even be considered human anymore. As I watch them out in public, they move about like post-apocalyptic mutants, disheveled and dirty..utterly sloven. Many wearing pajama bottoms that look like they haven’t been washed in a month and reek of stale ass crack and urine dribble. I see faces of blank, thousand yard stares, void of hope…shuffling about aimlessly with no purpose but to exist. Vapid and incapable of thinking for themselves. Incapable of seeing and caring about anyone or anything beyond the tips of their noses. I think that half the world’s population younger than 45 could drop dead right now and I am not sure if I would even notice.
I hate to feel this way because at one time I didn’t but modern humanity has left me little choice. God help us all that are still sane in a world that seems to have completely fallen off a cliff. Thanks for the video and the stark reminder of how beautiful this country and our families once were. 😢
Other than that, how are you doing?
Wow! I'm 53 and you vividly described my memories as a child listening to my grandparents and my grandmother lived to be 110 so I loved listening to her stories as well. Everything they stood for I'm afraid has disappeared with their generation. Oh, us 50 year olds are tough but nothing like our grandparents.
I agree with you, the modern generation isn't worth talking to anymore, it's all just about their animation films, animation stuff, random pornography that they find, lack of interest and respect for classic cars, classic films, classic actors, and the past in general, and so help me god what-ever other crap they come up with.
I'm 65 and I was around 10 when this video was done. Reminds me of our cross country trip from Oklahoma to NYC in my dad's new '68 LeMans. He had just gotten out of the Air Force and had flown rear seat in Vietnam missions.We boarded a ship and went to South Africa (his second wife was from there). I returned to the US in '79 and it was still a 1000% better than today's woke slug world. We were taught discipline and respect for others. We had chores to do and were expected to do well at school.
We have the society we have now because we have collectively turned our backs on God and Christian values.
I hear that! Our family gathered every weekend at our Great Great Grandparents. THere were at points 5 generations of us all playing, hanging out and just enjoying Granny's cooking.
I remember those days. Loved the fact traffic was lite compared to today. I was 20 years old in 68.
I was 12. My parents and I would drive to Seattle every summer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I remember driving before the interstate highway system was completed. It’s faster now, but you see virtually nothing.
...I was 22. ...79 Now and I was just standing here! ...What The Hell Happen?
i was still dead in 68
God that scares, the decline from then to now is immense and i'm 20 now so in the same gap I again I dread to think of what will happen
Unfortunately it’s inevitable. Relax and let it occur. Whatever you do don’t wish your life away. You’ll get there soon enough.
I recognize the highway from Missionary Ridge to downtown Chattanooga and Lookout Mtn. ( I was born in 67 , and we liked in Red Bank, a suburb of Chattanooga ) ...... I still remember a LITTLE bit of the early 70s there ( we moved to upper east Tn in 1972 ) ....... MUCH BETTER TIMES ! Thanks for posting ❤
For my Parent's 50th wedding anniversary, my siblings and I got their big shoebox full of 8mm movies and had them digitally produced onto a DVD. It's incredible what digitalizing does for those old home movies! Those movie years ranged from the early 1950's to the early 70's. we had made copies made for all of us, and I occasionally watch mine. However, as enjoyable as it is, it saddens me to see family members that are no longer here. Including my Dad. It'll be 7 years in July.
That's the hard part about these old pictures is remembering all who have since passed.
My father was a massive piece of crap. When he died 10 years ago, I was relieved to finally be rid of him. Don't be sad that your dad is gone. Be happy that you got the time you did with a good one.
Ah yes, I remember those days well. There were very few Interstate Highways. I will always remember those stops at Stuckey's for a Pecan Log Roll. Wonderful, happy times! Thank you for the great video!
My mom loved the pecan roll as well.👍
I could tell that was atlanta they were leaving. I was 10 in 1968, we lived in atlanta, and drove that route many times, going to visit my grandparents in Chattanooga. I could tell exactly when they entered Chattanooga going by lookout mountain. It brought back so many memories. Times were so much simpler in the 60s and 70s.
