Big Blue
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Mine was a Craig Power Play.Don't forget these.
Anyone who had a car like this can survive anything!?
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Big Blue
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Yeah! Crusin' the Ave with your favorite tunes blaring on the 8-track, showing off at the lights. Those were good times!Who remembers doing this? Some of my best memories were driving around with a car full of friends and no place to go. Gas was around $0.75/gal and you could drive for hours doing absolutely nothing and still have fun!
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I'm showing my age, but I remember when gas, Sunoco 260 was .29 cents a gallon.......Who remembers doing this? Some of my best memories were driving around with a car full of friends and no place to go. Gas was around $0.75/gal and you could drive for hours doing absolutely nothing and still have fun!
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I can remember these (vaguely) when my dad would pump gas and having to spin the dial like this one.I'm showing my age, but I remember when gas, Sunoco 260 was .29 cents a gallon.......
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Unfortunately my recollection isn't vague....I was there !!!I can remember these (vaguely) when my dad would pump gas and having to spin the dial like this one.
And, 8-track tapes were still a dream...we had underdash 45 rpm record players !!!
5thranger
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I also had the surfer gas pedal and the surfer dimmer switch pedal as well; I never did anything half ass back then.
5thranger
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And in the wintertime after it snowed holding on to back bumper and doing what we called sole surfing which was fun until you hit a dry spot in the road and could not run fast enough to keep from doing a terrible wipeout.Who remembers doing this? Some of my best memories were driving around with a car full of friends and no place to go. Gas was around $0.75/gal and you could drive for hours doing absolutely nothing and still have fun!
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You always carried a set of points, condenser, a few spark plugs, dist cap, and a generator (later alternator) belt in the trunk.
Pretty much every car and truck used 30 weight high detergent oil, and an extra quart kept in the trunk was mandatory.
Pretty much every car and truck used 30 weight high detergent oil, and an extra quart kept in the trunk was mandatory.
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I remember gas at 18 cents/gallon...and I didn't have to pump it myself...
The Last Ranger
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Sounds like some of you guys are older than 70!!!!
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70 in my rear view mirror 5 years ago......
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Getting there too quickly...
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Yep, close, but not there yet. (me that is)Getting there too quickly...
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I might have been 5yrs. old , but can remember 19 cents....Atlantic Richfield station in Chula Vista, Ca...
YES , CALIFORNIA...
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That's when CA was RED...
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