Summer of '69

[green day]

I did not get my first real 6 string, and it was not bought at the five and dime, but B Adams was right on when he sang of that summer.

It was the best year of my life...arguably,

Man landed on Moon

Big Brother got driver license and had '68 Impala he let me drive around in

Got my first paper route and earned $ to buy baseball cards

Cub fans thought they had it until Miracle Mets snatched the NL title in a glorious comeback.

Sly Stone- Hot fun in the summertime

Played endless games of Whiffleball

Probably attended something called an Ice Cream Social- was this a Northern thing?

Stones- Honky Tonk Woman

Your recall of that year appreciated

[Allstarkaw]

I did not get my first real 6 string, and it was not bought at the five and dime, but B Adams was right on when he sang of that summer.

It was the best year of my life...arguably,

Man landed on Moon

Big Brother got driver license and had '68 Impala he let me drive around in

Got my first paper route and earned $ to buy baseball cards

Cub fans thought they had it until Miracle Mets snatched the NL title in a glorious comeback.

Sly Stone- Hot fun in the summertime

Played endless games of Whiffleball

Probably attended something called an Ice Cream Social- was this a Northern thing?

Stones- Honky Tonk Woman

Your recall of that year appreciated
My Great Great Grandmother was born...:D

[green day]

My Great Great Grandmother was born...:D

Good one , Star!...

[farmerfan]

Im too young to recall the year but I freaking love the song :notworthy

[SLC]

Im too young to recall the year but I freaking love the song :notworthy



That.^^^^

[slorch]

This song reminds me of the ambition that we had as teenagers. It also reminds me of the friendships we had and how some people changed and we grew apart. I think I wore out two of those Bryan Adams cassettes when it came out. Loved the whole album.:notworthy

[mad_fan]

This song reminds me of the ambition that we had as teenagers. It also reminds me of the friendships we had and how some people changed and we grew apart. I think I wore out two of those Bryan Adams cassettes when it came out. Loved the whole album.:notworthy

Where does all that energy go???

[slorch]

Where does all that energy go???

Into paying taxes...

[mad_fan]

Into paying taxes...

That accounts for about 50% of the energy...where's the rest???

[15Adragon]

I did not get my first real 6 string, and it was not bought at the five and dime, but B Adams was right on when he sang of that summer.

It was the best year of my life...arguably,

Man landed on Moon

Big Brother got driver license and had '68 Impala he let me drive around in

Got my first paper route and earned $ to buy baseball cards

Cub fans thought they had it until Miracle Mets snatched the NL title in a glorious comeback.

Sly Stone- Hot fun in the summertime

Played endless games of Whiffleball

Probably attended something called an Ice Cream Social- was this a Northern thing?

Stones- Honky Tonk Woman

Your recall of that year appreciated

We had just moved from Irving to Lake Highlands. I don't remember much cuz I was in 2nd grade, but we did live right down the street from LH Wildcat Stadium. I went to a lot of the games that next fall. I guess the best memories were playing kick the can, and baseball team parties at Flag Pole hill.

If I had been older I would have been into the Beatles.

[Favpack]

I vaguely remember the Mets amazing run that summer.

[drgnbkr]

I was in the Navy, in the Mediterranean aboard ship...Saw lot's of Italy, Greece, Turkey, Germany.

[Dawg Fan]

I was 10 years old and getting ready to watch Neil Armstrong step on the moon on my birthday. :cool:

[slorch]

It was one year before I was borned.:o

[svhorns]

Ahhhhh yes.... I remember it like it was yesterday.

[Allstarkaw]

Ahhhhh yes.... I remember it like it was yesterday.
Everyday feels like yesterday when you get to be that old!:notworthy

[svhorns]

Everyday feels like yesterday when you get to be that old!:notworthy

.....

[F18mustang]

I do not remember this year.. hmmmmmm

[farmerfan]

Listened to the song while enjoying a Dos X a out of a CAN a minute ago. Still remains a ****** song :D:notworthy:notworthy

[the_phoenix612]

This song reminds me of the ambition that we had as teenagers. It also reminds me of the friendships we had and how some people changed and we grew apart. I think I wore out two of those Bryan Adams cassettes when it came out. Loved the whole album.:notworthy

lol wut?

[SeguinMatadors]

How do you decipher one year from nother after so logn. i barely member 1999. I couldnt tell you that year from 98 or 2000.

[green day]

Exactly, most years have little distinction from another, but somehow 1969, that summer, sticks out...

[CCCSportsFan]

I did not get my first real 6 string, and it was not bought at the five and dime, but B Adams was right on when he sang of that summer.

It was the best year of my life...arguably,

Man landed on Moon

Big Brother got driver license and had '68 Impala he let me drive around in

Got my first paper route and earned $ to buy baseball cards

Cub fans thought they had it until Miracle Mets snatched the NL title in a glorious comeback.