This is the Tennessee I grew up in. Loved going to Nashville, Lookout Mountain, the Smokies. Traveling around is more of a hassle now; we've become way overcrowded 😢
Me too. Grew up in the 70's in East Nashville
I was a senior that year 45 miles south of Nashville. Grand Ole Opry was broadcast from the Ryman . Greatest year for the Opry ,
I love 90 miles south of Nashville I was 3 years old in 1968
@@dalonabbott7could just say Athens Alabama
This is sooo cool. The empty roads and the beautiful scenery and cars! Thank you for sharing those simpler times.
My gosh! 1968, I was 8 years old. And I remember my dad loved to go to Nashville, Tn. to the Ryman Auditorium. From the time I was 5 until I was 13, we took this trip. We had a farm in South Alabama just about 25 miles from Gulf Shores.
We would get up about 3am and head out. Mom had the trunk packed with food. We had a big Dodge that looked like a tank with tail fins. And my Dad always took the long way. So we ended up in Cherokee, NC. to see the sites the head across to Chattanooga, Tn. And go through Lookout Mountain. And any new roadside attractions that sprung up.
Dad had money but didn't want to spend much until he hit Nashville, so Dad, mom, me and my sister ate out of the trunk of that car that mam had packed with food. And then Dad would find a church or police station and we slept in that car. But when we reached Nashville usually by Thursday evening. Dad always stayed at the Andrew Jackson Hotel downtown. And we ate at some real nice restaurants. Then Friday and Saturday night we had reserved tickets on the fifth row first 4 seats on the end center stage. And let me tell you. Thoes old church benches got mighty hard. And sometimes the show would go until midnight to 1am. Because every singer and entertainer there had a chance to preform.
God how I miss my dad and thoes days so much. I live in Atlanata, Ga. now.
I went to Nashville one more time since then about 5 years ago. And I couldn't beleave my eyes. The once wonderful downtown Nashville had been turned into a Sodam and Gomorrah! Wall to Wall bars and people acting like they were half crazy in the middle of the streets..The bars was so packed with people you couldn't no way in hell get into one. .
Needless to say I saw enough and came home the next day. The only part of what was to be a 3 day trip was going back to visit the Ryman. And as I walked down to where we used to sit as a child, I just totally lost it. I wept like a baby Both tears of memories and sadness. 😢😢
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful memories. I cried.
I've lived in Nashville 54 years. On the outskirts for the last 20 years. It's so sad what's happened to the city.
I guess it's the next generations turn to make it their home because it no longer belongs to the us old timers.
We don't go down there.
I don’t even go down there anymore, lol. And, I have only lived here since 2005. It has completely changed; just in that amount of time…
imagine sleeping at a police station in your car now you’d be shot or in jail
you made nashville sound so beautiful …
Im in and from chattanooga tn. And love to see things like this so thank you for taking the time and effort to help history keep moving with the times
Glad you enjoyed it
When cars were not made of cheap plastic and fiberglass.
Nonsense: in head on crash test against modern cars these old heavy cars do very poor comparatively in reducing occupants injuries and deaths. Fact ! Those old gas guzzlers fell apart after 60,000 miles. Many cars built today will go over 300,000 before they start falling apart. New cars blow away the gas hogs on mileage
I remember those days well. Worked for Shell Oil. Always stopped at Buddys BBQ in Columbia(still there today 5/24.) Lot's of memories on the "old roads" before interstates.
Traveled those same roads many times as a child in my parents car during this same time period, in the 1960’s, especially on old U.S. 41 going over Lookout Mtn west to Nashville, before I-24 was completed. I was a 7 to 10 year old about like the young man seen, at 8:26 count, drinking the Pepsi Cola, I grew up in Dalton, but my Dad had business in Atlanta and Nashville and we had lots of relatives in the Chattanooga area.
Ironically, I own a 1966 Thunderbird similar to the one in the home movie now. Some things don’t change.
