The parking lot was the only place to go to collect a smoke, a stew, and a snog all at the same time.
What is the best place for a rebellious youth to hangout with their friends?
The answer the school parking lot of course, especially for kids in the 1970s.
Unfortunately the art of the parking lot hang is a lost one thanks to overprotective parenting and ratty neighbors, but back in the day the parking lot was the only place to go to collect a smoke, a stew, and a snog all at the same time.
Here are 21 pics of what it looked like to hang out in a parking lot during the 1970s.
1
Drinks and Kisses
The two ‘70s essentials.
2
High School Friends
Bell bottoms and books.
3
High School Back Lot
Smoking in 1978.
4
Double Date
Double trouble, 1970s.
5
Motel Lot
Perfect place for a hang.
6
Last Day of School
1977, Montreal.
7
Muscle Cars and Friends
Group hang.
9
Pulling Out
Couple on a bike in the 1970s.
10
Hanging Out
The high school parking lot, 1970s.
11
Posing With a Camaro
Around 1975.
12
The Back of a Station Wagon
Packed in there, 1977.
13
Older Woman Joining In
Oklahoma, 1970s.
14
K.K. Downing and Rob Halford
A parking lot somewhere in Chicago.
15
Biker Couple
Grabbing a few smokes.
16
Poison Ivy and Lux Interior
Rock n roll power couple, Late 1970s.
17
Chilling on a Chopper
USA themed in the 1970s.
18
Sampling Beers
New Zealand, 1970s.
19
Van Life
Parking lot kings.
20
Caravan Lot
Perfect place for a beer, per this British man.
21
Friends With Beers
A lot in Mexico, 1970s.
