Nice Cat! Also a red 67 Camaro in front of the mansion. A, as Tom and Ray Magliozzi, would say, Dodge Dartra, 64 or 5? Is that a gold Caddy in front of the Dart? Can only see a little fender and one wheel.
Gaggle of Beetles near the Porsche makes me think there might be a repair shop just out of view. Gas prices look like just before the first wave of inflation.
Those prices are even more than we pay now. Must be during or after the oil embargo of '73.
Yep. And 2 years before that was an executive order for "wage and price controls." Inflation had already become a huge problem by then. Before the oil embargo I remember the "meat boycott" due to rising price of beef.
edit to add that there was similar consumer outrage over rising cost of coffee around '76 or so? I don't remember the exact time frame but my girl friend was a coffee drinker and I was not. That was funny to me until it stopped being funny. She decided to quit drinking coffee and start being unhappy with everything else.
I learned to make coffee for her but never did have a taste for it myself. Many years later my wife was always surprised that I was happy to get Starbucks for her but not myself. I learned a lot in the 70s. Good times.
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
Yep. And 2 years before that was an executive order for "wage and price controls." Inflation had already become a huge problem by then. Before the oil embargo I remember the "meat boycott" due to rising price of beef.
edit to add that there was similar consumer outrage over rising cost of coffee around '76 or so? I don't remember the exact time frame but my girl friend was a coffee drinker and I was not. That was funny to me until it stopped being funny. She decided to quit drinking coffee and start being unhappy with everything else.
I learned to make coffee for her but never did have a taste for it myself. Many years later my wife was always surprised that I was happy to get Starbucks for her but not myself. I learned a lot in the 70s. Good times.
those are my days! So many classics. some quick spots: Pacer wagon, Mustang II hatch, and a gen (III?) Celica hatch left front (with the chrome B pillar handle). Middle left next to a K5 Blazer is a Datsun 510 wagon.
For me the Grand Wagoneer just out of the picture and the 78 ish Continental are the winners. Probably wouldn’t mind the full size Blazer either. I bet those bring good money in nice shape.
Next to the Mustang II hatch looks like a '78 Dodge Monaco wagon parked in front of a VW Rabbit. Looking past the back of that Monaco wagon looks like a '77 Grand Prix.
That Pacer wagon really stands out even in that crowded lot. Maybe a '75 or so Dodge Colt parked near it.
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
At JC Penney store there's a Spitfire just above the dark panel van in the left foreground above the Spitfire a couple of rows is a Chevrolet Chevette - one with two tone paint so presumably a deluxe or whatever and next above that the large GM truck is dwarfing a Datsun wagon - 180? The Datsun has a Lincoln on the other side. Jeep Wagoneer right foreground
EDIT - also found a Pacer wagon beyond the rear of the grey Minivan on the right
Funny that an Akron pic pops up. A couple of hours ago I went out to clear last night "big winter storm" (we got about 6"-7") and grabbed a hat off the shelf in the hall closet which was a World Golf Chanpionship one I picked up at a store years ago that was held at Firestone C.C. in Akron. I've never actually been there but bought it b/c it was cheap and a nice-looking hat. Seeing the city name on it the thought popped into my head: does Akron smell like rubber? Or do they even make tires there any more?
Still at Penneys in the far right corner there is a tree. Hiding unsuccessfully behind it is a Lincoln, and to it's right is an old car - is that a sixties Rambler?
You also likely have better road infrastructure via those taxes. Some areas in the US aren't really first world in terms of road conditions. Due to suburban/housing development patterns, subsidized cheap gas prices are a socio-economic necessity here.
I think the old car next to the Lincoln might be a ~63 Mercury Comet.
I also spot another UK import. To the left of that Lincoln/Mercury pair, kind of in the middle, is a then late-model big Ford Bronco, with a rear mounted spare. Just to the left of that is an apparent 79+ Eldorado with a person standing by it, and "above" that appears to be a Series II XJ6.
Still at Penneys in the far right corner there is a tree. Hiding unsuccessfully behind it is a Lincoln, and to it's right is an old car - is that a sixties Rambler?
