Sears 1982 Christmas video- washers, vacuums, oh my...

[qsd-dan]

I exclusively drove older cars from the 50's-early 70's until 1999 when fuel prices went up to a staggering $1.50 a gallon. 

 

I enjoyed driving them at a time when gas was cheap, parts were easily available, and quality of those parts were still quite good. Junkyards were still filled with 60's and especially 70's vehicles, at least where I lived. However, with current gas prices, a youngster will quickly go broke driving the usual point A to point B trips of survival without any fun trips. They will also go broke trying to scrounge up parts to keep them running and most aftermarket parts today are garbage in quality. You also have to rely on some old duffer who still has most of his marbles to rebuild an automatic transmission and hope he didn't screw it up and or charge full price for a rebuild only to change one failing part (very common!). The days of going to a junkyard and pulling parts off of them are long, long gone. I went to one of the old junkyards I used to often visit in the 90's (Doris) in 2019 (the other junkyards were deceased) and struggled to find a vehicle from the 80's. A good portion of the vehicles in there were younger than what I currently own, which was both staggering and depressing at the same time. It painfully reminded me how much time has passed and how drastically the world has changed.

 

If you want an old car, it's best to find one in nice condition, well taken care of, and enjoy it on a Sunday while driving an efficient and reliable Toyota the other 5-6 days out of the week.

 

[circlew]

My grandfather in Mississippi had a 1966 Ford Country Sedan in light blue. Ford had a problem with certain paint colors peeling off during that time period. He had to have his refinished.

 

[maytag85]

Reply #17

I’d probably would have it painted since it looks like it’s been sitting outside for awhile but the interior seems to be in good shape with the exception of the dash pad. Not sure if it ran (didn’t get a chance to see it in person at all) but I am sure the engine was in good shape since it only had 11,000 original miles on it. Of course, there will be those who will say it’s not worth looking at if it doesn’t run or drive which is true to a degree but you have to be a realist with these cars, nothing is going to be in perfect condition after all these years. My biggest thing about looking at classic cars is wether or not they are a rust bucket and if they are, I wouldn’t touch the car with a 10’ pole, definitely don’t want to touch a unibody (disposi-body) car with a 10’ pile since they can be a PITA to restore and a PITA if you get into a fender bender. If it’s small and unibody, I don’t even want to bother since muscle cars basically paved the way for the sizes of modern vehicles which is why everyone has pretty much moved on from sedans since they have gotten that small as of late. Back in the spring break of 2010, I rode in the back of my mother’s friend’s 2010 Mazda 3 and mind you I was only 11 years old at the time, there literally was barely ANY foot or knee room and if a 11 year old is cramped in the back, it REALLY is that bad. Ever since then I’ve sworn off of small cars despite fuel economy etc., thankfully my folks had a 2004 Honda Odyssey with 4 bucket seats which had a upright seating position, almost reminds me of a lot of 1940’s and very early 1950’s cars.

 

[bradfordwhite]

#13

None of the cars I've owned, and there has been quite a few, did I ever have any complaints about h.p. and they were standard vehicles. None of that super-charged stuff.

I sometimes hear about the "malaise era" stuff from the late 70s into the 80s.
I never had any problems.

1983 grand Marquis, 1981 Mercury Linx wagon, parents 1982 ford Crown Vic sta. wgn, parents 1989 Linc. town car, 1988 Ford E-150 van, 1989 Ford base Escort pony, 1991 Lincoln Towncar, 1992 Ford Escort pony, 1994 Ford F150 base 5 speed, 1994 Honda Civic CX (fun car), 1995 Honda Accord, 1995 GMC Safari van, 1999 Honda Civic DX 5 spd, 1998 Merc. Grand Marquis LS, 2002 Toyota Rav4, 2005 Honda Civic automatic, ....
Never had a problem. Ideally like a cushy comfy sound insulated ride....but it should be energy efficient. lol.

 

[foraloysius]

Grocery shopping in the Netherlands, a similar store to the one I like to shop. Not that I go very often, I usually order online and get it delivered.

Text is in Dutch, but most of it speaks for itself I guess.

BTW, smart shopping in this case is mainly shopping for offers. lol



[this post was last edited: 4/12/2023-09:24]

 

[ryner1988]

This whole Youtube channel is a surreal experience, totally different from watching a movie set in that time period or something like that. These are real people doing everyday things. It really does feel a bit like time travel. I'm not sure how the owner of the channel collected all this footage but what a treasure it is. A real authentic look into the 70's is something I never thought I would get, since I was born near the end of the 80's.