These poor kids!

[furyus 67]

So I'm at my buddy's house today, I helped him install a sliding door and put some more work into my 413. Well I'm getting ready to leave and these 2 kids, twenty or so pull into the driveway and slowly get out of their car. The looked pretty timid even tho they were not small . They were driving a mid 90's Volkswagen Jetta. It's ricered out tuner looking thing. Not terrible, it didn't have wing. My buddy has a couple of talons in his yard among other things. They were interested in one of them. Turned out to be pretty nice guys but I noticed something. They were talking about cars they had owned and loved and it was all supercharged grand prixs and how they want to do 3800 swaps and this 4 banger and that 6 banger this and that. Then it hit me!! These poor kids!!! When I first started getting grease under my nails, we were still playing small block and big block V8 rear wheel drive cars. At 39 years old and driving in the late 80's there were still affordable mopars and big block chevelles around. I didn't realize how lucky I was. Those of you that grew up in the peak of the muscle car era are even luckier!!! I mean these poor kids have nothing but choked down shiny turd ball weed wackers to play with! That's my rant!

 

[commando1]

The late 60s can NOT be described. It was one big acid trip for the manufacturers.

 

[67-Fury]

Cars now are appliances just meant to get you to your destination you don't look forward to cruising the strip in your Prius just tasteless Silver blobs

 

[65 500]

I mean these poor kids have nothing but choked down shiny turd ball weed wackers to play with!

You're the same guy that was arguing with me about how great you thought PitchABitchies are, have you seen the light ?
I guess if they were in a VW even a Talon would look like a good car. If they saw your 413 they probably peed themselves.

 

[Big blubber]

You're the same guy that was arguing with me about how great you thought PitchABitchies are, have you seen the light ?
I guess if they were in a VW even a Talon would look like a good car. If they saw your 413 they probably peed themselves.

We we don't argue we friendly discuss on the forum lol

 

[1978 NYB]

Yep.......

I was 16 in 1971 proudly driving a 1969 Dodge Super Bee which was my first car.

 

[70bigblockdodge]

Looking for a spot on the you suck list Bob? I graduated in 1984 where a 302 2bbl mustang was a fast car. Poor kids my *** with 3-4 thousand plus the price of a ten year old civic they can run squares around a ten year old car from my era.

 

[furyus 67]

You're the same guy that was arguing with me about how great you thought PitchABitchies are, have you seen the light ?
I guess if they were in a VW even a Talon would look like a good car. If they saw your 413 they probably peed themselves.

Oh no I'm still blind!!! 2.2'a are still poop and the 4g63 t engine is still infinitely better, the pitty for the kids comes from the front wheel drive grand prix's,taurus's and other tin boxes they are stuck with modifying. I'm happy to see interest in the hobby from today's youth but damn!!! A super charged Grand Prix as a favorite car??

 

[1978 NYB]

In 1973 I traded the Super Bee in for a brand new 1973 Ralleye Challenger 340 with a Torqflite on the floor. Looked something like this....

Mine had a black vinyl top and a Ralleye hood. 1973 no more R/T's. They were called Ralleye Challenger's...no R/T badges anymore.

 

[bulldogchesty]

At least they like to work on cars. Not having their face stuck in a cell phone. I give them props for that.

 

[63Imperial]

I'm 19 and my first car was a 74 Dart Custom four door. After that, a Valiant. Now, I'm buying a 1963 Imperial. Always loved Mopars. There's no more pride in building cars anymore. This Imperial has more style and features than any of these new plastic pieces of garbage running around.

 

[ricks_RR]

living in the 60/70 was awesome as far as what was on the roads .it was nothing to see a chevy or a ford big blocks racing on the streets but when a mopar big block came into town there would be a lot of noise and rubber burning and titles being lost .and people wanting to know how they made all that power from a mopar big block .we had one person build a big block mopar motor and put it in a 1968 chevy nova and he never opened up the hood till someone from out of town bought the car just to get it off the street.i remember the day a 70 superbird came into town and it had a blower sticking out of it that was beautiful and what a sound coming from it . kids today are putting the power from there little motors to the ground but still to feel the G-force from a big block takes your breathe away .

