Forgotten Details that Made the 1970s Unique
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- The 1970s were jam packed with ups and downs that made the 1970s, well the 70s. The stereotypical trends established the aesthetic of the decade, but it was the details that make it unique. The events, the products, the experiences, and the people are actually what we remember the most, so let’s take a look back at some of the more obscure things that happened, that you probably forgot about… in the 1970s.
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My husband and I were married on Dec.2,1972. We met on October 9, 1972, we were married for 45 years when he passed away in 2017. 😢
Sorry y
To hear of your loss. John in Ohio
I'm sorry to hear about your husband. It must of been love at first sight since you got married pretty quickly. Well, at least you had 45 years together. That says a lot in today's world.
@@stephendacey8761 I couldn’t agree more. Honestly there were times when I felt like the most beautiful woman ever. He treated me as if I were. Believe me when I tell you that I’m only pretty to those closest to me and love me. Beautiful I am not.
@@silverado5469 thank you for your kind reply.
So sorry for your loss. My wife and I were married in 2002. She passed away suddenly on our anniversary in 2021. I smile and feel good remembering all the great years we had together. She left too soon, but I’m married to a beautiful wife with wings. It’s the loneliness that’s the hard part. I wish you all the best, again my condolences.
My wife and I got married March 20, 1971. Still together. Celebrating 53 years this year.
I promise not to tell her about your many illicit affairs. Your secret is safe with me.
Congratulations
Hubby and I were married in 1978 -- 46 years ago, and still together.
When SNL was actually funny and worth staying up late for!
Tell me about it! How a no talent dweeb like “ Pete Davidson” ever got famous is baffling
And Benny Hill!
when I was younger I didn't get SNL but now in my 40's I look forward to it and hate when they skip a weekend. My theory and I don't know your age, is that SNL has always had its age demographic and never moved outside of it, they just hired new talent that fit that group and when you age into it, it becomes funny. Kinda like how imaginary friends just stop showing up and you forgetting their names at some point. I watched Mad TV for a couple of seasons but aged out of it as the writers new cast didn't make me laugh like they once did. Just my theory on it.
70s SNL cast is best hands down!
Wasn't ruined by the left, just like most everything else.
The 1970's were the best time to be a teenager. Nothing compares to that!!
The 60s
The ‘80’s
The 80’s!!!
70s 80s kud here I liked 80s better but both great decades to bevteen.or young 20s
@@jessewolf7649 unless you were drafted.
A great time to be a teenager!!!✌️❤️
glad there was no cell phone or internet no facebook or twitter/X. wouldnt want my teen years posted online for eterrnity.
The 70s had the best music 🎶
Yes! I agree . I was a teen. Best times. 👏
heck yes! for both classic rock and classic disco and R&B
Agreed!
If you consider disco and mostly folk music sounding songs as “the best music” then yeah. I bet the tunes sounded great on those 8 tracks compared to our CD’s and Bose speakers too. 😉
Late 70s rock into the 80s!
In 1972, my parents took our family to Disney World. Travelling by car (without A/C) it was a 4-day round-trip. We spent ONE day in the park, which was long enough to ride every ride one time, as it wasn't that big yet. Good thing we did it that year, because the gas crisis kept us close to home for the rest of the decade. Now, more than 50 years later, I still have fond memories of that vacation!
We went to FL the year BEFORE Disney opened 🙄☹️
71’-72’we lived in Cali while Dad was stationed there.. I was 9 with 3 siblings and we went to Disneyland almost every weekend for a year . To this day I can’t get “it’s a small world afterall” out of my head 🙉 good times! Ever go to La brea Tar Pits and Knotts berry farm? Also regular go to’s back then.💛🌻💛
We drove to Disney from Wisconsin in 1974. I distinctly remember my Dad complaining about the gas prices. It was .54 a gallon . When I looked at the pump from my backseat window and saw .54 I thought it meant $54. (I was very young) . Great memories though.
We went about the same time. Our dad threw a mattress in the back of an old Ford truck with a camper shell on it. My brother and I rode back there because the old Ford was a single cab and didn’t have room for all of us in the front. We lived in central N.C. then so it was a pretty long ride without a/c. People in those days were not as reliant upon a/c because as a rule the population did more hard work and were not nearly as overweight as the population of today.
