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Thought of that old ad slogan from "American Graffiti" after a friend forwarded the following to me. Enjoy, all you Gearheaded Boomers out there! This is kind'a "boss"! http://objflicks.com/CarsWeDrove.htm
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Saw the title of the thread and immediately though "Bloody 'ell, I wasn't a scratch in my dad's pants!!"
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Where were you in '62
Not born yet!! 
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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Dwight it was a cool show and by the way I was 2 in 1962
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Dwight, I was -2 and counting down to lift-off in '62... 
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I wouldn't know where I was in '62 as I have recently began stating my age in hexadecimal ........ putting me at 30.
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My Mom was in 5th grade...
2002 Bandit 1200/ GSXR cams/ 1277 BB Kit/ Holeshot header and can/ 38mm flatslides/ a good head/lotsa hp/lotsa tq- lots of rear tires...
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I was 11 and we were at my dad's last Air Force assignment prior to his retirement at MacDill AFB outside of Tampa, FL. I had a front row seat to the Cuban Missile Crisis had the show gone on. Fortunately, it was cancelled before the curtain went up.
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Was a toddler right here in Windham, NH. but in the early 70' went to see American Graffiti 5 times. Loved the cars from the 50's and 60's.
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Patuxent River, Md U S Navy Air test center
Gunners Mate (G) First Class (GMG1)
Married, one on the way
59 Bonneville, bought new
62 Pontiac Tempest
Seems like yesterday...!
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1962.....Bit early for me Dwight. But December 1963  Hello World
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'62? That's easy. I was wrenching in the 504'th ordinance company (GAS) and drove a Dodge "Truck, 4X4 3/4 ton M37" loaded with 1/4 pound blocks of TNT intended to destroy our workshop in case of invasion. At least up until November. Then, I got a 2 week ride on the MSTS General Patch to the US. When I finally got home, I started doing research on what I could do to make my old 52 Plymouth faster and ended up stuffing in a DeSoto Hemi engine.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Only 62 days left ?  Oh ,sorry . These codes , ya know .
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I was three and living with Mom and Dad on the Air Force Base in Puerto Rico. 
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I was a GM baby (1 year old) temporararily living in Flint, Michigan....Raised and been the the ATL every since.
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Cool!
Where was I in '62? In south Texas. Livin' the dream vicariously thru hot rod magazines and model cars when i could get them...along with song hits and hit paraders. strummin' a cheap Silvertone acoustic.
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Where was I in '62? In south Texas. Livin' the dream vicariously thru hot rod magazines and model cars when i could get them...along with song hits and hit paraders. strummin' a cheap Silvertone acoustic.
Yep C.J., after the "AM Radio" thread a while back, I kind'a thought of you as I posted this! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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....swimming in the milk pond.
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blue & white '07 TBA, Epcos, Freak, Dynojet kit, AI gone.
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Not yet born
Sure are a whole lot o' puppies 'round this here place, ain't there?!
Too bad you kids weren't around back then.
Even though I was only 10 in '62, I remember those long ago days of bugging my older married sister to drive me in her and her husband's '56 Bel Air with the Crager mag wheels to the A&W Root Beer stand, and those carhops there delivering ice cold mugs of that sweet nectar of the gods like it was only yesterday!!!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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'62, Quonset Pt. R.I., my dad was a chief in the navy and we were all on "pins & needles" with the Cuban missile crisis looming. it was ok though--'cause if the "ruskies" started shoot'n them missiles, we could always hide under our desks at school  just remember "duck and cover" 
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Dwight, You sure have exposed a bunch of SNK's around here.
I couldn't drive yet, but big brother could and we had access to a '57 Star Chief Tri-power. Did that same A&W thing.
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OH! You mean THIS, Roger???.... http://youtube.com/watch?v=C0K_LZDXp0IYeah, I remember that alright! (but I always wondered why they didn't show the rest of this...you know...the part at the end where they tell ya that while you're under your desk to go ahead and kiss your a$$ goodbye while you're at it!)
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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i was still in a past life , so not having been regrest yet i couldnt tell ya , but i,m sure it had something to do with royalty ,isnt that always the case with past life regression
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i was still in a past life , so not having been regrest yet i couldnt tell ya , but i,m sure it had something to do with royalty ,isnt that always the case with past life regression
Yeah, that's what I hear, Gordie!
(either THAT or you ran into Shirley MacLaine somewhere along the line back then while you were out building pyramids for Ramses III!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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I was -5 years old. A gleam in my daddy's eye.
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I was being born in Coventry England
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Second or third grade in Corning, Iowa.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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"Wasn't born yet." "Not a twinkle...." "My parents were 9." Man! You "kids" will never know was fun it was back then when: Kids could actually look up to adults with respect because when most of those adults said "I promise to love, honor and respect this person 'til death do us part"...they did for the most part. (at least my parents pretty much did anyway...Happy Valentine's Day Mom and Pop, whereever you are) 
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Two years old, and probably sat in a sidecar of my dads Triumph..
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Yep C.J., after the "AM Radio" thread a while back, I kind'a thought of you as I posted this!
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I was just an itch in my father's pants.
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Was busy reading Hot Rod magazine and really into Car Toons magazine as well. I wanted to Melvin Munchmouth when I grew up.
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Stroker McGurk was the man. One I especially remember was in 4 frames. Frame 1, titled "Something old, he was dusting off his old roadster.
Frame 2, "something new", he was bolting in a highly built 59A block.
Frame 3, "Something borrowed", he was bolting on a Roots supercharger.
Frame 4, "Something blew", he was halfway down the dragstrip in a cloud of smoke and flying pistons.
I knew the end was near when Rod and Custom changed from their pocket size format.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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my parents were 3 years old in 62... lol
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Was busy reading Hot Rod magazine and really into Car Toons magazine as well. I wanted to Melvin Munchmouth when I grew up.
ModelMaker
Now that was good readin'! And then there was Dragtoons and Cycletoons. I actually had a letter printed in Cycletoons. A guy was spouting how his Yamaha 2-stroke would eat any 4-stroke bike (maybe it would have!). so, i challenged him to race my Honda 300, and if that didn't work, my friends Bonnie! The guy actually wrote me a nasty letter....those were the days...
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i remember when Rod & Custom was digest size...think i have a couple, and same sized Model Car Science(?) mags.
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