Rich kid cars.

[halfafish]

We didn't have any rich kids where I grew up. We were all "OK" on the good side, to a bit less than that for some families. The coolest car in high school was a kid in my class that had an Olds 442. It was either green with gold accents or the other way around. It was a beauty, one I've not forgotten in all these years.

 

[cosgig]

I grew up in a small farm town, no rich kids in sight. One kid I knew drove a Porsche but it was the ugly long hood short tail car. He was a nice kid and only drove it because he was given the car. I do remember that when the new rock station had a contest to win every single record they had as the prize, he won. He had 1000’s of albums and we would go to his house and listen to albums. His dad was a turtle biologist, and he lived in a house in the U of M sanctuary. Some of us drove “works in progress”, most drove farm trucks. We rode our dirt bikes to school down the old railroad bed after they took the tracks. Horses were also a big source of transportation for us as well. It was a good life!

 

[Armyvet25]

The only car I really noticed or drooled over in my graduation year of 79 was my buddies green 69 2dr 300

 

[YY1]

My neighborhood was absolutely "car people" though.

On my street alone-

1963 fairlane 390 four speed
1070 monte carlo 454 blown, tubbed
1965 chevelle ss
1977 mustang cobra II four speed
1977 firebird formula
1966 comet cyclone
1967 mustang
1975 hurst olds (five Hurts olds cutlasses in my neighborhood!)
1957 bel air restomod (in 1985)
1970 skylark gsx clone

...and my 66 Coronet, 72 skylark, and 66 olds 98 425