All the old farts that remember the 80's get in here

[Blackmobile]

Motivation from another board made me think of this question: I wonder what the Marauder guys and gals were doing back in the 80's?

Or better yet, what do you fondly remember from that time period.

Here's a link to Jar your memory:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7pWX46lJc1Y

Me, I was buzzing around in a 71 440 Cuda. I was racing from light to light multiple times on Friday nights. That's politically incorrect now, but back then that's how we started the weekend party. Yeah, you couldn't tell us much back then. And the Fro I used to have, AH, the memories.

[Blackmobile]

And when are Mini skirts and Hot pants coming back? :drool:

[Aren Jay]

Well I certainly wasn't doing that.

I was driving around in our 78 Lebaron or 66 Mustang, later in the 80's we picked up my 86 Mustang 'cobra'.

Mind you it was a time of tight jeans, and those came back so who knows.

[STLR FN]

While at 38, I'm not an old fart. I still remember the 80's. Would relive it all over again if I could.

[Blackmobile]

While at 38, I'm not an old fart. I still remember the 80's. Would relive it all over again if I could.

That's the first rule of the OF Club. Welcome :D

[Bradley G]

I bought my first Shelby in '83 it was a Mopar Shelby Charger 2.2L

[freakstatus]

Punk rock and skateboarding....just chillin. Like Dazed and Confused but 10 years later....

[Bigdogjim]

Spent most of the "gogo" 80's in a tour bus seeing the USA:up:

Was single and away from home about 300 days a year:)

If you ever have the chance to see the USA do it!!

[finster101]

80 to 83 I was patroling the East German-Chec border. Freezing my azz off in the winter driving an M60A1. Flying up and down the Autobahn and f-n' loving every minute of it. :beer:

[RoyLPita]

I spent my teenage years listening to the girls at school sound they are from the Valley. However, where I live there are no valleys. Go figure.

[sd8683]

I was cruisin round in my big wheel!! Raisin hell!!

P.S, I could not be beat in my big wheel!! I'm a living legend in Boston!! Lol

[MADRODER]

going to concerts and challenging every Camaro with my '86 Mustang GT.....

[offroadkarter]

I remember not being alive in the 80's

not sure how i remember that though......

[Jolly Roger]

I remeber trying to get some street action in my 70 Cobra Jet Torino but the action was starting to die out around here by then.:(

[larryo340]

I used to cruise Hempstead Turnpike here on Long Island in my '67 340 Dart GT, or my '85 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z. If not there it was at Nathans in Oceanside with all my Mopar buddies. We used to take up from 5-10 spaces in a row.

Now your lucky to see a muscle car once a month :bigcry:

[whd507]

had a 71 Torino GT with a 429, two 70 Rancheros with 351c 4v,71 LTD with a series of bigblocks, several Lincolns, trucks, other lesser cars, and some scary fast homemade stuff.
graduated HS, went to wyotech, traveled the country several times, generally enjoying myself.

[oldekid]

Some of us old farts remember long before the 80's.

Ok sonny, what was the question again? :geezer:

[TiTo35]

I was cruisin round in my big wheel!! Raisin hell!!

P.S, I could not be beat in my big wheel!! I'm a living legend in Boston!! Lol


See me in a big wheel race...3pm...me an you!!!:lol:

[sd8683]

See me in a big race...3pm...me an you!!!:lol:


Oh its on!!!!

[TiTo35]

Oh its on!!!!

Time and place buddy!!!

[justbob]

Early eighties = bmx bikes, atari, air jordans
Late eighties = Mullet, Camaro all years 78-81, lots of sex, hair bands

[sd8683]

Time and place buddy!!!

It really don't matter to me!! I am unbeatable!! Black lightning is as aerodynamically correct as a corvette, ha ha ha you don't stand a chance!
What are the stakes?

[TiTo35]

It really don't matter to me!! I am unbeatable!! Black lightning is as aerodynamically correct as a corvette, ha ha ha you don't stand a chance!
What are the stakes?


LOL the stakes are if I get my big ass in a big wheel post pics!!!:lol:

[sd8683]

LOL the stakes are if I get my big ass in a big wheel post pics!!!:lol:

Lol!!!!!!!!

[GODFATHER]

I bought my first Shelby in '83 it was a Mopar Shelby Charger 2.2L
yep had one too black w/gold stripes pretty quick turbo car for its day:beer:

[Bradley G]

The first year of production the 1983 Shelby Charger was N/A(carb), they got fuel injection & turbo'ed in '84-85.
They only had two color choices too.Blue/silver & Silver & blue.
yep had one too black w/gold stripes pretty quick turbo car for its day:beer:

[Mike Poore]

80's? :eek: Good lord, man, how does that qualify you as an OF?

