Cars of the 70s in New York City

"Ilike_cougars" (rohitvenkat01) 09/02/2014 at 10:00 • Filed to: Photography, 1970, New York, Old Cars

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Little fact, New York City is filled with too many wannabe street photographers(P mode professionals) , I know because I was one of them, I have pretty much walked through most of the streets of Manhattan with a camera by my side, but I honed my skills this way and I think I shoot relatively better than a noob now because of. But I always thought this was a relatively new fad mainly because of the cheap cost of DSLR cameras, and probably because it made you look like a badass with a 5lb camera around your neck. But it appears I was wrong. I found this facebook !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! that has images from the 70s. Arguably the 70s was probably not the best of times for New York, but it is good to see cars that are considered classics these days, driven as daily drivers, with dents, mismatched wheels and all. Take a look, see how many cars you can identify, I picked out some of my favorite images. (And all of them are from before instagram took a dump on photography)

Crocket Bernet > Ilike_cougars 09/02/2014 at 10:02

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Wat.

quarterlifecrisis > Ilike_cougars 09/02/2014 at 10:04

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There are 3 pictures in there that I dig a ton - 2 mopar related (the Coronet taxi covered in ice, and the 69 Charger R/T where you can see the shackles hanging down to be able to jack the ass end in the air), and the guy sitting in on the 57-58 Caddy.

mcseanerson > Ilike_cougars 09/02/2014 at 10:05

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Man, 70's New York was a real shit hole. I love it. Hipsters would be scared to walk outside.

Cherry_man1 > Crocket Bernet 09/02/2014 at 10:05

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You say Wat I say must of been beat by a GT500.

Crocket Bernet > Cherry_man1 09/02/2014 at 10:10

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Warriors style.

Thunderbee - Has the engine that kids like > Ilike_cougars 09/02/2014 at 10:12

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Citroen DS?

Ilike_cougars > Crocket Bernet 09/02/2014 at 10:22

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Painful isnt it, the split bumper Camaros are actually my favorite.. I think this was the elevated Westside highway,

Ilike_cougars > Thunderbee - Has the engine that kids like 09/02/2014 at 10:25

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Yes! I think a few survived, There usually used to be one parked on the street in the DUMBO area..

fiestakey > Thunderbee - Has the engine that kids like 09/02/2014 at 10:30

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In my neighborhood Rockland County NY

Buick Regal GS

Ilike_cougars > quarterlifecrisis 09/02/2014 at 10:36

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Yeah some of the images, are just awesome. That R/T was probably a year to few months old? Man how cool would it have been to drive it off the lot new..

Ilike_cougars > mcseanerson 09/02/2014 at 10:40

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Scared and this would drive them away.. Oh Joy!

quarterlifecrisis > Ilike_cougars 09/02/2014 at 10:44

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I agree. Hard to tell based on the other things in the photo...but that probably isn't too far off. Absolutely though...the old man has a couple B-bodies hanging around, the closest he got to new was a year and a half old in 70.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Ilike_cougars 09/02/2014 at 10:47

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Oh man, it's like a driver parallel lines videeogame!

Ilike_cougars > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 09/02/2014 at 10:50

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I actually haven't played that game, is it good?

Ilike_cougars > quarterlifecrisis 09/02/2014 at 10:54

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Apparently that image was taken in 1971. Running and driving B-bodies?

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Ilike_cougars 09/02/2014 at 10:57

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Well, it's a bit like GTA SA only set in the 70's and 2006 and better graphic. So the cars were set accordingly.

The story is pretty good, the cars are better than the GTA (It's real cars but with disguised name, for example that yellow checker cab is called "Fairway"), The map is about 90% accurate, and the music is really awesome!

Ilike_cougars > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 09/02/2014 at 10:59

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Oh cool, I should check it out then, I have played L.A. Noire that was pretty much based of the mid 40s i think. but pretty cool cars again..

quarterlifecrisis > Ilike_cougars 09/02/2014 at 12:05

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1 is running and driving. The other hasn't ran or drove since 1987ish. Currently the parts that make it run and drive are laying in front of the car on the floor. Right where we left them about a year ago....

TotallyThatStupid > Ilike_cougars 09/02/2014 at 12:05

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I love this page. I've Liked (tm) it, but I haven't seen some of these photos.

Ilike_cougars > TotallyThatStupid 09/02/2014 at 12:20

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Yeah its a great page for street photography check out their gallery, most of these images they posted a while back..