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Posted: 8/14/2018 7:12:07 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/14/2018 7:35:42 AM EDT
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http://findclassicars.com/uploads/carphotos/1978-indy-pace-car-edition-with-believed-to-be-35k-original-miles-1.JPG this thing was sexy as hell when it came out... when I was a little kid we used to have a local Chevy dealer that had a corner show window with a rotating floor(think lazy susan)... every year they'd debut the new corvette on that thing... they'd have the curtains drawn for a week or two before the reveal... was so exciting to drive buy and check out the new Vette in the window.. http://www.kwecars.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/V12-Le-Mans-edition.png there were many of these rolling back in the day too... I thought they were pretty cool when I was a kid.. having a V-12 made it automatically cool.. |
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Posted: 8/14/2018 7:46:32 AM EDT
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It could always be worse. I went to high school and got my license at a time when early to mid 80’s cars were what fill the chill parking lots. You know how to make late 70’s auto tech even worse? Slap early 80’s computer tech on it.
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Posted: 8/14/2018 8:03:40 AM EDT
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This thread needs more Pantera. http://fs5.directupload.net/images/180814/gt99nz33.jpg" target="_blank">http://fs5.directupload.net/images/180814/gt99nz33.jpg |
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Posted: 8/14/2018 8:42:59 AM EDT
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Not good years
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Posted: 8/14/2018 8:43:15 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 8:46:38 AM EDT
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Not good years 
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Posted: 8/14/2018 9:35:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's not a LeMans that's a Can-Am!!!!!!!!!! Want!
@Kornbread  Just wanted to see if anyone was paying attention and knew their cars. My wife,(a dental hygienist) has been making bets with patients of hers that are car enthusiasts. When she tells them I've been working on a Can Am they say, "like the motorcycle?" And then proceed to argue with her that there is no such thing as a Can Am car. She's actually had a few of them call her or apologize and admit they were wrong at their next appointment.
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Posted: 8/14/2018 10:56:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well...Technically it is a Lemans Sport Coupe ....Can-Am package.... Just wanted to see if anyone was paying attention and knew their cars. My wife,(a dental hygienist) has been making bets with patients of hers that are car enthusiasts. When she tells them I've been working on a Can Am they say, "like the motorcycle?" And then proceed to argue with her that there is no such thing as a Can Am car. She's actually had a few of them call her or apologize and admit they were wrong at their next appointment.
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Posted: 8/14/2018 2:31:50 PM EDT
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I have a soft spot for the shitty cars of the mid 70s into the 80s. I think it’s just nostalgia because those were the cars I’d see a lot of growing up in the 90s.
Platform wise they were just as capable or even more so as the cars from the 60s, the engines just sucked, and they rotted quickly because thinner sheet metal was used to save weight. Had the oil crisis not happened and EPA not come down on manufacturers 70s and 80s cars would be looked upon differently I think. In fact I think the shittyness of late 70s cars elevated cars from the 60s into being better then what they really were. |
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Posted: 8/14/2018 2:39:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/14/2018 2:43:51 PM EDT
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I saw this one yesterday
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Posted: 8/14/2018 3:12:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/14/2018 3:25:08 PM EDT
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Funny story, when Ford introduced the Pinto in Brazil it flopped. "Pinto" is portuguese slang for "small penis".
Kind of fitting name for that car. |
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Posted: 8/14/2018 3:39:10 PM EDT
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I took my 1st drivers test in a 1978 Dodge Aspen coupe.
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Posted: 8/14/2018 3:55:34 PM EDT
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLqcxuZWcAAeSRE.jpg Funny story, when Ford introduced the Pinto in Brazil it flopped. "Pinto" is portuguese slang for "small penis".
Kind of fitting name for that car. |
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Posted: 8/14/2018 4:04:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/14/2018 4:17:30 PM EDT
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True they were the worst Years yet in the best of ways! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 8/14/2018 5:31:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, there were some amazing cars made from a performance perspective from 1970-74. After that it was pretty bleak. Styling sucked in general, but the F-body cars (Camaro, Firebird) hung in there.