We were lucky enough to fly to California to go to Disneyland in 1973. We had stops in Phoenix and Las Vegas on the way to California.
Loved everything about the 70's. Oh the memories.
Me too, it’s a wonder we survived, no helmets or elbow pads, just come home for supper, no real worries where we were in the mean time. Great time to be a kid. 💛🌻💛
@@saner6888 Mercurochrome saved us kids back then
@@rogerstlaurent8704 oh yes I remember the stains it left.
If I could turn back time...............
I met my husband in 1970 and he passed away 2023 in December. We loved the 70s. But I sure miss my husband more 😢
I’m very sorry for the loss of your husband. It’s so hard going on with half of yourself missing, at least that’s how it feels to me.
Please accept my sincere condolences 💜
I'm so jealous
How time flies. It’s really crazy.
I agree, I was born in 1961 and it feels like it was yesterday...wow.
@@tonycollazorappo I was also born in 1961. I agree with you on this.
Time not only flys but it speeds up. My father use to tell me old age ain't for sissys. He was right.
So true. I was born in 1960.
No worries if you know the Lord, the "birth pains" described in the Bible are definitely occurring right now
It's SO weird...I remember almost everything from the 1970s, a good share of the 1980s, bits and pieces of the 1990s, and almost nothing from the 2000s.
For some reason I can remember a lot from the mid to early 70s. As far as the 80s, not much, I graduated from high school in 1980. I was born in 1961, I guess in the 80s I was busy learning about the world, and it was all overwhelming I guess, lol.
Same for me, hmm?
That reminds me of the hilarious saying about the 60s. "If you remember the 60s...you weren't there."😂
I don’t remember what I had for breakfast today but I remember the 70s the 60s and the 50s. I was born in 1947. My memories go back to about 1955 but even then it is a bit fuzzy. 😢
Remember the movie DUEL starring Dennis Weaver in 1971. It was so good as a tv movie that it was made into a theatre movie. You certainly missed that! It was one of the best horror movies ever made.
In 1980, I took my driver license test in my parents' '71 Pinto, 4-speed. Drove that car all through college. The good old days.
I would drive my friends Vega when I had my learners permit trying to get some road time in.
I took my driver's test in my mom's '73 pinto🎉🎉🎉 AVOCADO GREEN
I was a young boy in Chicago during the 70s. Oh, the memories! I will never forget it. 😔
ha ha, small world.... I was a teenager then and the 60s were so much fun as a child :) I still love this city.
lol I grew up in Romeoville
No internet no smartphones. I was in my twenties i really miss those days.
As much as us boomers have adapted to smartphones and the web, some days I would just like to abandon them and go back to simpler times!!! Aaaggghhh!
Why?
I Look Forward To Your Channel, It Takes Me Away From This Cold World We Live In Now. Thanks 💗
Don't worry when Biden gets re-elected times will get even better😆😆😆.
The world was much colder in the seventies, with Vietnam, Watergate, double digit unemployment, double digit inflation, gas lines
Will never forget the 70s. This world needs it back
The 70s were awesome 😎👍
Ah yes ! Tha 70's ! Loved that era !
Turned 14 in 1970 so the best.years of my life happened then !
The craziness ! The parties ! The music !
Loved growing up in those years !
Hated high school though !
For me, the 70's was mix of highs and lows. My best memory was when my father took me & my brothers to see Star Wars at the movie theater near where we lived.
In 1970 I was 17 years old. Out of high school and working. Bought my first car in 1970 and got my drivers license all in that same year. 1973 I bought a brand new Ford Pinto paid $2300 for it out the door cash money. That was tax license and everything. Also started playing guitar in 1974 and my brother and his wife had my nephew in 1974 and I turned 21 and 1974 I love the 70s, it was the greatest decade of my life. I really miss it. The 70s brought a lot of joy and happiness in my life. I’m still happy today but has the years melt away I do remember that decade and will always dearly love it. I think the reason for that is because all of my family we were all together back then, my mom and dad have long passed away and so as my oldest brother and I’m not getting any younger either. Has the sun say those were the days my friend I thought they would never end we would sing and dance forever and again. Thanks so much for the video. I truly love it.👍🏼👍🏼❤️🎸😁✌🏻
I turned 17 in 1972. Probably one of the best years of my life. So much excitement and promise of the future. My parents bought me a new Pinto in 1971 for $1995. Got rid of it a year later because it was a lemon. But yes, that was a great decade to be a teenager. Carol King was a positive influence on me at the time as a young woman. All us girls started wearing Levi jeans about that time and we loved how free we felt in them. 68 now and struggling with incurable stage four cancer; but I do like to reflect back on those happy days.
@SeaTurtle515 … Sounds similar to my 1970’s experiences, except for the Pinto. Never owned one. And don’t forget playing James Taylor albums in constant rotation with Carol King. Those were the days, weren’t they? Can identify with the serious health issues, also. Peace be with you.
@@noedgelines9565 Thank you for the nice response. So many artists in the 70’s that had a profound affect on us. Sorry about your health challenges. I hope you can feel better. 💕🌿
Great memories, Mark. You’re correct, it was a super special time for us that were teens and in our early 20’s in that decade. Every time I think back on it, I get a ‘peaceful, easy feeling…’!
Bought mine for $250.00, drove it till it fell apart.
I was 17 in '71 and used to take my dad's Pinto street racing. The good old days, and the lucky days.
ME TOO I HAD A GRABBER BLUE HATCH BACK
I had the last of the Pintos, an '80 I bought in November '81 from a Hertz or Avis sell-off.
Ya, lucky for you nobody hit you from behind with that pinto 🔥
Street racing with a factory 4 cylinder 😂😂
@@RobShutt357 You run what you have. In the straightaways, muscle cars walked away from me. On twistie canyon roads, the Pinto could hold it's own.
Ide pick the 70s over any decade today
The music and cars were the best things of the 70s
Let's not forget the AMC Pacer (the terrarium) and Gremlin (many of which were destroyed in the first Terminator film 1974).
I bought a new Pacer in '75. I loved it. I was 19 years old.
The first terminator movie wasn't released till 1984, and the car that was wrecked was the 76 Cadillac El Dorado.
My aunt had a blue Gremlin in the early 80s 😂
That 258- 6 lasted a long time though !
Bought a Jeep CJ7 in 78. It was a year old then . Paid 56 hundred for it !
That 258 went way over 300k and was still running when I gave it to some crazy kids in the 90's !
AMC put that motor in a lot of those weird cars back then !
I thought the Pacer was such a cool car to have.
Growing up on a farm, I never knew about cable TV or HBO until about 1978 (or so), when my parents finally decided to get satellite TV... with one of those huge 6'-8' satellite dishes.
I grew up on a farm, and I don't suppose I knew about, or much about, cable or HBO till the very early 80s. And we never had cable growing up.
And we never had one of the West Virginia state flowers planted in our yard (a satellite dish, lol).
@@duckduckgoismuchbetterGrew up on a dairy farm in Upstate NY, 2 channels and had to climb on the roof to turn the antenna before we got a motorized turner. I had cable in the military off base in the early 80s.
We were on a big rooftop rotary antenna until 1985 or so. No cable in our small town until then.
I didn't even know HBO existed then! We lived in the country and didn't even have cable til the mid-70's so only got 4 channels. I still remember my mom trying to adjust the set when the reception wasn't good.
Great memories wish we were still there😢
Yes same here, some of the greatest memories of my life were from those days. I miss them now more than ever before.
You left out the Bicentennial in 1976. I was 5, when it happened. It taught me about year dates and history for the first time.
I lived in Lagrange Kentucky. Railroad ran down middle of mainstreet. I remember a festival at court house and watching the bi- centennial train coming through. It stopped because the whole town was there. I was 14. Special times.
Growing up, we had rooms in the house that we couldn’t go into. The one room that was strictly off limits, was the piano room. It was carpeted (but not with shag carpet), but when you walked over it, you could see footprints in the carpet, and my mom hated it. So, if we did go in there, we had to take the carpet rake and rake out the footprints after we were done. It was so annoying 🙄! So glad that her and my dad moved out of that house! Also, I live a couple miles away from Donny Osmond 🙃
I remember most of these things...thanks for the trip down memory lane!💯💥👍!