 

[Fratzog]

Cars now are appliances just meant to get you to your destination you don't look forward to cruising the strip in your Prius just tasteless Silver blobs

Not all of them...

http://www.drivesrt.com/2015/challenger-srt-hellcat/

 

[commando1]

A Superbird with a blower sticking out of it.
Now THAT'S badd-EFN-asss!

 

[commando1]

Not all of them...

http://www.drivesrt.com/2015/challenger-srt-hellcat/

I don't know, Fred. The sophistication of a car like the Hell cat just does not have the sex appeal to me of the raw, crude, monsters of the late sixties.
In those days, at the greasyburger drive-in, a Ram Air Stage II GS raised 4" all around, was like having a wild gorilla entering the room looking for a fight.
Nowadays, a metric Hellcat, Zwhatever, or Shelby is like a princess, all primped to the nines and it's brain transplanted with a computer strutting in.
Rev it, park it, dust it, Jack off.

 

[Fratzog]

I don't know, Fred. The sophistication of a car like the Hell cat just does not have the sex appeal to me of the raw, crude, monsters of the late sixties.
In those days, at the greasyburger drive-in, a Ram Air Stage II GS raised 4" all around, was like having a wild gorilla entering the room looking for a fight.
Nowadays, a metric Hellcat, Zwhatever, or Shelby is like a princess, all primped to the nines and it's brain transplanted with a computer strutting in.
Rev it, park it, dust it, Jack off.

I wouldn't characterize the Hellcat as a princess but I'm with you Stan regarding the complexity of these cars being overwhelming. Part of my job is to recruit apprentices and technologists for our company. What never ceases to amaze me is their fearlessness when it comes to playing with and modifying the new technology. They take to it like a fish to water. I admire their ability.

 

[furyus 67]

Looking for a spot on the you suck list Bob? I graduated in 1984 where a 302 2bbl mustang was a fast car. Poor kids my *** with 3-4 thousand plus the price of a ten year old civic they can run squares around a ten year old car from my era.

That may be true bigblock, but the cars have zero character!! Honda is one manufacturer I don't think I could own! They make lawn mowers for god sakes and to get reliable horsepower you have to throw too much money at them. Besides has anyone ever seen a nice looking Honda???? The NSX was a fluke !

 

[Wollfen]

I'm 19 and my first car was a 74 Dart Custom four door. After that, a Valiant. Now, I'm buying a 1963 Imperial. Always loved Mopars. There's no more pride in building cars anymore. This Imperial has more style and features than any of these new plastic pieces of garbage running around.

Welcome to the forum! Lets see some pics of your car!

 

[Ironwolf]

So I'm at my buddy's house today, I helped him install a sliding door and put some more work into my 413. Well I'm getting ready to leave and these 2 kids, twenty or so pull into the driveway and slowly get out of their car. The looked pretty timid even tho they were not small . They were driving a mid 90's Volkswagen Jetta. It's ricered out tuner looking thing. Not terrible, it didn't have wing. My buddy has a couple of talons in his yard among other things. They were interested in one of them. Turned out to be pretty nice guys but I noticed something. They were talking about cars they had owned and loved and it was all supercharged grand prixs and how they want to do 3800 swaps and this 4 banger and that 6 banger this and that. Then it hit me!! These poor kids!!! When I first started getting grease under my nails, we were still playing small block and big block V8 rear wheel drive cars. At 39 years old and driving in the late 80's there were still affordable mopars and big block chevelles around. I didn't realize how lucky I was. Those of you that grew up in the peak of the muscle car era are even luckier!!! I mean these poor kids have nothing but choked down shiny turd ball weed wackers to play with! That's my rant!

They have other options too,,,

That's why they make these bad boys... s_dancing2:

 

[furyus 67]

As long as they don't have those USELESS stacks sticking out of their pick up beds!! Diesels have come along way!! But the stacks on a pick up are stupid!