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Old 08-29-2022, 09:56 AM
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Just because….. car guys don’t need a reason.
Monday at Mel’s.

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Old 08-29-2022, 10:17 PM
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American Graffiti. Nice!
Old 08-29-2022, 10:39 PM
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Next year the movie celebrates it's 50th anniversary.
"Where were you in '62?"
Heck where were we in'73?
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Old 08-29-2022, 11:55 PM
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Nice. Love the racing stripe!
Old 08-30-2022, 12:23 AM
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Gotta be best car movie ever. I lived near there when they were filming it


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[QUOTE=3JsVette
"Where were you in '62?"
Heck where were we in'73?[/QUOTE]
In the Fall 62 I was a junior in high school dreaming of the new Sting Ray. In 73 I was on third C2 (67, red/red, 427/390, AC, convertible), Is this a great country or what!
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Old 08-30-2022, 08:46 AM
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I agree, in 62 I was in high school without a care in the world. In 72, the government saw that I needed some direction in my life and they gave me a free, all expense paid vacation to south east Asia. They gave me an airplane to fly and all of the bombs and gas that I could ever hope for. What a great country!
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Like watson above, in '62 I was a freshman in high school dreaming of having a Corvette and a drivers license. In '73 I was home from Vietnam, driving a '66 BB roadster bought with my combat pay. Yes, a great country!
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Originally Posted by Vette5311
Gotta be best car movie ever.
Yeah. This ^^^.

Live well,

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Old 08-31-2022, 09:48 AM
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"The Hollywood Knights" from 1980 had some great cars too and was a clone of "American Graffiti". Tony Danza drove the Motortrend X 1957 Project Chevrolet and was cast as the John Milner character. A Shelby Cobra was the nemesis in this movie, rather than a 1955 Chevy. More hi- jinks and a little cruder than AG, but some great cars.
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