Your channel is fab! Thankyou for the great memories! ❤
Six dollars a month for HBO! “Sorry son we can’t afford it”🙂
😅👍
Woke cable service would be too expensive for me if they paid me to take it!
In the 70s $6 was a lot of money for something that people had never paid for before.
That was an outrageous sum back then. I remember rock concert tickets for $6.
Inflation?
That would be almost $50 today! $6 for HBO was expensive!
One thing i remember from the 70's was the campaign of 2-3-4-4. This was aimed at children to try to get them to eat healthier. The diet stated that one should eat two servings from the meat group, three servings of the dairy group, four servings of the bread and cereal group, and four servings of the fruit and vegetable group per day. I think it's long been forgotten though. Also, the Pepsi challenge started in the 1970's IIRC.
There was a show called Mulligan Stew that promoted that
@@Shawn666Hellion I never really watched it. It wasn't available where I lived. We had a nutrition day at school where they promoted that.
We learned about the “Four Basic Food Groups”(meat, milk/dairy, cereals, fruits/vegetables).
@@smittykins All that stuff was heavily promoted by biased agricultural interests that infiltrated the schools. That's why the milk and meat were at the top even thuough they still cliamed more is needed of vegetables, fruits, breads and cereals. As a vegan for 37 years, I can vouch that humans don't need dairy or meat.
The natural beauty of the young ladies in the 70s was simply awesome.
Richard Simmons dominated the 80’s in fitness too. No one ever gives Richard his proper credit.
Also Billy Banks and Ti Bo, but that may have been the 80's
That sweating to the oldies was one of the first infomercials too.
Yeah, but Richard Simmons actually started his television career in the mid 70s, his first show that was on every morning and, before the 80s came is show was no longer on air and, he was off for a time and, then, the next thing you know when, infomercials got started there he was and, the next step was his cards and all those exercise albums! I never really knew about his PBS Shows but, at the time in the area of IN in which, I lived at the time it didn’t come in all that well, despite having cable! Well, it came in fuzzy , a lot of channels they never did get those small channels cleared up till the mid 90s!
Richard Simmons in the 1980s had a daily exercise show on TV, usually run in the morning, often running on independent stations. Joanne G also had a 1980s exercise show called "The Morning Strech." A similar show "The 20-minute Workout." Aerobics was all the rage in the early to mid 1980s.
Richard Simmons dominated comical-cringe, that's all.
I was one of the kids on the Walt Disney World Grand Opening Special.
Ahh those purple socks were everywhere hahaha. This was a sweet look back, thank you!!!
Little known fact: Prince cites his greatest influence as Donny Osmond’s socks…
The 70s was an awesome decade when it came to entertainment. Cool music ( my fav was Elton John ) Cool sitcoms ( All in the Family, Mary Tyler Moore, Sanford and Son, etc.) and super cool movies ( starting with Dirty Harry and ending with Apocalypse Now ) MANY classic movies came out of the 70s
Imagine all the snowflakes now with "All In The Family!"
Right, the Music was the best!! I loved All in the Family and Welcome back Kotter. 😅 too many great bands I almost can’t pick a favorite.
@@slim-oneslim8014I'd love to see their reactions... I loved that show & I believe there's nothing wrong with being truthful 😅😅
The shag rugs... my brother and I were playing jacks. We lost one of the metal jacks without realizing it. Later on, our dad was walking barefoot on the rug and he stepped on that jack. It had got tangled up in the shaggy rug. That was the loudest cussing I've ever heard.
OMG he's poor foot!! Ouch
Who knew you could still buy it! Why???
😂😂😂😂
I remember all of this. I was a young boy going to elementary school and time seemed to stand still. I could swear I once saw a clock go backwards on the last day of grade 4 before summer break. I’m now 60 and would give anything to go back when time stood still and TV shows were pretty good. I can’t say the same for cars. The “ malaise “ era. Detroit was pumping out some real pieces of garbage that had a hard time getting up to 55mph on the highway. But they were still great years in the 70’s. Like everything else in life, we get used to it. I do own a new Corvette with 800hp and I smile when I think about going back in time and imagining the look on the face of the cop as I pass him in my Vette at a 160mph. That would be fun 😂 Thanks for the past memories. We had some good times.
