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grantnel2002 t1_j9yvmpu wrote

How does someone become the 1980’s?

Also, best/worst name for a car ever. Ford Probe.

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notbob1959 t1_j9zczav wrote

Not the 80s. Photo is from the July 1994 issue of Car Audio & Electronics. That is Vickie Ham and her 1991 Ford Probe. She competed in the United States Autosound Competition.

Here is the page from the article that featured the posted image:

https://preview.redd.it/uojfqepi1fka1.jpeg?width=735&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=d178ae9a15a7c51fbadf91ecf35bce3445e85177

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Same-Bowl6381 t1_j9zstl9 wrote

He saw that hair and just assumed 80s. But I'm here to tell ya that we dragged that big hair kicking and screaming well into the 90s.

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Suntzu6656 t1_ja2322z wrote

Big Hair needs to come back!!!!

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Same-Bowl6381 t1_ja4081k wrote

Yes it does! If you had a good cut along with the perm, all you had to do it wash it, pik it out and out the door you went.

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jamesshine t1_ja225vw wrote

Yeah, the clothes too. Those colors and pattern are pure 90’s. I graduated in 93 and 90% of the girls I graduated with had this exact same fashion sense. The hair was still tall, but not as tall as a couple years before. It was a gradual deflation.

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Graniteman83 t1_ja2w64f wrote

I thought that was an early Probe. I had a 93 in high school in the late 90's, great car.

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dkn4440 t1_j9yxq98 wrote

I know. Who the hell thought Probe was a great idea?

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The_Zy t1_ja0o178 wrote

Ever drive one? My 91 gt was amazing. They just needed to be built with better parts...

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dkn4440 t1_ja1fumd wrote

Oh I just meant the name. The looked fun to drive for the price.

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xMooseNutZx t1_ja07y66 wrote

Aww. I had a probe. It was great 4 banger turbo dump the clutch and roast the tires off...good times.

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Sufficient-Serve6078 t1_j9z2a4r wrote

It was supposed to be the restyled Mustang but a mail in campaign by Mustang fans and owners changed the executives at Fords minds and it became the Probe.

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hypnos_surf t1_j9zfb8x wrote

That’s a weird caption. Not saying she is not your grandma is sufficient, too.

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rouxjean t1_j9yxt20 wrote

So this is just a random woman from the '80s that you want for an ancestress?

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HalstenWulfharth t1_j9zquzd wrote

This comment made me learn 3 new terms. Yours as well as Patriline and Foremother.

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Comfortable_Low_4317 OP t1_ja28v8z wrote

Yes, who wouldn’t want a cool grandma to cruise around with in a Pepto Bismol Ford Probe?

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rouxjean t1_ja2udud wrote

Sure. But I've never seen mauve Pepto. It looks like merlot and mayonnaise had a drunken fling.

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afrisbie310414 t1_j9yw6mu wrote

People have grandparents now from the 1980’s and not the 1960’s When did I get old

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Intellectuallygifted t1_j9yyn55 wrote

Join us olds later for the $4.99 platter at Denny’s at 4:30 pm.

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bobalou2you t1_j9z28dq wrote

That price is up to $14.99 and a 15% tip for you robot server has been added for your convenience. Please pay the robot cashier on your way out.

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penn2009 t1_j9z3j4i wrote

Grandma? Wow, I feel old. She looks about 20 and judging by the clothes and hair this probably 88-92, so born late 60s, early 70s. She’d be a grandmother - maybe - of young children, right? Not ones old enough to be posting or is my math bad? Guess it’s possible if she and her kids had kids really young.

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deepsea333 t1_j9zzxi7 wrote

If she was 20 in 1991 she’s about 60

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tipicaldik t1_j9z18xk wrote

My Dad bought the first Ford Probe available in our city when they first came out. He went to the dealership to look at the new Tempo's and saw their two new arrivals still on the truck. A decked out black GT and nifty red LX. Dad wanted the GT without so much as a test drive, but they refused to sell it to him. They had literally just arrived and they wanted at least a day or two to display it out front. The did agree to sell him the red LX, so he bought it. They were '89 models, and this was in March of '88, btw. I was working in automotive service at the time and hadn't even heard about them yet, so I was a bit surprised. Didn't take long to figure out they were just a reskinned Mazda 626, which was just fine because they were slicker than owl doo-doo...

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my-final-bellyache t1_j9z7ete wrote

Ford Probes at the time we’re an amazing looking car. Very futuristic, low drag

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Auntie_Venom t1_j9z3gmv wrote

My dad did too, also he was an engineer for Ford… My older sister had one too.

Also, same sister also had that same bird design on a top…

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BTAlex_at_205 t1_ja1upvp wrote

its /r/oldschoolcool , not some old picture of mundane things. Boo

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Binged_Kelvin t1_j9z58h2 wrote

What an...interesting selection of colours. And what, pray tell, is that colour the car's supposed to be?!

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Happy_Highlight2102 t1_j9z8cn7 wrote

The local proctologist in my small NE Missouri town was the first to own a Ford Probe. Gotta a love a doc with a self aware sense of humor.

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No_Tomorrow3745 t1_j9zpfxd wrote

Look at those wheels!! Ultras?? Welcome to the past

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elizamathew t1_j9zu50q wrote

Her shoes match her car!! She is a rock star.

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bgplsa t1_ja0eh4m wrote

I know young women from the 80s are becoming grandmothers now including my wife but this title still kinda stung.

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tangcameo t1_ja0p7q4 wrote

I can taste that paint.

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Do_it_My_Way-79 t1_ja0y2p4 wrote

One word for this picture…EPIC.

One word for OPs statement…CREEPY.

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omeyz t1_ja2b26w wrote

Why has no one asked OP’s relationship to this woman?

If she isn’t your grandma, who is this lol

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Zachary_Lee_Antle t1_ja2nbig wrote

That’s the most awesome ugly dress I’ve ever seen.

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workswithpipe t1_j9zxbll wrote

I can think of some uses for her, none involve being my grandma

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JimmyLongnWider t1_j9yyxtp wrote

1980s hair products are probably behind the bulk of climate change we see today.

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