Sly Stone- Hot fun in the summertime

Played endless games of Whiffleball

Probably attended something called an Ice Cream Social- was this a Northern thing?

Stones- Honky Tonk Woman

Your recall of that year appreciated

Great summer for me as well... Played little league baseball, had my first girlfriend, anticipated the Apollo 11 event and then got ready to go to middle school in the fall.

Songs that summer: In the year 2525-Zagar & Evans; In the Ghetto-Elvis; Ruby, don't take your love to town-Kenny Rogers & the First Edition; Spinning Wheel-Blood Sweat & Tears; Get Back-Beatles to name a few

[Maroondog]

I thought for sure someone would claim to have been at Woodstock. It WAS a very good year though. I recall having a lot of good times.

[pied]

It was one year before I was borned.:o

Year and a half for me, plus I always thought it was a crappy song.

[drgnbkr]

I thought for sure someone would claim to have been at Woodstock. It WAS a very good year though. I recall having a lot of good times.

The Lewisville pop festival, where the old Auto race track use to be, was a salty lineup, and I was there..Led Zep, Janis Joplin, Sam & Dave, Chicago, Santana, and too many others that I can't remember for some reason...We got there late and there was a sea of people..we just kept walking with our blankets and ended up about 20 yards form the stage in the center..People just moved over and let us squeeze in. It went on all night like Woodstock.

[J-Rock Mom]

I loved the song..


69 was a damn good year and great woman was born that year.............................



ME!!!!!!:laugh:notworthy:cool:

[drgnbkr]

I loved the song..


69 was a damn good year and great woman was born that year.............................



ME!!!!!!:laugh:notworthy:cool:

Happy birth year tooo yooou!:p

[Ennis HS 76]

Helter Skelter

[The King]

I missed 1969 by a decade, I don't remember

[Maroondog]

I missed 1969 by a decade, I don't remember

Don't worry about it. Lots of people who were there don't remember the sixties either. :eek::D

[bowiedawgs01]

http://www.dragracecentral.com/stories/photos_go_here_04/pr/13-Beautiful_Judge.jpg

[Maroondog]

http://www.dragracecentral.com/stories/photos_go_here_04/pr/13-Beautiful_Judge.jpg

Yep.

[Dawg Fan]

My first car was a '69 GTO. Damn that car was fast in a straight line. Only power options on the car were Power brakes and steering.:D:cool:

[slorch]

My first car was a '69 GTO. Damn that car was fast in a straight line. Only power options on the car were Power brakes and steering.:D:cool:

The one thing my Father-in-law and I can have a civilized discussion about is cars. i have a thing for older, better built cars, especially of the "muscle" variety. I like old pick-ups too.

I bet you sure would like to still have that GTO...:notworthy

[ktCarl]

I was in my first garage band. Getting ready to be a fish at Dobie H.S. Family got first, brand new color TV. Learned a lot from Mary Hill at Cherry Hill Park.:D

[b756561]

I was in my first garage band. Getting ready to be a fish at Dobie H.S. Family got first, brand new color TV. Learned a lot from Mary Hill at Cherry Hill Park.:D

Tony Joe White
All the boys learned a lot from her, after all she was such a thrill after dark. Well up until the man with money came along and she started playing a one man game.

[b756561]

The Lewisville pop festival, where the old Auto race track use to be, was a salty lineup, and I was there..Led Zep, Janis Joplin, Sam & Dave, Chicago, Santana, and too many others that I can't remember for some reason...We got there late and there was a sea of people..we just kept walking with our blankets and ended up about 20 yards form the stage in the center..People just moved over and let us squeeze in. It went on all night like Woodstock.

The "Texas International Pop Festival" featuring Tony Joe White, Nazz, Santana, Chicago Transit Authority, Janis Joplin (and her current band at the time, "The Moth** Fu**ers."), B.B. King, Sly & The Family Stone, Led Zepplin, Sam & Dave, Ten Years After, & others that I can not think of at this moment. Three days and nights, end of Aug. beginning of Sept. We tore down the fence after the first day and everybody got in free. Shut down Hwy. 35 from Dallas to Denton. People parked right there on the highway itself. I parked my '67 Chevelle under a row of trees and came back to find the Hells Angels had parked their bikes all around it. I left the car there and did not ask them to move their bikes. I may be dumb but I ain't stupid. I waited until they laft to get my car (totally undamaged I might add.) We spent the night at Lewisville Lake and Janis Joplin and her band came out and played for us. There were about 4000 of us sleeping there and she sang (without a mike or electricity) until about 4 a.m. I still remember she drank an entire bottle of Johnnie Walker as she sang. Everybody started skinny-dipping and the Sheriff's Dept. just watched. Booze and all kinds of other stuff was available to all and the police just sat and watched. I don't think they wanted to mess with the "Hell's Angels" who were also sleeping there. A labor Day weekend to remember. I know I will never forget it. One of the best weekends of my life. What a way to end the Summer of Love. I still have one of the original posters advertising the event. :cool: :Music :cool:

[b756561]

everyday feels like yesterday when you get to be that old!:notworthy

ouch! That does hit close to home.

