carguy300
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You could hardly turn one, took some practice.
Remember when?
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i was married with and expecting first child in 1985, so i never rode/owned one. they'd been out for years by then, but i went from Schwinn's directly to cars about 1973 and never looked back.
James Bond rode one. it looked like fun, but look close and you can see that thing naturally wanted to lay down/or flip you headfirst over the handlebars.
but I suspect most of us back then (all of the '70's, half of the 80's) heard/had stories about ATC mishaps (including some really heartbreaking stuff).
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1959 Microwave Oven
"In 45 seconds, this electronic surface unit will cook eggs. One cup of water boils in two minutes!
The microwave tube that sends out cooking waves is directly below the fiberglass disk that holds the food to be cooked. The panel of switches on the wall will command the perforated hood to drop down and cover the disk. Cooking action starts only after the hood fits securely into groove around the disk, stops when the hood rises. The hood automatically goes up when the timer on the surface unit rings, stopping cooking action."
"In 45 seconds, this electronic surface unit will cook eggs. One cup of water boils in two minutes!
The microwave tube that sends out cooking waves is directly below the fiberglass disk that holds the food to be cooked. The panel of switches on the wall will command the perforated hood to drop down and cover the disk. Cooking action starts only after the hood fits securely into groove around the disk, stops when the hood rises. The hood automatically goes up when the timer on the surface unit rings, stopping cooking action."
67newport
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pretty neat (long) list on Faceplant:
sorry to discriminate against the "young-uns' not even on the planet yet in the '70's :
I turned 20 in the '70's, married with children in the '80s, fast-forward to knockin' on retirement's door in the 2020's.
where da heck the time go?
sorry to discriminate against the "young-uns' not even on the planet yet in the '70's :
I turned 20 in the '70's, married with children in the '80s, fast-forward to knockin' on retirement's door in the 2020's.
where da heck the time go?
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Incredible Photo!! Bobby Allison leads a pack of cars in the Mario Rossi owned number 22 Dodge Daytona at Charlotte in 1970!! This team would soon get sponsorship from Coca- Cola.
Picture And Post Idea Credit: Eddie Hall
Picture And Post Idea Credit: Eddie Hall
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From left to right: Chris Amon, Bruce McLaren, Ken Miles, Denny Hulme. Celebrating after the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Those who knew him only after he went to work for Shelby knew a different Miles, with a mature tolerance that hadn't always been in evidence before. No better example can be given than his behavior after Le Mans. If he had won he would have completed an unprecedented Daytona-Sebring-Le Mans sweep, something no one is likely to have a chance at again. It had to be important to Ken. Yet he accepted the monumental tactical error, which robbed him of a victory he had truly earned, almost with amusement.
There was also the Ken Miles who was curious about things. It isn’t difficult to imagine him taking things apart to see what made them work. He was always intensely curious about the physiology of drivers, their reactions and what set one apart from another. He was always eager to participate in a test or an experiment that touched on these things and was always interested in discussing them. He enjoyed instrumentation and the knowledge to be gained from it—but mostly, I think, he enjoyed the instruments themselves. Talking about the elaborate instrumentation used in developing the Ford GTs, his eyes would shine.
There was also the Ken Miles who knew how to order a good wine. There was the Ken Miles who’d read more books and knew more about a larger number of subjects than you'd suspect. And there was the Ken Miles who was the husband of Mollie and the father of Peter.
And finally there was the thoroughly professional race driver who was killed at Riverside on Aug. 17. And as I said, I have known no other driver whose death has touched so many people in some private, special sort of way.
Those who knew him only after he went to work for Shelby knew a different Miles, with a mature tolerance that hadn't always been in evidence before. No better example can be given than his behavior after Le Mans. If he had won he would have completed an unprecedented Daytona-Sebring-Le Mans sweep, something no one is likely to have a chance at again. It had to be important to Ken. Yet he accepted the monumental tactical error, which robbed him of a victory he had truly earned, almost with amusement.
There was also the Ken Miles who was curious about things. It isn’t difficult to imagine him taking things apart to see what made them work. He was always intensely curious about the physiology of drivers, their reactions and what set one apart from another. He was always eager to participate in a test or an experiment that touched on these things and was always interested in discussing them. He enjoyed instrumentation and the knowledge to be gained from it—but mostly, I think, he enjoyed the instruments themselves. Talking about the elaborate instrumentation used in developing the Ford GTs, his eyes would shine.
There was also the Ken Miles who knew how to order a good wine. There was the Ken Miles who’d read more books and knew more about a larger number of subjects than you'd suspect. And there was the Ken Miles who was the husband of Mollie and the father of Peter.
And finally there was the thoroughly professional race driver who was killed at Riverside on Aug. 17. And as I said, I have known no other driver whose death has touched so many people in some private, special sort of way.
67newport
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dog days of summer always remind me. fifty years ago, like it was yesterday.
sorry for repeat and local on appeal.
Remember when?
sorry for repeat and local on appeal.
Remember when?
Vacuum tube testers in local pharmacies and lesser-known department stores.
dog days of summer always remind me. fifty years ago, like it was yesterday.
sorry for repeat and local on appeal.
Remember when?
Was this a soda drink?
Not sure how good that advertising was.
yes it was early 70's, and more of a Detroit, Windsor Canada drink. Founded in Detroit in early 1900's, bottled there for 50 years, had some regional growth, declined, sold, but still around today as a brand.
1942 Faygo Detroit billboard
And the boat was the 'Boblo boat". Message was perfect for the era, played endlessly in the summer, and ask most any local old enough to understand TV advertising back then if they remember it
. Similarly, hardly a local person who did not visit Boblo/ride that boat in their youth (lives only in our childhood memories now- all gone).
Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale | The Drive Magazine
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Howdy. Funny story back in 89 we used to go to the drive in in Sacramento, we would pull in the 65 Coronet I would turn the wipers on to their widest put a blanket on the hood and we would watch movies. When I brought home our brand new 89 Colt the first thing that our daughter did was jump on the hood "testing" it for drive in duty. Yes she dented our new cars hood, I didn't get mad as that's what we did to our Coronet. I straightened it as best as I could but I could always see it.
68PK21 440.6bbl
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68PK21 440.6bbl
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I remember seeing one of these, don't know if someone in the neighborhood had this or I was ogling this in the store at Christmas time, but I never had one.
Also these bring back pleasant memories.
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Also these bring back pleasant memories.
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I had one of those service stations. I still have a big box of the race track pieces too. Track hasn't been touched since the mid '70's.
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