If you asked about the 60's (most of which happened in the 70's) there would be some good stories offered from this direction. ;)

[larryo340]

The first year of production the 1983 Shelby Charger was N/A(carb), they got fuel injection & turbo'ed in '84-85.
They only had two color choices too.Blue/silver & Silver & blue.

A friend had a Shelby Charger and it was black with silver stripes. I think it was an '85 or '86.

[Bluerauder]

I wonder what the Marauder guys and gals were doing back in the 80's?
I was raising a family and "Being All I Could Be."
Baby girl - Feb '81
Baby boy #2 - Jul '83
Philadelphia, Virginia, Heidelberg Germany, the Pentagon.
'74 Dodge Charger SE, '81 Buick Regal, '84 Dodge B150 van

[03mara300b]

My favorite cars, the Chrysler K car and the Chevy Chevette. I still LOL when I see one which is not often.

[GODFATHER]

The first year of production the 1983 Shelby Charger was N/A(carb), they got fuel injection & turbo'ed in '84-85.
They only had two color choices too.Blue/silver & Silver & blue.

yep with a stick shift too..so what year was mine i just remember it was in the 80's ..im getting old hell that was 20 some odd years ago :beer: i remember it out ran my girlfriends 1977 350 4 bbl olds cutlass

[rayjay]

Yep, what Charlie said, in the early 80's raising kids, no money for car toys. Then in the later 80's paying child support, even less money for any toys.
However, I met my girlfriend - to be wife, in 1988, 20 years later we are still together. So I guess the 80's were good after all.

[CRUZTAKER]

Motivation from another board made me think of this question: I wonder what the Marauder guys and gals were doing back in the 80's?

Sex, drugs, and Rock-n-Roll!

Not our kind of music though....more along the lines of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBLeVcP_JQg

[Blackmobile]

Sex, drugs, and Rock-n-Roll!

Not our kind of music though....more along the lines of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBLeVcP_JQg

I hear ya, there was a LOT of different music going on back then. Your choice of tunes reminded me of another favorite from back in the day. I wonder if anyone else remembers Frank Zappa just 2 years prior to the 80's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZVpOg8qHL0

[teamrope]

I spent most of the 80's playing Army at Ft Hood TX.

For your viewing pleasure:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j8OL7I3hpYA&feature=related

[Marawder]

Started off my Ford days in an 83 GT (black, t-tops and no A/C - talk about a 'hot' ride in the summer!), learned how to bracket race, then picked up my SVO Mustang and switched to the roadcourse. But, yeah, the days of seeing groups of cars together just to 'hang' in downtown T.O. seem to be long gone. Although the 'Shwa' where I am now is a GM town, I've seen 3 Marauders in the area, so at least I'm not alone!

[MM2004]

Sex, drugs, and Rock-n-Roll!

Not our kind of music though....more along the lines of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBLeVcP_JQg

I remember that song! Damn that was a long time ago.

Fond memories of the 80's?

Fast cars,
Fast women,
Drag racing,
Cruisin' and
being ran off by the Police.

Wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

Mike.

[CRUZTAKER]

I hear ya, there was a LOT of different music going on back then. Your choice of tunes reminded me of another favorite from back in the day. I wonder if anyone else remembers Frank Zappa just 2 years prior to the 80's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZVpOg8qHL0



Yes..."...and the Torture Never Stops".

:D

http://www.realityshirts.com/images/attributes/zappa.jpg

[MinnesotaMuscle]

Well I think it was in '82 sometime I started breathing....83's brought walking and talking...sometime around '86 or '87 I started school....lol

[magindat]

I was a radio DJ. New Wave, punk and early industrial.
I knew Trent Reznor when he released 'Pretty hate Machine' and over beers, I listend to Alan Jorgenson tell me about how his band tell me the story of Ministry's flop from pop to industrial. I took Expose roller skating before one of their shows and I got to know the Indigo Girls and met Michael Stipe when he made a cameo at a tiny little impromptu acoustic show. I hung out with countless small bands (probly like Dom's). It was a blast.
On the side I DJ'd 'Freestyle' music at a skating rink.
80's for me were music music and more music. Remembering and playing that music got me into car stereo and that got me into cars.
One could say, the 80's are responsible for me being RIGHT HERE on this board!!!!

