chvman
Well-Known Member
A cool site.
I knew I had this saved somewhere check it out. It will tell you all the Drive-ins still operating by state.
http://www.driveintheater.com/index.html
I knew I had this saved somewhere check it out. It will tell you all the Drive-ins still operating by state.
http://www.driveintheater.com/index.html
Locoboy5150
Well-Known Member
I haven't been to the drive in theater in a while. There is still one here in San Jose, the Capitol Drive In, and I last saw Beverly Hills Cop there with my family. When we had a huge Dodge van, we used to load up all my cousins and head there.
Hmmmm...maybe I should take my girlfriend in my Sting Ray one of these nights.
Ricrush,
Now *that* is the ultimate drive in set up! Shoot, your truck bed looks WAY more comfortable than a regular sit-down theater!
By the way guys, do drive-ins still have those cool little metal boxes with speakers that you clip on your window? I remember the last time that I went to the drive in, my dad parked in the middle of the parking spots just perfectly, so we could use two of those speaker boxes, one on each window, so we got "stereo" sound! The amazing thing is that tinny sound from one 3 inch speaker in a cast aluminum enclosure that has been sitting outside for the last 25 years is really bad, but tinny sound coming from *two* such speakers actually isn't twice as bad. It sounds like *ten* times as bad!
It defies physics.
Ah, the drive in experience. When the theater charged per person and not per vehicle, did any of you guys sneak your buddies into the theater in your trunk to save a few bucks? Or even better yet, did any of you guys ever sneak your date into the drive in that way?
In high school my buddy with a Plymouth Valiant wanted to go to the drive in and sneak me in in his car's trunk. I wouldn't do it because his trunk always reeked. My buddy is now happily married to his college sweetheart, has two great boys, and is an officer in the SJPD. Unfortunately, his Plymouth Valiant with the slant 6 is long-gone. That thing was a total bomb.
Good times man...good times!
Hmmmm...maybe I should take my girlfriend in my Sting Ray one of these nights.
Ricrush,
Now *that* is the ultimate drive in set up! Shoot, your truck bed looks WAY more comfortable than a regular sit-down theater!
By the way guys, do drive-ins still have those cool little metal boxes with speakers that you clip on your window? I remember the last time that I went to the drive in, my dad parked in the middle of the parking spots just perfectly, so we could use two of those speaker boxes, one on each window, so we got "stereo" sound! The amazing thing is that tinny sound from one 3 inch speaker in a cast aluminum enclosure that has been sitting outside for the last 25 years is really bad, but tinny sound coming from *two* such speakers actually isn't twice as bad. It sounds like *ten* times as bad!
It defies physics.
Ah, the drive in experience.
When the theater charged per person and not per vehicle, did any of you guys sneak your buddies into the theater in your trunk to save a few bucks? Or even better yet, did any of you guys ever sneak your date into the drive in that way? In high school my buddy with a Plymouth Valiant wanted to go to the drive in and sneak me in in his car's trunk. I wouldn't do it because his trunk always reeked.
My buddy is now happily married to his college sweetheart, has two great boys, and is an officer in the SJPD. Unfortunately, his Plymouth Valiant with the slant 6 is long-gone. That thing was a total bomb.Good times man...good times!
crawlin4fun
IMA TRADER..
the last 2 drive ins i went to you had to tune your stereo to a certain channel and the sound came through your speakers.
i miss the dog n suds that used to be about 35mins. from me.
i miss the dog n suds that used to be about 35mins. from me.
ricrush
WillG4prez!!
Yes Locoboy those speakers looked like they were from the 60s there are really heavy cast metal. Sound was not that bad out of that little speaker but I had my dewalt radio playing the designated theatre channel and also had the speaker on low. My brother went to one of the other drive ins in the area and he said they still have those old speakers too. I also thought to myself that there is a pile of speaker wiring below the ground.
Crawling dog n suds started in Champaign. We had quite a few of these in Illinois. With the recent into of Sonic to our area it has put some renewed intrest into the drive in food scene.
Crawling dog n suds started in Champaign. We had quite a few of these in Illinois. With the recent into of Sonic to our area it has put some renewed intrest into the drive in food scene.