{"id":4004,"date":"2009-06-02T23:27:18","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T06:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=4004"},"modified":"2013-03-05T16:53:53","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T23:53:53","slug":"internet-barn-finds-3-70s-funny-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/internet-barn-finds-3-70s-funny-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Internet Barn Finds #3&#8221;:  70&#8217;s Funny Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Finternet-barn-finds-3-70s-funny-cars%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F06%2Fheader2-400x388.jpg&amp;description=%E2%80%9CInternet+Barn+Finds+%233%E2%80%9D%3A+70%E2%80%99s+Funny+Cars\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" 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data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/header2-400x388.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\">For #3, MyRideisMe.com went in search of Nostalgia Funny Cars.\u00a0 We scored\u00a0a great find when we\u00a0discovered the\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"over 400 Funny cars from the past\" href=\"http:\/\/www.70sfunnycars.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.70sfunnycars.com<\/a> website in our internet search.\u00a0 The website itself is vintage too, as it was established in 1998&#8230;was the internet even around back then?\u00a0Ha Ha<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4005 alignright\" title=\"70s Funny Cars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/header2-400x388.jpg\" alt=\"70s Funny Cars\" width=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/header2-400x388.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/header2-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/header2-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/header2.jpg 519w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px\"><em><strong>&#8220;Remember when Funny Cars actually resembled their street driven cousins?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Real Funny Cars, and not show cars, actually\u00a0appeared at\u00a0car shows?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Funny Cars had names, showed up to the races on open ramp trucks, and used tow cars often supplied by spectators after the crowd was pulsed by the track announcer for &#8220;volunteers?&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This <a title=\"Vintage hot rod funny cars from the 70's\" href=\"http:\/\/www.70sfunnycars.com\" target=\"_blank\">Vintage Funny Car website<\/a> has many hidden\u00a0jewels and is sure to bring back memories!\u00a0 You&#8217;ll need a couple hours to soak in all this &#8216;Nostalgia&#8217;.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll launch into more in\u00a0the future from 70sFunnyCars.com&#8230;we&#8217;ve only just gone through the\u00a0waterbox and\u00a0started our 1st\u00a0burnout (&#8230;&#8221;Remember when Funny Cars would do 5 burnouts&#8221;)!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Have your 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