80s were a gas! Here in CA, 94 octane gas was ~.79 a gallon, chicks were hot, Sat night was cruise night somewhere, and min wage in 85 was 3.35/hr. Oh, about the cars? had a 65 340 powered Barracuda, thing was pretty mickey mouse, had a 3 sp truck shifter grafted onto the A/T sector shaft bellcrank, jacked up rear that hyper-extended when I went over a bump, 2 different size front tires (!) and still had 9" drum brakes but was fast as hell and it never broke down. Was a ***** to start when it was hot for some reason but it never left me high and dry. Lots of guys were into VW's and Nissan Sentras and mini trucks were huge too. We still had a "65 and older are smog exempt" smog law so no one got really crazy on motors, although the smog was just CO/NOx testing and visual preheater hose connections but you could pay off a dude cheap to pass you. Dang my car was only 20 years old at the time, like driving a 94 today, plenty of them around, right? Remember washing it every sat morning (no hangovers yet) and checking oil and water religiously even though it had no paint, only black primer. I think I added a quart every 2 months.
