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lil hoodlum · 11-03-2011, 07:27 PM

I have a few fond memories of drive in movie theaters.

Care to share?

Keith

lil hoodlum · 11-03-2011, 07:29 PM

Does anybody still have one local? When was the last time you have been to a drive in movie theater?

Keith

**John Fabris** · 11-03-2011, 07:34 PM

those rock! had so much fun as a kid and teenager at the local drive-ins. All closed these days... Bummer......

Frank71 · 11-03-2011, 07:35 PM

Our local drive-in's have been closed for some time. But we have a group here in town that puts on a smaller version in the mall parking lot. Brings back old memories.

shawno72 · 11-03-2011, 07:36 PM

Yes I have memories of my mom taking me to the drive in to watch Jaws and the loud scary music coming over the speaker left me with scares. LOL. I think I was like 6.

Vintage Windmills · 11-03-2011, 07:38 PM

They just built one a couple years ago by spirit lake Iowa. looks exactly like the route 66 one in post 2.

boatpuller · 11-03-2011, 07:43 PM

oh yeah,i have no stories to share about those that should be repeated on a family freindly forum.let's just say i never remember a single movie there.

**leddzepp** · 11-03-2011, 07:56 PM

We still have one right down the street from my house. I went there a few months ago. As far as I know, it is one of the only ones left in So Cal.

kcsa75 · 11-03-2011, 07:57 PM

The first time I went to the drive in I was probably 10 or 11. My sister took me to see Bonnie & Clyde. Of course as I got into high school and beyond, I spent a fair amount of time at the Skyview Drive-In in Manhattan, KS. I won't repeat the stories but rest assured they involved a plenty of girls and beer!
There are still two Drive-In Theatres operating in Greater Kansas City. Talked all summer about going this year, but never made it.

lil hoodlum · 11-03-2011, 08:00 PM

There were 2 local ones here in Denton. Both are closed down. One of them is actually very close to where my girlfriend lives and we have poked around it a few times. The only thing left are the concession stand and the speaker poles in the lot. There was a play ground in front of the big screen so the parents could keep an eye on the little ones.

There are still several drive ins still in operation in the North Texas area. I have been wanting to go to one so badly. The closest one is about an hour and half drive. I guess it's not too bad of a drive to make some "new" memories with the girlfriend and her daughter. By the way it is in Ennis, Texas.

Keith

lil hoodlum · 11-03-2011, 08:11 PM

Kansas drive ins.

C/10 King · 11-03-2011, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by leddzepp

We still have one right down the street from my house. I went there a few months ago. As far as I know, it is one of the only ones left in So Cal.

Zepp, I miss that drive in, I practically used to live there in the the late 70's and early 80's, I think I'm going to cry

Restrorob · 11-03-2011, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by boatpuller

oh yeah,i have no stories to share about those that should be repeated on a family freindly forum.let's just say i never remember a single movie there.

I'm with you boat, Can't think of a one I could share.....

Hubscrub · 11-03-2011, 08:51 PM

we have two close one about 20 min. away and a new one with 3 screens about 40min and one in north ala. about 1 hr. and yet i've never been to one

here is a pic of one about 20min its the longest continuous running drive in in the state of Tennessee still going strong. Some other pics i've got in my travels. Last two from Missouri on Route 66

lil hoodlum · 11-03-2011, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by C/10 King

Zepp, I miss that drive in, I practically used to live there in the the late 70's and early 80's, I think I'm going to cry

It appears that the are only 20? Drive ins in operation in California today. There were over 250 at one point in time.

Keith

http://www.drive-ins.com/srchdest.ht...13&search.y=16

Hubscrub · 11-03-2011, 09:02 PM

More pix from my travels

Z16 · 11-03-2011, 09:09 PM

Seeing pics those old closed down Drive-In signs is almost as sad as seeing pics of old closed down Drag Strip signs

Closest Drive-In is 10 hours away in Enderby British Columbia, but we try and hit one somewhere every year.

Tater · 11-03-2011, 09:17 PM

There's one not to far from me called Cascade Drive In.I have'nt been there in a long time,but it's still open.I drive by it quite a bit.I'll try and get a pic next time I'm out that way.

70c10-08 · 11-03-2011, 09:20 PM

there used to be one in Kearney but a tornado took out like 5 or so of the panels on the screen and the owners decided to tear it down rather than fix it up that was in 09 the nearest one is like 3 hours away unless i wana go to KC i heard they still got some opened near there

PanelDeland · 11-03-2011, 09:41 PM

http://www.drive-ins.com/

Just put yer zip in and go.

So make sure you take a blanket.It's starting to get cool.

