My wife's parents had a yellow Brat. And no it wasn't my wife.
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Upgrade NowMy wife's parents had a yellow Brat. And no it wasn't my wife.
We had a local Oldsmobile/Honda dealer who ran a buy one/get one promo. Buy an Olds, get a free Civic.When a Honda Civic was a sub-subcompact.
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My mother had a bright yellow one, and my big brother had a chocolate brown one.
IYKYK!
my parents went crazy with us kids singing this song LOL
With gas prices today, it'd be "buy a Civic, get a clunky gas-guzzler free!"We had a local Oldsmobile/Honda dealer who ran a buy one/get one promo. Buy an Olds, get a free Civic.
Three Days of the CondorYou might remember some of these -
Books/fads
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Transactional Analysis - "I'm OK, You're OK"
Luscher Color Test book
The Godfather
Papillon
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Gravity's Rainbow
Zen and the Art of Motercycle Maint.
Helter Skelter
Jonathan Livinston Seagull
The Day of the Jackal
Carrie
Jaws
Interview with the Vampire
The World According to Garp
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Summer of 42
I read a lot back then, still do. I'd read a book, then a year or two later, a movie would be made. My friends would be really excited about the movie, but almost no one had read the book. I guess things haven't changed much...
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I remember getting the SSP racers for Christmas
Slapstick with Paul Neuman and the Hansen Brothers!One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Slapstick with Paul Neuman and the Hansen Brothers!
"Johnny, what do you make out of this?""Surely you remember Airplane!"
"I do remember Airplane!, and don't call me Shirley."
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Could fit a 44 gallon drum in the boot.
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I remember people saying how worthless the Brat was... and guess what? Hyundai just came out with a mini pickup, and I bet some others do too. Those bed-mounted jump seats were scary...
Don't know if anyone else remembers this, but there was either a fad, an advertisement or contest challenging people to say the ingredients of a Big Mac backwards as fast as they could in the mid 70's. My wife can still say the ingredients backwards to this day.You ever sang the "McDonald's is your kind of place! Hamburgers in your face! French Fries between your toes! Dill pickles up your nose!
You remember the difference between Almond Joy and Mounds. Y'know, 'cause sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.
Kids today have no idea what that means.TVs with vertical and horizontal hold knobs.
And in some parts of the country (TX), you could drive with an open container in your car.Drinking age was 18. Then it wasn't.
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