Back in the day

[Car Nut]

 

[Car Nut]

 

[Budnicks]

 

[chargervert]

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I love those Krates. I got a couple of the replicas as well as a few original Stingrays that I have converted to Krates. The originals bring big bucks these days!

 

[mmissile]

I had a 68 Orange-Krate, as a kid. They had no front fender.

 

[chargervert]

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My wife said they had the Chrysler driving simulators in her high school. She remembers using them.

 

[Budnicks]

My wife said they had the Chrysler driving simulators in her high school. She remembers using them.

I used them back in 1974-75-ish too

 

[chargervert]

I used them back in 1974-75-ish too

She graduated in 73.

 

[Dreamcatcher]

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I was 13 in 69 . Man all this is hard on my heart. I wanna take Sherman & Mr. Pea Bodies way back machine back then and just stay.

 

[Dreamcatcher]

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Yeah talk about a U-turn.

 

[Mike67]

Some things from my childhood.....I loved race tracks and grandma would always have a Sears mail order catalog that I would sit and drool over, carfully Mark pages just in case someone needed an idea....never got the $49 Tyco but had a bunch of others...

 

[Budnicks]

Awe yes the Coveted Red Barron Hot Wheels

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I had a ton of different slot cars too from
HO 1/64 {?} up-to 1/16th {?} scale,
use to go to a track called Busy Bee's in Concord Ca.,
killer track in about a 10,000 sqft hobby shop most of it was all track,
drag-strip & closed circuit too...
Ironically it was next to Service Center Speed Shop...
That was my 1st real intro into racing...
I had the big box carry cabinet
I carried with all my slot cars, bodies, spares & parts etc.
My step dad Bob a longtime drag racers,
would help me build & braze/rod style frames for killer tube cars
kicked some *** back in the day !!

great memories

 

[Darthomas]

There was an electronics instructor of mine..had a Lear jet, avionics master, put an aviation pinger in his 67 fastback Mustang, always left the window down and keys in the ignition.
Bragged in lectures about how quickly his car got recovered after theft.
He drove past Lo-Jac every day..
Guess what the commercial version of this technology got named?

 

[khryslerkid]

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Where's the carousels with the balloons?

The one that my mom and I use to go to for lunch, had carousels on the counter with balloons. In each balloon there was a little piece of paper that had a type of ice cream written on it. It was a great day when you got the one with the banana split!

 

[Mike67]

I remember these on all the counters at the Woolworths along with the old soda fountains... I think either Poly or Kiwi said they have Woolworths in the southern hemisphere...

 

[mmissile]

Too many of these things make me sad about the current world we live in. I'm so glad to have grown-up in the 60-70's.

 

[Car Nut]

Some things from my childhood.....I loved race tracks and grandma would always have a Sears mail order catalog that I would sit and drool over, carfully Mark pages just in case someone needed an idea....never got the $49 Tyco but had a bunch of others...

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Damn after seeing this I really miss my Hotwheels! Oh wait I still have them. I needed this!

 

[Car Nut]

 

[polywideblock]

 

[Car Nut]

Heck a mile, I walked two miles up hill both ways in a foot of snow!