As I said, not all strains were great back then. The average strain of today is better than the average strain of the past. And in some areas people did not have equal access to certain strains that others had. But the best of them from the past could stand toe to toe with anything from today, and some would come out on top taking the Pepsi challenge.
The biggest difference in strains of today compared to the past is variety. You can get some sativa high mixed with some indica stone, and that is something we did not have. But when talking pure potency, there never was the massive increase in potency that most people today believe occurred.
Most people today do not know how the way THC levels were tested was changed and it resulted in a false major increase in levels of THC. What's more, they don't want to know because the puppies of today want and need to believe they are smoking the most potent pot that has existed to date.
Since this is a thread for showing frosty bud and not discussing things I suggest that before it turns into a discussion thread that people just go back to posting frost on the pumpkin ... and I apologize to any and all for having attempted to show them a bit of history, something from the past that they would, and could, never imagine existed. I just thought some might like to see how a roughly 40 year old strain would compare to the pictures of modern strains. Evidently I was wrong in believing some might be interested.