Well, not from my perspective. I lived in the L.A. area the first 17 years of my life; 1973 I entered my senior year in HS, and my two cars were a dune buggy and a '57 Ford F-150 pickup with a Fleetside bed and (get this) a Buick 312ci V-8 and a Ford Mustang C-5 automatic transmission. Don't ask me how.
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C H A N C E my buddy used to see 440 cudas, ss camaros454, u name it for sale for a few hundred bucks in 74 in Michigan..like my skip frye surfboard, 30 yrs ago it was a100 bucks.today its1500$.who woulda known????
@@casmatori VW was ok, they was America's German automotive stepchild.. part of the landscape just as much as the big 3 excuse me... Big 4 AMC was still around too..
Hardly, in between 1964 to 1968 many automobiles from the 1920s to 1950s left the road. In the 1950s you would encounter automobiles from 1940, 1930, and 1920 easily..of course rare to find a Chevrolet 1919 or a Packard 1925 in 1950, however far more common than finding a 1970 Chevrolet or 1976 Ford in 2020.
@@peterkragger4824 But there are a lot more 2000s cars nowadays than 50s cars in the 70s. I guess those old V8 engines were more difficult to maintain than modern four cylinders ones.
Not many SUVs were available in the late 60s early 70s. - Jeep Wagoneer - Chevy Suburban - Ford Bronco - Jeep CJ-5 - Land Rover Series II-III (Very rare in the US)
Many Sedans were more trucklike at the time and the larger engines could easily handle towing. Look at how few pickup trucks there were too, the few that were around were actually used for something.
The majority of those cars could be worked on with minimal mechanical skills and tools. Today, only highly trained technicians using expensive diagnostic equipment and software can work on cars.
The pros of old cars: are massive reliability not too many electronic components cons: poor fuel efficient no ABS, traction control , airbags or a body that could absorbe impacts and maintain people inside safe
I have a ‘68 Mercury Monterey sedan with four wheel drum brakes. It actually stops pretty well when the brakes are adjusted correctly. If they are out of adjustment however the car pulls to one side or the other. Brake fade on steep hills is definitely more of a problem with front drums.
Back when disc brakes was a astonishing feature an automaker boasted about having standard while others in same class were optional..on a certain model in their commercial.. now it's all about the adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning, parking assist.. geeze what's next..
I love the way that everyone appears to be doing the speedlimit & not trying to push others out of the way.....in otherwords driving in harmony...?? What a much simpler time....
True, there were A-Hole drivers then too but no where near like the A-holes we have today. A-holes were every now and then. Today its like every other driver is an effing A-Hole.
1973 was the year I graduated high school and got my first car. A 68 Mustang with 42000 miles on it. Sold that car 13 years later for twice what I bought it for. Great days
Grew up with the Galaxies. My dad drove them as company cars. I graduated in '73, too. My first car was a '70 Fiat Spyder. It caught fire and burned up in a bank parking lot. Then I went out and got the same in a '72.
A white Dodge Charger (?) at 0:06, right lane, mid top. But look at all those cars. Quit sad that that era went so fast, and most of these cars are destroyed/recycled.
0:35 middle lane light green or white 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, same frame, "fast" lane, bronze 1970 Coronet(or general model line); 1:05 '67-'68 gold Camaro
That was great. I feel really strange watching this. I don't know why. Spooky and hypnotic. Sunny and Beautiful. Sad. Gone. A lost age of hopefulness and pride. Look at those huge cars. Awesome and sleek yet polluting and ridiculous, reflecting some of the aspirations of their society. These ones ran mostly on leaded fuel and the society that deemed this as acceptable has gone forever and will never return either.
At 2:19 out of 2:20 I finally saw the first Toyota. I didn't see any Datsuns or Mazdas or BMWs or Audis or Fiats. Nearly all the imports are VWs and MGs. There's a Porsche (356) and a Mercedes, too.
OMG! I saw my car at 1:19! Anyone else notice all the tailgaters? I also don't remember the lane lines that close together. Now they're more spaced out.
I have four cars in my collection one of each in this video. White 66 impala stuck in traffic 40 sec in then red barracuda, green 55 chev then burgandy valiant left of screen going up.
Does anyone think its really strange to see the old style black and gold plates on a new car today? You had to have lived in that time to appreciate what i'm talking about.
Up to about 0:42 it's definitely early '70s, but I don't think it's as late as '73. The freeway scene before 0:42 has a Pinto, which as was pointed out was introduced in the '71 model year, and a yellow Barracuda in the center lane that also looks like a '71 model, so that shot had to have been from at least late in 1970. I don't see anything that I can positively ID as newer than a '71, however, which would be highly unusual if it was really 1973. I agree that after 0:42 there is no way it's 1973, or even later than maybe 1968. Hundreds of cars go by in those scenes and I saw none later than '67 or '68, and many vehicles from the early '60s and even the '50s apparently still being used to commute. Fun to watch and pick them out, though.
Know what I loved most about this video? I saw very few fuckin' Hondas and Toyotas!! Nearly all the cars I saw in here came from this country - and hell, this is in CALIFORNIA!
+lovin f30 Nah. I was around back then and people drove totally differently. 5 years later I was driving and people weren't psychos on the road. Just a different mentality.
This is pretty damn sick. I love seeing old cars from the past . I dont even live in los angeles and really enjoy watch old cars drive by a camera. This will probably be a once in a life time look at the past before time travel exsists. Maybe we will be able to time travel in the future. We might be able to depends on how out technology advances over the years. Anyways the one year i want to go to is 1984 why you ask? Ill tell you guys why? Because the 80s had better music than todays music especially Kacie kacems Americas top 40 mann i love the sound of his voice over the radio in my 80s cars blasting the radio with the windows rolled down so everyone can hear him as i drive by everyone that is on the sidewalk. Anyways the 80s were the best times for music
Classic Car Paradise, back when they made cars to last and the average person could work on, not the computerized jellybean throw-away junk they’re making today.....
Gotta believe this was before 1973. Don't see even one car newer than 1969. Anyone else? Pretty sure in SoCal there would be lots of Corollas, 510s and Japanese trucks by 1973.
People speed out here in Cali?? How can you speed in stopped traffic from everyone slamming on their brakes for NO reason & not knowing how to merge LMAO
No small japanese cars and imports...except VW...the colors, and size, looks so good!! A few years later the US allowed im[orts of cheaper brands and teh sight changed... This looks impressive!
People actually paying attention to the road. No cellphones to distract or in car infotainment. Not hard to change a station using a real dial or pop in a 8 track and hit play