[b756561]

The one thing my Father-in-law and I can have a civilized discussion about is cars. i have a thing for older, better built cars, especially of the "muscle" variety. I like old pick-ups too.

I bet you sure would like to still have that GTO...:notworthy

I still have my '67 Chevelle. Nice engine (327 taken out to a 350 with a 400 crank, racing pistons, etc.), Muncie 4-speed, Hurst shifter, WICKED and I do mean WICKED 2nd. gear. My wife says I love that car more than I do her. Surely she can't be right. Although she had better not ask me to choose between the two. I'd really miss her after these 35 years of marriage. :p

[bowiedawgs01]

I have some cars (by way of parents) that have potential. They just need to be restored.

1969 GTO
1970 C10 (mine)
1974 International Scout II
1953 International Pickup

[CCCSportsFan]

The "Texas International Pop Festival" featuring Tony Joe White, Nazz, Santana, Chicago Transit Authority, Janis Joplin (and her current band at the time, "The Moth** Fu**ers."), B.B. King, Sly & The Family Stone, Led Zepplin, Sam & Dave, Ten Years After, & others that I can not think of at this moment. Three days and nights, end of Aug. beginning of Sept. We tore down the fence after the first day and everybody got in free. Shut down Hwy. 35 from Dallas to Denton. People parked right there on the highway itself. I parked my '67 Chevelle under a row of trees and came back to find the Hells Angels had parked their bikes all around it. I left the car there and did not ask them to move their bikes. I may be dumb but I ain't stupid. I waited until they laft to get my car (totally undamaged I might add.) We spent the night at Lewisville Lake and Janis Joplin and her band came out and played for us. There were about 4000 of us sleeping there and she sang (without a mike or electricity) until about 4 a.m. I still remember she drank an entire bottle of Johnnie Walker as she sang. Everybody started skinny-dipping and the Sheriff's Dept. just watched. Booze and all kinds of other stuff was available to all and the police just sat and watched. I don't think they wanted to mess with the "Hell's Angels" who were also sleeping there. A labor Day weekend to remember. I know I will never forget it. One of the best weekends of my life. What a way to end the Summer of Love. I still have one of the original posters advertising the event. :cool: :Music :cool:

WOW, that must have been quite an event :eek:

One side of me finds it hard to believe that it could have taken place in the somewhat conservative Metroplex. Especially back then. Guess that goes to show just how much unrest there was with the youth then and how most police forces figured out the best approach was to just keep the event corralled into a certain area and then let the kids go at it...

Maybe I'm naive but I could not see something like this happening now!

[b756561]

WOW, that must have been quite an event :eek:

One side of me finds it hard to believe that it could have taken place in the somewhat conservative Metroplex. Especially back then. Guess that goes to show just how much unrest there was with the youth then and how most police forces figured out the best approach was to just keep the event corralled into a certain area and then let the kids go at it...

Maybe I'm naive but I could not see something like this happening now!

No, I don't think it could happen now. Back then everybody helped each other. If a car was stuck in the mud, 10 guys would go help pick it up and move it. If you saw somebody with a flat tire, you stopped and helped them. You happily shared what you had with complete strangers. You knew they would share with you what they had. Not today. So many people today are so into themselves. This is the "Me First" generation. Today people think everything is owed to them. They aren't willing to work and then share with others, they think everyone else should work and then share with them. We believed in giving people a helping hand. Today, they just want a handout. Things can't work long that way.

Of course that isn't everyone today. However there are enough out there to kill it for everyone else. I think people are basically good. I just think some of them make bad decisions. Today there seems to be no ramifications for bad acts. Used to be, peer pressure and public opinion weighed heavily with people. Example of the difference today. When I was in school, if I made a bad grade, I was punished for it. Today if a student makes a bad grade, it must be a lousy teacher who is not doing a good job. What happened to good old personal responsibility? Either way, that student could have passed if they had taken ownership in their grade. We have given kids today too many excuses to not do as they should. This is not the kids fault, it is the fault of their parents for not making them take responsibility for their actions.

[slorch]

. We have given kids today too many excuses to not do as they should. This is not the kids fault, it is the fault of their parents for not making them take responsibility for their actions.

This!

When I hear my friends griping about the younger kids, I argue all of the time that there are plenty of good kids today. There are lots of great kids that have no positive example or even the expectation for correct behavior. NONE of my kids' friends have ever gotten pissed off because we invited them to stay for dinner. None of them have ever left mad because we talked about how to treat a lady when all of us guys were out in the garage. Nobody wants to be a slug or bum, but only the rare exception can overcome not being taught correctly. There are few blessings we receive that are as impactful as watching the switch flip in a kids head and see him/her chasing their goals and becoming an adult. IMO, kids haven't changed as much as parents and society have.

[b756561]

This!