LOL 😂, 64 here and 5 years in the military felt like eternity. Now 5 years goes by in the blink of an eye .
@@freedomrings1420 So true. Maybe we should put a 55mph speed limit on time. The funny part ? Congress would probably make it law.
I met Lance Loud years after the show went off the air at a Mumps concert. We had a brief conversation and he seemed nice enough. I certainly had watched the show, looking forward to every episode.
I was definitely not expecting my city's hockey team, the Canucks to be named dropped here.
I was a kid in the 70s, say the words metric system to me and I get PTSD 😄😄😄
At least some US schools taught fourth and fifth graders the metric system in the early to mid 1970s. I remember watching the 1972 Olympics and wondering what a meter is.
When I learned the metric system a year later in science class, my thought was why isn't this in use in the USA. It's a decimal system, much easier than the SAE fractions of an inch.
In the 70s I was in my 20s. Now in the 20s I’m in my 70s. Kinda weird how that flipped. 😁
Thank you !
I miss being a kid in the 70s...born in 69..thank you for all the road trips to the past Me. Peabody 👍🙂. Great content, love your channel
My aunt used to rent Pintos when she would visit California and needed to get around! Speaking of Disney World, I always got a kick out of the All in the Family episodes where Archie and Edith are planning a trip there, but Edith is experiencing symptoms of menopause! In one instance she shrieks at Archie and yells "... I ain't going to Disney Woild or ANY OTHER WOILD WITH YOU..!" before running upstairs in tears! Haha!
And Archie gave Edith 30 seconds to change!
@@morganm9040 after all when Archie had his hernia he didn't make Edith wear the truss.
Started college in 1971. Best decade of my life. I had frat brothers who drove Pinto, Gremlin and Vega. I thought Pinto was the best of the bunch if you didn't get BBQed.
I preferred the '72 Dodge Charger, myself.
Had no idea HBO came out that long ago.
I know, I thought it came out in the 80's with MTV
Actually I had no idea it came out in the 70's either!! Obviously I knew no one that could afford to have it
@jcbulldog533 Yeah the 5 or 10 bucks back then they were charging was alot of money.
I remember it all!!😅
As a youngling in the 70s I strongly remember the hoopla building up to the America's Bicentennial. Everything was red white and blue. The country started cleaning it's roads, highways and streets leading up to it. Men were told they needed a Boflex to get strong so my older brother bought one only to never really use it. It wasn't the most user friendly piece of exercise equipment but they sold a lot of them.
I too was a youngling in the 70's - born 12/69 btw, and I certainly remember the Bicentennial in '76. I lived in a small, clean town in Georgia. All the kids and teenagers were playing in the street with firecrackers.....my Dad and I walked the short distance to the "Battles Grocery Store" - where everyone went for groceries back in the day - to feast on hotdogs grilled outside courtesy of the store, and purchase balloons for the walk home. ❤❤❤ Sure do miss that decade......
I graduated high school in 1972. Miami, Florida. Fun times.
GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There will never be a better decade then the 70s.
Thank you for all the great memories you give us.
Your channel has become one of my favorite channels.
I was not even a teen yet in the 70s yet i remember it very well due to the music i listened to.
Life before social media. I feel bad for today’s kids.
The whole "Cable Box" tv age, had come to the Northeast (Connecticut) early in the 1970's. Because when we would travel back home to New Britain, my uncle John had a box in their living room. They had HBO and got those little HBO booklets that came in the mail with the broadcast schedule. We did not get the "Box" till 1979 or 1980, when we moved into our forever home in Miami. One of the first films we saw in Ct. at my uncles was JAWS. I don't remember when that was. But I remember my mother and aunt jumping off their chairs at one point. We used to get the little guide book as well, until they did away with them eventually.
I saw Jaws 12 times as an 11 year old in 1975. "I think we need a bigger boat", famous words from the movie.