The Good Ole Days!
Keepin the faith as well....still own the 68 Ford Galaxie 500 the family purchased new....the car runs great ...lotsa memories.
The roads were well maintained, everyone is driving patiently, and are well dressed/groomed with not a tattoo, nose ring, or neon colored hair in sight. I love it. Adults were in charge back then.
That boy at 8:24 got to experience the 1980s in his mid 20s or early 30s. I hope he had a great time in the best era before the culture wars finally took their toll in the 1990s onward.
I lived in nashville then what a great city at that time not so much now
Agree . Born and raised in Nashville. Have lived here for 53 years.
Today's Nashville sucks but it's geared toward the younger
Generation. Not middle age folks .
It's like little Las Vegas .
@@MemoriesofNashvilleTenneessee I'm a native too (1967). "The few, the stubborn, the natives" I like to say. Also like to tell tourists and transplants about how Nashville used to be a nice city with a great theme park, and now Nashville *is* the theme park.
@@MemoriesofNashvilleTenneessee
I went there for the country music.
Didn't see hardly anything country, it was all rock.
I love watching old film like this. This was the year before I was born. I know no one in this film/video, but I still feel oddly sentimental watching it. I wish more people would digitize. Someone should start a non-profit that will digitize old film like this for free, with the condition that it is publicly shared and preserved. We need to preserve what this country used to look like--the urban areas, the products we used to use, hair styles, clothes, etc. etc. Film like this needs to be preserved!!!!!!
I feel the exact same way. I was born in 1970. ❤️
Agree 💯 from a fellow 1969er.
agreed. i was born in 1955. i would have been 13 in 1968. i remember many of the old us highways that ran beside the interstate hwys that were under construction then. many of the mom-and-pop businesses then that shut down when the new stretches of the interstate were completed.nice film you trans fered to digital.sad you can't find the families in this video. maybe someone will see this yt video and identify it and maybe get it on a dvr disc from you. when time permits, i do like to drive the old us hwys that i remembered.
Agreed 70 Gen Xer here
It started in Atlanta in the 6 lane highway where I-75 and I-85 are combined. I commuted through there in the 7th grade as it was expanded to 16 lanes.
Some of the roads on lookout mountain look the same.
In Nashville, I recognized the car dealer and a few of the buildings on Broudway.
Wow. What memories. We took a similar trip from Wisconsin through Kentucky, Knoxville and Nashville, Chattanooga and down to Atlanta in Dad’s ‘67 Bonneville wagon
We lived near Milwaukee and drove to Marietta, Georgia one summer. We visited Rock City with my 77 year old grandmother. She was a tough old lady and walked all the way through Rock City.
Wow look at all that traffic
Thanks for posting this! It appears to be. Christmas time in ‘68 I would have been 10 months old. Living in Knoxville it’s sooo nice to see these old home movies of the little towns around Chattanooga that one would have to pass through from Atlanta to Nashville along the Tennessee river before i24 was completed. My father has 60 years worth of 8mm home movies that he’s put on DVD. It’s so nice and comforting to go and watch them. My parents are in there early 80s and we do a considerable amount of reflecting when we’re all together. Nothing brings family together for reflection like old pictures and old home movies 😊❤️
I agree❤️
I love seeing the rack of oil cans at the gas station….it brings back memories of the good old days. I still have my oil can opener in my toolbox and just can’t let it go even though it probably will never be used again.
As someone who's family is native to nashville for generations it's wild that most of the people I work for are all from out of state now. So many people are desperate to move here
I'm one of those. I'm hoping that my fellow migrants to TN follow my example and don't bring leftism with them.
I'm with you. As of today, 6 generations have lived in and around Nashville. It started in the 40's with my Grandparents when they moved to East Nashville from Portland TN. I grew up on East Nashville 70's and 80's. Some of the Aunts and Uncles still live in East but most of us have slowly moved north toward Goodlettsville, Ridgetop, and Hendersonville. We refuse to go downtown now. It's not our home anymore .
