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OhOneWS6 · 04-01-2010, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by shawn57nomad

I thought I must have been one of the only ones that noticed that in the movie! NICE! My buddies and I were in high school when dazed and confused came out and I ruined it for all of them when I mentioned that at the theatre.

LOL. I did the same thing. "Hey Those wheels are wrong." Gotta Love the gummy ball foos scene in the arcade.

Buddy of mine had a book that was like a high school yearbook from the movie. It was pretty cool.

Rob H. · 04-01-2010, 11:10 PM

I was 4 then but spent alot of time at the local drive in on Saturday nights. I've been hooked on tire smoke ever since LOL. Slots were the hot item and a set of Firestones. But yall have left out chrome reverse steelies. I can still picture a midnight blue 55 sedan with cut out quarters white smoking them through all 4 gears!

Jeffs70 · 04-02-2010, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Cole Trickle

Watch the movie dazed and confused.....

You just described the truck to a T

oh man thats my fav movie because of that truck haha

100gold · 04-25-2010, 08:32 PM

I took your advice fellas and Netflixed Dazed and Confused. Other than the cool rides that has to be one of the absolutely worst movies that I have ever seen.

Geat cars though and it got me away from my slotted mag fixation.

72Cheyenne454 · 04-25-2010, 08:41 PM

Not a short bed 1/2 ton 2wd, but was there another choice other than slotted mags?

**special-K** · 04-25-2010, 10:25 PM

It was aluminum slots,chrome smoothies,or deep dish steelies with "normal" sized sidewalls back then for a shortbed.Some did run 60 seried,but I felt they weren`t right for a truck.White spokes were for 4wds and then crept over to 2wds by the mid to late`70s.You really didn`t see white spokes till later in the`70s anyway.
In`73 I bought a big block shortbed Highlander from the OK Used Car lot ($2,800).I went out and got 8" for the front and 10" for the rear in steel and popped`55 Chevy car hubcaps on it.A lot of guys ran baby moons and beauty rings with the wheels painted black.My wheels were white.I took those Highlander caps off as soon as I got home.

Indyuke · 04-25-2010, 11:41 PM

And to think I sent away two sets of slotted mags on a 69 c/10 I scrapped. My dad has always raved about them... thought the look was the thing, but I didn't know what they were worth.

CG · 04-26-2010, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Indyuke

And to think I sent away two sets of slotted mags on a 69 c/10 I scrapped. My dad has always raved about them... thought the look was the thing, but I didn't know what they were worth.

You can still get used slots pretty cheap. Couple hundred bucks for a decent set that might need a nice polish job.

And I agree with Special-K ... The sidewall back then was normal sized. Today's crazy sidewalls...not so much =)

*highperf4x4* · 04-26-2010, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 72Cheyenne454

Not a short bed 1/2 ton 2wd, but was there another choice other than slotted mags?

That is one beautiful truck!

beebster · 04-26-2010, 03:24 AM

I was also 7 in 72' but i remember it well.
the leftover hippies, the beautiful "straight hair" that chicks were wearing at that time,and cars that were cheap. And i mean like a couple hundred bucks for classics that would be worth thousands today!

and "dazed and confused" continues to be one of my all time favorite movies!
Especially the "arcade" scene where they walk in to bob dylan playing "hurricane"

04-01-2010, 11:10 PM	#27
Rob H. Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Petersville KY Posts: 673	Re: It's the summer of "72" I was 4 then but spent alot of time at the local drive in on Saturday nights. I've been hooked on tire smoke ever since LOL. Slots were the hot item and a set of Firestones. But yall have left out chrome reverse steelies. I can still picture a midnight blue 55 sedan with cut out quarters white smoking them through all 4 gears! __________________ Rob 72 C/10 (under reconstruction)(destruction ? LOL) 48 Willys CJ2A 1952 Super "A" Farmall (Grandfather's)

04-25-2010, 08:32 PM	#29
100gold Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Weiser,Idaho Posts: 234	Re: It's the summer of "72" I took your advice fellas and Netflixed Dazed and Confused. Other than the cool rides that has to be one of the absolutely worst movies that I have ever seen. Geat cars though and it got me away from my slotted mag fixation.

04-25-2010, 08:41 PM	#30
72Cheyenne454 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 453	Re: It's the summer of "72" Not a short bed 1/2 ton 2wd, but was there another choice other than slotted mags? Attached Images

04-25-2010, 10:25 PM	#31
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,861	Re: It's the summer of "72" It was aluminum slots,chrome smoothies,or deep dish steelies with "normal" sized sidewalls back then for a shortbed.Some did run 60 seried,but I felt they weren`t right for a truck.White spokes were for 4wds and then crept over to 2wds by the mid to late`70s.You really didn`t see white spokes till later in the`70s anyway. In`73 I bought a big block shortbed Highlander from the OK Used Car lot ($2,800).I went out and got 8" for the front and 10" for the rear in steel and popped`55 Chevy car hubcaps on it.A lot of guys ran baby moons and beauty rings with the wheels painted black.My wheels were white.I took those Highlander caps off as soon as I got home. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 04-25-2010 at 10:28 PM.

04-25-2010, 11:41 PM	#32
Indyuke Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Stevens, WA Posts: 623	Re: It's the summer of "72" And to think I sent away two sets of slotted mags on a 69 c/10 I scrapped. My dad has always raved about them... thought the look was the thing, but I didn't know what they were worth.

04-26-2010, 03:24 AM	#35
beebster Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Aurora,Il ..born,raised and still live in the same house Posts: 286	Re: It's the summer of "72" I was also 7 in 72' but i remember it well. the leftover hippies, the beautiful "straight hair" that chicks were wearing at that time,and cars that were cheap. And i mean like a couple hundred bucks for classics that would be worth thousands today! and "dazed and confused" continues to be one of my all time favorite movies! Especially the "arcade" scene where they walk in to bob dylan playing "hurricane"



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