Nostalgia

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My first love. I had this exact model, year (1960) and color. Was able to party hardy for $125. You didn't see many on the road in 1974 thanks to Ralph Nader, and made for a cool hippie car.

My first car (and favorite also) was a 1970 Dodge Coronet - same color as below, but not quite a pretty

I miss those little side triangle windows (I don't know what they're called). They were perfect for letting a little air in. Why don't cars have those anymore?

 

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I miss those little side triangle windows (I don't know what they're called). They were perfect for letting a little air in. Why don't cars have those anymore?

My daughter's Subaru has triangle windows in the front that don't open, but do increase the field of vision.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

I miss those little side triangle windows (I don't know what they're called). They were perfect for letting a little air in. Why don't cars have those anymore?

Loved the wing vents. I think they went out for cost reasons and when air conditioning became more readily available.

 

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Hey!! It was cutting edge for the time, at least here in Maine.

In Maine it still is.............

 

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In Maine it still is.............

 

[Narvic]

 

[GNTLGNT]

Then you should remember using this! It was a lot to lug to school.

...especially uphill, barefoot in the snow all year round...

 

[GNTLGNT]

Hey!! It was cutting edge for the time, at least here in Maine.

...I had the hands free version of that installed in one of my cars....now THAT was cutting edge cool for the time...

 

[GNTLGNT]

Can only speak for myself that the only place I used it was in my car. At the time my kids were all school age and I was a single working mom, so became a necessity to keep in touch for all the school extra-curricular activities.

...and was also handy in a pinch if you needed to call in a fire mission to rear HQ....

 

[arista]

School lunches..OH my they were served in a elementary in this huge metal cart that they wheeled down the hall. Then you lined up single file to get the lunches. I like raw spinach. However, to this day can not eat cooked spinach. They must have stewed that stuff all day prior to serving.

 

[KingAHolic]

 

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[Neesy]

I had a pair of these back in the hippie era. Alternated between them, my Buffalo Sandals, Beatle Boots, and another type of shoe that I don't recall what they were called (but are now making a comeback I notice).

The last picture is of something we used to call "Desert Boots".

 

[Neesy]

One phone per house and it usually was on a wall in the kitchen. There was nothing quite like being a teenager and trying to talk to a girl on one of these things while the entire family was just a few feet away listening.

Or your Mom calling the drug store when you are 13 1/2 and asking if they sold "Tampax Junior" while everyone sat around the kitchen table eating supper!

 

[KingAHolic]

 

[arista]

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Yes, mother had one of those

 

[KingAHolic]

Yes, mother had one of those

Mine too... I want it! I'll have to get it from her next time I see her....

 

[arista]

I remember my mother getting decorative pins for filling up with gas. The kiddies got little plastic animals and keychains. We also got a set of BC Comic glasses.

 

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I have a couple of these. They're still sold lol. You can get them on amazon for $1.99.

 

[KingAHolic]

I have a couple of these. They're still sold lol. You can get them on amazon for $1.99.

Shows you how much I sew! I still want my Mom's though.. memories and sentimental value