When I hear my friends griping about the younger kids, I argue all of the time that there are plenty of good kids today. There are lots of great kids that have no positive example or even the expectation for correct behavior. NONE of my kids' friends have ever gotten pissed off because we invited them to stay for dinner. None of them have ever left mad because we talked about how to treat a lady when all of us guys were out in the garage. Nobody wants to be a slug or bum, but only the rare exception can overcome not being taught correctly. There are few blessings we receive that are as impactful as watching the switch flip in a kids head and see him/her chasing their goals and becoming an adult. IMO, kids haven't changed as much as parents and society have.

Well said. :notworthy and sooo true.

[pied]

This!

When I hear my friends griping about the younger kids, I argue all of the time that there are plenty of good kids today. There are lots of great kids that have no positive example or even the expectation for correct behavior. NONE of my kids' friends have ever gotten pissed off because we invited them to stay for dinner. None of them have ever left mad because we talked about how to treat a lady when all of us guys were out in the garage. Nobody wants to be a slug or bum, but only the rare exception can overcome not being taught correctly. There are few blessings we receive that are as impactful as watching the switch flip in a kids head and see him/her chasing their goals and becoming an adult. IMO, kids haven't changed as much as parents and society have.

Seems to me old people have always complained about the kids today. Funny thing on this board is to see the 40 year olds complain abut the youngsters, the 30 year olds complain about the youngsters, the 20 year old complain about the youngsters, and at times the HS kids complain about the youngsters. If we were all in the same room, seeing how old each other are, we would see that we are complaining about each other.

[slorch]

Seems to me old people have always complained about the kids today. Funny thing on this board is to see the 40 year olds complain abut the youngsters, the 30 year olds complain about the youngsters, the 20 year old complain about the youngsters, and at times the HS kids complain about the youngsters. If we were all in the same room, seeing how old each other are, we would see that we are complaining about each other.

I just complain a lot in general...

some would even call it hate...;):D

[b756561]

Seems to me old people have always complained about the kids today. .

Seems to me that this is a perogative of getting older. We get to complain about how bad the kids are. Works for me. However if you reread our posts, you will see we are putting the blame on your parents, not on you.

[pied]

Seems to me that this is a perogative of getting older. We get to complain about how bad the kids are. Works for me. However if you reread our posts, you will see we are putting the blame on your parents, not on you.

Why can't I get the bold function to work?

Who am I allowed to complain about?

[slorch]

Why can't I get the bold function to work?

Who am I allowed to complain about?

Horns and Aggies

[CCCSportsFan]

No, I don't think it could happen now. Back then everybody helped each other. If a car was stuck in the mud, 10 guys would go help pick it up and move it. If you saw somebody with a flat tire, you stopped and helped them. You happily shared what you had with complete strangers. You knew they would share with you what they had. Not today. So many people today are so into themselves. This is the "Me First" generation. Today people think everything is owed to them. They aren't willing to work and then share with others, they think everyone else should work and then share with them. We believed in giving people a helping hand. Today, they just want a handout. Things can't work long that way.

Of course that isn't everyone today. However there are enough out there to kill it for everyone else. I think people are basically good. I just think some of them make bad decisions. Today there seems to be no ramifications for bad acts. Used to be, peer pressure and public opinion weighed heavily with people. Example of the difference today. When I was in school, if I made a bad grade, I was punished for it. Today if a student makes a bad grade, it must be a lousy teacher who is not doing a good job. What happened to good old personal responsibility? Either way, that student could have passed if they had taken ownership in their grade. We have given kids today too many excuses to not do as they should. This is not the kids fault, it is the fault of their parents for not making them take responsibility for their actions.

:notworthy

I remember my parents drumming into my head to always protect the family name. Be proud that you are a "Jones, Smith, Wilson" and have pride in our name. The good kids of today follow a similar creed...

And you're right... You always helped the other guy out, even if he was a stranger. There was very much a "what goes around will come back around" mind set.

[the_phoenix612]

I have some cars (by way of parents) that have potential. They just need to be restored.

1969 GTO
1970 C10 (mine)
1974 International Scout II
1953 International Pickup

very few things approach the feeling of firing up a muscle car engine for the first time in 20-odd years.

[pied]

:notworthy

I remember my parents drumming into my head to always protect the family name. Be proud that you are a "Jones, Smith, Wilson" and have pride in our name. The good kids of today follow a similar creed...

And you're right... You always helped the other guy out, even if he was a stranger. There was very much a "what goes around will come back around" mind set.


What about the creed of the bad kids from yester year?

[1970Bucs]

Great music in the summer of 1969 LOL

4 weeks at # 1 on the Billboard Chart

SUGAR, SUGAR -- The Archies

[b756561]

very few things approach the feeling of firing up a muscle car engine for the first time in 20-odd years.