Prior to HBO was Key Cinema. It could be locked to prevent kids from watching racy movies. Needless to say we knew where the key was hidden so had access when the parents weren't home.
Never been to Disney & have no desire too. We were the first family on our block to have cable & it was $7 per month.
Same here. No Disney "anything", nor cable. Quadruple especially since they've all gone Woke. Huge swathes of formerly American businesses have decided to go broke by going Woke.
Over 30 years in Florida, many only an hour away fromDisney. No desire either.
Especially when you learn about the sick symbolism they use in their movies
I’ve never been there either, and don’t care to ever go, I’m from Pittsburgh we have Kennywood! Hahaha
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Yup, played a alot of Space Invaders in the entryway of KMart back then.
Such great memories loved this! 💙☀️
Best time of my life.
I'm 59 now and my elementary school years were in the early 70's in Queens, New York. Nothing will ever compare to the 70's, the music, clothes, cars and especially the people of that time. Our family was young and all together back then...and now we have the memories.
I was 10 years old when Jaws came out. I remember seeing it in the movie theater and scaring the crap out of me.
I graduated high school in 1973. The only thing I was familiar with from this video was the Ford Pinto, because I had one. We got rid of it a year later because it was a huge lemon, constantly breaking down. We didn’t know anything about the gas tanks catching on fire until years later. Everything else you mentioned is news to me. I didn’t think I lived in a bubblle back then….😂
I remember when they were first installing cable in my town when I was a kid. When we asked what they were doing, one of them said , It’s the Pepsi generation kid. You’ll get Pepsi delivered automatically now. 😂😂😂 . I think we actually believed him .
😂
Speaking of soft drinks, I loved the Coke commercial with all the teenagers from different countries, singing on the side of a mountain in Italy. The 70's had good music, even in commercials.
@@stephendacey8761 The video of the "Hilltop ad" is on CZcams in various places, and various qualities of recording. "I Want To Teach The World To Sing (in perfect harmony)" is the song title.
It was also released by various groups, among them, The Ray Conniff Singers, The Seekers and The New Seekers. Also all on CZcams.
Also I think the commercial was re-released in the 90s with children of the original singers, and their parents.
Yes,I definitely remember that jingle from the Infamous Coke Commercial..My Mother who wasn't from this country even was able to sing it,she enjoyed that Commercial as we all did!!! I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect Harmony
@@stephendacey8761 I left you a CZcams link to the video, but the evil and stupid CZcams Censorcrats deleted it. And it was their OWN damn video! 😡
I was born in ‘75 but some of this carried over into the ‘80s ❤
Short shorts must come back 😅
Surprised there were no Glow in the Dark products in this video. We had so many Glow toys; balls, frisbees, silly putty…. We had Glow in the Dark paint to put on T-shirts & shoes. We had to hold up to a light for a while to get em to glow for 20 - 30 minutes, but was fun times!
I traded my 76 Pinto for a 74 Vega, both were terrible. My parents didn't get a color TV or cable (With HBO) till I joined the US Air Force, they said I ate too much to afford it before that. Charlie made a statement, I used to watch Hee Haw and he would appear from time to time, Hee Haw jumped the shark in 1975, once String Bean and Buck Owens guitarist died, it lost a lot of what made it good, however, C&W official died when George Strait retired and George Jones died, became pop music and lyrics about pickup trucks (Except for Toby Keith, RIP). I anger an Apple salesman in 1978, I asked how much the TV was, he said it was a monitor for a computer, he showed me a little of how it worked, I told him I could do my banking at the bank, he turned red, I left. Video arcades replaced the pinball halls where my brother and I used to hustle people at foosball for gas money, I still love pinball better than video games. I have one of those exercise bikes in my garage, it was here when I moved in, I guess I could set it on the curb for the trashman to take. The girls in my 6th grade class thought I looked like Donny Osmond, till my mom sheered me for the summer. Great episode, thanks for posting!
I've also owned both Vega and Pinto while I agree both were crap, I did find the Pinto more reliable and used less oil. Both were gutless on the hills and were embarrassing to be seen in however both beat the hell out of a pair of sneakers.
