It was a nightmare driving 75 during the 70s and 80s. This video showed mostly south of the city. Going north, it was two lanes either side. Awful! LOL When I was little, 75 didn't go any farther than Forest Lane.
75 being in the top 10 worst freeways back then is funny. Over 40 years later, it's still trash along with 635, 30, and the part of 45 in central Dallas. It's strange to see 75 all above ground along side with the feeder roads.
They had relative number back then with the rush hour frequency. Today a whole central is needed just for the three wheelers and to add to it they gave it a go go look last winter. If these numbers keep coming up you will need a commute rail tracker and a low dive steeper cliff just to get to the downtown.
You know those people who say they were "born in the wrong generation" and "wish they could live back in the 80's or 90's"? Well, I'm not really one of those people in the slightest sense of the word, but if someone asked me if I wanted to visit the 70's, 80's, and 90's each for a week respectively (with a car, ability to legally drive, and bring back anything from then with me back to now) I'd take that up in a heartbeat. I'd love to drive down the old freeways with colourful and unique traffic, visit the Twin Towers and see the stunning views from the top, maybe even buy a 32x and a copy of Knuckles Chaotix before they both became expensive and rare. If only...
@@trevorjameson3213 True. I'm sure they're better than many other places. I'm no longer in Dallas, but when I first moved there years ago, they were working on I-75. When I left 11 years later, they were still working on it. It seems they were perpetually working on many roads. By the time they got from one end to the other, it was time to turn around and start working back in the opposite direction. A lot of infrastructure is falling apart in some other states I've visited.
My Dad used to ride his scooter from north Dallas to south Dallas on Central Expressway back in '55 or so. He said there was very little traffic on it back then, and the land was all farmland north of Lovers Lane. So Dallas ended at that point, just past University Park, and after that it was nothing but crops and fields.
I remember Central in the 80s with those short on ramps. I was living in Houston by the time it was rebuilt in the 90s. It was much better when I moved back in 2008 but ended up leaving Texas a few years later and I hear it's backed up a lot now.
Real Cars, GM A, B, G Bodies, the Trucks, some nice Ford and Mopar alternatives as well. The only exception to this rule is the Corvette, all eight generations of being nothing but simply a beauty on wheels.
I remember those terrible short on ramps on Central Expy. It was 3 lanes on each side until you got past Mockingbird Ln. Then it went to 2 lanes on each side. It sucked.
Ah yes, I remember that well! I was driving up and down Central every day for work from '78-'89. It was absolutely horrible! And now it's still horrible but at least it looks really nice. Lol
It was a nightmare driving 75 during the 70s and 80s. This video showed mostly south of the city. Going north, it was two lanes either side. Awful! LOL When I was little, 75 didn't go any farther than Forest Lane.
0:15 it’s still bumper to bumper in 2024😭
Dude sweating buckets trying to change that flat tire. Why did he called for road side service!😂😂😂😂
1980rs camaro with 2 tone paint. I, had one in 86 and drove it to the gay bars in oaklawn LOL!! The village station to be exact!!
75 being in the top 10 worst freeways back then is funny. Over 40 years later, it's still trash along with 635, 30, and the part of 45 in central Dallas. It's strange to see 75 all above ground along side with the feeder roads.
2:56
It is a toll road now. Only wealthy people live in north dallas now
2:08 🤣😂🤣😂
Love see all those beautiful Oldsmobiles, 98s, 88s, Cutlass Sumpremes, oh my!
My first car was a ‘71 Cutlass Supreme. Bronze with an off white hardtop. An Olds 350 (not a Chevy or GM) with a 2 barrel carburetor. Good times. 😉👍🏻
Back when people knew how to drive and didn’t just hang out in the center lane at 45
And they thought that was crowded….not even close.
Did you see the Ford Pinto….everyone was staying clear of it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Notice all the foreign cars? That's right. You don't. This is how it should still be today. American cars on American freeways.
Wow, that Texas accent. Haven't heard that since I was a kid. Now it's just some dumb Spanish crap.
whole different experience then, state of affairs, etc.
They had relative number back then with the rush hour frequency. Today a whole central is needed just for the three wheelers and to add to it they gave it a go go look last winter. If these numbers keep coming up you will need a commute rail tracker and a low dive steeper cliff just to get to the downtown.
