Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

[jamespowers]

I suggest a more traditional family car.

Those can stay in the past!

If it were a 57 Nomad then it wouldn't be so bad. Those four door wagons are for people way older than me.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I'm less than half your age and have 3 4-door wagons. I've never owned a two-door car, outside of my two pickup trucks.

On that note, how many doors does that Exxon, um....I meant Escalade of yours have?

If it were a 57 Nomad then it wouldn't be so bad. Those four door wagons are for people way older than me.

 

[gear-guy]

I can't agree more. I am a delivery driver for the brown company and when I need a signature on my electronic pad many of the kids can't write in cursive.Let me rephrase this. Many of the young adults can't remember how to write in cursive. I understand that writing a letter by hand will probably never happen again but please, not knowing how to write your name!!!!!!!!!!! Now let me get started on video games, 15 years ago the summer time was a hard time to deliver, the kids would all be outside playing basketball or something and would always try and hang on the bumper of my truck and hitch free rides, now I am stunned to see anyone outside. Playing video is now the king of exercise and entertainment. Oh how we have regressed!!!!!

 

[jamespowers]

I'm less than half your age and have 3 4-door wagons. I've never owned a two-door car, outside of my two pickup trucks.

On that note, how many doors does that Exxon, um....I meant Escalade of yours have?

Not less than half. Don't go too far. lol lol I never owned a four door car until I bought the Escalade four years ago. lol lol
The Escalade isn't a wagon it transends wagon---SUV=cool. Wagon=oold.

 

[Touchofevil]

Not less than half. Don't go too far. lol lol I never owned a four door car until I bought the Escalade four years ago. lol lol
The Escalade isn't a wagon it transends wagon---SUV=cool. Wagon=oold.

Revised translation to keep up with the changing times: Escalade = Thug gangster.

Fortunately:
Nomad= Cool.

 

[jamespowers]

Revised translation to keep up with the changing times: Escalade = Thug gangster.

Fortunately:
Nomad= Cool.

Mine doesn't have gold trim. lol lol Then again, I wouldn't mind the gangster part. People leave you alone.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

SUV's are overrated. The family wagon is much nicer, not so high up and not such a pump-sucker lugging that 4x4 chassis around.

Not less than half. Don't go too far. lol lol I never owned a four door car until I bought the Escalade four years ago. lol lol
The Escalade isn't a wagon it transends wagon---SUV=cool. Wagon=oold.

lol

Revised translation to keep up with the changing times: Escalade = Thug gangster.

Fortunately:
Nomad= Cool.

 

[Touchofevil]

Mine doesn't have gold trim. lol lol Then again, I wouldn't mind the gangster part. People leave you alone.

Translation to thug ganster searching for a new ride: no gold trim = project car/fixer-upper

 

[Touchofevil]

Mine doesn't have gold trim. lol lol Then again, I wouldn't mind the gangster part. People leave you alone.

People leave you alone but not other gangsters.

 

[jamespowers]

Translation to thug ganster searching for a new ride: no gold trim = project car/fixer-upper

Is that why they stole my rims and tires?

 

[jamespowers]

SUV's are overrated. The family wagon is much nicer, not so high up and not such a pump-sucker lugging that 4x4 chassis around.

If you've got an Escalade, gas is the last thing on your mind. You have much more top end accessories in an Escalade than you get on a wagon that hauls manure to the garden. lol lol

 

[Touchofevil]

Is that why they stole my rims and tires?

Christmas present for the little thugs so that they won't be embarrassed when doing a drive by shooting.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

The luxury wagons were loaded with options. I refer you to the billboard, sir.

If you've got an Escalade, gas is the last thing on your mind. You have much more top end accessories in an Escalade than you get on a wagon that hauls manure to the garden. lol lol

 

[LizzieMaine]

How about *downtown* gas stations. Nowadays you'd be hard pressed to find an actual gas station within the downtown area of a town or city -- they're usually out on the Miracle Mile, not right in the middle of everything.

This is the corner of Main and Winter Streets, Rockland Maine in 1936. The building in the background is the theatre where I work, but the filling station has long since been replaced by a building that currently houses an upscale bakery. The "Fireproof Garage" advertised on the side of the theatre is still standing, but it's now a series of art galleries. So if you want to actually buy some gasoline right in town, tough luck.

(And for that matter, Tydol -- once the largest-selling brand of gasoline on the East Coast -- is long gone too.)

 

[fashion frank]

Yea the local gas station, where we would fill up our bike tire's and ride across the hose just to hear the bell for the attendent ring , ah the good ole days when I was a kid growing up .

All the Best, Fashion Frank

 

[jamespowers]

The luxury wagons were loaded with options. I refer you to the billboard, sir.

Man that car is ugly! I don't care how many options you put on fake wood and ugly 70s styling. :rofl:

 

[jamespowers]

Christmas present for the little thugs so that they won't be embarrassed when doing a drive by shooting.

Yeah, they probably put 22" rims on a volkswagon. :eusa_doh:

 

[AtomicEraTom]

You clearly have no taste! lol

Man that car is ugly! I don't care how many options you put on fake wood and ugly 70s styling. :rofl:

 

[jamespowers]

You clearly have no taste! lol

My parents had the regular 70 mercury. Man that was an UGLY car. It was green too.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I miss colors like green on cars. I miss when cars weren't the same colors as today's vinyl siding...

My parents had the regular 70 mercury. Man that was an UGLY car. It was green too.