Yes, living here and being over 60 I get free travel on the Tube, buses and the surface rail network in the whole of London ( my partner doesn't as she isn't old enough) although now we are in lockdown that is only after 9am, to make space for commuters on the trains - we aren't going into town anyway at the moment to avoid infection....
In London the car is less use really, but we do use it to go out into the countryside as well
Our roads aren't maintained well compared with anywhere I've been to in Europe either.
I remember riding the train and tube to get to the American Community School in Knightsbridge in 1974-75. Never had an issue, easy to navigate. If I was lucky dad would drive me to Wimbledon where his office was and I would go from there.
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The public transit there no doubt consumes a lot of that tax revenue. Transit on this side of the pond can be threadbare outside of the major cities - some places try, but it's hard when sprawl is a way of life.
The US has problems with aging bridges in particular.
Yes, living here and being over 60 I get free travel on the Tube, buses and the surface rail network in the whole of London ( my partner doesn't as she isn't old enough) although now we are in lockdown that is only after 9am, to make space for commuters on the trains - we aren't going into town anyway at the moment to avoid infection....
In London the car is less use really, but we do use it to go out into the countryside as well
Our roads aren't maintained well compared with anywhere I've been to in Europe either.
A Chinese knockoff that will sadly be immune to any sort of copyright infringement or other intellectual property legal action from GM due the the Chinese government's dim view of such pesky things.
Yup, it is a Chinese made copy of a '58 Corvette with a hybrid powerplant known as the Songsan Dolphin SS. From that angle it looks like a pretty good copy but from other angles not so good.
The overhangs are too long, the sidescoop is poorly shaped and the hardtop is all wrong and of course the interior is all wrong.
Ah yes, Winslow, Arizona. Left the motel there to continue my journey Westward. Got into the car, turned the key, and the engine spun twice as fast than normal. Oh great, broken timing chain. Lucky to have had a garage begin the replacement that day. Exposed timing chain revealed no breakage. The teeth on the top gear were sheared off. They were made of plastic! GM 350 engine. That day I was "Standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona.............."
At Rolling Acres it is a bit smalll for me - Word Press won't expand for me on Safari for some reason
However I see Walt from Breaking Bad has brought his Winnebago to the Mall - presumably smaller than the one he uses in Arizona.
Apart from the AMC Alliance Renault 9's there is a LeCar at about two o'clock midfield
Liked the SongSan Dolphin too - we got Japanese oddities like the Mitsuoka Viewt which is a Nissan Micra / March as a Jag Mk 2 Tribute Band... Only as Grey Imports though.
Oddly, the Nissan Figaro which has been a really popular grey import here will soon be outlawed in London when our emission rules change - the new zone from mid March will encompass the whole of Greater London within the North Circular road - so about a ten mile radius from the centre - and will be prohibitively expensive for older diesels and petrol cars which are not compliant.
My Magnette is exempt as a Historic Vehicle but basically the zone will charge £12 per day for cars from say the eighties onwards without the appropriate filters....
Our Fiesta is compliant anyway so I'm not too worried about it
LeCar is a 4 door model, which is quite rare on this side of the pond.
My state just discontinued emissions testing - I think it was determined the age of the vehicle fleet made testing a waste of resources, and the testing was pretty lax anyway. Of course, the fintail is also exempt as it predates even the most primitive smog pumps by several years.
Could someone in London just register their car elsewhere? That's a trick sometimes seen here, especially back in the day. I recall a cousin registered their car at my mom's small town address to avoid the more expensive Puget Sound metro registration fees. Another plus to my recent move, the cost of my 2021 registration will be about 25% of 2020.
At Rolling Acres it is a bit smalll for me - Word Press won't expand for me on Safari for some reason
However I see Walt from Breaking Bad has brought his Winnebago to the Mall - presumably smaller than the one he uses in Arizona.
Apart from the AMC Alliance Renault 9's there is a LeCar at about two o'clock midfield
Liked the SongSan Dolphin too - we got Japanese oddities like the Mitsuoka Viewt which is a Nissan Micra / March as a Jag Mk 2 Tribute Band... Only as Grey Imports though.
