Pics from Back in the Day

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[Coelacanth]

Back in the day, it sure seemed a lot of guys were going for the 4 x 4 look...ugh.

 

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[Photon440]

Back in the day, it sure seemed a lot of guys were going for the 4 x 4 look...ugh.

Back then, it was known as the Gasser look.

 

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[Fran Blacker]

Back then, it was known as the Gasser look.

Never heard of Gasser look, but it fits. One thing I hated then and now is the rear tires out past rear quarters. Looks like poor planing.

 

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[Richard Davis]

Never heard of Gasser look, but it fits. One thing I hated then and now is the rear tires out past rear quarters. Looks like poor planing.

Back in the day many of us couldn't afford to plan. You didn't just go to the local tire store and order wheels with custom offset or back spacing. You bought what was on sale, if you could afford new. We were lucky if we had the money for 4 new wheels. I always had to buy used. Many of my friends would just buy two wheels at a time. The rich kids could afford hijackers in back while people like me had to settle for the springs that clamped over the shock. The only custom touch I could afford was the STP sticker in the window, which I got free from the discount store.

 

[68BabyBlue]

Back in the day many of us couldn't afford to plan. You didn't just go to the local tire store and order wheels with custom offset or back spacing. You bought what was on sale, if you could afford new. We were lucky if we had the money for 4 new wheels. I always had to buy used. Many of my friends would just buy two wheels at a time. The rich kids could afford hijackers in back while people like me had to settle for the springs that clamped over the shock. The only custom touch I could afford was the STP sticker in the window, which I got free from the discount store.

I’ve posted earlier about the irony that my namesake “Baby Blue” became a pricey unmodified original car because my buddy Bob, who sold me the car in 1983, couldn’t spare the cash for modifications. In 1986, I coughed up $375 for Magnum 500 wheels, and it really stretched my budget.

 

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[71RRHI]

I don't know where you keep finding these pics. But keep them comming. I love them!

 

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My uncle, in 1963.

 

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A place my dad worked at.

 

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