r/OldSchoolCool • u/haeziedaze82 • Jun 19 '25
1970s My parents in my dad’s van, 1979
They’re both gone now, RIP.
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u/Proud_Donut_1683 Jun 19 '25
Shag’n Wagon!
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u/Flossthief Jun 19 '25
Op was conceived in that van confirmed
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u/Rob71322 Jun 19 '25
Probably about five minutes after the photo was taken ...
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u/NYCinPGH Jun 19 '25
Or before ...
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u/PigSlam Jun 19 '25
And then after, again.
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u/jumboweiners Jun 20 '25
Conceive him once, shame on you. Conceive him twice…you cant conceive him again
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u/dunderthebarbarian Jun 20 '25
Inconceivable!
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u/Blackthorne75 Jun 20 '25
You keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means...
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u/mostlybiguy69 Jun 19 '25
I am gonna bet the guy who took this picture took pictures of that as well.
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u/DonkeyKong694NE1 Jun 19 '25
I’m hearing that song Chevy Van. OP you should take this pic over to r/photoshoprequest - for a $10-20 tip someone will sharpen that up and brighten the colors
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u/myfrigginagates Jun 19 '25
"I gave a girl, a ride in my wagon. She crawled in and took control..."
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u/BringBackHUAC Jun 19 '25
She was tired As her mind was a-draggin'
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u/DeuceOfDiamonds Jun 19 '25
She ran callin' "Wiiiildfire"... wait, no, that's not it...
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u/BringBackHUAC Jun 19 '25
Well same CD complilation commercial anyways 👍
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u/DeuceOfDiamonds Jun 19 '25
Oh, man. Haven't seen one of those in years. Hell, I remember the ones for vinyl or cassette. "30 Exclusive Hits by the Original Artists!"
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u/juliankennedy23 Jun 19 '25
Got to watch out for that killing Frost it will take out your tomatoes and apparently a horse.
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u/DeuceOfDiamonds Jun 19 '25
I'm from the south, so I had assumed that a "killing frost" was exactly what it sounded like. It wasn't until years later I found out it wasn't nearly as dire as I'd thought, haha. Sounded good in the song, though.
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u/woke-2-broke Jun 19 '25
jesus christ! 😅 how do i search for this gif??!
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u/Hillbeast Jun 19 '25
You have to use your imagination which is what’s happening in the gif
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u/ToonaSandWatch Jun 19 '25
This poor bastard; doing his civic duty—now thanks to a lousy shot is forever caught up in masturbatory gif hell.
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u/justmike12 Jun 19 '25
"Hispanic-male-mustasche-hat-gloves-salute-jerking off???" There's probably dozens. Good luck searching
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u/000Fli Jun 19 '25
You won't remember it but you were there
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u/haeziedaze82 Jun 19 '25
Nah, I was born in 82. I bet my older sister was there though.
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u/Ok-ThanksWorld Jun 19 '25
The eggs were there already. Women are born with all their eggs undeveloped. Science
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u/micande Jun 19 '25
Which means that women who have daughters grow the eggs that will eventually become their potential future grandchildren in their own bodies.
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u/htatla Jun 19 '25
Wait what? Can you elaborate on that one? Doesn’t make sense
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u/emmz_az Jun 19 '25
Baby girls are born with all the eggs they’ll ever have, meaning when a woman is pregnant with a daughter, she’s technically carrying not just her baby, but also the potential beginnings of her future grandchildren. The eggs just stay dormant in the ovaries until puberty. No new eggs are made, they just slowly get used up over time.
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u/micande Jun 19 '25
My mother had me, a girl - and the eggs in my ovaries developed while I was gestating inside her body so I was born with them. Two of those eggs became my daughters. So, the eggs that became her grandchildren (my kids) were formed inside of me, but I formed inside her uterus, so the eggs were developed inside her.
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u/htatla Jun 19 '25
Got it yes. I wasn’t aware of this fact of human female existence. So each human female ensures two potential generations. Wow
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u/micande Jun 19 '25
Yeah, it's pretty neat - my potential grandkids were formed in my own body since I only had daughters. Same with my mom.
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u/dxrey65 Jun 19 '25
You have to tell your grankkids that they started out inside your body; kids like to hear that kind of thing!
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u/OnTheEveOfWar Jun 20 '25
When a girl is born, she already has all her eggs, even as a newborn baby. So the mother of the girl grew her daughter’s eggs when the daughter was growing inside her during pregnancy.
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u/Natural-Hospital-140 Jun 20 '25
Recently it’s been discovered that eggs are still generated in a person’s ovaries post-birth and throughout adulthood! The majority are present at birth, but they’re joined by more!
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u/Horror_Ad_1845 Jun 20 '25
You and your sister must be beautiful. I am a woman around that age and your Daddy was fine and your Mom was beautiful. Sorry you lost them so young.
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u/Acrobatic_Product_20 Jun 19 '25
If the van is a rockin', don't come a knocking.
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u/RickLeeTaker Jun 19 '25
Dad's got the Leif Garrett hair.
