Greetings all,
For those of you who are old enough to remember, a series of existential thoughts...
What is the series on ABC that has a New context about the 70's? "LOST"
What is the other series about a Time traveler to the 70's? "Life on Mars"
How old were you when Life around you seemed to be spinning out of control?
Me , 1970 thru 1978 You..?
Why does it seem like we are drawn to love this little car with a Stigma of the 70'?
Have anyone close to you experienced a Serendipitous Return to a relationship or association that was interrupted in the 70's? My sister has just stepped back in time into a "new " old relationship and it's unnerving how karmic it seems :hypno:
Now does it seem that it is more than a coincidence, that we are engaging an entertainment content, that seems "Deja Vu?"
Is this why our Pintos are suddenly so cool to so many people?
I ask you, ( and no, I'm not on medication, or herbal substances!) if this is something that you've noticed in your lives?
The Observations would surprise you...
Pintosopher
Was'nt the show like Lost called "The new People", man I'm gettin old :showback:
Well, for this kid the '70s was a time of innocence, great music (whatever you were grooving to), groundbreaking cars (our pony comes to mind), feeling secure (now remember I was born in '72!), interesting hair, out-of-this-world clothes, and John Lennon hadn't been shot. Yet.
pintosopher wrote"..... Have anyone close to you experienced a Serendipitous Return to a relationship or association that was interrupted in the 70's?...."
I bought my Pinto new in late '70 and my girlfriend at the time and I must have put on over 40K in road trips all over california in just a couple of years.
we parted ways after 7 years together. i just had an e-mail conversation with her after. we had last seen each other (both married to others now) in 1980!
one of the 1st things brought up was the Pintos that we owned!!!!
Dang it!!! (she only liked me for my car!!)
Srt,
I know what you mean, my current wife was driving a tired 74 Runabout when I met her. She still insists that our 72 isn't to be sold to scrape any extra cash up. We have really been through some highs and lows, but it's really strange how we met, and how life has always moved us through a serendipitous path.
As my friend's wife said in broken English (she's Taiwanese) after seeing my engine for the first time; " Where's the rest of your engine Joe?" She had only seen her husbands V8 Sunbeam Tigers, Griffith 200 & Rancheros. :amazed:
The Pinto and the seventies are a serious convergence of the paths of so many people...
Time to go back...
Pintosopher
I was born in 1972. The attraction to the Pinto stems from it being the subject of two of the earliest points of great excitement in my life. I have gone 'overboard' I guess in also embracing the music and other cultural aspects of the time. I turned eight in 1980, we had just returned from West Germany (dad was in the Army), everybody was still listening to disco, and I hadn't really seen any American cars I could remember. The first few experiences on American soil I can recall are riding in the back of my friend's mom's orange/orange Pinto wagon, my neighbor's (then) new silver 1980 Rallye hatchback, my mom's new AMC Concord (brown with tan interior, my dad's friend's new Fairmont Futura, and my dad's red Monza 2+2. I remember going to a custom van show with my dad around that time, and I have a soft spot for the custom vans of the era (not the generic conversion vans you see today). My babysitter drove a gold Plymouth Duster with a black interior, and my dad's other friends would come over and show off their projects. I liked the 1979 Camaro in white with the red interior and the yellow/orange/red stripes that one of my dad's friends had too.
It's a reminder of simpler times, of percieved safety, and the will and freedom to go anywhere and do anything we wanted.
Chuck :afro: