Casa Grande High School
Class of 1979

Check out the "Powered by Miller" endorsement on the back right quarter panel.  Don't believe us, look in the back seat of the picture below.	A rocket? A burning zeppelin? Put it into 70s context and figure it out.	Helmet: A term coined by Mark Thomas and adopted by the gang.
Empty Fuel Containers	The "Maple Leaf"	Mark Thomas (in Löwenbräu hat), Scott Gardiner (back towards us), John Westphal (in car) and Anthony Abshire.
The Red Eye ride even had stoned, squinty eyes!  Dave inspecting the work.	Dave Johnson As you can tell by the 1/4 mile speed on the windshield, 'ol 69 was not fast . . . but she licked 'em in the end.	Abshire displaying the international hand gesture for "I Love You."
Check out this sweet engine!	"Powered by Miller"	A portrait of a hero.
The Casa Car Show - Another event that we could not let pass without participating in and making a very visible and in your face statement. Until the rest of us turned 16 and could get our driver's licenses, Dave Johnson's Comet (affectionately known as the Bat Mobile) was one of the first two vehicles that hauled our red-eye asses around.  The other was the Rambler of Brian O'Connell.

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No apologies - No Regrets!  Remember people . . . it was a different time. Underage drinking and the inhalation of the herb superb was not evil or wicked.  It did not result in gang fights, drive by shootings or act as a gateway to "harder" narcotics.  It did result in some damn fun times and great memories.  If you want to pretend that the 70s were different, remember the words on the Animal House cake float . . . "Eat Me."  Don't judge the past using the accepted norms of today.

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