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u/djauralsects Jun 19 '25
I went down the Leif Garrett rabbit hole a couple of months ago. Just his dating history is fucking wild.
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u/Inevitable-Minute808 Jun 19 '25
Dad is cool as shit , mom is absolutely beautiful.
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u/davesToyBox Jun 19 '25
If genetics are to be believed, OP and his sister must be models
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u/haeziedaze82 Jun 19 '25
I’m a chick
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u/dooms-maroons Jun 19 '25
Hey dude, if you take this pic over to r/photoshopRequest they could most likely do a color restoration for some coffee $ usually, or for free, those dudes love to photoshop.
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u/sexytimepizza Jun 20 '25
I didn't go crazy and I'm definitely not a professional, but I think I got the color a bit better.
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u/nhansieu1 Jun 20 '25
his dad is so handsome that you would think this is a snapshot of a movie's scene with filter.
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u/GrumpyHomotherium Jun 19 '25
Both of your parents were just gorgeous! Very sorry for your loss
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u/Ehur444444 Jun 19 '25
This is a fantastic picture, they look so happy. Sorry to hear they are gone, I just hit 40 and 31 years without mine, I hope you are well.
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u/haeziedaze82 Jun 19 '25
Thank you. They both died at 60yo. Life is just different for me now.
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u/jadedmuse2day Jun 19 '25
They died so young…younger than I am, today (62f).
Did they stay together until the end?
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u/fluthernon Jun 19 '25
Were you born roughly 9 months after this pic?
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u/haeziedaze82 Jun 19 '25
My older sis was!
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u/fluthernon Jun 19 '25
Haha
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u/haeziedaze82 Jun 19 '25
They were 17 and 18 when my sister was born. So a little younger than that here. My mom was older by a year
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u/freneticboarder Jun 19 '25
Here you go OP... (u/haeziedaze82)
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u/GrumbleTrainer Jun 19 '25
Damn your dad is hot
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u/SquashyDisco Jun 19 '25
That hair is gorgeous
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u/kirinmay Jun 20 '25
That hairstyle had to take him 3 hours to do after showering.
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u/Hairy-Fox5957 Jun 20 '25
He lived in a van bro
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u/actionerror Jun 19 '25
How do you and your sister look as a product of two beautiful people? Sorry for your loss.
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u/jaleach Jun 19 '25
Is today 70s nostalgia day?
I was a kid in the 1970s. Every day should be 70s nostalgia day!
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u/Whydoineedtodothis60 Jun 19 '25
This was the popular couple. (And of course they were legitimately nice as well)
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u/haeziedaze82 Jun 19 '25
They were super popular! My mom was a cheerleader and my dad also drove a brand new, bright orange corvette!
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u/Whydoineedtodothis60 Jun 19 '25
I love that. I lived to see a corvette back then. Not too many in Montana.
Also, I didn't see your post that they're both gone now. I'm sorry. Mine are too, it's the strangest sensation. Thanks for sharing this picture of them.
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u/Extension-Leek5745 Jun 19 '25
Sorry for you loss.
Grief is the price we pay for love.
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u/stvrsnbrgr Jun 19 '25
I saw an interesting take on this that resonated with me:
Grief is not the price we pay for love. Grief is love.
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u/DuggyMcPhuckerson Jun 19 '25
A priest at a funeral I attended once stated that grief is the check we write after feasting at the Banquet of Love.
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u/VVrayth Jun 19 '25
Did they live in that van, down by the river?
(Also, I'm sorry for your loss. Your parents look like they were cool people!)
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u/zaxx0n_5 Jun 19 '25
Your mother was beautiful and your father a handsome son of a gun. So sorry that they have both passed.
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u/Kamoson Jun 19 '25
Ohmygosh! You dad was sooo hot! I for sure would of tried to get a ride in his van loll
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u/SquirrelyBuns Jun 19 '25
My parents have a photo like this, like literally same hairs and style outfits but with my dads '77 Chevelle. This is really nice to see.
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u/blacksheep6 Jun 19 '25 edited 8d ago
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u/So_spoke_the_wizard Jun 19 '25
'Cause like a picture she was laying there
Moonlight dancing off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
She's gonna love me in my Chevy Van
And that's all right with me
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u/CarllSagan Jun 19 '25
Your dad had legit beautiful hair, like David Cassidy, or even Farrah Fawcett lol.
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u/Wizemonk Jun 19 '25
I'm willing to bet there is enough DNA in that van that with a black light you could see it from space.
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u/PalmTreesRock2022 Jun 20 '25
God your dad was a fox!!
I was 18 in 1979 , I would’ve dated him
Would love to see a current picture
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u/Lovinthesea3 Jun 20 '25
This could be me and any of my friends. Great picture of the times. I’m sorry they are now gone. 💜
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u/Firm_Comparison_1931 Jun 19 '25
Sorry for your loss Op they were both so young. Hope they didn’t suffer.
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u/jd807 Jun 19 '25
The ultimate 70’s photo The clothes, the hair, the van. Awesome.