Around where I grew up if you didn't have an eight ball shift knob, a rat fink decal and at least two moon eye decals and a STP stick on the back of the mirror of your van, you might as well "Pack your crap and go home!"
I hadn't thought about that in a long time, but yeah I remember. STP stickers were cool too, but in retrospect I guess I was just advertising to the world my ride was an oil burner, haha!