[RollaMo]

Originally Posted by BDBiker

I will be glad to talk about "Glory days", I worked at a "Service Station" when I was in high school. Every car that pulled up to the pump was greeted by me, I pumped your gas, cleaned your windshield, and offered to check your oil and tires. Get this, during a price war locally, we sold regular gasoline for 19.9 cents/gallon.

Yep, remember that same price in Southwest Missouri.

Originally Posted by BDBiker

At 15, I worked 60 hours a week for $1.15/hour while going to school.

That was good money. I worked at a grocery store for 75 cents an hour.

Originally Posted by BDBiker

One of my buddies was a spoiled rotten "only child" and his parents bought him a "Baldwin Motion" Camaro. Very few who read this will even know what a "Baldwin Motion" Camaro is, briefly: Take a stock Camaro @ $3,200, then put a 427 aluminum block fire breathing motor in it, Muncie Trans, Posi-rear end, subframe connectors, etc. for the add-on price of $4,000! Total cost $7,200, sound cheap but in those days it would be the same as paying $32,000 for a new car and adding $40,000 in add-on equip for a total of $72,000.

Oh yeah, everyone wanted one of the Baldwin Motion cars!

Originally Posted by BDBiker

We all did engine builds and boy did we have fun with those cars. Getting pulled over by the cops was a frequent occurence, and street racing was commonplace. Today you would need a lawyer to keep you out of jail for the stuff we did back then. My how times have changed.
I was lucky enough to live in the "Muscle Car" era, where the cars you pass daily would be:Nova, Chevelle, Camaro, GTX, GTO, Superbird, SuperBee, Mustang, Cuda, Challenger, etc. Those were the days for car lovers!

Friday and Saturday night cruising. Endless hours just cruising.
Every town had their cruising avenues, and were just packed with these cars.