I wouldn't know one person in this world would buy a home footage, or road trip or any other time capsule and have it restored back to its Glory! Above all "remastered" to colorize, and try to give it back to the rightfully owners... What a wonderful world this would be if everyone was as good-hearted as you my friend" 👍... I'm hoping this road trip finds its way! back to its rightful owners... GOD BLESS YOU!..
Thank you so much for the kind words❤️. I've witnessed the joy (sometimes sadness) it brings to people when they see old lost home footage of their youth, family and friends. I do it for my own selfish reasons though. Every time it happens it warms my heart and makes it grow bigger. It is a priceless feeling.
People nowadays are nolonger in awe of the "drive." With their heads in their phones today,most drivers have forgotten what side of town they are in.
Still don't understand why nobody these days just DRIVES instead of texting/calls/etc !
Just drive and enjoy it
❤ here from East Tennessee
I lived in Nashville during this time. Was 4 years old at the time. Lived about a mile or two from the Airport. I even remember Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken !
Thank you for keeping the aspect ratio correct, and not cropping in on the footage.
It is presented exactly as it was recorded.
Thank you!!! Old Films look odd when the correct ratio is not used. At least in my opinion 😊.
Great clip, thanks for posting it! I grew up in Nashville during this era and the scene from downtown Nashville near SEARs brought back some memories. For those wondering why they took Hwy 41 from Chattanooga to Nashville, it's because in '68 I-24 between Nashville and Chattanooga was not completely finished yet. IIRC, that stretch of I-24 wasn't complete until 1970 or so.
I moved to Chattanooga in 1972. I 24 was not open into Chatt from Nashville when this film was made. Traffic came into town on Hwy 41 along the Tennesse river from Jasper Tn then at the base of Lookout Mountain. I remember the Big Rock Courts where there was a big gun battle in the 70's. That was Johnny Cash walking 0n the side of the road after he saw the Chattanooga City Limits sign. Great Video.
you are correct that the car went down S. Broad St in Chattanooga before I24 opened in what I believe was 1966. Therefore stating that the footage was from 1968 is incorrect.
Interesting that you mentioned Jasper. Someone was trying to talk or talk about moving there but both of us are too old to making any major changes to our life. Im sure it beautiful.
The calendar on the wall at 8:40 is from December 1968, not 1966.
@chrisrockwood9296 correct, that's why the title of the video says 1968 😄
I would gladly pitch in gas money for a ride to that family gathering in 1968.
@ 5:40 1966 thunderbird getting a drink of some 100 octane Super Shell gasoline ⛽
Probably has the new for 66 .. 345 HP 428 option we have this engine in our 1966
Convertible Thunderbird ... awesome video thanks for posting this keep them coming 😊👍
Thomas Midgley added lead to gasoline, knowingly poisoning the entire planet. The story of corporate collusion is a clear indictment of how evil capitalism is.
Yeah, Dad had the 421 in the Bonneville. He was always looking for 102 octane (Mobil, Sunoco) to avoid the ping, especially if we had the boat in tow.
The Q engine code option.
I still have dads 1968 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight red convertible. His first new car, with the 365hp 455. Nearly 22ft long. He pulled a 24ft Nomad travel trailer with that car for its first 5 years of life. Overheated in the Smoky Mountains on its first trailer towing trip. Had to update the cooling system and fan. Later got pics of that same car and trailer in Yellowstone National Park. I was pretty young then, we got woke up about 3am because the bears were bouncing up and down on the trailer hitch still connected to the car. In the daytime mom got scared and took a perfect picture of the door panel when a bear come up to her door and put its paws up on the glass. Dad thought for sure that bear scratched the paint but a later check showed nothing. Big black bear pulled his claws in. Dad brought me home from the hospital in that car when I was born. I then took same car to my high school graduation, then later to college graduation. I would trade that car in a second if I could have dad back just for one day.