Okay the_phoenix612 I gotta ask. How would you know this feeling when you haven't even reached 20 yet? I do have to agree with your premise though. After driving so many of the wimpy vehicles they have out today, it does feel great to get back into a REAL car and put the pedal to the metal. As for me, I never wait 20 years. I just fire up my Chevelle, tear across town a few times, get my "speeding/reckless driving/ unnecessary display of power" tickets, park it and wait until I get the urge again.

[the_phoenix612]

Okay the_phoenix612 I gotta ask. How would you know this feeling when you haven't even reached 20 yet? I do have to agree with your premise though. After driving so many of the wimpy vehicles they have out today, it does feel great to get back into a REAL car and put the pedal to the metal. As for me, I never wait 20 years. I just fire up my Chevelle, tear across town a few times, get my "speeding/reckless driving/ unnecessary display of power" tickets, park it and wait until I get the urge again.

I'm in the process of restoring a 1969 mustang with my dad.

[b756561]

Great music in the summer of 1969 LOL

4 weeks at # 1 on the Billboard Chart

SUGAR, SUGAR -- The Archies

At the time, that was a good song. It was certainly #1 for more than 4 weeks in the Dallas area though. KLIF 1190 played it at least once an hour for something like 12 weeks. Ron Chapman used to complain about it just about everyday. Ken Dow & Granny Emma promised they would never play the song again if it would just get off the Top 20 charts.

Trivia time for any who are interested. Who were the Archies? (Songwriter and lead singers)

[GoOwls]

It was one year before I was borned.:o

Are you "born on" dated.....;)

[b756561]

I'm in the process of restoring a 1969 mustang with my dad.

Body-off restoration?
What size engine? 289, 302, 351?
You putting it back cherry or are you pepping it up a little?
From experience I can tell you that you will be spending a pretty penny to get it finished. Damn, a good paint job alone now costs a fortune. It can be a labor of love, it certainly was for me.

[1970Bucs]

I knew that the Archies were a fictional group taken from the Saturday morning cartoon and the Archie comic books.
I cheated for the rest. I have a Billboard book that describes what went into the production of every number one song from 1955 to 1995.
The song was written by Jeff Barry(who also co-wrote Hanky Panky) and Andy Kim(who would go on to have another # 1 hit -- Rock Me Gently 1974 --as composer and artist).
Ron Dante sang lead and Toni Wine sang back-up.
I grew up near Houston. KILT 610 was the sister radio station of KLIFF up in Dallas. They were owned by Gordon McClendon. We got a lot of our DJs from KLIFF -- Chuck Dunaway, the Weird Beard Russ Knight, and the one who became part of the first Hudson & Harrigan team.

[bowiedawgs01]

Body-off restoration?
What size engine? 289, 306, 350?
You putting it back cherry or are you pepping it up a little?
From experience I can tell you that you will be spending a pretty penny to get it finished. Damn, a good paint job alone now costs a fortune. It can be a labor of love, it certainly was for me.

I'm not a Ford guy, but I think you mean 302 and 351. Maybe he's going with one of their big boy engines (400ci+)?

[Dawg Fan]

I'm not a Ford guy, but I think you mean 302 and 351. Maybe he's going with one of their big boy engines (400ci+)?

I think he was just baiting to see if he was telling the truth.;)

[the_phoenix612]

Body-off restoration?
What size engine? 289, 306, 350?
You putting it back cherry or are you pepping it up a little?
From experience I can tell you that you will be spending a pretty penny to get it finished. Damn, a good paint job alone now costs a fortune. It can be a labor of love, it certainly was for me.

It was a 302 bored out to a 351 back in the 80s. It is a numbers car, so I'm sticking pretty stock, but I am putting power brakes on it. The 69 did come with power brakes and steering, so I'm allowing myself that.

Car was 3500 with 4000+ in parts along with it. All new glass, all new chrome, power brakes kit, not a spot of rust on the body, mechanically sound.

It's a pain in the *** to try to work on it whilst at school, though. MAYBE a weekend a month :(

[green day]

I knew that the Archies were a fictional group taken from the Saturday morning cartoon and the Archie comic books.
I cheated for the rest. I have a Billboard book that describes what went into the production of every number one song from 1955 to 1995.
The song was written by Jeff Barry(who also co-wrote Hanky Panky) and Andy Kim(who would go on to have another # 1 hit -- Rock Me Gently 1974 --as composer and artist).
Ron Dante sang lead and Toni Wine sang back-up.
I grew up near Houston. KILT 610 was the sister radio station of KLIFF up in Dallas. They were owned by Gordon McClendon. We got a lot of our DJs from KLIFF -- Chuck Dunaway, the Weird Beard Russ Knight, and the one who became part of the first Hudson & Harrigan team.

Dante also was the lead for the CuffLinks, who had a hit " Tracey". I had the 45.

Sugar, Sugar is also the only # 1 hit you could find on a cereal box. Post Sugar Crisp had an actual 45 you could cut out and play on the back of the box.

Like Gilligan's Island, we always had the quandry, Ronnie or Veronica?

