I remember when.....

[AtomicEraTom]

All my buddies are performance guys, but performance trucks. I'm about snort when I need it and economy when I don't. In comes the Q-Jet. With my Holley on my Bel-Air, I got 6 mpg, and with the Q-Jet, I was up to 20.

Yea Tom, the Quadrajet is a classic carb. I eventually changed to a Holley smoothbore that bolted on to the stock manifold. Better performance but much worse fuel mileage. The Quadrajet had small primaries with large vacuum operated secondaries, so it sipped gas when your were light on the throttle, but fed the engine plenty of fuel when you got on it. The Holley had four equally sized barrels with mechanically linked secondaries. It used more fuel even when taking it easy, the price you paid for better performance. Of course, this was in 1975 so gas was what, 60 or 70 cents a gallon back then?

 

[Old Rogue]

I know, I know... 69' Chevy Nova also cool
Um no.... I was a dork [huh] Actually an ex-Mod and hung out with the Vespa crowd.

Just can't imagine that there could ever be any way that you would be a dork!!! Definitely cheerleader material. Of course, that would be a very intelligent cheerleader with impeccable vintage tastes and not the stereotypical vacuous cheerleader!

 

[Widebrim]

I know, I know... 69' Chevy Nova also cool
Um no.... I was a dork [huh] Actually an ex-Mod and hung out with the Vespa crowd.

Well, I'm sure that you looked good none-the-less. Did you hang out at Spike Bowl?

 

[rue]

Just can't imagine that there could ever be any way that you would be a dork!!! Definitely cheerleader material. Of course, that would be a very intelligent cheerleader with impeccable vintage tastes and not the stereotypical vacuous cheerleader!

Awww..... thank you
I just never fit in with the cheerleader football crowd. As my mother would say... I bloomed late.

 

[Widebrim]

What model Widebrim? In my mind, the automobile reached perfection in the 69 Z/28 Camaro (even if that is a bit past the end of the golden age).

It's a two-door, V8 Nova, Old Rogue. Yeah, the Zs were great.

 

[rue]

Well, I'm sure that you looked good none-the-less. Did you hang out at Spike Bowl?

You're awful sweet
I don't think so.... I hung out at Bob's Big Boy though.

 

[Old Rogue]

It's a two-door, V8 Nova, Old Rogue. Yeah, the Zs were great.

Hey, the Novas were super cool too. The guy I carpool with had one that he often speaks fondly of, I believe he said it was a 66. Of course, he's a Ford guy now. But I don't hold that against him.

 

[rue]

Keeping with the thread (kind of)
I remember when I looked like this:

 

[Widebrim]

Keeping with the thread (kind of)
I remember when I looked like this:

Wow, you do look different! Very cute, though...

 

[rue]

Wow, you do look different! Very cute, though...

It's called 25 years wiser
I was fifteen.

 

[Old Rogue]

Keeping with the thread (kind of)
I remember when I looked like this:

Oh yea, you would have turned the teenage me into a tongue-tied blythering idiot!

 

[rue]

Oh yea, you would have turned the teenage me into a tongue-tied blythering idiot!

lol

 

[Widebrim]

Oh yea, you would have turned the teenage me into a tongue-tied blythering idiot!

:arated: (Well, not quite a blythering idiot, but I definitely would have melted a bit...)

 

[rue]

Anywho.... Enough of that...

I remember when Winchell's Donuts were everywhere and I had never heard of Crispy Cream.

 

[rue]

:arated: (Well, not quite a blythering idiot, but I definitely would have melted a bit...)

Gee thanks lol

 

[jamespowers]

Niiice.... just rub it in

Well, you could fly out in May.

 

[Widebrim]

That had better be at the QM event.

Drive her from NE Los Angeles to Long Beach, and with a cracked head? Only if I fix her up before then...

 

[scottyrocks]

I remember when cars had 'fly' windows - those small triangular windows in the front of the side glass. They were either push or crank open and would let in the perfect amount of air when opened, either part, or all the way.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Had a few cars with those, my brother's and father's trucks have 'em. We always call 'em vent windows, wing windows, or smoker's windows.

Speaking of smoking, I remember when it wasn't taboo to smoke in someone's house, or anywhere really.

I remember when cars had 'fly' windows - those small triangular windows in the front of the side glass. They were either push or crank open and would let in the perfect amount of air when opened, either part, or all the way.

 

[rue]

Well, you could fly out in May.

You know how I feel about flying

Speaking of...

I remember when taking a trip on a plane was something you dressed nicely for and were treated special instead of like cattle.