I remember the drive inns from when I were young.Had a few good times when I was a teen/young adult and fond memories of when I was a wee one.When we were kids we went in our PJ's so they could carry us in and put us right in bed.

pritch · 11-03-2011, 09:43 PM

There is still one hold-out down in Ogden, Utah. I think it's still running, anyway. Back in the mid-70's, we hung out with these girls and their apartment faced one of the screens at the Redwood drive in in Salt Lake. They had the radio option, so we just had to tune their radio to the proper freq and watch the show.

Indian113 · 11-03-2011, 09:49 PM

We have one in Newton Iowa,It's called "Valley Drive In" in the summer you had better get there early as it's packed every nite!

JaggedEdge · 11-03-2011, 10:01 PM

Sadly the first pic in post #2 is the former drive in just west of Weatherford. As fate would have it, I was traveling the interstate one day last week and saw that the fence and ticket booth were gone. I could see a skytrack forklift extended to the top of the screen from behind. I pulled over to get a better look, and a couple minutes later watched in sadness, as the screen went over forward to the ground in one whole piece. Talk about strange timing.
The guys had cut the legs while the skytrack held it. The whole parking lot has been leveled, and on my way home this afternoon I could see flags outlining what looks like a building pad. Talk about almost crying.
Lots of fond memories of my dating years thirty years ago, and fresher memories of taking the kids to see a movie at that drive-in.
And the people call it "progress".

jeffg1010 · 11-03-2011, 10:29 PM

This was from this past Saturday night. The photo was taken after the movie was over because you couldn't get any good ones in the dark. But it was a great time!

oldblue1968chevy · 11-03-2011, 10:43 PM

the moonlight drive in (pictured above) is the one we go too,but my old blue truck doesnt have a radio so we carried a boom box lol

used to be one local i got a pic by the sign before it was torn down a few months ago

if its legible

11-03-2011, 07:27 PM	#1
lil hoodlum Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denton, Texas Posts: 1,703	Anybody remember these? I have a few fond memories of drive in movie theaters. Care to share? Keith Attached Images

11-03-2011, 07:34 PM	#3
John Fabris TOTY 2006 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Magalia CA USA Posts: 2,270	Re: Anybody remember these? those rock! had so much fun as a kid and teenager at the local drive-ins. All closed these days... Bummer...... __________________ John Fabris 67 C10 SWB

11-03-2011, 07:35 PM	#4
Frank71 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 190	Re: Anybody remember these? Our local drive-in's have been closed for some time. But we have a group here in town that puts on a smaller version in the mall parking lot. Brings back old memories. Attached Images __________________ "If you need to tell everyone how good you are - your probably not"

11-03-2011, 07:36 PM	#5
shawno72 C/10 junkie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Stockton Ca Posts: 9,093	Re: Anybody remember these? Yes I have memories of my mom taking me to the drive in to watch Jaws and the loud scary music coming over the speaker left me with scares. LOL. I think I was like 6. __________________ Shawn 70 LWB C10 current driver/project http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=663051 68 SWB C10 Work in progress.....SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=559520 72 LWB C10 Sold 71 LWB C10 Sold 68 LWB C10 CST Sold http://youtu.be/kbB0QrBIs9k My mom always had the best advice. It was just a tad late. After a fall that involved blood, she'd say....."Careful!"

11-03-2011, 07:38 PM	#6
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11-03-2011, 07:29 PM	#2
lil hoodlum Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denton, Texas Posts: 1,703	Re: Anybody remember these? Does anybody still have one local? When was the last time you have been to a drive in movie theater? Keith Attached Images

11-03-2011, 07:43 PM	#7
boatpuller Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sun City West, Az Posts: 3,822	Re: Anybody remember these? oh yeah,i have no stories to share about those that should be repeated on a family freindly forum.let's just say i never remember a single movie there. __________________ " Never look up a dead dogs butt."

11-03-2011, 07:56 PM	#8
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 19,995	Re: Anybody remember these? We still have one right down the street from my house. I went there a few months ago. As far as I know, it is one of the only ones left in So Cal. __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man

11-03-2011, 07:57 PM	#9
kcsa75 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Kansas City Posts: 3,590	Re: Anybody remember these? The first time I went to the drive in I was probably 10 or 11. My sister took me to see Bonnie & Clyde. Of course as I got into high school and beyond, I spent a fair amount of time at the Skyview Drive-In in Manhattan, KS. I won't repeat the stories but rest assured they involved a plenty of girls and beer! There are still two Drive-In Theatres operating in Greater Kansas City. Talked all summer about going this year, but never made it. __________________ Willie Swamp Angel Truckers '72 C10 Highlander *People who blindly follow a GPS end up on television programs on The Weather Channel. Some survive, some don't.*

