Pics from Back in the Day

[chargervert]

Are all the houses on the street identical like those two in the first picture?

It's Pleasant Valley! Rows of houses that are all the same,and no one seems to care!

 

[Richard Cranium]

It's Pleasant Valley! Rows of houses that are all the same,and no one seems to care!

And today's Sunday.

 

[guy gadbois]

I didn’t know American racing made 8 track players

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This is a new one on me too! How cool is that...
Wonder who made the players for American? And wonder where I can find one...

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

Anyone else smell weed looking at this picture

 

[LB0442]

This is my first car, bought it in summer of 1980. My mom took the picture the day I brought it home, yup I was that cool. I had painted it blue around 1982. I sold it for a down payment on my first house 1987. Was looking through ebay around 2007 and it was listed for sale in southern Illinois, I still had my old registration with the VIN, sure enough that was it.

I bought it back, made the trip there towed it home. It is a little more rusty, I found a parts car for it and it is now waiting for it's turn in the shop.

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

That’s awesome, glad you got your car back!

 

[Big bill]

Anyone else smell weed looking at this picture

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I do ..

 

[Richard Cranium]

Here's an aerial view of the house I grew up in (the brown house) until almost age 15. This picture dates back to 1969 or 1970.

Notice the bottom right of the picture..............

 

[YY1]

Interesting "faux de sac".

Who had to mow that island?

 

[Richard Cranium]

Interesting "faux de sac".

Who had to mow that island?

The street originally went down that little whoop-de-do and sometime in the early 50's, they straightened and widened the street & installed sidewalks. My grandparents lived next door in the white 2-family to the left & that lot where my parent's house is was originally all their land until they subdivided the for my parents to build their house. That's my dad's old (red) GW Invader boat up in their driveway. I started moving the whole lawn around age 10 and still continued to mow it until 1976 after my grandfather died and the house was sold.

 

[DeltaV]

 

[DeltaV]

You'll see it.

 

[dadsbee]

You'll see it.

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The girl sitting close in the bug giving a hand job, the bird with no nose decals or the brake light out in the Road Runner???

 

[RemCharger]

The girl sitting close in the bug giving a hand job, the bird with no nose decals or the brake light out in the Road Runner???

The vw job is obvious (ever seen the ads??)
The bad brake bulb car might be a 68 'net..
But it's the first debut of "Farm Truck" I've seen yet

 

[DeltaV]

The girl sitting close in the bug giving a hand job, the bird with no nose decals or the brake light out in the Road Runner???

There's a reason why we both have the same first name.

 

[Fran Blacker]

You'll see it.

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Looks like an Olds 442 checking the Bird.

 

[MoparLeo]

Running my 392 Hemi powered 55 F-100 against a 340 Duster back in '75 @ OCIR in California

 

[YY1]

My observations suggest the "out" brake light could be a turn signal caught mid-flash as the car appears to be 2nd in line to turn left, aligned with the side street.

...and there's a 65 barracuda facing us on the left of the screen and a 67/68 Fury facing away on the right.

 

[Runcharger]

Nice! I had a 55, (my only Ferd ever). 428 Cobra Junk in this one though. I sold it after losing a couple street races and got back into Mopars.