[Jack Gifford]

Pontiac? Is there a car in the picture?

[68ragtop]

1950 I assume? Must be right about the time she got into films & became sensationalized?

Cool picture, not sure what the guy on the other side is doing, but it would almost appear he wasn't supposed to be there, or it was made to look that way at least.

[Deadhead]

[U47]

Originally Posted by Deadhead

The evolution of the split grille into a battering ram. The big cars just lost their way after 1966.

[dataway]

Originally Posted by post toastie

Marilyn Monroe and Pontiac

Wow ... that's about the hottest picture of her I have ever seen. Can't believe I haven't seen it before.

[Jeff Hamlin]

on both counts

[MikeNoun]

Proof that Hurst was cooler than Accel.

Hurst had this:




Accel had this:

[Wareagle]

Vintage - Jim Wangers 9 sec. 74 T/A 455 ( 440 ci. ) 428 crank etc. - Pic I Took at Bremerton Washington - got furious on NOS

[400 4spd.]

Originally Posted by Deadhead

Shades of the C2 Corvette. Notice the lack of a trunk.
I think it would be cool if it survives, but likely not.

[Go-Tee-O]

OK, my ancient scanner refuses to cooperate with Windows 10, so I took pics of the pics...apologies



My dad's '70 vert, circa 1978, when he bought it (for $400!!!!). That's my little brother peeking around.



Me at the wheel. What a dork. I don't know what was the deal with the spotted pillow in the back seat, it came with the car, sometimes dad used it like a center armrest (non-console car).



Yep, dad drove it in the winter, those are snow tires! Looks like OG lug nuts, now that I look....you can thank Pennsylvania for the car-eating road salt



After a fresh coat of Pepper Green. Got a new LH quarter panel, seemed like frontend sheetmetal had already been replaced, probably got hit. Originally had a black top, I convince him to change it to a white top, he hated it, changed back. Car was 350hp, M20 (still had original shifter with backdrive linkage), green interior, power steering. That was about it. Learned to drive in this car at 13, great memories

[Go-Tee-O]

Here's my first Goat, the '67. Yes, that's a broom holding up the (flat) hood. Didn't come with hood hinges. This was before my "no flex hoses" mandate But I only paid $350 for it in 1985, and it ran great!



Sadly, it didn't drive great. Bought it with blown spider gears in the (replaced) Chevy 10-bolt rear. I just stuck another junkyard Chevy 3.08 10-bolt for $35 to minimize hassle.



It had a '68 XH 400 in it, 3-speed trans with a Sparkomatic shifter (yes, the crappy stereo people), a Holley 600DP, don't remember that aluminum intake, and leaky headers. Oh, and you can't quite see the clear distributor cap



After a bunch of work. Car was Regimental Red under the Earl Scheib blue, RH door and front fender had been replaced. I added power steering ($35 at the pick-a-part), polished the aluminum slot mags (I was working at a tire shop), rebuilt the front end with the AC/wagon HD springs, hence the high front end), got a GTO hood ($40 at the pick-a-part, also white!), installed a 744 cam, ditched the headers and replaced the exhaust. Was still stuck with the 3-speed, which was starting to pop out of second.



Cool morning in San Luis Obispo. This was just before I sold the car to buy a '67 RS/SS 350 Royal Plum Camaro.

[Go-Tee-O]

My first car, '72 AMC Hornet SST, in November '78. Same year my dad bought the '70 'vert. Far cry, but it was free! Ohio car, had 70363 miles on it (you remember these things, because it was your first!). Hard to believe a 6-year old car could be such a rusted POS.



See?!? Also seized up the 258 with starting fluid because I was too stupid to realize that it really was out of gas, not just being cantankerous.

Oh yeah, the 4 snow tires....car had blackwall Firestone Deluxe Champions on it (kind of tires that stack flat as a pancake when not mounted), I got the whitewall Sears radials when my stepdad totaled the '73 Dart 4-door that he was driving).

[Go-Tee-O]

My friend Heather's '68 Firebird 400/4 speed while I rebuilt the engine. Turned out to be a 389 shortblock under a 400 top end.

[Go-Tee-O]

OK. last ones....just for fun



Star Trek convention, circa '75....with James Doohan (Scotty), RIP.....



....and with George Takei (Sulu). Still have the autographs, too!

[Wareagle]

Originally Posted by Go-Tee-O

OK. last ones....just for fun



Star Trek convention, circa '75....with James Doohan (Scotty), RIP.....



....and with George Takei (Sulu). Still have the autographs, too!

Cool - also have some pics when I was at a Star Trek Convention in LA California in 74 .

[Wareagle]

My 74 GTO Then - those trees behind are huge now .

[MikeNoun]

I'm not sure how I missed those Star Trek photos, but those are VERY cool!!!

One of the greatest, most influential TV shows in history. Not only was it entertaining, but broke so many barriers and created such controversy back then. Unfortunately, many typical TV viewers back then were tuned into variety shows and sitcoms, and ratings for Star Trek were poor.

The audacity of having a bridge crew consisting of mixed races was groundbreaking. An Asian helmsman, an African-American female, a Russian helmsman (when the Cold War was at its peak), a Scottsman, and of course an alien (Vulcan). Gene Roddenberry assumed that in the future, space exploration wouldn't just consist of a bunch of white American males with perfect haircuts, and his casting made the network a bit uncomfortable. Roddenberry was a visionary, and his contribution to American culture cannot be underestimated.

Mike

[MikeNoun]

This photo needs no explanation as to why it's so cool...

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

I'm not sure how I missed those Star Trek photos, but those are VERY cool!!!

One of the greatest, most influential TV shows in history. Not only was it entertaining, but broke so many barriers and created such controversy back then. Unfortunately, many typical TV viewers back then were tuned into variety shows and sitcoms, and ratings for Star Trek were poor.

The audacity of having a bridge crew consisting of mixed races was groundbreaking. An Asian helmsman, an African-American female, a Russian helmsman (when the Cold War was at its peak), a Scottsman, and of course an alien (Vulcan). Gene Roddenberry assumed that in the future, space exploration wouldn't just consist of a bunch of white American males with perfect haircuts, and his casting made the network a bit uncomfortable. Roddenberry was a visionary, and his contribution to American culture cannot be underestimated.

Mike

If you can get your hands on the May issue of Smithsonian magazine, the one with Mars as the cover story I think you'll enjoy it. There is a very interesting article described as 'The Oral History of Star Trek' which is a collection of interspersed interviews with the cast, script writers and especially with Gene Roddenberry. I found it interesting and surprising that he was a WWII USAAF B-17 pilot and later a Los Angeles Police officer before creating the show...which by the way, was a flop at the time.

[Go-Tee-O]

Originally Posted by Wareagle

Cool - also have some pics when I was at a Star Trek Convention in LA California in 74 .

Hey, isn't that Mike Farrell standing next to Roddenberry?