[b756561]

I knew that the Archies were a fictional group taken from the Saturday morning cartoon and the Archie comic books.
I cheated for the rest. I have a Billboard book that describes what went into the production of every number one song from 1955 to 1995.
The song was written by Jeff Barry(who also co-wrote Hanky Panky) and Andy Kim(who would go on to have another # 1 hit -- Rock Me Gently 1974 --as composer and artist).
Ron Dante sang lead and Toni Wine sang back-up.
I grew up near Houston. KILT 610 was the sister radio station of KLIFF up in Dallas. They were owned by Gordon McClendon. We got a lot of our DJs from KLIFF -- Chuck Dunaway, the Weird Beard Russ Knight, and the one who became part of the first Hudson & Harrigan team.

Man I haven't thought about Wierd Beard in a LONG time. He was great, thanks for reminding me of him. :cool: The "Old Scottsman" Gordon McClendon put together a great radio network.

I didn't know Toni Wine sang back-up on that song. Learn something new everyday.

[b756561]

I'm not a Ford guy, but I think you mean 302 and 351. Maybe he's going with one of their big boy engines (400ci+)?

You are right and I stand corrected. It's not like I didn't know that. I went back and changed my post.
Thanks.

[b756561]

I think he was just baiting to see if he was telling the truth.;)

No, I flubbed it. Can't even blame it on age. I knew it and I wrote the wrong numbers anyway. :o

[b756561]

It was a 302 bored out to a 351 back in the 80s. It is a numbers car, so I'm sticking pretty stock, but I am putting power brakes on it. The 69 did come with power brakes and steering, so I'm allowing myself that.

Car was 3500 with 4000+ in parts along with it. All new glass, all new chrome, power brakes kit, not a spot of rust on the body, mechanically sound.

It's a pain in the *** to try to work on it whilst at school, though. MAYBE a weekend a month :(

Same as I did with my '67 Chevelle. All the numbers matched (since they were the originals I guess they would match) so I went with only parts that were available back then. Even my Crager mags were available then. Wait until you finally get it finished. Get out on the road and then have someone pull up next to you, honk to get your attention and then gives you the thumbs-up signal to tell you what a great car you are driving. What a blast.

[b756561]

Dante also was the lead for the CuffLinks, who had a hit " Tracey". I had the 45.

Sugar, Sugar is also the only # 1 hit you could find on a cereal box. Post Sugar Crisp had an actual 45 you could cut out and play on the back of the box.

Like Gilligan's Island, we always had the quandry, Ronnie or Veronica?

I still have my copy of Tracey by the CuffLinks. But then I was into that type music way back then.

And need I say it, Ronnie and it wasn't even close. That's like saying Ginger or MaryAnne.

[CCCSportsFan]

What about the creed of the bad kids from yester year?

Good question, most of them lacked personal responsibility and their attitude was "I don't give a flip about the consequences of my actions for myself or family". I think most of their attitude was rooted in the "anti-establishment" mindset of the late '60's and early '70's...

Speaking just from my experience; it was easier to mess up or be a "bad kid" in my era and still wind up as a very productive adult. It just usually took you a little longer to get there, say your mid-to-late 20's... Some of the people who I knew that were "bad kids" then are about as politically conservative as you can find today. I know lots of people who make a very nice living and never stepped foot on a college campus. Trade schools were a very viable option for folks then and you could enroll in them at any age.

[Dawg Fan]

It was a 302 bored out to a 351 back in the 80s. It is a numbers car, so I'm sticking pretty stock, but I am putting power brakes on it. The 69 did come with power brakes and steering, so I'm allowing myself that.

Car was 3500 with 4000+ in parts along with it. All new glass, all new chrome, power brakes kit, not a spot of rust on the body, mechanically sound.

It's a pain in the *** to try to work on it whilst at school, though. MAYBE a weekend a month :(

great project and I am envious. I know you will take care of it seeing how you are putting in a lot of effort. Be sure and take a bunch of pictures during your project, you will enjoy showing them off in the future.

[Dawg Fan]

Same as I did with my '67 Chevelle. All the numbers matched (since they were the originals I guess they would match) so I went with only parts that were available back then. Even my Crager mags were available then. Wait until you finally get it finished. Get out on the road and then have someone pull up next to you, honk to get your attention and then gives you the thumbs-up signal to tell you what a great car you are driving. What a blast.


Still to this day, Cragar S/S wheels are my all time favorites.:cool::)

[CCCSportsFan]

Still to this day, Cragar S/S wheels are my all time favorites.:cool::)

+1... I worked all summer to buy a set of them and Gabriel air shocks for my '68 GTO :)

[b756561]

+1... I worked all summer to buy a set of them and Gabriel air shocks for my '68 GTO :)

Do you still have that '68 Goat?

[green day]

I still have my copy of Tracey by the CuffLinks. But then I was into that type music way back then.

And need I say it, Ronnie and it wasn't even close. That's like saying Ginger or MaryAnne.

Eye Chart, that's why I said like Gilligan's Island, you didn't think I meant Lovie :rolleyes:

Thanks for playing along, that summer was the best. Someone mentioned Helter Skelter so let's not forget Charlie...

[CCCSportsFan]

Do you still have that '68 Goat?

Unfortunately no, and boy do I kick myself. Unfortunately at that time GTO stood for "gas, tires and oil" and as a poor college student I couldn't afford it any more during the "energy crisis of the '70's". I'm ashamed what I traded it in for at the time. If I told you guys I'd be banned from the board for life :( :mad:

[b756561]

Eye Chart, that's why I said like Gilligan's Island, you didn't think I meant Lovie :rolleyes:

...

Well I don't know you personally so I do not know where your perverted interests lie. :eek: :D

[b756561]

Unfortunately no, and boy do I kick myself. Unfortunately at that time GTO stood for "gas, tires and oil" and as a poor college student I couldn't afford it any more during the "energy crisis of the '70's". I'm ashamed what I traded it in for at the time. If I told you guys I'd be banned from the board for life :( :mad:

Not an AMC Gremlin. Please tell me you didn't do that. I would so ashamed to be in communication with someone who traded a fine piece of machinery like a '68 GTO for any of the '70-'78 Gremlins. :o

[green day]

Well I don't know you personally so I do not know where your perverted interests lie. :eek: :D

:) Veronica:)

[b756561]

:) Veronica:)

Good catch. Saved yourself on that one didn't you. :notworthy

[b756561]

Still to this day, Cragar S/S wheels are my all time favorites.:cool::)

And Crager S/S mags are what I have on my Chevelle today :cool: (although the right front one has a pretty nasty rust spot going on it.)

[CCCSportsFan]

Not an AMC Gremlin. Please tell me you didn't do that. I would so ashamed to be in communication with someone who traded a fine piece of machinery like a '68 GTO for any of the '70-'78 Gremlins. :o

No, not that bad :eek:

My friends would have had me shot for doing something like that :D

[b756561]

No, not that bad :eek:

My friends would have had me shot for doing something like that :D

And for good reason....

[CCCSportsFan]

And for good reason....

It would have been hard to consider them real friends if they would have let me do that, right!

[b756561]

It would have been hard to consider them real friends if they would have let me do that, right!

Friends don't let friends buy AMC Gremlins. :eek:

[country club]

Sophmore in HS. Baseball and football. 66 GTO, Hurst slapstick, 389, Cragar mags. Herb was cheap, sex cheaper (and safer)!!! 7'4" Surfboards Hawaii stick. 17' Glastron. Could buy beer without a fake ID. Life is still good.

[b756561]

Sophmore in HS. Baseball and football. 66 GTO, Hurst slapstick, 389, Cragar mags. Herb was cheap, sex cheaper (and safer)!!! 7'4" Surfboards Hawaii stick. 17' Glastron. Could buy beer without a fake ID. Life is still good.

Tri-power? Bet you had fun keeping those suckers sychronized.

That slapstick always ended up scaring me. I knew it was gonna be pulled out of my hand, but everytime it did so I flinched and took my foot off the gas. The spring was way too strong. It was literally ripped out of my hand. I found I shifted faster without it. I ended up using, and I still use it today, a regular Hurst shifter. I've had that sucker for 40 years now and it still has never hung up on me. That my friend is the mark of quality and of good workmanship.

My first board was a 9ft. "Mal" noserider. Traded it for a 7ft. shortboard w/3 fins in '71. I finished high school at St. Louis High School in Honolulu in '71 and then attended a couple of years at the Univ. of Hawaii, Manao Campus. Majored in surfing, minored in females. By the time it was all said and done, I wished I had gotten that Mal back.

Which model Glastron did you have? Seems like they had a whole mess of different ones back then. They had a racing boat. My step-brother was really into that stuff back then. He had one of those with an outboard on it. He reconfigured it and dropped a Chevy "327" in it. That thing flew across the water. And I do literally mean "flew." At full speed only the back couple of inches of the boat was even touching the water. Liked to have got himself killed in that fool thing. As far as I know, it is still sitting at the bottom of Lake Dallas today.

[CCCSportsFan]

Friends don't let friends buy AMC Gremlins. :eek:

Little did I know that GTO would start a life long obsession with fast cars :)

I've been fortunate to drive a lot of nice cars, but the best value (if you can call it that!!) per dollar was my 2007 M5... Tons of acceleration and top speed with the 500 horses, the handling was incredible for a 4 door sedan, and the car actually had some space inside of it. I had the latest version of their SMG tranny and really liked it after having manuals in all my other cars.

Granted 12mpg was not fun, especially with premium gas up to $4.50 last summer!!

