Betcha y’all didn’t know 157

[953 nut 66,399]

June 6, 1933, eager motorists park their automobiles on the grounds of Camden Drive-In, the first-ever drive-in movie theater, located on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Pennsauken, New Jersey.

Park-In Theaters–the term “drive-in” came to be widely used only later–was the brainchild of Richard Hollingshead, a movie fan and a sales manager at his father’s company, Whiz Auto Products, in Camden. Reportedly inspired by his mother’s struggle to sit comfortably in traditional movie theater seats, Hollingshead came up with the idea of an open-air theater where patrons watched movies in the comfort of their own automobiles.

   

[Sparky-(Admin) 25,455]

I remember some fun times at drive ins…

[WHX?? 56,753]

18 minutes ago, Sparky said:

I remember some fun times at drive ins with a high school cheerleader

There fixed that. 

[ri702bill 12,191]

50 minutes ago, Sparky said:

I remember some fun times at drive ins…

My old girlfriend had a 2 tone 57 Chevy Wagon - the perfect party barge when parked backwards with the tailgate down & glass hatch up to watch the movie...

Honestly, in hindsight, the car was more fun than her...

Edited yesterday at 12:37 PM by ri702bill

[953 nut 66,399]

4 minutes ago, ri702bill said:

Honestly, in hindsight, the car was more fun than her...

I once dated a girl whos big brother had a new '61, four speed, 409 powered Chevy just so we could go for a ride in it.  That was a FUN car!  He got so many speeding tickets that he had to sell the car and joined the army.

[ri702bill 12,191]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

a new '61, four speed, 409 powered Chevy

All too many 409's and 396's were destroyed by folks driving them like they were 283's. All in around 4000 RPM - parts start to scatter if you go higher...

Edited yesterday at 02:38 PM by ri702bill

[peter lena 9,895]

@ri702bill  back in pontiac days of plastic  coated timing gears  , did that to cover whining noise, related catastrophic heat  failure ?  oil  sump pick  up , starved for  oil , by all  heat cracked plastic debris . gm dollars saved on poor design , cost them millions , in failures . customer loyalty , worked at  buick / pontiac / opel , dealership , pete  

[ri702bill 12,191]

Yup. Growing up , one of my friend's Dad had a side hustle buying, fixing, & flipping used cars. I fished a fair amount of broken nylon cam sprocket teeth out as we would replace timing chain sets. He taught us how to rod cylinder head oil return holes with a length of speedometer cable and an electric drill. Old straight weight oil sure did gunk up the works!

[Ed Kennell 46,161]

My 1950s drive in movies offered several educational programs.      

 

1. alcohol use and abuse     We always tapped Pappys hard cider barrel before we left for the drive in.

2. sex ed    no details

3. smuggling 101      How to stuff six kids in the trunk of a '55 Ford

[ri702bill 12,191]

3 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

My 1950s drive in movies offered several educational programs.      

 

1. alcohol use and abuse     We always tapped Pappys hard cider barrel before we left for the drive in.

2. sex ed    no details

3. smuggling 101      How to stuff six kids in the trunk of a '55 Ford

And you survived...

[Handy Don 16,713]

Only ever went to the drive-in with my parents and five siblings. Most of the kids there with families spread blankets on the big slope in front of the projection booth--the adults had the cars. By the time I could drive, the drive-in was gone.

Lots of my dates were by bicycle!

[rjg854 13,069]

13 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Lots of my dates were by bicycle!

They had bicycles in those days   

[rmaynard 17,197]

The last movie that we saw at a drive-in was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). Nothing better than monkey brains and eyeball soup on the BIG screen with a 9  and 6 year old.