Gas was 25/30 cents and gas wars could make it 19 cents. After school work paid 50cents an hour, and lawyers made $20,000 per year. We'd run around at night on a dollars worth of gas. Everybody would chip in and get a $150 car and drive it into the ground. Jags were more popular than Mercs. The birth control pill was big news and getting the clap was a passage into manhood. Social life meant drive-in movies and a sixpack of “Country Club” malt liquor. My first apt. was $93 a month for a 1 bedroom in West LA.
A VW was about $1200 and an MG about $2,000. I bought a very cherry BSA Goldstar for $350 and had a Sunbeam Alpine that cost $1700.
Damn – back to work.

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89 300E
79 240D
72 Westy
63 Bug sunroof
85 Jeep CJ7
86 Chevy 6.2l diesel PU

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