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Posted: 8/13/2018 9:54:59 PM EDT
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I guess it wasn’t ALL bad
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Posted: 8/13/2018 9:56:00 PM EDT
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Gutless from the factory, but not so bad with some modifications.
I miss my 70s cars.  
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Posted: 8/13/2018 9:57:02 PM EDT
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I had a 77 Grand Prix SJ like this for my first car. Mine had a red interior.
Had a lot of fun with that old car. The 400 big block sounded mean even if it had shit horsepower.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 9:58:49 PM EDT
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Two of my favorite cars, both with the same designer..the VW Scirocco mk1, and the Alfa Alfetta GT...
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:01:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:01:23 PM EDT
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One of my favorite cars.
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:02:00 PM EDT
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My father had a 78 Fleetwood, IIRC it had the 500ci engine. It was a car I admired 20 years after he sold it. It was just like this one with a little more mint green in the paint. And had green leather with a green Landau top.
 . It would do wicked burnouts though and plow through the snow in the winter.
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:03:10 PM EDT
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You need a mullet to drive those cars
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:07:15 PM EDT
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My family had a stripped down 1977 E350 with a 460 as one of our long distance courier vans.
It would walk that lil red wagon and a smokey and the bandit trams am right up to around 80 mph |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:10:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:17:50 PM EDT
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@m35ben When did OBD-I show up? Late-70s? |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:18:42 PM EDT
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No one wants to admit they had an Oldsmobile diesel POS?
We had one, yanked the motor and tossed in a 68 or 69 350 rocket. For a ''luxury'' car [delta 98] it would roast the tires, especially with the diesel rear end gearing. |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:22:44 PM EDT
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No one wants to admit they had an Oldsmobile diesel POS? 
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:24:48 PM EDT
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I forgot to add the two-wheel nutjobs.
At the time, they were running low-7s pushing 200mph. That is just full of NOPE 
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:31:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:33:55 PM EDT
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One of my childhood heroes
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:35:19 PM EDT
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I lived in the late 70’s. The cars need to die in a fire. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/68624/13379725-237E-4DAB-AB44-0CA4AD5326C0-639792.JPG Still the Chevelles and Malibus would run if you slightly modified them with a 454. Had a kid that had an early 70's Z28 that could lift the front tires if he tried hard. Hot rodded 302. Still like the sorry ass CJs. But they were fun. |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:35:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:38:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:41:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:43:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOk, I’ll readily admit I’m way to young for this thread... but this whole ‘79 Malibu thing has my attention. And here I thought 70’s cars were horrible.
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:44:51 PM EDT
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Drove one of these in high school for a while. A couple of kids teased me ....till they raced me. 
https://www.svtperformance.com/forums/attachments/lilredburnout-jpg.856172/ I also had a 79 Malibu with a 350 4bl. It wasn't "fast", but was pretty damn fun to drive.
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:45:00 PM EDT
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was mine
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:46:51 PM EDT
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Nope |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:54:53 PM EDT
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Might be early 80s, but close enough. I post this every chance I get.
Buick Le Sabre jump:  Insane Jump by a Buick La sabre |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:55:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: FPNI. 71 was maybe the last great year for cars. 
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Posted: 8/13/2018 10:56:29 PM EDT
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Starting in 1973 and lasting for about 8 - 10 years, American cars sucked. My 2016 Nissan Frontier would be a gas mileage god back then when compared to American automobiles. Imagine a car with a 350 cubic inch engine with a top speed of 92 miles per hour.
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Posted: 8/13/2018 11:00:09 PM EDT
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Starting in 1973 and lasting for about 8 - 10 years, American cars sucked. My 2016 Nissan Frontier would be a gas mileage god back then when compared to American automobiles. Imagine a car with a 350 cubic inch engine with a top speed of 92 miles per hour. |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 11:00:32 PM EDT
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My family had a stripped down 1977 E350 with a 460 as one of our long distance courier vans. It would walk that lil red wagon and a smokey and the bandit trams am right up to around 80 mph
 Old School - Van kidnapping |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 11:01:26 PM EDT
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G-bodies, some F-bodies, Fox body cars (even the fairmont and capri) are about it as far as domestic cars made in that time period that I like, all were gutless factory stock...I'm partial to the G-body and it's potential though. had this one since 1992
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Posted: 8/13/2018 11:08:55 PM EDT
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LOL cars that kept running (or trying to) after you turn the ignition off.