[Jimimac43]

I remember cruising the hi-ways on a Kawasaki 900 Z-1 egging on anything with wheels to a race. Beat em all! Great time, good memories, 2nd divorce!

[TooManyFords]

I hear ya, there was a LOT of different music going on back then. Your choice of tunes reminded me of another favorite from back in the day. I wonder if anyone else remembers Frank Zappa just 2 years prior to the 80's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZVpOg8qHL0

Zappa ROCKS! I think I have all of the vinyl and most on CD. My favorite album has to be Shiek Yerbouti and song would be "Your Guitar wants to kill yer Mama!"

[Pops]

I hear ya, there was a LOT of different music going on back then. Your choice of tunes reminded me of another favorite from back in the day. I wonder if anyone else remembers Frank Zappa just 2 years prior to the 80's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZVpOg8qHL0

I have been following him a lot longer than that! The 80s brought me my first business, Second wife and she still lets me hang around! The one and only kid who just finished collage. 65 Malibu SS convertible with a 331 ci motor, roller cam and a 4 speed. I also remember the poor economy in the 80s and it was not pretty then. :)

[FastMerc]

And when are Mini skirts and Hot pants coming back? :drool:I know women who still wear them :rock:

[CRUZTAKER]

Zappa ROCKS! I think I have all of the vinyl and most on CD. My favorite album has to be Shiek Yerbouti and song would be "Your Guitar wants to kill yer Mama!"

Yes...yes indeed...

But this, this is...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AHZ0Y0RBL._SS500_.jpg






I know women who still wear them :rock:

This coming froma guy that that still...$#^&&&****## %^)@@#$^^&&
and tells me a story of three chicks getting naked with him in a hot tub last month...:bows:

[jgc61sr2002]

I used to cruise Hempstead Turnpike here on Long Island in my '67 340 Dart GT, or my '85 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z. If not there it was at Nathans in Oceanside with all my Mopar buddies. We used to take up from 5-10 spaces in a row.

Now your lucky to see a muscle car once a month :bigcry:


Nathan's still gets quite a crowd on Wed. nights.:D

[Ken]

This coming froma guy that that still...$#^&&&****## %^)@@#$^^&&
and tells me a story of three chicks getting naked with him in a hot tub last month...:bows:Skip with the car shows Mark, Where's this hot tub?:D

[Blackmobile]

Skip with the car shows Mark, Where's this hot tub?:D

I love my Marauder, BUT it's broken right now....^^^^^+1^^^^^^Where Is this hot Tob?

[Leadfoot281]

I hear ya, there was a LOT of different music going on back then. Your choice of tunes reminded me of another favorite from back in the day. I wonder if anyone else remembers Frank Zappa just 2 years prior to the 80's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZVpOg8qHL0


Frank Zappa! The King of Rock 'n Roll! Gone but not forgotton. He was before my time but that didn't stop a self described "old hippy" I used to work with from turning me onto him. He gave me my first Zappa album, 'Burnt weenie sandwich' which is still one of my favorites. Hot Rats is another favorite album.

Currently I've got 40+ CD's, and the DVD Baby snakes.

I'm 36 and do remember the 80's. It's the 90's I have trouble remembering due to the vast quantities of Miller High Life I was prone to drinking. :rolleyes:

[larryo340]

Nathan's still gets quite a crowd on Wed. nights.:D
I heard it was like a "Fart" can convention now ?

[Haggis]

The '80s when did they happen, man, what did I miss?

[Blackmobile]

The '80s when did they happen, man, what did I miss?

AH Ha, forgetfulness is the sign ..........you had a Great time in the 80's. The days of indestructibility, who knew father time would chop us off at the knees.

[BillyGman]

....."Cuz when I was a little baby boy, my momma gave me a brand new toy.....Two turntables with a mike......" That brought back lots of memories.;) That song was one of my favorites. :D I was terrorizing the public streets on my 1981 Kawasaki GPZ 1100 motorcycle, and nobody was able to catch me. And the women I had all around me back then....WOW!!! I also had this big black 1970 Cadillac with a 472 engine under the hood that would smoke the tires from a dead punch. One of my girl friends called it "The Bat Mobile" and it must have had a history behind it, cuz there was a bullet hole in the driver's side door panel, along with a big ole blood stain on the rug. Looked like the driver got shot from the inside of the car, cuz there was also a nipple shaped dent on the outside of that door from the inside out, where the bullet didn't quite make it all the way through. Wish I could bring those days back. Thanks for that trip down memory lane. :)