Joe Inama

I was in the USAF and stationed at McGuire AFB. Life is good. I retired in 1992. I loved the C-141 and miss it to this day. I love watching the youtube videos on the C-141. If ya don't know what a C-141 is watch the videos. It was the backbone of our national defense . Im a retired Chief. Very proud to be an American.

O TAZ

I was 17 at the time and doing what 17 year olds do , chasing hot girls and driving fast cars , well the 68 Mustang was a rust bucket but the straight six ran good manual 3 speed on the floor , back seat suck LOL ,field parties rock and roll , some great bands back thin so I:m sure the beer was flowing and the smoke was ( I did not inhale ) LOL ! , 36 out of the 40 yrs work for the same company raised two great kids ,that have given me 3 grandkids , what can I say but I;m still hanging in there,

KSL '67 101234

I am glad I started this post and that so many people took time to reflect back in time and respond. We are at a time in life that just yesterday seems days away. But when asked to reflect back on life it's so enjoyable to see how different we all are, yet aren't, and the paths we've taken along the way. I can relate to so many of the stories.

Thanks for sharing your stories and life and for making my 4th of July weekend more enjoyable than I ever anticipated.

Kelly

tjstarduster

The 60's and 70's were a great time to grow up. The birth control pill, color tv, Gunsmoke, Mayberry RFD, muscle cars, Vietnam. I was going to school in Lubbock (very conservative) in '68 and I often wondered if the whole country was going to explode. We survived and have had many good years. With the advent of modern drugs (Cialis, etc.) we 60 year old hard chargers can still behave like we were 30 again, provided we can have a willing mate!!! Me and the old lady still get a thrill out of driving our '66 BB at WOT!

claysmoker

Two years out of the war and my son on the way.

AmericanPie

I was working my way through a 4-year manufacturing training program at a major manufacturer of earth-moving equipment in IL, and going to evening classes at the local community college. Many of my friends had gone away to university which I couldn't afford to do so I was making the best of my situation. (I eventually completed my degrees years later.)

At the time I had recently finished building my '66 Nova SS with a 468" rat motor, dual 660 Holleys on a tunnel ram, fenderwell headers, etc. I had purchased the car with a straight axle and a 4.88:1 Olds rear end already fitted. It was quite a ride, but street racing in the midwest was dying. My DD was a '69 Impala Custom with a stock 350 and '69 Corvette Rallye wheels....a nice car.

TCracingCA

40 years ago seems like yesterday in relationship to walking the planet, but my other favorite period was when we were tricking out our Chariots to escape from the Pharoah of Egypt! Well 40 years ago, I know I liked Corvettes, after doing alot of walking from about 2700BC to the late 19th Century. I am looking forward to new Corvette models clear into the future 2100 AD or so and then I plan on switching hobbies and causing just general turmoil again for awhile to not be bored!

Shanlor25

Joe, I too was stationed at McGuire 1974. I was over at the Aerial Port Sq. In Nov 74 I purchased my 57 Corvette from a SSgt that worked up at the Finance Center. He had just brought the car back from Misawa AB Japan. I still have it today.

Avispa

...thrilled beyond belief at being released from that Soviet gulag known as Newton South High School (thank God almighty I've spent most of my adult life in Texas away from those socialist nincompoops) and enjoying my first big block hotrod (a '66 396 Chevelle). The skills learned working on that car have served me a lifetime.

tuxnharley

I was at Lake Tahoe CA on a camping trip, having driven there in my '67 (yup, the same one in my avatar). I got the tent and all packed in the back, but then couldn't put the top down until we got there and unloaded!

Yeah , there was beer - and Jack - involved!

Hitch

I wasn't even a glimmer in my daddies eye...

Still love these old cars...


Hitch

Joe Inama

Cool. I was a expeditor on the flightline and I also worked in the Iso dock. I had a blue 62 vette at the time and a 70 chevelle ss. I raced at Strato rods, remember that flightline racetrack? Seems like a lifetime ago. Take care my friend.

blitz10

I had just turned 18 and was working a summer time job landscaping before college. Drove a 69 vert. Top down driving my buddy around and chasing girls. Sold a 66 coupe to buy the 69. Sold the 69 to buy a 66 coupe. Those were some good times.

426 Hemi

I would have been 12 at the time----living at Citrus Heights California. Great place, great era. We either went to Folsom for the fireworks and/or lit stuff off with the rest of the neighborhood kids. One year one of the kid's dad gave us road flares to run around with. Think I'm still coughing up sulfur.

My father was driving a split window then. He would take me to Wednesday night test and tune at Sacramento Raceway. I really looked forward to those trips---so much so at times I'd make my self sick with anticipation. Probably had a lot to do with the fact that a few years prior he was gone for a tour in Southeast Asia-----was good to have him back.

DansYellow66

Just graduated from KU with a BS in Civil Engineering and reported to work on a dam construction project in south Arkansas. Packed up all my belongings in my 1970 GTO, cashed in what savings bonds I had left and checked into an un-air conditioned, second floor apartment (hotter than hell) and became a productive member of society. Enjoyed those days surveying, helping in the lab and doing inspection. Not so much running up end areas and quantities for payment. Wish I had kept the old GTO.

tuxnharley

Ah - a fellow Civil Engineer!

B&BVettes

At 24, I was a little over two years away from buying my first Corvette (a new '76). We were only married for less than 2 years back then, so sex was probably involved (maybe after the beer). Life was good back then, but much better now. Sex and beer are still in my life, and so are four Corvettes.