[b756561]

Little did I know that GTO would start a life long obsession with fast cars :)

I've been fortunate to drive a lot of nice cars, but the best value (if you can call it that!!) per dollar was my 2007 M5... Tons of acceleration and top speed with the 500 horses, the handling was incredible for a 4 door sedan, and the car actually had some space inside of it. I had the latest version of their SMG tranny and really liked it after having manuals in all my other cars.

Granted 12mpg was not fun, especially with premium gas up to $4.50 last summer!!

The difference between a man and a boy is the price of his toy.

I looked at an M5 and it was sweet. I just couldn't see spending the money (I'm something of a tightwad.) We settled for a 330I and we have been quite happy with it. Nice power and I get 24.9 MPG's. We are empty nesters and don't really need the extra room.

Still if you could go back to the "Goat?":D "66 wasn't it?

[country club]

Tri-power? Bet you had fun keeping those suckers sychronized.

That slapstick always ended up scaring me. I knew it was gonna be pulled out of my hand, but everytime it did so I flinched and took my foot off the gas. The spring was way too strong. It was literally ripped out of my hand. I found I shifted faster without it. I ended up using, and I still use it today, a regular Hurst shifter. I've had that sucker for 40 years now and it still has never hung up on me. That my friend is the mark of quality and of good workmanship.

My first board was a 9ft. "Mal" noserider. Traded it for a 7ft. shortboard w/3 fins in '71. I finished high school at St. Louis High School in Honolulu in '71 and then attended a couple of years at the Univ. of Hawaii, Manao Campus. Majored in surfing, minored in females. By the time it was all said and done, I wished I had gotten that Mal back.

Which model Glastron did you have? Seems like they had a whole mess of different ones back then. They had a racing boat. My step-brother was really into that stuff back then. He had one of those with an outboard on it. He reconfigured it and dropped a Chevy "327" in it. That thing flew across the water. And I do literally mean "flew." At full speed only the back couple of inches of the boat was even touching the water. Liked to have got himself killed in that fool thing. As far as I know, it is still sitting at the bottom of Lake Dallas today.

Yea those three deuces were a handful, but a buddy's dad owned a body shop in Bellaire and next door to his shop was a mechanic that liked to play with HP engines. We became friends. Like you said the slapstick was "tight", but the hardest part of driving that bad boy was keeping the tires from spinning. On my little budget all my spare money went to tires. The Glastron was my dad's, a 177 Swinger. Your choice for classes in college sounds like fun!!!! Interesting syllabus I am sure!

[b756561]

Yea those three deuces were a handful, but a buddy's dad owned a body shop in Bellaire and next door to his shop was a mechanic that liked to play with HP engines. We became friends. Like you said the slapstick was "tight", but the hardest part of driving that bad boy was keeping the tires from spinning. On my little budget all my spare money went to tires. The Glastron was my dad's, a 177 Swinger. Your choice for classes in college sounds like fun!!!! Interesting syllabus I am sure!

Gotta admit I like your avatar. My eyes aren't what they use to be, but that appears to be Bum Phillips. Heck of a guy, hell of a coach. I remember him from when he was an assistant coach for Hayden Fry at N.T.S.U.

I know what you mean about spinning the tires. My best buddy back then had a '67 GTO with a 326 w/3 deuces. Man, we could walk that sucker up a hill sideways. He was a scrounger and a "horsetrader" who could find any engine component you wanted and then trade it to you for 2 or 3 times what it was worth. I watched him start with a bicycle and $50.00 and ended up with that '67 GTO less than a year old. I always admired his ability to do that.

What type board did you use and where did you ride? I hit Sunset Beach/Bonzai/Pipeline off and on, but mostly I rode at Waimea Beach. Come November we had 30 footers. At Pipeline/Bonzai you could actually see 40-45 footers but that was too scary for me. All those tourist girls to impress and they were sooo easy to impress. Good times they were. Basic rule at U.of H., if the surf was up, the classes were empty.

[CCCSportsFan]

The difference between a man and a boy is the price of his toy.

I looked at an M5 and it was sweet. I just couldn't see spending the money (I'm something of a tightwad.) We settled for a 330I and we have been quite happy with it. Nice power and I get 24.9 MPG's. We are empty nesters and don't really need the extra room.

Still if you could go back to the "Goat?":D "66 wasn't it?

330 BMW's are very nice rides and I'm sure you did really like it :)

I had a '68 GOAT and would love to have that car right now. Gosh did that engine just purr :D

[b756561]

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http://ultimategto.com/1967/67_00015_1.jpg

While this is not a picture of his GTO, it looks just like the one Larry acquired for a bicycle and $50.00.
http://www.autabuy.com/photos/357142_2038246357231.jpg

This Chevelle is identical to mine right down to the same mags. Although my radio antenna does not lower into the fenderwell as this one does and mine does not have the rocker panels like you see here. My Chevelle also had the black vinyl top just like Larry's GTO. We had a lot of fun with the two cars looking so much alike. I always liked my Chevelle, but the truth be told, I liked Larry's Goat even more. It's just a better looking car. :Music