Need help from those who survived the 70s

[Car Nut]

Don't forget the cup holder sitting next to you in a mini skirt and tank top!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Holy cow Budnicks!
You were "Living the dream"!
I grew up in Rhode Island "Hating" the lucky kids growing up in the Golden State!
Surfing all year long, NO harsh winters, Chicks!
Beach Boys, Mamas & the Papas, the Doors, Steppenwolf, Eagles...on and on and on and on...
Oh, did I mention sunshine and great weather?
Yes, I was a jealous guy!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Don't forget the cup holder in the mini skirt!
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uh, I'm getting old and forgetful car Nut, help me please?
Where is the Cup holder?

 

[Daves69]

DC stickers, SW Tach and gauges, se

t of Cragars...............

 

[Car Nut]

uh, I'm getting old and forgetful car Nut, help me please?
Where is the Cup holder?

Sitting next to you in the mini skirt and tank top!

 

[polywideblock]

here you go

 

[oldbee]

Carnut&ski yes the 5-fingered things at the end of her arms!!!!!!!! Still have photochromatic "Dodge" on front fenders above the front wheels!!! Oh, only need another 48 pages or so to beat the "like aircraft thread!!

 

[oldbee]

My first set of slicks I swear were bought from J.C.Penny company. That's what I remember anyway.

 

[Car Nut]

Mud flaps?

 

[oldbee]

NOT on a Superbee!!!!!!!!!Never,never.

 

[WileE]

In the early 70s NO muscle car was bone stock. Most common mods:

• Some type of mag or chrome wheels and wider tires, usually too big to clear so the suspension was screwed up with air shocks, long shackles and cranked up torsion bars.
• Stereo / 8 track / CB - amazing any car survived with an uncut dash, door panels or package shelf.
• Add-on tach and gauges, usually chrome and often strapped to the steering column with a big hose clamp.
• Speed equipment stickers on the windows or under the hood, not always reflecting actual equipment on the car.
• Aftermarket glass pack mufflers like Thrush, Cherry Bomb, etc spliced into the stock pipes. The fiberglass blew out real fast so they were crazy loud, then they rusted out quickly and got even louder!
• Floor shift conversions for any car with a column shift.
• Chrome dress-up stuff under the hood: air cleaner, valve covers, master cylinder cover, nut covers, wire looms, dipstick handles. Most was cheap crap that started to rust immediately.

The cheap visual stuff was usually first before any mechanical mods because most of us were nearly broke!

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Absolutely ! You wouldn't be caught dead with stock wheels & hub caps. I've actually done my current car to reflect what I drove in the early 70's, with most of the cue's mentioned in these posts. Even down to the "anti-theft" door lock buttons (to thwart the coat-hangar thieves).

 

[toolmanmike]

I never had one of these but I thought they were cool. Step on the brakes and his arms raised and the bulbs in his palms would light up. Turn signals too! Mons-turn

 

[eldubb440]

im 51, and didn't drive till the 80s...... you guys are ancient!

and for what it's worth; in the 80s we rolled with a Pioneer Super Tuner w cassette and a pair of Jensen Tri-Axels

 

[Darthomas]

Don't forget the cup holder sitting next to you in a mini skirt and tank top!
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I used to enjoy pulling the under dash ventilator knob on the passenger side in my 66 while driving a girl. The quick blast of wind was always a fun way to get her skirt up. But she looks like she would already have a fine breeze without lifting anything.

 

[dual fours]

My first set of slicks I swear were bought from J.C.Penny company. That's what I remember anyway.

Probably so. J C Penneys Hi Performance shop.

 

[toolmanmike]

Probably so. J C Penneys Hi Performance shop.
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I worked at Penny's Auto Center in the mid 70's. Man we installed a lot of wheels and tires.

 

[polywideblock]

don't forget pos-a-traction torque twister tyres to go with your cragar ss wheels

 

[Darthomas]

Numerous 66 and 67 Belvederes in junkyards in the 70s wore beer bottle caps on all the knobs.

 

[Car Nut]

Must have curb finders.

 

[Darthomas]

Wish I could get some Day-Glow orange foam antenna balls these days. Not Union 76, but something like WAMD, or any local radio I might care to endorse.