Oddly, the Nissan Figaro which has been a really popular grey import here will soon be outlawed in London when our emission rules change - the new zone from mid March will encompass the whole of Greater London within the North Circular road - so about a ten mile radius from the centre - and will be prohibitively expensive for older diesels and petrol cars which are not compliant.
My Magnette is exempt as a Historic Vehicle but basically the zone will charge £12 per day for cars from say the eighties onwards without the appropriate filters....
Our Fiesta is compliant anyway so I'm not too worried about it
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edit to add that there was similar consumer outrage over rising cost of coffee around '76 or so? I don't remember the exact time frame but my girl friend was a coffee drinker and I was not. That was funny to me until it stopped being funny. She decided to quit drinking coffee and start being unhappy with everything else.
I learned to make coffee for her but never did have a taste for it myself. Many years later my wife was always surprised that I was happy to get Starbucks for her but not myself. I learned a lot in the 70s. Good times.
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For me the Grand Wagoneer just out of the picture and the 78 ish Continental are the winners. Probably wouldn’t mind the full size Blazer either. I bet those bring good money in nice shape.
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I remember in 1973 it hit £ 0.65 per gallon - just as I started driving - and it reached £1.00 per gallon in 1977 or 78.
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That Pacer wagon really stands out even in that crowded lot. Maybe a '75 or so Dodge Colt parked near it.
above the Spitfire a couple of rows is a Chevrolet Chevette - one with two tone paint so presumably a deluxe or whatever and next above that the large GM truck is dwarfing a Datsun wagon - 180? The Datsun has a Lincoln on the other side.
Jeep Wagoneer right foreground
EDIT - also found a Pacer wagon beyond the rear of the grey Minivan on the right
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Top right below the Lincoln. Chevy Luv?
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Hiding unsuccessfully behind it is a Lincoln, and to it's right is an old car - is that a sixties Rambler?
Not a lot of long road trips - would most folks take the train?
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I also spot another UK import. To the left of that Lincoln/Mercury pair, kind of in the middle, is a then late-model big Ford Bronco, with a rear mounted spare. Just to the left of that is an apparent 79+ Eldorado with a person standing by it, and "above" that appears to be a Series II XJ6.
I also see a couple Andre special R body Mopars (one a 5th Avenue) in the pic.
Rusty, European standards of public behavior are very different...
In London the car is less use really, but we do use it to go out into the countryside as well
Our roads aren't maintained well compared with anywhere I've been to in Europe either.
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The US has problems with aging bridges in particular.
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GM is so in bed with the CCP for its operations there, they probably won't lift a finger. Much more profitable to let it be.
The overhangs are too long, the sidescoop is poorly shaped and the hardtop is all wrong and of course the interior is all wrong.
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That day I was "Standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona.............."
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up by the Camper, front view of a late 70s Corolla hatch (the almost a wagon style)
and a Z car front right. Maybe a 280?
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Lots of Plymouths!
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However I see Walt from Breaking Bad has brought his Winnebago to the Mall - presumably smaller than the one he uses in Arizona.
Apart from the AMC Alliance Renault 9's there is a LeCar at about two o'clock midfield
Liked the SongSan Dolphin too - we got Japanese oddities like the Mitsuoka Viewt which is a Nissan Micra / March as a Jag Mk 2 Tribute Band... Only as Grey Imports though.
Oddly, the Nissan Figaro which has been a really popular grey import here will soon be outlawed in London when our emission rules change - the new zone from mid March will encompass the whole of Greater London within the North Circular road - so about a ten mile radius from the centre - and will be prohibitively expensive for older diesels and petrol cars which are not compliant.
My Magnette is exempt as a Historic Vehicle but basically the zone will charge £12 per day for cars from say the eighties onwards without the appropriate filters....
Our Fiesta is compliant anyway so I'm not too worried about it
My state just discontinued emissions testing - I think it was determined the age of the vehicle fleet made testing a waste of resources, and the testing was pretty lax anyway. Of course, the fintail is also exempt as it predates even the most primitive smog pumps by several years.
Could someone in London just register their car elsewhere? That's a trick sometimes seen here, especially back in the day. I recall a cousin registered their car at my mom's small town address to avoid the more expensive Puget Sound metro registration fees. Another plus to my recent move, the cost of my 2021 registration will be about 25% of 2020.