1964 Thunderbird.
Everyone commenting about how much its changed
(which it TOTALLY has)
but i was actually impressed how much i could still recognize! Great video
I recall my Dad pulling up with a new 1967 T-Bird, 390 cu.in. and maroon in color. In this film, I thought that '63 Bonneville was a cool look from behind; the signage by the roads a thing of beauty.
That looks like a '64 Bonneville.
There was a 1964 Bonnie, and a 1965 Bonnie in front of it.
@@MarinCipollina Looked like a '62 Pontiac the police were driving.
@@lvsqcsl A '62 Catalina, I imagine.. I caught that as well.
@@MarinCipollina Looks like a 1960 Bonneville/Catalina/Star Chief at 3:00 on the right next to the Plymouth Wagon.
I remember this era. We had a turquoise 1966 Pontiac Bonneville hardtop coupe with AC and a big ol' 421 V8 that era. I was 11 years old and remember stopping at The Sunoco gas station and getting that 100 octane gasoline.. A glass bottle Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola or 7-Up and a pack of peanuts out of the machines. Back then, gas stations didn't have an entire food store. Mostly gasoline, oil, tires, hoses and belts..
The 421 must have been a tri-power. Nice car, nice memory.
What a great blast from the past of a bygone era where people travelled at a leisurely pace, there was no road rage & enjoyed each other's company rather than being permanently transfixed by their phone. Thank-you for taking the time to purchase, digitizing/restoring & uploading this Gem for the rest of the world to enjoy. Loved hearing the "live" version of Sonny & Cher's The Beat Goes On, I always thought it was better than the studio version but then again, I'm weird. Cheers.
Times sure have changed. How come nobody is tailgating and passing on the right at 90mph. Notice the oil stain in the middle of each lane, don't see any more. You can tell the model of every car a mile away.
Yeah Scrappy, old cars had a "road draft" tube, instead of a closed PCV system, so the the pressure was exited through a tube that was pointed towards the road.
I remember dad's old '60 Falcon wagon having the old road draft tube on its original 144 6 cylinder engine.
Later on, we swapped in a 200 6 cylinder engine from a totalled '66 Mustang, and it had a closed PCV system.
@@daleclontz5421 I remember seeing the blow by smoke coming out of the road draft tube, when idling. Plus all the cork gaskets and leather oil seals that leaked like crazy.
@@daleclontz5421 1966 was when Positive Crankcase Ventilation was installed. That tube came down the front of the engine and dumped out near the oil pan.
@@lvsqcsl
I was thinking it was '65, or '66.
My dad bought a '78 Dodge Aspen station wagon for $300.00 back in the late '80's.
It had a 225 slant 6 engine, and a factory 4 speed transmission, and a posi traction rear differential.
It would use a quart of oil about every 800, to 900 miles.
Dad decided to tune it up, and seen that the PCV system was closed off.
Dad went to auto parts store and got the correct PC valve for it, and it pretty much stopped using oil after that.
It would use a quart, maybe between oil changes, with the PCV system working properly.
At first I thought oil leaks, but the cars were new then so the gaskets were still good. Then I thought it must be carbon from the exhaust, I had a 78 lincoln and when it started it would shoot soot onto the ground under the exhaust. I thought it was oil but my dad told me that was normal for carbed cars. This is the first I've heard of the road draft tube, I haven't learned much about stuff from before '65.
The future looked bright in 1968.
Love the cars and the music. Recognized a few spots but I've only been in the Nashville area since 2006. A lot has changed since 1968.
Great times back then, everyone drove classic cars. 😉👍😎
They were just "cars".
@@kellydoyle7833 they “were” just cars, now they’re “classic cars.” 😉😂
@@kentuckytim4443 now they are overpriced, overrated classics.
This brings back memories of our annual trip to the family farm in the '60's. We always picked the hottest weekend of the year-no AC, sweltering the back seat fighting with my brother! Thanks for the video!
this brings back memories to me. i was 13 in 1968 and remember many of the us hwy's then and being on them while the interstate was under construction.
