crestoncowboy
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70s, bro. But the guns, music and chicks good stuff did bleed over into the 80s... (except for disco)
No doubt. I drive a 66 F100 and a 79 F150. Plus mustangs from 86 -2004. The 352 in the 66 will destroy my 400CI 79 even with a 1 gear handicap and no electronics at all.. Id say 60s was golden age for cars. By the mid 70s cars sucked. By late 70s our 400 CI Ford was making close to 150 Hp and getting 12 MPG.
Hell in 75 a Covette was way under 200 HP. Jamming to Dancing Queen. Nothing golden about that. Lol
I actually own a shop. I make a living off of midlife crisis "golden age muscle cars". They are slow, hard on fuel, handle awful and people pay double for them what they could get a new Mustang or Camaro with 400+HP, a warranty, and heated seats and steering wheel...... I drive old cars because it's free advertising. Lol. I figure if they know I can keep a 79 Ford with the worst engine Ford ever built on the road and pulling after 40 years then I can fix anything. Lol. Plus I like the smells... lol. Traction control, ABS, seat belts.....all for sissies. It's comical when people drive my old vehicles. They remember how bad they really were. No PS. No PB. No tilt. No AC. No syncronizers, no electric choke. Lol. Can't reach the pedals?....grow a few inches or get taller shoes
Much like the old guns people pay so much for. SpAS 12. BREN 10. Etc etc. Weren't even good when they were good. Now people wish they could find one. Lol.
People tend to forget the bad parts. They forget why they ditched those things as soon as they could.
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