11-03-2011, 08:00 PM	#10
lil hoodlum Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denton, Texas Posts: 1,703	Re: Anybody remember these? There were 2 local ones here in Denton. Both are closed down. One of them is actually very close to where my girlfriend lives and we have poked around it a few times. The only thing left are the concession stand and the speaker poles in the lot. There was a play ground in front of the big screen so the parents could keep an eye on the little ones. There are still several drive ins still in operation in the North Texas area. I have been wanting to go to one so badly. The closest one is about an hour and half drive. I guess it's not too bad of a drive to make some "new" memories with the girlfriend and her daughter. By the way it is in Ennis, Texas. Keith Attached Images

11-03-2011, 08:11 PM	#11
lil hoodlum Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denton, Texas Posts: 1,703	Re: Anybody remember these? Kansas drive ins. Attached Images

11-03-2011, 08:51 PM	#14
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: Anybody remember these? we have two close one about 20 min. away and a new one with 3 screens about 40min and one in north ala. about 1 hr. and yet i've never been to one here is a pic of one about 20min its the longest continuous running drive in in the state of Tennessee still going strong. Some other pics i've got in my travels. Last two from Missouri on Route 66 Attached Images __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14

11-03-2011, 09:02 PM	#16
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: Anybody remember these? More pix from my travels Attached Images __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14

11-03-2011, 09:09 PM	#17
Z16 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,509	Re: Anybody remember these? Seeing pics those old closed down Drive-In signs is almost as sad as seeing pics of old closed down Drag Strip signs Closest Drive-In is 10 hours away in Enderby British Columbia, but we try and hit one somewhere every year. __________________ 98 GMC Sierra Ex Cab, cowl hood, Euro LED lights, 30 bar billet, Whipple Supercharged 350 Vortec: Forged flattops, E-Tec aluminum heads, Comp Cam, Scat crank and rods, Granatelli Mass air flow, Headers, Flowmaster exhaust , Complete MSD Ignition, Custom Tuning, intake spacer , ported throttle body, AC Delco port injection upgrade, Roller Rockers, Power Pulleys. Gear Vendors Overdrive. Soon to hit a dyno. 2/4 drop(for now). 95 Chevy S-10 Ex Cab 4.3 5 Speed 2/3 drop, Euro lights, billet grill, More to come. The Daily Driver

11-03-2011, 09:17 PM	#18
Tater Cradle Robber Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lily Lake,Illinois Posts: 774	Re: Anybody remember these? There's one not to far from me called Cascade Drive In.I have'nt been there in a long time,but it's still open.I drive by it quite a bit.I'll try and get a pic next time I'm out that way. __________________ "The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind." Humphrey Bogart "Hippies.They're everywhere.They wanna save the earth,but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad."Eric Cartman "Think about how stupid the average person is,and realize half of them are stupider than that."George Carlin



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11-03-2011, 09:20 PM	#19
70c10-08 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fairmont, Nebraska Posts: 546	Re: Anybody remember these? there used to be one in Kearney but a tornado took out like 5 or so of the panels on the screen and the owners decided to tear it down rather than fix it up that was in 09 the nearest one is like 3 hours away unless i wana go to KC i heard they still got some opened near there

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11-03-2011, 09:43 PM	#21
pritch Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hoytsville, Utah Posts: 3,365	Re: Anybody remember these? There is still one hold-out down in Ogden, Utah. I think it's still running, anyway. Back in the mid-70's, we hung out with these girls and their apartment faced one of the screens at the Redwood drive in in Salt Lake. They had the radio option, so we just had to tune their radio to the proper freq and watch the show. __________________ '68 Panel Project Boogie Chillin' '68 C-10 Ol' Green

11-03-2011, 09:49 PM	#22
Indian113 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Monroe,Iowa Posts: 4,370	Re: Anybody remember these? We have one in Newton Iowa,It's called "Valley Drive In" in the summer you had better get there early as it's packed every nite!

11-03-2011, 10:01 PM	#23
JaggedEdge Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Western Oklahoma Posts: 48	Re: Anybody remember these? Sadly the first pic in post #2 is the former drive in just west of Weatherford. As fate would have it, I was traveling the interstate one day last week and saw that the fence and ticket booth were gone. I could see a skytrack forklift extended to the top of the screen from behind. I pulled over to get a better look, and a couple minutes later watched in sadness, as the screen went over forward to the ground in one whole piece. Talk about strange timing. The guys had cut the legs while the skytrack held it. The whole parking lot has been leveled, and on my way home this afternoon I could see flags outlining what looks like a building pad. Talk about almost crying. Lots of fond memories of my dating years thirty years ago, and fresher memories of taking the kids to see a movie at that drive-in. And the people call it "progress".

11-03-2011, 10:29 PM	#24
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