I was born in 1954 and my mother's family was in Cortland Alabama. Each year for Thanksgiving we would make the trip from Waterford Michigan to Alabama. I can remember before the interstate all the towns we would pass through on our way to visit my mom's side of the family. In 1968, my dad drove his brand new 68 Impala that was a three-speed manual on the tree with overdrive. I can remember how nice and quiet it was compared to the 60 Impala we road down in the previous year. Those were some simple times back then compared to now. Thanks for sharing the video of a much simpler time.
Thank you for sharing a wonderful memory ❤️
Chris Stapleton song Nashville TN would be perfect soundtrack. Goodbye Nashville...
Back when folks knew their place better times we need to bring them back
What a cool video and a great find! I'm amazed at the lack of traffic. How I wish that I could go back in time and visit those used car lots!
You and me both!
I was 3 in 1968... That's the year of some of my earliest memories. Did you all see how clean the roads were? Not a pothole in sight, road markings were bright and visible. Good job, whoever filmed this.
All of the money wasn't going to the Ukraine back then and people actually cared about where they lived.
They didn't have the road salt down south destroying the highways. Like here in PA.
Don't forget all the oil staining from the road draught tubes fitted to engines before the introduction of PCVs.
@@stephenholland5930 - Yeah, how about it? I've seen old photos of the PA Turnpike from the mid-60's with that black oil stripe down the middle of the right lanes, but not so much on the left lanes. Just think how much more slippery the highways would have been during weather events?
@@michaelnazaruk4100 Rain. The word you are looking fir is rain.
I moved to Nashville in 1990 been here ever since. Wow I loved watching this old film, no traffic, old buildings, gas stations and when cars were made well.
Nashville was still nice in the 90s but today I would move if I could its become a big city like all the others.
Crime, traffic is out of control, over 100 people a day are moving here probably more now.
All the old historical buildings and recording studios have been torn down and apartments & condos are everywhere 😢
Thanks for the film makes me wanna go back to 1968.
I'm 67 now.
Back when you could drive on a road without being pushed because your only going 70.
Yeah. I like driving fast. I would have liked it then, but it was a chalenge to keep a car on the road much above 70. Bias ply tires, drum brakes, and no sway bars made the cars tough to handle. I was astonished how slow the traffic moved back then and by the body roll exhibited on the average car. That said, I'd go back and retrofit whatever car I had to handle todays traffic speeds.
The only thing missing was thick haze of cigarette smoke! Great video, thanks for bringing me back to a simpler time.
...and unburned leaded gasoline.....ahhh the aroma! 😅
I swear second hand cigarette smoke wasn’t as nasty as it is now and the smell of leaded gas at the pump was so awesome.
@@herrfinke1 I remember it. I want it back.
@@Wookinpanub235 That's because they didn't dump as many chemicals. It started getting bad in teh 1970s.
Very cool glad someone had the insight to do something like this. Who knew things would be so different a few years later.
Love seeing these old home movies!
It is absolutely fascinating to see these roads (Especially Chattanooga) that I grew up driving down, from 56 years ago... WOW!!!
Pass the buscuits and the ash tray paw! Love it! I was 4 in '68 growing up in Memphis (Frayser)!
Ain't that the truth. I grew up in Nashville. We started smoking when we were five. 😂
Cool story at the end. Somebody has to recognize those folks…
I havent found them yet. I've posted this video in a lot.of Facebook grpups but no luck so far
I would like to go back to era looks fun
This reminds me of our twice yearly trips from Durham NC to Ashland KY.
First thing I see is hardly any cars on the road. Man what is give to drive on roads where there were hardly and other vehicles. Dream on ‼️
Born raised in Nashville Tennessee Westside love it thanks for the memories
Love that stretch on route 11, passing just south of Mocassin Bend at 2:40. I try to do that drive every fall and go up to the top of Lookout Mtn for an amazing view at Point Park. Chattanooga is one of East Tennessee's many gems. 🥰
I agree, Chattanooga is one of East Tennessee‘s gems. I might be a little biased, I was born and raised here
What a wonderful time to be an American. In 68 I was only 4 but I remember those times as a child well. Today Nashville is all Skyscrapers and tourists and Chattanooga is is all well worn signs from the past sitting along the roadside.