@@johnharris3362 Especially in the rain, my pinto would not climb an on ramp with the AC (For the 6 months the AC actually worked) on. My Vega has a manual trans, so I could wind it up in 2nd till I got to the top, I still had to hope someone would let me in, cause in both cases I was trying to enter the highway at 30 mph.
@@robmatlock7675 Now that I'm thinking about it, I remember a old man I had painted one for had a v/6 and was quite impressed how snotty a pinto could be with the right engine.
@@johnharris3362 My brother was a vehicular wizard, he could diagnose and fix any problem on a car. In the 10th grade his auto shop teacher in cahoots with his English teacher made him a proposal. The English teacher had a Country Squire Pinto, and he wanted to trade his no power 2300 cc engine for a 289 ci V8. For this service my brother would receive a "B" (no one would believe my brother could go from a D- to an A). With a welder and a couple of adapter kits he squeezed it in, the AC and wheel wells were removed, but it fit. My brother put chrome valve covers and a Lynx air filter on the engine, it looked beautiful!
The school paper's photographer took some pics, and sent them to "Hot Rod Magazine", 3 photos showing the car, one with the English teacher standing next to the open hood, none of my brother, in a mid-magazine B&W spread. My brother had that spread in a frame on his wall for years.
I don't know how it drove or handled, but that was the only cool pinto I ever saw.
Interesting video
I hated shag carpet, it looked ugly and was a real pain to clean spills from.
But it was great in my brother's 1976 E150 conversion van...orange for the walls and brown for the floor in front of the water bed..heavy duty Monroe shocks in the rear..if the van was a rocking, don't come knocking..😉😉🥰🥰🥰🤣🤣🤣
🎉 retro greetings from coastal Mississippi. I am so glad l am the age l am. I remember ALL of these items and events. Thank you for the groovy memories 🎉
Whenever people are talking about the Pinto they forget about the Chevy Vega. GM's answer to the need for a sporty compact had its major issue too: the engine liked to come from together. With a "revolutionary" aluminum block and a steel head, the dissimilar materials reacted to heat differently, causing the engines to first leak, then in extreme circumstances, seize or explode. I had one. I loved it at first, then grew to hate it like everyone else.
My good friend had a Vega. It was a POS. 😂
And some of those aluminum blocks had holes in them from casting flaws.
I remember. Impossible to forget.
He mentioned the "Pinto", but what about all the great "Muscle" cars of the 70s?. I still love the movie, "Vanishing Point", with Barry Newman and Cleavon Little. No other "car chase" movie tops that. That 1970 Dodge Challenger was iconic.
Unfortunately, we also had across the board compression ratios dropped, cadillac(catalytic) converters that would set your yard on fire if you parked over grass, and really bad was the push to the 5mph bumpers on cars which ruined design aesthetics😢 look and compare the front end of a split bumper 1973 Z28 Camaro vs a 1974😢😢😢😢
Thank you.
I loved to play Space Invaders! My cousin and I played on one that we could sit down opposite each other. One time, we were doing so well there was a crowd of onlookers! Good times😁
People always talk about the Pinto.
But it's "sister" car, the Mercury Bobcat, never gets mentioned.
I knew two people (well, technically three) who owned and drove Bobcats.
One of my classmates.
And the parents of one of my girlfriends. It was the daily driven car that her mom drove.
I had a Chevy Vega 🤭🤭
I had a 1975 Mercury Bobcat station wagon with an 8 track tape player.
@@buickinvicta288 I'm sorry.
@@brenthaymon280 8 tracks is certainly one thing I don't miss.along with disco, leisure suits, gutless American made 4 cylinder cars,
just to name a few.However I do have fond memories in the backseat of a pinto.
Of course you forgot to mention all 3 had station wagon versions, some with the rear port holes!
Dad bought mom a new 75 Pinto station wagon. 0 to 60 in 3 days.
In my 20's back then and think that a lot more things were going on than we realize. Music was eclectic and moved fast. Laid the groundwork for subsequent decades we do not fully comprehend yet.
My mom had a Ford Pinto 😅… used, obviously, so the recall didn’t stop people from buying them!
