Gray Beard Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 I’m not familiar with the area, but I’m familiar with the cars. I have fond memories of those old cars, but compared to the cars of today they were pretty rough, primitive, smelly, unreliable, poor handling and unsafe. 1
Augie Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Gray Beard said: I’m not familiar with the area, but I’m familiar with the cars. I have fond memories of those old cars, but compared to the cars of today they were pretty rough, primitive, smelly, unreliable, poor handling and unsafe. Hey! I resemble those remarks! They look a lot cooler than they are. I worked with some guys who had some awesome older cars. They were not that much fun to go for a ride in. But they're still awesome! 1
Koko78 Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 I'd love to see a current version of that drive. It's really fascinating to see how things have changed over 55ish years.
KD in CA Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 Not many times and places I'd have rather lived than Southern CA in the early 60s. 1
Marv's Neighbor Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 Dumbas* missed that last red light! Wouldn't be surprised if many of those were still on the road, in So Cal, or Mexico etc. In Buffalo, at that time, they would be mostly rusted through in 3-4 years.
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Marv's Neighbor said: Wouldn't be surprised if many of those were still on the road, in So Cal... Back in the 70s, a gearhead friend would take the train out to Southern California, and buy a ten to fifteen year old ‘muscle car’. He would fully underwrite his trip’s expenses by the profit cleared selling the vehicle in WNY, after driving it back. He maintained the biggest worry about a car from out there was heat cracks in the dashboards. Edited March 6, 2019 by Ridgewaycynic2013 Third rewrite.
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Back in the 70s, a gearhead friend would take the train out to Southern California, and buy a ten to fifteen year old ‘muscle car’. He would fully underwrite his trip’s expenses by the profit cleared selling the vehicle in WNY, after driving it back. He maintained the biggest worry about a car from out there was heat cracks in the dashboards. About 20 years ago I worked with a guy... He was telling me how he took a family vacation to S.California from Chicago in 1960... To visit his Brother that was in the service. Anyway... Riding in the family station wagon, he could see the door molding melting in the sun as they were driving through Arizona. Vehicles have come a long way!
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