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  • Luke

    Dec. 11, 2008 6:34 a.m. Luke Dork

    Quite possibly the coolest piece of video I've ever seen on youtube.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCfItWwi2V8

    Oh man, to be hooning around in a 250 GTO, smokin' a joint, running into Steve McQueen...if only.

  • therex

    Dec. 11, 2008 7:43 a.m. therex SuperDork

    That was so awesome.

  • VanillaSky

    Dec. 11, 2008 9:06 a.m. VanillaSky New Reader

    I wish I lived in the 70's. Really.

  • EricM

    Dec. 11, 2008 12:12 p.m. EricM Reader

    those have got to be the skinniest tires ever!

  • Goldmember

    Dec. 11, 2008 7:00 p.m. Goldmember New Reader

    A look back on a truly different time. We, as enthusiasts, must never forget these times and the passion to use our toys for what the designers intended, not just to win trophies and flaunt disposable income.

    Seriousness/off

    I would have loved to see the faces at that meet when he rolled in with an olive drab Ferrari

  • rebelgtp

    Dec. 11, 2008 7:29 p.m. rebelgtp HalfDork

    I REALLY want to see the rest of the videos those guys made...

  • cwh

    Dec. 11, 2008 7:33 p.m. cwh Dork

    I was there for the 70's. I just don't remember it.

  • Volksroddin

    Dec. 11, 2008 7:50 p.m. Volksroddin HalfDork

    I cant say enough of how I was born to late

  • alex

    Dec. 11, 2008 9:36 p.m. alex Reader

    Spectacular. Dude made Steve McQueen stop traffic in an intersection for a moment of admiration of mutual coolness, then painted his California olive drab before a FOC meeting. I'm at a loss as to how one could get cooler than that.

  • MitchellC

    Dec. 11, 2008 10:59 p.m. MitchellC Reader

    Just imagining a Ferrari painted like the Weezly Rabbit make me too ahem happy.

  • Appleseed

    Dec. 12, 2008 4:10 a.m. Appleseed New Reader

    Makes me want to watch "Rendezvous" again.

  • Luke

    Dec. 12, 2008 4:28 a.m. Luke Dork

    This snippet of documentary is also worth watching - http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Di9fWVfLcUI&eurl=http://jalopnik.com/5052569/the...

    Bit of a history lesson in the beginning, but that soon leads way to the aural delight of dueling GTO's

  • tuffburn

    Dec. 12, 2008 5:07 a.m. tuffburn New Reader

    best video ever!

  • racerdave600

    Dec. 12, 2008 9:20 a.m. racerdave600 Reader

    That's probably '60's and not '70's, but still very cool. My very young memory of that time doesn't recall Ferraris roaming about though...

  • pinchvalve

    Dec. 12, 2008 3:18 p.m. pinchvalve UltraDork

    I lived in the 70's and did not have a Ferrari or a Joint. Of course, I was under 10 years old.

  • fiat22turbo

    Dec. 12, 2008 3:52 p.m. fiat22turbo SuperDork

    I was born in the 70's does that count?

  • Type Q

    Dec. 12, 2008 3:52 p.m. Type Q HalfDork

    VanillaSky wrote:

    I wish I lived in the 70's. Really.

    Eariler this year I heard some teenagers wishing that they were in high school in the 80's. WHY? I was in highschool in 80's and it sucked as bad as high school does now. There were drugs, gangs, AIDS, teen pregnancy, crappy treachers, and a major recession. Same E36 M3, different decade.

    I lived through the 70's and 80's and I do not understand the attraction. In the 70's kids watched Happy Days and some of them probably lamented they were not living in the 50's. The good old days were only good because human beings selectively remember the fun they had.

  • Twin_Cam

    Dec. 12, 2008 4:15 p.m. Twin_Cam Dork

    Awesome video.

  • glen914

    Dec. 12, 2008 8:49 p.m. glen914 New Reader

    In reply to null: IM not a sentimental fool for the 70s, but there is something to be said about sixty cent gas, cops who drove drunks home etc. The kids who stayed home watching happy days were nerds. We had no Ferraris, but much hell was raised in big block detroit iron and on first generation superbikes. Ill take 70s roadracing 917s, trans am ponycars,outdoor motocross with two strokes,and a more innocent and naive time anyday. Call me an old fogey,but it beats the E36 M3 out of gameboys and ultra restricted racing with interpretation of rules as the most creative part,disco roundy round stadium motocross,and fart can civics.

  • glen914

    Dec. 12, 2008 9:48 p.m. glen914 New Reader

    In reply to null:In the 70s, you could write the fun word for dookie without a robotic censor writing e36m3 too.

  • gamby

    Dec. 13, 2008 11:06 a.m. gamby UberDork

    Further proof that it's always fun to have some money and a free spirit.

    Amazing to see a GTO treated to jackassery. Hard to picture a time where these things were still street-driven like that.

    I would love to see what that California w/ the Army Jeep paintjob looked like. Those cars get $30k paintjobs now!!! lol

  • joey48442

    Dec. 13, 2008 11:28 a.m. joey48442 Dork

    glen914 wrote:

    In reply to null: IM not a sentimental fool for the 70s, but there is something to be said about sixty cent gas, cops who drove drunks home etc. The kids who stayed home watching happy days were nerds. We had no Ferraris, but much hell was raised in big block detroit iron and on first generation superbikes. Ill take 70s roadracing 917s, trans am ponycars,outdoor motocross with two strokes,and a more innocent and naive time anyday. Call me an old fogey,but it beats the E36 M3 out of gameboys and ultra restricted racing with interpretation of rules as the most creative part,disco roundy round stadium motocross,and fart can civics.

    Cops driving drunks home is going to stop drunk driving...I dont think that will work. I think the cops should be made to shoot every third drunk driver they pull over. "Sorry bud, I know your just over the limit, but...BLAM BLAM BLAM!"

    I dont lament the seventies. I was a fetus for a longer period of time in the seventies than I was a human, though. Im glad I grew up when I did.

    Plus, and I will admit those are some of the most beautiful cars ever, but think about idiots like Nick Hogan...Stoned, driving like an idiot on the wrong side of the road...

    I think if the video were of a bunch of ricers driving like morons and getting stoned in civics we would be all up in arms. But since its a Ferrari i its ok?

    Joey

  • joey48442

    Dec. 13, 2008 11:32 a.m. joey48442 Dork

    glen914 wrote:

    In reply to null:In the 70s, you could write the fun word for dookie without a robotic censor writing e36m3 too.

    Plus, our filters are what makes this site great!

    Joey

  • gamby

    Dec. 13, 2008 11:37 a.m. gamby UberDork

    joey48442 wrote:

    I dont lament the seventies. I was a fetus for a longer period of time in the seventies than I was a human, though. Im glad I grew up when I did.

    Plus, and I will admit those are some of the most beautiful cars ever, but think about idiots like Nick Hogan...Stoned, driving like an idiot on the wrong side of the road...

    I think if the video were of a bunch of ricers driving like morons and getting stoned in civics we would be all up in arms. But since its a Ferrari i its ok?

    Joey

    It was a different time (granted, I was 2-8 during the 70's). It just seems like you could be more free-spirited and fewer people would get killed/sued.

    Seems like more things go horribly wrong now.

  • GameboyRMH

    Dec. 13, 2008 4:55 p.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork

    I'm obviously much too young, all I can think is "what a bunch of stupid crazy shiny happy persons!"

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