Need help from those who survived the 70s

[Darthomas]

Must have curb finders.

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This was about like the 440 superbird I got a ride in about in 1975.
Ragged looking but rips your lips off...

 

[Car Nut]

***, Gas or Grass, nobody rides for free sticker.

 

[Darthomas]

Must have curb finders.

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I like the way it winks, and the color scheme.

 

[polywideblock]

***, Gas or Grass, nobody rides for free sticker.

with "the tank is full and there's a bag in the glove box "scribbled under it

 

[Car Nut]

What about this sign, where you can displayed at car shows, I remember those days!

 

[polywideblock]

what about "odds " and "evens" days at the gas station

 

[The Rebel]

Great thread! I was born in 69 so I only remember a few things from the 70's. In 87 when I got my licence I had an 80 Ford Fairmont that I put a Radio Shack CB in, remember echo box's!

Put in a Realistic Cassette player with Jensen 6x9 Tri-Ax Speakers, loved blasting Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Dokken...etc...

 

[jprather]

this is STILL in my 72, works great!

 

[TxDon]

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

JCPenney sold speed equipment in their auto centers and a whole lot of car stuff in their "Big Book" catalogs. so did Sears and Montgomery Ward.

 

[Budnicks]

So did JC Wittney sell "performance parts" ,
albeit I never bought anything from them...
way back when,
I went to Service Center our local speed shop in Concord,
Tri-Valley Machine In Pacheco or Baily Bros. in Napa for machine work
or Super Shops in Vallejo for bolt on stuff
or Monument Auto Supply {I worked at part time}
or Vic Hubbards in Hayward for my fuel, oil & plug sponsor,
Parnelli Jones Good Year in San Leandro for my Slicks,
I'd sit down with the man himself & order them...
Uncle Joe Pisano's, Venolia or Childs & Albert for pistons rings & rods & bearings
Ed Pink or Keith Black or Paul Phaff or Mert Littlefield etc.
or any of the other "Long Beach Gang" when I needed the serious stuff...
Those were great road trips back then, going to buy or get race parts ...

A ton of mail/phone order places too, not point & click like we have today...

 

[mmissile]

Yeah, we had all the door-car guys in Motown. Not too many fuel people....except Kallita, Muldowney, LaHaie, Ramchargers.....etc. Most of our stuff was S/S, Pro-stock, comp.

 

[oldbee]

20minutes from mom&leads house to Arlen Vanke's shop in west side of Akron.

 

[Daves69]

So did JC Wittney sell "performance parts" ,
albeit I never bought anything from them...
way back when,
............................

Lol, Warshawsky "Everything Automotive" catalogs came like credit card offers do today. Had a relative working there for a long time.
A page from the past...........
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I did buy these fans there way back............

 

[khryslerkid]

Cassette players were available in the early 70s. Became more affordable in the mid 70s.
I couldn't wait to save up enough to buy one to replace that pos eight track!

 

[WileE]

So did JC Wittney sell "performance parts" ,

A ton of mail/phone order places too, not point & click like we have today...

I used to delve through the JC Whitney catalog at night in my youth going through the pages of performance parts while I had my cookies & milk (that's the truth) wondering what a 3/4 grind cam was... had to settle "hopping up" my Aurora t-jet cars. Mail/phone ? how about Gratiot, Honest Charley, S/K, etc.

 

[BBishere2]

Yea I was thinking about putting a shifter on mine but I was worried that it would hurt the transmission without having a manual valve body on it.

TransGo claimed that the shift kit eliminated slip and would make the transmission last longer. It was cool - it would chirp the tires when it shifted with your foot off the gas.

 

[Daves69]

Cassette players were available in the early 70s. .........

This factory player was in a '71 Challenger I had. I never did use it before trading the car.

 

[TxDon]

I used to delve through the JC Whitney catalog at night in my youth going through the pages of performance parts while I had my cookies & milk (that's the truth) wondering what a 3/4 grind cam was... had to settle "hopping up" my Aurora t-jet cars. Mail/phone ? how about Gratiot, Honest Charley, S/K, etc.

Warshawsky and JC Whitney were the same company. They both had catalogs that were almost identical but Warshawsky had an actual store in downtown Chicago, I picked up heavy catalog orders there to save on shipping. JC Whitney was only catalog. My all time favorite was Gratiot Automotive. I was building a Ford Galaxie in 1970 and bought an FE dual quad setup, top loader 4-speed, and 9-inch 4.11 posi pumpkin from them, all brand new and dirt cheap. I always figured they knew where an unlocked door was at the FoMoCo warehouse...

 

[Ranger16]

Warshawsky and JC Whitney where the Harbor Freight of the aftermarket auto parts industry back then.

 

[mmissile]

Those tape-becks were cool, and having the correct multiplex radio... was the only way they would work. The cords would break, and there was only one guy[back in the day] who could/would repair them around Detroit. Royal Radio, in Royal oak. Even in the late-70's/early 80's, those things were like having gold. I had lots of parts and radios. The tall stand was the real bitch to find.[non-console]