Fads come and go

by JB2wheeler Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:06 pm

Do you remember when putting lights under the bottom of your car made it look cool at night? Check out this website. http://www.roundeyes.com/LED_Lighting-LED_Rock_Light_Kit.html

by monte-77 Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:58 pm

I do. Now all the rice folks think they invented the fad.

by coreys73chevelle Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:04 pm

monte-77 wrote:I do. Now all the rice folks think they invented the fad.

so true

by ant7377 Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:36 pm

You could get those little bullit lights and mount them
on your rear shock mounts. Alot of cars had them years
ago those and huge Crager SS and pro trac 60's and
really inflated air shocks. That era was my first exposure to hot rodding
and I still like what is called the stinkbug stance (Jacked up rear)

by yogreasygramma Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:05 pm

Anthony, are you saying you're partial to the stance on my 74 Monte, with those helper shocks, or do you mean WAY jacked up?! LOL

by dynchel Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:14 am

ant7377 wrote:You could get those little bullit lights and mount them
on your rear shock mounts. Alot of cars had them years
ago those and huge Crager SS and pro trac 60's and
really inflated air shocks. That era was my first exposure to hot rodding
and I still like what is called the stinkbug stance (Jacked up rear)

The bullit lights (on the shock bolts)were real popular when I was in high school, along with the mandatory fog lights mounted behind the grille. Cool

of course a big magnet mounted c/b antenna was a given also.

by Joe73 Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:16 am

I remember all tbose lighs and then the strip lights in the late 80's. Used to look pretty cool but all illegal. I never had the lights. Never limed to draw attention.

by dynchel Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:37 am

i used to always run the fog lights behind the grille, but the lights on the shock bolts always seemed kind of hillbilly to me.

by thatfnthing Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:12 am

dynchel wrote:i used to always run the fog lights behind the grille, but the lights on the shock bolts always seemed kind of hillbilly to me.

I had seen examples of the former, but never saw any of the latter around this neck of the woods. Sometimes fads skip right by here.

by michiganlarry Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:10 pm

yogreasygramma wrote:Anthony, are you saying you're partial to the stance on my 74 Monte, with those helper shocks, or do you mean WAY jacked up?! LOL

In my day there was nothing but WAY up. We used to lift up on the bumper to get that extra 1/2" of lift on the Skyjackers.

by Wallyuph Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:33 pm

OK I'm showing my age now but its hard to tell in the photo as sun in on other side of car. Frame/wheel wells were painted white as rear drums are with a fog light in each wheel well to make the wheel glow at night time. And yes that's a CB antenna on the truck lid. Year was 1980-1981

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by dynchel Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:38 pm

Another lame A$$ fad from my high school days were those stupid bright colored windshield wipers (with the related accesories) and Oakley stickers. Gay

don't knock cb antennas, i have one on my '74..(along with my 23 channel radio complete with pa)

by thatfnthing Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:00 pm

michiganlarry wrote:
yogreasygramma wrote:Anthony, are you saying you're partial to the stance on my 74 Monte, with those helper shocks, or do you mean WAY jacked up?! LOL

In my day there was nothing but WAY up. We used to lift up on the bumper to get that extra 1/2" of lift on the Skyjackers.

So something like this, then. Smile

by Wallyuph Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:04 pm

In my day there was nothing but WAY up. We used to lift up on the bumper to get that extra 1/2" of lift on the Skyjackers.[/quote]

So something like this, then. Smile

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Whats scary is we would put those shackles on rear leaf spring and then drive them like road course cars now days I'm amazed the rear ends never came loose from the car or twisted the shackles

by dynchel Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:20 pm

That thing (plymouth?) is missing the yellow slapper bars underneith.

by chevellelaguna Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:45 pm

That's a 70-72 Monte Carlo..... Rolls over and the dude gets out and all the chickens fly outta it.... That isn't from Crazy Larry Dirty Mary is it?

by thatfnthing Fri Mar 14, 2014 2:32 pm

chevellelaguna wrote:That's a 70-72 Monte Carlo..... Rolls over and the dude gets out and all the chickens fly outta it.... That isn't from Crazy Larry Dirty Mary is it?

No, that's a big ol' slab-sided Plymouth Fury from Thunderbolt & Lightfoot. Always the first thing that comes to my mind when someone talks about jacking up the rear of a car. Smile

by pila Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:27 pm

Speaking of fads..almost every actor these days has hair on his face. If they keep that up, Gillette will go out of business ! Very Happy

Just don't know why guys these days want to look like Don Johnson when he did the Miami Vice series on TV a few decades ago.
People are like sheep...follow the so-called "leader"....

by BK-75 Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:05 pm

This guy has a neat retro collection of 70's era wide mags, shackles, Hi-Jackers and some (NSFW) nudie chicks pics.

http://upintherear.tumblr.com/

These cars were all over the place when I was a kid!

Fads come and go 70_s_s10

by pila Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:00 am

The so called "California rake" was quite popular in the old days...
Flame throwers on the tail pipes were popular for a short time years ago too until the cops got kinda nasty about them. Very Happy

by dragons_lair59 Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:21 am

There was then if it looks good in the back then all 4 corners have to be good lift. And the if a little chrome is good then if ya chrome everything its better. Those god awful color and stripe combos of the pro street movement.

by dragons_lair59 Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:25 am

Of course now a days its tons of of billet aluminum and rubber bands for tires

by Roadcaptain S3 Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:43 pm

michiganlarry wrote:
yogreasygramma wrote:Anthony, are you saying you're partial to the stance on my 74 Monte, with those helper shocks, or do you mean WAY jacked up?! LOL

In my day there was nothing but WAY up. We used to lift up on the bumper to get that extra 1/2" of lift on the Skyjackers.

My buds were the exact opposite. Everyone had to be so low they scraped the oil pan on railroad tracks. Oh, and Vette, TA and Z 28 wheels. EVERYBODY had to put them on their cars.

by dynchel Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:28 pm

I just thought of another "fad" from my younger years. Running pinstripes across the window defogger lines. (Again this is something I never did)

by dynchel Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:01 pm

http://24.media.tumblr.com/e544a370b7361f07ba93e678b3836117/tumblr_mglitm9QDw1s1f10do1_1280.jpg
This is a little more extreme than the Plymouth fury pictured above. Barf

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