Old pictures

[Andy4639]

Found these on another site. very cool I think.
Man you all have to check this out. These are great pictures I love it.
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...145#Post312145

[nvrsatisfied]

im sorry i had to mess this up GREAT PICS by the way....but i seen this and had to edit one of the photos.....

[clos69]

Cool pics...thx for the link Andy...on a side note....I wonder what was the turning radius on the front car??

[Shyguy]

Great pictures.
Thanks for sharing.

[1LoC10]

cool pics.... I wish I was born back then

[AirSpeed]

Originally Posted by 1LoC10

cool pics.... I wish I was born back then

I was born back then! 1962 anyway! I have always thought it would be cool to have been an adult back then though. I dont know why but everytime I see pictures from the 50s and early 60s it seems like it would be a nice era to be alive. It's seems so much more simple and peaceful!

[68shortstep]

Originally Posted by AirSpeed

It's seems so much more simple and peaceful!

Yeah boy !!!!

Race riots, assassinations, a little conflict brewing in South-East Asia, the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, fears of Soviet nuclear bombs falling any day now ..........

Those were the days, all right.

[cam.man67]

Originally Posted by 68shortstep

Yeah boy !!!!

Race riots, assassinations, a little conflict brewing in South-East Asia, the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, fears of Soviet nuclear bombs falling any day now ..........

Those were the days, all right.

...as opposed to peace protests, gang violence, a pre-brewed conflict in the Middle East as a result of Soviet Russia, fears of Korean/Iranian nuclear bombs falling any day now.

Looks like not much has changed... At least they made some gorgeous trucks and cars back then, vehicles which we are indebted deeply to on this site.

Neat pictures, btw. Here's one of my own, my company's first delivery truck:

[ChevLoRay]

The '59 Ford in the pic w/bears, is like the one my dad bought new in June, of '59. It was our first new car and only his 3rd car ever. I took the Ford to Biloxi when I was in the USAF, in '67. It had a little over 100K and absolutely would NOT spin the tires on wet grass. That 292 got a new clutch, pressure plate and release bearing while I was there.

[QKENUF4U]

Originally Posted by 68shortstep

Yeah boy !!!!

Race riots, assassinations, a little conflict brewing in South-East Asia, the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, fears of Soviet nuclear bombs falling any day now ..........

Those were the days, all right.

WAY WAY DIFFERENT PEOPLE back then.. i thank god everyday i had older parents that grew up respecting parents/teachers/etc. im glad i learned/seen what it meant to have ethics,morals,values,respect for elders,etc....

cool pics !! love the 40,50,60,70,80's

[LandonL]

One of my favorites from it, check out the two burbs and all the trucks on the upper right portion.

[willys72fleetside]

Love the old pictures, takes you back to a simpler time.

[VA72C10]

Thanks for sharing. Love the pics.

[Andy4639]

I like looking at the old pictures and seeing where everything came from. Some I know of, a lot of them I don't it's just cool to see our history unfolding in front of you.

[oldblue1968chevy]

thanks man! awesome

[flashed]

Some of those Ive seen before and some not but I always love looking at cool old cars and old buildings. Thanks for sharing.

[mrhino]

keep 'em coming. I love Old Pictures

[pat 70/71]

When I was a wee little snapper I went with my dad when he bought his 1970 hugger orange 3/4 ton chevy truck loaded $4,500.00 out the door! on the way home we went to get a burger and talk about our new truck! great memories for me. maybe thats why I'm so fond of these wonderful trucks! cheers, Pat

[Andy4639]

Anybody know what bridge this is. It is on the East coast. They just built a new one a year or so ago to take it's place. I remember driving over it a few times the last was with my Suburban it just did make it. I thought I was going to hit everything on that bridge but it didn't.

[evilways]

Originally Posted by Andy4639

Anybody know what bridge this is. It is on the East coast. They just built a new one a year or so ago to take it's place. I remember driving over it a few times the last was with my Suburban it just did make it. I thought I was going to hit everything on that bridge but it didn't.

That just doesn't look right, Wow great pic.

[warden]

Originally Posted by Andy4639

Anybody know what bridge this is. It is on the East coast. They just built a new one a year or so ago to take it's place. I remember driving over it a few times the last was with my Suburban it just did make it. I thought I was going to hit everything on that bridge but it didn't.

It's the bridge heading to Charleston.

[Andy4639]

Your right on the money!

[slomotion]

Originally Posted by Andy4639

Anybody know what bridge this is. It is on the East coast. They just built a new one a year or so ago to take it's place. I remember driving over it a few times the last was with my Suburban it just did make it. I thought I was going to hit everything on that bridge but it didn't.

If that's the Cooper River bridge, it has to be from the mid 60's. When I lived in Mt Pleasent I used to commute across it daily. It was pretty common to see broken mirror glass on the center line. They built another one along side of it and made the new bridge two lanes into Charleston, and the old bridge two lanes to RT 17 North. I thought there was more of a marshy area before the main ramp to the bridge that crossed to what used to be called Hog Island, (which later became Patriot's Point) but that was a long time ago, and my memory isn't what it used to be. I do remember a 3"-4" snowfall in '71, or '72 when a guy put on ski's and made a run down the MT Pleasent side of the bridge. The cops picked him up, the news picked up the story, and there was so much public reaction, the cops fined him $1.00 and told him not to do it again. Pretty safe bet, it doesn't snow much in Charleston!

[68shortstep]

from CHEVLOREY: "the Arab oil embargo of '73 made gasoline go up to almost a dollar a gallon! Waiting in lines for gas wasn't unusual in some areas."

Putting a date on myself here:

My wife & I got married in 1969, and that summer, there was a "gas war." For you youngsters who don't know: that was where gas stations tried to see who could sell their gas the cheapest of anybody...... (Those days are gone forever)

So, anyhow, gasoline was originally about 21 - 22 cents a gallon, and once got down to 11.9 cents / gallon (truth) for a few days.

When I graduated from college & we moved to the Chicago area, a year or three later we were new-car shopping, and were teetering between a Gran Torino CobraJet & a Hemi Charger.

Of all things, on the spur of the moment, we ended up buying a small "fun-car" instead, a VW beetle convertible !!!

Six months later, people were lined up in -10 degree WINDY weather early-early in the AM, waiting for gas stations to let you in, just so you could buy a few gallons of their gas at ANY price.

Sure was glad to have that VW, instead of a gas guzzler.

Those near-new muscle rides were CHEAP back then. Wish I'd had enough sense to buy a multi-million dollar retirement fund for a few thousand $$$.

[ChevLoRay]

Get this....I SOLD my '71 VW (which I bought new) in the spring of '73. I bought a '56 Chevy 4-dr wagon, 265-stick, to replace it. Reason? Had just bought a house and the payments of $112/mo were more important to me than the $78.77 car payment. I know that some of you guys are reading this and thinking about those two items, but unless you were there....it won't matter.