The recall involved 6.00 in parts to shield the gas tank from hitting the rear axle and rupturing. They knew about it before the cars were released, but the bean counters did the math on doing it right vs the cost of a few lawsuits..bad math on their part and for the poor victims who burned to death..😢
@@redheadedwomenloverI did the recall work on the Pinto it was a drill bit and a template to move filler a 1/8 inch forward yikes 😬👍!!
Thank you, I always love the vids you make. I did forget a LOT of what you mentioned, I had a Pong thanks to my Dad and still have it:)
Juicy Fruit was not bubble gum. Just gum.
And not at all fruity tasting
And you show Spearmint, not Juicy Fruit.
@@Bill5071 yes😅
I like Blackjack
@@steffifewkes2087 Yes!!💛
Just wanted to let you know that it is appreciated that you put the ad at the end of the video with just a quick bit early on. Too many channels put an ad from their sponsor that lasts 2 minutes or longer right in the early to middle of their video. Irritating.
I had a 1977 Pinto with the all glass hatch new in 77. I liked it.
That was fun!!
I grew up mainly in the 70’s. It was difficult to have emotional problems. My parents had good insurance and got me help. I’d rather focus on the good times. Like seeing my cousins, our pool and all of the pool parties and the friends I had when I lost weight. My family were all alive, then and they gave us a great life. In the late 70’s I learned how to drive. I remember being a candy striper until I became a health service aide and became a nursing aide. I loved being able to take care of the car and buying clothes on a baby sitters salary. I had a great job at the end of high school. I also remember Christmas Eve with my parents friend who owned a farm.
I remember the Loud Family reran in the 1980s on PBS, it was the first reality show centered on a family, and it inspired many lowbrow reality shows. Also my elementary school was pushing hard to learn the metric system, but their efforts failed and we had to learn the American measurement system since pounds, miles, and gallons are used in many businesses.
I haven't been to Disneyland since 1989. I don't plan on EVER going back.
Laughable. 😅
They've gone Woke, and now they must, and will, go broke!!
I have never been to Disneyland or Disney World. I have no desire to go.
@@brenthaymon280 Good for you! Poor Walt would NEVER approve of what his beloved company is doing now. It's disgusting.
We took my daughter in the late 90s. It was fun for her but it was so hot and miserable I hated it. The line for Space Mountain was 2 hours. I'm a southerner but Florida just kills me with the humidity, and I hope never to go there again. 🥵
In the early 1980s supermarkets went to bar code scanners. Department stores would do this in the mid 1980s.
In 1990s big box stores figured out they can make more money having 20 checkout lanes, but only three registers open. Then in the 2000s and 2010s grocery stores and discount department stores went to self checkouts.
Space Invaders loved it 😆🧡☀️
My decade!
More than one kind of shag carpet in the 70s. My favorite part of the 70s was Schlitz malt liquor and Newport lights.
I graduated from high school in 1971. I joined military because the draft was still going on and I didn’t want to sit around for a few years waiting to see if I get drafted. By the time I was 21 I’d been to 10 different countries in the Mediterranean and around South America most for a few weeks to 4 months. The South America trips totaled 4 months and we stayed in nice hotels.
My wife and I graduated from high school together. We moved in Alaska in 1979.
The memories and the freedom we had.
I remember the Loud family. I wonder how they're doing.
Graduated high school in 1971 and my first vehicle was a 1974 Dodge Maxivan … what they missed in this video was the Van-In craze … if this van is rocking don’t come knocking … lol … also met my wife in 1974 and married in 1979 … 45 year married this year ❤
As a kid in the 70s, it was a world of slow-motion color and more focus compared with today. So the world to a kid in the 70s was more a place of wonder. The easy-listening songs in abundance added to that sense of enchantment. To a kid today, I imagine, modernity and technology has literally diminished our icons into the palm of one’s hand, familiarity, as they say, has only bred contempt.
I haven't forgotten them...
One major thing that happened in the 1970s was when the US government passed legislation to leave our clocks on daylight savings time and the max speed we could drive was 55.
Oh 55 on the interstates. But alot of the vehicles were geared low so anything over 55 they were really screaming and guzzling gas.