Oh the good old days!

Wolfbraid said:

Looks about the same...

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mountie said:

I've gone down grades with a 4-door dually, hauling a Cigarette racing powerboat. Hell, the trailer was already too much weight.......( Betty Cook's - KAAMA boat )
You are ******* the brakes...... Then off peddle ( to cool brakes)..... Then hard again.....

( If anyone knows about the "Grapevine" highway north of Los Angeles, you know !! )

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Galante said:

On everything, even 16yo punks who drove 79 monte carlos with the fill valve under the flip down license plate near the gas filler neck....

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Burby said:

My dad (80) was harassing for me buying such an expensive ride. So I put together a little comparison for him - comparing the family's 1980's Custom Cruiser to my 2016 Suburban.

It will be interesting to see what changes in the next 30-40 years...

Price comparison
1982 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser list price $8975. Today's price with inflation $22,321.89
2016 Tahoe 2WD LT model list price $52,030

Not taken into account is the advances in HP, safety, lower maintenance, etc.

sources:
https://www.nadaguides.com/Cars/1982/Oldsmobile/Cutlass-Cruiser/4-Door-Station-Wagon/Values
https://www.autotrader.com/Chevrolet/Tahoe/2016?legacy=true
http://www.in2013dollars.com/1982-dollars-in-2016?amount=8975

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Galante said:

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My first ride, until I finished putting my monte together, took my road test in this boat and did lots of activities in the button tufted interior.....aaaaahhhh good times...

Back on subject... we had a 73 pontiac grand safari wagon and pops upgraded to the same model, in 78 ....with the optional 350.... mom rocked that until the ‘86 6000 le....he had chevy vans for work 74, 78, 86 and a few k5 blazers...guess the old man liked GMView attachment 230110View attachment 230109

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BG1988 said:

Newhall pass? just pass the 14 correct..

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Tonyrodz said:

I used to like those Pontiac 6000's.View attachment 230111 Who's Buick T type was that?

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