I spent the first part of my life living in Lucas. Back when that section of 75 was still rural highway.
3:13 first generation Mazda RX7 :))
Those roads with the black oil stripe, don't see that much today! Much more dangerous to motorcycles back then.
"Ramp metered when flashing" -- So it wasn't just Houston freeways that had this
Pretty sure I saw my mom in her blue Ford Falcon on her way to work at Northpark Mall.
Back in the day when most of the semis you saw on North American roads were cabovers.
Wow, how far Dallas’ skyline has grown
Trying to merge onto 75-Central in the 80s involved a lot of praying.
Dallas is a shithole now. Glad I live in Fort Worth.
You know those people who say they were "born in the wrong generation" and "wish they could live back in the 80's or 90's"? Well, I'm not really one of those people in the slightest sense of the word, but if someone asked me if I wanted to visit the 70's, 80's, and 90's each for a week respectively (with a car, ability to legally drive, and bring back anything from then with me back to now) I'd take that up in a heartbeat. I'd love to drive down the old freeways with colourful and unique traffic, visit the Twin Towers and see the stunning views from the top, maybe even buy a 32x and a copy of Knuckles Chaotix before they both became expensive and rare. If only...
US 75 in Dallas Texas
isnt there a song or something that has been repeated over and over again where ive heard the first few sentences????????
No one tailgating
I still remember those times I'm the 80s. Slot of older cars didn't age well and you'd here mufflers dragging every so often.
There used to be a lot of muffler and transmission shops that I never think about now.
It's sad to think that a lot of these cars seen in this video are just rotting away in a barn somewhere now
Thankfully, Dallas resolved all their issues with roads and traffic. 😐
Lol.. yeah. But hey at least the freeways are mostly modern and new now.
@@trevorjameson3213 True. I'm sure they're better than many other places. I'm no longer in Dallas, but when I first moved there years ago, they were working on I-75. When I left 11 years later, they were still working on it. It seems they were perpetually working on many roads. By the time they got from one end to the other, it was time to turn around and start working back in the opposite direction. A lot of infrastructure is falling apart in some other states I've visited.
The speed limit was 55 or 60 back then...lol Was there road rage back in those days ?
Where's the tornado?
My brother's bestie was killed in a DUI crash the night before on 2/13/1986(Thu). He rode with the drunk driver who fled the scene.☹️🥺
Almost all, 90%+ USA made cars... few BMWs, Mercedes, etc. Good days for sure..!
I drove that stretch during the high 5s being built
When I was a teenager I met a woman who remembered the day Central Expressway opened, and it was obsolete that day.
My Dad used to ride his scooter from north Dallas to south Dallas on Central Expressway back in '55 or so. He said there was very little traffic on it back then, and the land was all farmland north of Lovers Lane. So Dallas ended at that point, just past University Park, and after that it was nothing but crops and fields.
70s the start of the climate change
I’m here to see the cars…❤
I remember Central in the 80s with those short on ramps. I was living in Houston by the time it was rebuilt in the 90s. It was much better when I moved back in 2008 but ended up leaving Texas a few years later and I hear it's backed up a lot now.
It’s terrible…
Even a few 50s cars still rolling around at that time.
@2:55 look at how surreal that shot is. ever wonder why boomers are so absurd? look at that. that was "reality".
Curious exactly what you mean by this. I'm not a boomer. I'm Gen X. But I remember this reality.
75 flowed better then than it does now...
"Central Expressway has some of the worst traffic in the US" 495, 395, and 295 in DC: "Am I a joke to you?"
I love seeing all the old cars. I forgot what a highway looked like that wasn't filled with cookie cutter SUVs.
Look at all these big ol cars
Real Cars, GM A, B, G Bodies, the Trucks, some nice Ford and Mopar alternatives as well. The only exception to this rule is the Corvette, all eight generations of being nothing but simply a beauty on wheels.
Car Dependency is a Hell of a drug
Better than being shoved into an archology by a far left government
I came for the cars...
1:20 Tootsie!
I remember those terrible short on ramps on Central Expy. It was 3 lanes on each side until you got past Mockingbird Ln. Then it went to 2 lanes on each side. It sucked.
Ah yes, I remember that well! I was driving up and down Central every day for work from '78-'89. It was absolutely horrible! And now it's still horrible but at least it looks really nice. Lol