Best of American cars
What you notice in all of these old films is the pretty colors on all the cars. Nowadays all the cars are black, white, or silver. It's like someone went into a field of flowers and took all the colors away.
Agree 💯
You're so right. This was also before Chrysler's wonderful high impact colours from 1970.
I would say more gray cars than silver.
And I don't understand why someone would want a gray car.
It used to be used for porch and exterior floors.
@@percyhawkins716 It's cheap to paint a car black, white, or silver. That's what it's about, it costs money to mix colors and metallics and pearls. The bean counters at the car companies are basically responsible for this.
@@BillySBC
That makes sense, thanks. But I have to say I had a 65 Olds 98 that was white with a white ragtop and it was a cool looking car and I now have a 23 Ford Explorer King Ranch that I ordered in Metallic Black that I get compliments on all the time. But I would NEVER buy a gray car, lol.
I have never been on some of those roads, haven’t spent much time in Nashville, but this is an awesome video. Brings back memories of what became classic cars, and the classic cars at that time. The clothing, the laughter, the diners, some of the best music ever written. Great times without all the violence of today. One has to wonder though, we were in the middle of the Vietnam conflict and those folks certainly had it on their minds. Again, great video and thank you sharing.
Back when jackwagons weren’t tailgating and driving 90 miles an hour and endangering families. I was 9 year old and was probably laying in the back window of our Cadillac.
That's posh! 😉
I’ve made this trip from Atlanta to Chattanooga and Nashville dozens of times and it’s something to see the downtown connector so empty and I75 north so new as it was then. I will have to watch it again but I didn’t see a car newer than a 1966 and I really don’t recall that many pre 1960 cars on the highway back in 1968. So this may be off by a year or two but still brings back memories of those times.
you are correct.
There is an oncoming 67 Impala at 4:11
@@MemoriesofNashvilleTenneessee Thanks.
Oncoming 68 or 69 Chevy at 3:56. New car models hit the road in the fall back then making a 69 possible. I notice a christmas shopping bag 8:52 appears twice at the "party" as does a calendar marked December.
@@JohnShinn1960 I'm a car girl at heart. Grew up in the 70s around racing , my grandfather own a body shop., etc. my first car was a restored 65 Mustang in 1985.
I'm just curious if 50 years from now , people will be looking at old home movies and know exactly what year, make , and model a car is? Hey, there is a 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe or Kia Soul (I picked these two cars because a used they are one the 2024 Ugliest Car List) 😂
Damn. For such old footage they captured the sound of the radio perfectly. Shocking really, if you think about it
I added that music 😀 the film was silent
@@MemoriesofNashvilleTenneessee I was just pulling your chain, man. Shared this with my parents that were born in the mid 50s and they loved the trip down memory lane. Especially my father who's family had a vacation in 69 to WonderCave
When the American automobile was still the envy of the world. Yes you had European exotics and such but, the sheer number of styles and interiors and colors and quality control for mass production vehicles was unmatched. I don't think any new memories I have can replace the 60's and 70's road trips in our family station wagons. It would be pretty cool to find the family and get the story behind the road trip.
Yep, I can identify most cars from the 50's and 60's.
Now they all look the same basically.
@@percyhawkins716 Even the sound since all new cars are so muffled. I could tell a Ford from a Chevy or Pontiac with my eyes closed back then. Even the starter motors sounded unique.
That's so cool. At first I watched for the cars but my favorite part was at 7:20 when the young one pulled the mans head back while he was eating. He smiled so perfectly! Of course I lit a cigarette while watching.
Thats absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing this with us. I hope you find someone whod truly value this as family history.
I've posted this in every local Facebook group in around Nashville. No luck so far. I do wish we
Could find them.
