If you could go back, or pick and era to grow up in...would you you?
....everyone knows an 18 year old in 1970 is just as broke as an 18 year old in 2013 LOL
LOL - $900 a year for insurance on my 69 Cuda 340-S as I remember. That was a lot of money. ;-)
Born in 1950, but would I go back? No. Lived through some great stuff and some crap. Some things you have no control over, and some things are what you make them. I was born in the U.S.A., had no choice in that, but I am sure glad. Had a good child growing up in the country near a small town. Good hot rod and muscle car scene, but things like race riots were only on the evening news, being in a rural small town we were spared those things.
Have some great memories of the 50's, 60's and 70's. And some not so great.
- Drove my 66 Cuda across the country from NY to Sacramento and back after high school. Wouldn't trade that for anything.
-2 yrs in the army and a tour in V.N., friends lost over there. I would trade some of that.
-Hanging out at the Plymouth dealership waiting for my buddies 70 Plum Crazy Hemi Cuda to have the cracked exhaust manifold replaced. First car I ever drove that would go sideways in any gear. Priceless.
- Being a part of a crew of high school buddies, hanging out at my buddies shop, building hot rods and other fun car stuff, drag racing, street racing. Wouldn't trade it.
- 66 Cuda commando 273, 69 340-S, 72 340, 4 Spd Duster, 72 Scamp, Shouldn't have traded.
Good times and great memories that I wouldn't trade, but I wouldn't go back. Just like now, a lot of good things and some bad. Yeah the new car scene now is pretty pathetic, yes Washington's a mess, but I have a great family, 3 fantastic grandsons who are already becoming Mopar guys.
YOUNG GUNS - Make these great times, do what you can to create your own "Happy Days" or "American Graffiti" You can you know, might just be a little harder.