Some are good hot rod prospects now though. |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 11:09:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2018 11:10:05 PM EDT
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LOL cars that kept running after you turn the ignition off. |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 11:15:38 PM EDT
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@m35ben When did OBD-I show up? Late-70s? |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 11:20:15 PM EDT
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Why is there such a damn romanticism about shit cars of the 70’s and 80’s. All the big 3 were shit, all of them. Get behind the wheel of a Fairlane, Monte Carlo, K-Car, whatever and it drove like shit. The 80’s is where Japanese car took over and never looked back; look at a Camry or Accord in the mid 80’s vs the Taurus, Malibu or Lancer. No fucking comparison. Little lone sports cars.
For the record, my first car was a ‘73 Mercury Comet which was dreadful. The ONLY saving grace of that car was it’s (thirsty) 302 v8 and even so, a 4 banger from one of the Japanese, little lone BMW/Porsche and the like (granted flat 6’s,) would spank it. Just fucking no.... |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 11:28:04 PM EDT
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Nothing American, that was an ugly, low quality, shitty time period in American automobile history. It was the Dark ages for US cars.
But... 
 There were a number european and japanese cars worth looking at. |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 11:30:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Early 90s, corrected I thought it was not that old. |
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Posted: 8/13/2018 11:44:47 PM EDT
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I was thinking about these the other day... you never see these things anymore.. |
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Posted: 8/14/2018 12:50:42 AM EDT
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I actually like these.
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Posted: 8/14/2018 12:56:00 AM EDT
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Putting the finishing touches on a mild restoration on this Lemans. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/420963/ECACDA1C-AD5D-4738-B789-491641E6CCFC-639846.JPG Pairs nicely with my trans am pace car. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/420963/76035D19-4927-4DF4-91D8-EC361A3E0D91-639852.JPG |
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Posted: 8/14/2018 1:02:33 AM EDT
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77 Cougar
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Posted: 8/14/2018 1:04:03 AM EDT
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These too...
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Posted: 8/14/2018 1:06:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/14/2018 1:13:21 AM EDT
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My '77 280Z was pretty sexy. Sold it recently. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/143227/0126151731a-639968.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/143227/0720142043-639969.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/143227/0717142018a-639970.JPG |
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Posted: 8/14/2018 1:18:05 AM EDT
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I miss having this one. I had the bucket seats. not the bench shown in the ad. And my 360 was heavily modified, with an aluminum racing manifold and all the goodies. Definitely oueperformed the stock motor.
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Posted: 8/14/2018 1:19:10 AM EDT
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Might be early 80s, but close enough. I post this every chance I get. Buick Le Sabre jump:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kMTHwjy6Z8
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Posted: 8/14/2018 1:37:11 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/14/2018 1:39:50 AM EDT
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I lived in the late 70’s. The cars need to die in a fire. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/68624/13379725-237E-4DAB-AB44-0CA4AD5326C0-639792.JPG These young people just don't understand. My late seventies parking lot had first gen camaro's and a 78 z28. There was even a 76 corvette that the hot rich girl owned.mustangs and a couple Go's. Who knew those cars would be worth so much. |
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Posted: 8/14/2018 1:40:49 AM EDT
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This is almost exactly the twin of the '78 Cadillac I used to own.
 For all its late 70s GM engineering faults, I still loved that car. These two photos show the car as mine was. Exact color match, exact interior style and color. If I had money to burn I'd get that car, or acquire rebuildable examples and have it faithfully recreated but with a lot of modernization. Entire drive train gets updated, electronics as well. |
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Posted: 8/14/2018 6:25:47 AM EDT
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Ok, I’ll readily admit I’m way to young for this thread... but this whole ‘79 Malibu thing has my attention. And here I thought 70’s cars were horrible. Quote HistoryQuoted:
And there's like some unwritten rule somewhere that all modded Malibus have to be insanely fast. People seem to build them that way more than the others. |
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