Let’s have a bit of fun with fashions today. One more gallery in this series of folks and their period attires, all displayed near some vintage metal of the era. A showcase of the fads of the time, and this time with quite a few photos that almost seem to tell a story.
The images are more or less chronological, at least as much as I can tell from the cars and the fashions in them.
Was that Dart perhaps a “swinger” model?
Mom and the Missus. And a very sensible CAA membership sticker.
I think that’s a ’77 Olds 98 peeking out from the other side of the garage. Reminds me of my aunt and uncle from Montreal that always had one cheap Plymouth (including a Scamp) and one big plush New Yorker or Fifth Avenue. And probably a CAA sticker on it somewhere.
Believe it’s a “Valiant Scamp”. (tail lights clue)
The ‘woven’ fence behind the ’64 Chrysler was all the rage for a while, then disappeared. It was a practical design, blocking vision while letting wind through.
HI HO! SUNSET MOTEL! Family units? QUEENS? REC ROOM? Hey, Guy! You lookin at ME? Whats UP? 😉 Maybe the Dart isn’t the ONLY Swinger! 😁 🤣
Sun appears to be coming back after a “downpour” as well.
I love how well the cars match their owners; such a reflection of how folks bought cars. Almost each one is a perfect match for them; the one exception being the last guy in front of the Matador; that one is all wrong. The parents’ car?
The young woman with her Pontiac Sunbird coupe is too perfect for words. That’s exactly who bought these. And the guy who scored the old Studebaker coupe is perfect too. The young woman with the Firebird is almost a dead ringer for one who lived in our neighborhood and had a new Camaro of the same vintage. Well, I could go on…
These really reflect the wide range of styles, sizes and images cars had back then; it seems to me that there’s not quite as much clear-cut diversity in those qualities these days, but that may well just me being an old fart.
I love the family with the red car. I cannot place the car, however. HELP! I hope that after that third boy that they decided that enough is enough. Sweet phot. My second like is the one just below with the two girls. Check out the swag stance of the girl on the right. Adorable. Thanks for all of the photos. I’m one of us who lived through these times. Sometimes we have to laugh as in the attached photo. YEEEEHHHH, she’s got a heavy date tanite.
Plymouth Satillite
Red car behind the young Mr. Douglas, his wife, and 3 sons looks to be at first thought a Duster. However, it is more likely a Satellite.
The red Satellite had to have been a company car. Agree dude with the Matador doesn’t add up.
Of all of these photos, that one has the least “me and my car”/”us and our car” vibe to it. The car seems incidental, just the happenstance background where he posed. Unlike, say, Sunbird Girl who is clearly posing with her car.
I’m usually oblivious to what clothing fashions or especially hair styles correspond to what era, but that hairdo in the lede photo just screams mid-1960s (maybe late ’60s), as does the dress (which is a near match to the ’70s kitchen wallpaper in my childhood home).
The first picture gets me thinking of Nancy Sinatra. Or Beth from Yellowstone!
Every single one of these is perfect each in their own way. It’s hard to pick a favorite.
It took me a while to figure out just what was going on inside the car in the lede photo. Nice looking lady…and I eventually figured out, her dog.
The couple washing the Buick is an odd one too. I sort of get the sense that the guy might essentially be photobombing the picture. They just don’t look like they go together.”Lenny…GO HOME!”
Neither of the people standing behind the Trans Am looks ready to play tennis. Perhaps they’re just holding the racket for the photographer.
The lady with the Charger and the bicycle probably spent/has spent many years asking that the photographer NOT show that picture, even though he would continually slip it into family slide shows.
So yeah, that one is probably my favorite 🙂
I agree that the couple (or perhaps “pair” is a better term) washing the Buick is an odd photo. I was thinking maybe they’re brother and sister – though the Buick doesn’t seem to suit either of them.
The couple with the Charger and bicycle in the trunk is one of my favorites here. Looks like it could easily be a scene from some cult-classic movie taking place in the 1970s.
The girl with the H-body Sunbird is probably my favorite here. I just imagine that being her first car, or maybe the photo’s occasion was her getting her driver’s license. But I wonder how quickly it took her to sour on the Sunbird. I bet ten years later she was driving a Honda.
Gonna track down the location for the “Sunset motel” pic? Gatlinburg maybe?
What struck me about the Buick picture is that the woman is holding the water hose and looks dressed for the beach – or a car wash – while the man is wearing what looks like hard leather shoes, leather belt, and full-length pants that wouldn’t dry quickly. I wonder if he even helped wash the car, or just posed for the photo.
This gentleman could have told people, he was former Montreal Expos owner Charles Bronfman (inset), and heir to the Seagram’s Whiskey fortune. And some people might have believed him.
I like the 1960 Ford Countrysquire, 1961 Buick, girl in bikini and guy in a wife beater undershirt.
Nice pictures .
Reminding me of why I don’t miss the 1960’s very much .
-Nate