@@MemoriesofNashvilleTenneessee I will share this too and see if I can help. What a cool video to just be lost. When they filmed this, they wanted it to remain in the family.
You’ll see the sign for Chattanooga and Marietta (Mayretta). That’s where I-75 stopped north of there near Cartersville I believe. It opened up in around ‘74 and then ‘77 in Cartersville. We used to play where the soon to be built Interstate was cleared of trees.
Thank you as I always talk about a more civil time on the road, when people would drive the speed limits
That's because the speed limits were reasonable considering the cars they were driving. It was actually a challenge to keep a car on the road back then. On the newly built interstate highways, the speed limit was typically 70 mph in 1968. 10 states posted 75 mph, Nevada and Montana had none. Back then, though few exceeded them because the cars were not capable. Braking distances were awful and the tires would cause the cars to wander. Radial tires became widespread after 1973 because of the Arab Oil Embargo. Because of radials, disc brakes, rack and pinion steering, and anti-sway bars in all modern cars, drivers are able to pilot a car at much higher speeds with a much better level of safety than back then. That could be the reason that people drive faster than the posted limit today versus then. The speed limits haven't really changed much!
Fantastic footage/music!!
The first two to three minutes are going through Chattanooga and its surrounding area. I grew up there, and live there now. It’s amazing to see. Back when Rossville used to be something worth seeing. lol.
Honestly shocking how well maintained the roads are. I drive this stretch pretty regular and it's like a washboard in parts
Man this takes me back! I was born in 1962 and grew up during this era, great film!!! Thank you! BTW, I'm form northern Nashville area.
I grew up in East Nashville 70's / 80's. ❤️
Back when it was safe on the interstate
Not really, but who cares! It was fun back then and I would return in a heartbeat.
Couldn’t help but notice lack of traffic!
I remember as a kid driving that direction. same roads but opposite direction. We did that trip in about 1971. it was very similar to what you see in that video.....None of this is the same now.
@5:12 The Bob Pearsall Plymouth dealership building and lots at 500 Lafayette, Nashville are still there today along with the V shaped sign and the remains of the poles for the Simca a blue and white used car signs. Pretty cool.
I see the Sears store as well. That was the best Sears. The building is still there.
A great big HOWWWDDY and thank u for acquiring, transferring to digital, and dubbing n 60's music. THIS video is priceless......goes right down Memory Lane for me.
It's terrifying to drive a stock 60's Era car in 2024 traffic. I picked up an all origional 1968 Chevy impala for a friend. The previous owner was daily driving the car. I had forgotten what driving was like with no overdrive and high rpms over 65mph. I had forgotten what 4 wheel drum brakes felt like coming to a stop at 60mph. Even cranking up a vehicle with a carburater is different. So driving on 80mph speedlimit highways is unnerving. I drove the impala about 100 miles going 60mph on the interstate and cars and big rigs where flying past me at 90mph. Even driving in the right lane I was slowing down the flow of traffic. That car had been maintained and was completely stock like it came from the factory. It seemed to be comfortable traveling about 60mph - 65mph. I remember as a kid most cars where traveling around those speed in the 1960's. I think there was a lot less road rage back then.
Wonderful, thanks for posting this. Brings back memories of my family vacations, which were also from Atlanta and usually on the old Dixie Highway up towards NE Tennessee where the kin lived.
Best times of life, man...
Amazing how Atlanta looks almost exactly the same today.
I instantly recognized where it was.
cool video . i was 4 years old in 1968 . i remember these scenes and old cars
Thanks a lot. In 68 I was being toted around the U. S. in the family Plymouth Valiant.
Its exactly as I remember it. Roads were not crowded and we could enjoy the ride.
Same car my mom bought new in ‘68 ❗️ 170 cube six 👍
@@mrdiplomat9018 Ours was the bargain basement used 1965 with the 3 on the tree. Those slant 6's have such a familiar sound
that no-one can forget
@@OdySlim Particularly the starter.
@@muziklvr7776 Ha! Your so right