Poor Brent!
Either you're too young to have lived then, or were kept in and not
allowed to play with "the gang".
I LIVED those days and YES, they were like the pictures, drawn or
photoed. I was doing the "Drive-In" scene at Randy Rock Drive In,
outside Baltimore in my '33 Chebby coupe. Next was my '49 Ford 2 dr., a
'50 Ford coupe and then a '49 Merc Conv. and finally a '51 Merc conv.,
both heavy customs. By then we were going out Route 40 to the Dairy
Queen Drive-in, with poodle skirts and skates. Lots of fond memories of
this kinda thing and the ride home with that poodle skirt you brung
along. All this started (for me) in the mid-50's and went into the
'70's. Many a run out there was made with my buddy in his '57 Fury at
150+mph, while "Mom" stayed home with the kids.
Oh yea, I married my Poodle skirt at 20 and this year makes 50 happy
and car filled years. (how the Hell does this happen?)
After that, we went to the various drive-ins in our '39 Chebby coupe,
'38 Buick Opera Convertible Coupe, '55, '57, '58 and '61 Chevy
Converts. The '58 was a tri-power 348 and the '61 was a tri-power 409.
Finally we were "Cruzzin'" in our '32 Ford "Li'l Deuce Coupe" with a
331 blueprinted Hemi. Somewhere in there was a '56 Chevy Nomad with a
409 that my wife used to get the groceries and hauling the 3 kids
around.
For sure on the left coast this was very big and on the east coast,
there was nearly as much of this stuff going in, just several years
behind the "Californians".
So you see Brent, many of us DID live those days, had the cars
pictured, and loved every minute of it.
Ray
On Feb 23, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Brent Burger wrote:
This is the contrived schlock that really turns me off about old
cars and the drones that make this stuff popular.
Happy Days ?
Rock-n-Roll ?
Just add bobbi-soxin' carhops and poodle skirts and you got yourself
a fantasy stew of incohesive elements that *might* have represented .1%
of the 50's experience to .1% of the population. I just love the hot
pink and toothpaste splashes to round out that 1980's vision of "the
good old days". Maybe a neon flamingo could be included ? Oh, ... I
forgot. THEY DID !!!!
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