Nostalic moments

[Roscobbc]

Some very recent Mid West classic drag racing on a beautiful warm day - great cars and sights to hopefully warm us up on a winters day!

 

[teamzr1]

Wow that brings back old memories !

I and several buddies from Chicago would drive up to Great Lakes Dragway in Union Grove, Wisconsin
In the late 1960s and early 70s
To crank up those we were racing against would yell at them and call them cheese head, pansy asses
and then go to war with them on that old track with lots of racing history

My 1975, I painted Candy Apple, paint called like imeron (SP?)
Stuff could rot your teeth out just from the fumes when spraying it on

 

[Roscobbc]

Matching body colour and tire lettering eh?...............Jon you were a fully qualified WAXER back in the day! lol

 

[Roscobbc]

Some more vintage style drag racing - look for the Tornado in the background (yes, Tornado not Toronado!)

 

[teamzr1]

Matching body colour and tire lettering eh?...............Jon you were a fully qualified WAXER back in the day! lol

Haha,
That was to keep the ex-wife busy doing the letters of tires, so less time for her to whine about being at the drag strip

 

[Mr. Cricket]

My LT-1 drag racing in 1974. I have it on 8mm footage but it won't post here

 

[Roscobbc]

Any times Stuart?

 

[Mr. Cricket]

How good are your eyes Ross

 

[Mr. Cricket]

It has three runs but none show the times. I believe it was at the Fairgrounds and took part in autocross as well. The footage is fascinating with the most notable thing being everyone is skinny

 

[CaptainK]

The footage is fascinating with the most notable thing being everyone is skinny

No internet and limited / no power steering or power brakes - so people were used to using their bodies more, hence better exercised . Take for example when I met my now wife, she was (and still is) a skinny little thing. Thing is, when my mum met my dad back in the 70s, my dad was over one stone LIGHTER than my wife when I met her . Its interesting to see photos of my family and so forth from that time.

 

[Mr. Cricket]

No internet and limited / no power steering or power brakes - so people were used to using their bodies more, hence better exercised . Take for example when I met my now wife, she was (and still is) a skinny little thing. Thing is, when my mum met my dad back in the 70s, my dad was over one stone LIGHTER than my wife when I met her . Its interesting to see photos of my family and so forth from that time.

Yes that was typical of the era. Also in the mix I guess was limited fast food availability and buckets of soda