Perrymip
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Someone in this forum recommended some time ago to watch the early Rockford Files to see a good S. Cal. spread of auto life. So I finally took twenty-four hours off from life, checked out the first three seasons ('74-77), and came to the following, otherwise unsupported, conclusions. TR3's had, by the mid-'70s long since passed into the hands of third and fourth generation kids, had been driven, however much loved, to near distinction. The 15% survivors (like mine, I might say,) were mostly stored away and had little or no street presence.
From those first three seasons of Rockford I saw a few E-Jags, one ratty MGA (with a hard top), some Porsches, one lovely TR6, and myriad VW beetles. About all one can say about the vulgar remainder is: no Hondas, no Toyotas.
Well, I was in Manhattan at the time, so I have no sense whatsoever of "America." But as for TV/Movie retrospectives, from now on I'm strictly '60s. One feels much more in TR3 territory watching early Godard, Fellini, not to mention Russ Meyer.
From those first three seasons of Rockford I saw a few E-Jags, one ratty MGA (with a hard top), some Porsches, one lovely TR6, and myriad VW beetles. About all one can say about the vulgar remainder is: no Hondas, no Toyotas.
Well, I was in Manhattan at the time, so I have no sense whatsoever of "America." But as for TV/Movie retrospectives, from now on I'm strictly '60s. One feels much more in TR3 territory watching early Godard, Fellini, not to mention Russ Meyer.