What I noticed was the overwhelming majority of the autos were American made-Detroit Iron and the lack of automobiles in general on the highway. For me most of the cars of that era were ugly then and uglier now. There were exceptions, but I did not see any "pretty" cars in that clip, mostly "Battlestar Galactica-like walrus -looking battleships". I did catch a glimpse of a Subaru Brat which would have been very new and I in my opinion rare.
I think what I was seeing was the similarity of all of those cars. When did the car companies start to use the same body parts across their product lines?
Looks familiar. Back in the mid-to-late 1970s I traveled Massachusetts Rt-1 North when I was making my yearly October pilgrimage in my yellow 1972 VW Beetle from North NJ to Cape Ann.
those look like 1990s-2000s cars
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DeleteWhat I noticed was the overwhelming majority of the autos were American made-Detroit Iron and the lack of automobiles in general on the highway. For me most of the cars of that era were ugly then and uglier now. There were exceptions, but I did not see any "pretty" cars in that clip, mostly "Battlestar Galactica-like walrus -looking battleships". I did catch a glimpse of a Subaru Brat which would have been very new and I in my opinion rare.
DeleteAll 1970’s cars - 100%
DeleteThe description said 1978 on the video.
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Not sure what the other commenter watched
ReplyDeleteThose were all 1970's cars
I grew up in Danvers. I put a LOT of miles in on Rt 1!
ReplyDeleteSame here. Grew up in Beverly.
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I think what I was seeing was the similarity of all of those cars. When did the car companies start to use the same body parts across their product lines?
ReplyDeleteVery few imports.
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Was the year I got me license,grew up outside of Boston,many cool but the yellow Olds and the Subaru Brat really stuck out with a quick view.
ReplyDeleteI'm bettiing the pot hole from 1:29 to 1:42 still has not been fixed.
ReplyDeleteI saw my second car in there, drove it for years
ReplyDeleteHa! Check out the lack of traffic then...
ReplyDeleteLooks familiar. Back in the mid-to-late 1970s I traveled Massachusetts Rt-1 North when I was making my yearly October pilgrimage in my yellow 1972 VW Beetle from North NJ to Cape Ann.
ReplyDeleteFrom before the Used bar of soap look.
ReplyDeleteGee, nobody looking at their phones when they are driving a several-thousand-pound car. Good times!
ReplyDeleteYou should see my farm...
ReplyDelete1979 was a very good year
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