50's and 60's

[DUD]

I received this link and I liked it very much, not that I'm that old. But I do remember a few of the better times in My life. Bill







http://thefiftiesandsixties.com/CarsWeDrove.htm

[germdoc]

Pretty cool, but where'd they put the air bags??

Life sure seemd more fun back then. Gas was about a quarter a gallon, the worst thing you could catch from foolin' around would be fixed by a shot of penicillin (or if you were really unlucky a shotgun wedding), and there was no dope or crack epidemic. The blues were easily treated with a few choice songs on the jukebox and a coupla rounds of Miller High Life. If you got a good job you were set for life. You worked hard, you got ahead. Great music: Chuck Berry, the Beach Boys, Elvis, that new group from Liverpool the Beatles...

Must have been fun. Too bad I was only in kindergarten when things started going to get loused up...

[jhart]

A good memory of some of those cars and times.

[Pappy]

I'm old enough to have caught the tail end of that era. In the part on the car shows, I remembered most of the customs they showed. Thanks for the trip down "Memory Lane"!

[lebomike]

50's & 60's

Those were the BEST times, I remember them all very well..

[TheRic]

Pretty cool, but where'd they put the air bags?? ...

She sat in the passenger seat.

[DonHo]

A lot more miles per gallon in todays cars but a lot less miles per dollar

Of course there are more dollars today. Bigger back seats back then too but I don't have much use for a back seat today

DonHo

[Mrs. Wallnut]

She sat in the passenger seat.

I don't know how to take that one....you know there are two different ways to defend that....but very funny, I laughed at it.

[MilDoc]

I do remember. Had a '57 Chevy that my buddies and I chopped, souped up, and had a blast with. Did all the work, tune ups, etc myself. With todays cars I'm lucky I can find the dipstick!

[BobSch]

My only question — is the 50s-60s referring to the decades or our ages???

Fond memories of my '58 Impala.

[Ed62]

I really enjoyed that. Thanks for the link. Here's my first car. Image from hubcapcafe.com It's a '49 Plymouth.


Ed

[WayneJ]

Thanks for the memories Bill. Got my license in 52, first car was a 40 ford convt. We could get 5 gals of gas for $1.00 and cruise all night. Wish I could relive it again. You had to bulid your "Hot rods" back then, not buy them ready made.
Wayne

[DUD]

Thanks Everyone for the replies, My first real car was a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner, totally stock, but it was fun car. I was in Vietnam, when they towed it to a salvage yard, I was some upset. Bill

[Pappy]

My only question — is the 50s-60s referring to the decades or our ages???

Pretty close to interchangeable in this case!

[cabinetman]

Yeah, that brought back some memories, mostly good. I coulda swore that A & W was the one in my neighborhood. Had a few of those cars too. Thought the "car phone" was funny.
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