50 years ago...
I'd have sooner expected to see the Archbishop of Canterbury
before the likes of a Cadillac in a general parking area at Woodstock.
Must have stood out like a Bourbon bottle in a brewery. :o
Hope they zipped the back window in before the rain.
(https://oi933.photobucket.com/albums/ad180/WoodstockFenceGuy/Original%201969%20Woodstock%20Festival%20black%20and%20whites/Woodstock1969Route17.jpg)
The Jaguar next to it seems out of place, too. Bet Mom and Dad would have had a fit if they knew what the kids were doing in their cars that weekend!
There's an XKE on the other side of that dark Beetle convertible.
Woodstock wasn't attended by poor folk. :-)
Quote from: 67_Eldo on August 17, 2019, 01:15:57 PM
Woodstock wasn't attended by poor folk. :-)
The suggestion being made was that they'd never let you near the place if you
showed up in a Cadillac - the automotive antithesis of everything Woodstock stood for. ;)
Many did come from wealthy families - no question there. But the money was still mom & dad's -
not Pig Pen's or Sunflower's. ;D
Also keep in mind that those were not exactly new cars at the time, and that cars generally did not hold up as well back then. The Cadillac was 7 years old, and the Jag Mk. II could have been 10, putting them squarely in the old used car category, or perhaps mom and dad’s hand me downs.
Quote from: 67_Eldo on August 17, 2019, 01:15:57 PM
There's an XKE on the other side of that dark Beetle convertible.
'68 Coupe.....
I love these pictures when the roads were full of such a variety of cars and colors....
Bobby
I'm with Bobby on this one. Awesome old photo. Clay
For the rust belt (NY included), a 7 year old car was old. I remember Ohio in 1976, most of my neighborhood thought my Mother's 1968 Thunderbird was ancient. Most cars in Ohio had rust holes after 3-4 years old.
Quote from: Scot Minesinger on August 28, 2019, 09:22:25 AM
For the rust belt (NY included), a 7 year old car was old. I remember Ohio in 1976, most of my neighborhood thought my Mother's 1968 Thunderbird was ancient. Most cars in Ohio had rust holes after 3-4 years old.
True and by 1969 a 7 year old Cadillac could've been had
very inexpensively.
QuoteTrue and by 1969 a 7 year old Cadillac could've been had very inexpensively.
Very true. A couple of years later, as a 13-year old, I was able to buy what would now be considered a very nice original ‘59 CDV using savings from my newspaper route. At that time, finned cars were considered archaic and obsolete to most people.
Yes in 1970 I bought a rusted out 1961 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible in Code 48 Fontana Rose with white top and black and white interior for $49.00 and $3.00 tax.
I love reading this stuff. You guys make me feel like a kid again.
But yer not! ;D ;D ;D
Went out and got my generator gas today, Fins, good luck!
LOL! Don't remind me.
I'm as ready as I can get at this point.
Best of luck to all of our Florida people.