953 nut 66,373 #1 Posted 6 hours ago 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. 2 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 25,437 #2 Posted 6 hours ago I remember some fun times at drive ins… 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 56,715 #3 Posted 5 hours ago 18 minutes ago, Sparky said: I remember some fun times at drive ins with a high school cheerleader There fixed that. 1 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,182 #4 Posted 5 hours ago (edited) 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 5 hours ago by ri702bill 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 66,373 #5 Posted 5 hours ago 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. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,182 #6 Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 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 3 hours ago by ri702bill 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 9,895 #7 Posted 2 hours ago @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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,182 #8 Posted 2 hours ago 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! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