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Posted: 8/14/2018 5:48:46 PM EDT
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My High School car looked pretty much like this. Had a LOT of fun in that car https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/60078/cordoba_full-639863.JPG I bid it to $3250 figured throw some nice wheels on it and drive it around as a toy it went for $4500 , still not sure if I missed out or dodged a bullet |
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Posted: 8/14/2018 6:15:34 PM EDT
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I always had a thing for the Lotus Esprit
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Posted: 8/14/2018 7:14:31 PM EDT
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Strange time for cars for sure. Not pretty.
Late 60's has some sweet rides. My second car was Bucket seat , center console La'mans convertible. (sic). I think I gave all of $950 bucks for it used in 1969. Wish I had that car now. |
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Posted: 8/16/2018 7:29:45 AM EDT
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Back in 1986 my grandad wanted to give me this for my 18th birthday, 5000 Miles on it:
 Attached FileInstead, my dad bought me this, 1980 Chrysler with 40,000 miles. Absolutely falling apart. Nothing but trouble, absolute piece of shit.  Attached FileI called it the Batmobile. My shithead brother got the Maverick and within two years it was absolutely trashed, windshield fucked, roof fucked from a rollover, front end all jacked, looked like it had been in a demolition derby. |
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Posted: 8/16/2018 7:38:26 AM EDT
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I drove one of these until about 2004. Nice vinyl roof. It was a 301 not a 350. 1979 Buick LeSabre 4-door. Very plush inside. http://carphotos.cardomain.com/images/0015/49/59/15559495_large.jpg I T-boned her at about 40mph while driving a mighty Subaru Justy. My Subaru looked like it had hit a bridge abutment at highway speed, and I had to be extricated from the car. She was able to drive her car home
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Posted: 8/16/2018 7:48:51 AM EDT
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The absolute worst era for quality, damn near rivaling the build quality of a Yugo. Door and deck lid gaps on everything were whacked straight out of the factory. I don't think it was possible to line that shit up, hell you can see it in these pics. The shit would practically rust in the showroom. The drunks building them would leave bottles in the body panels as if the shit didn't rattle enough already. Pretty much no one gave a shit. Thinly reason people bought them is they couldn't bring themselves to buy an import.
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Posted: 8/16/2018 8:27:04 AM EDT
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I'm a old Pontiac nut so I recognized it immediately, my favorite car is a 77 Grand Prix
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Quoted: Well...Technically it is a Lemans Sport Coupe ....Can-Am package.... Just wanted to see if anyone was paying attention and knew their cars. My wife,(a dental hygienist) has been making bets with patients of hers that are car enthusiasts. When she tells them I've been working on a Can Am they say, "like the motorcycle?" And then proceed to argue with her that there is no such thing as a Can Am car. She's actually had a few of them call her or apologize and admit they were wrong at their next appointment.
@Kornbread I had a 77 Pontiac Bonneville 2 door black with red crush interior. I think some came with a center console but mine had a bench front. 400 cu Pontiac motor turbo 350 trans. I really wish I had kept that car. I took my drivers in my mom's 4 door Bonneville. I ended up selling my 2 door and picked up a 79 Grand Prix SJ with the 301 4 barrel, T Tops, bucket seats. The 301 was so sad. It always started and ran, but it didn't run fast, esp with a 4,000 lb curb weight. |
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Posted: 8/16/2018 8:28:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @LittlePony I had a 77 Pontiac Bonneville 2 door black with red crush interior. I think some came with a center console but mine had a bench front. 400 cu Pontiac motor turbo 350 trans. I really wish I had kept that car. I took my drivers in my mom's 4 door Bonneville. I ended up selling my 2 door and picked up a 79 Grand Prix SJ with the 301 4 barrel, T Tops, bucket seats. The 301 was so sad. It always started and ran, but it didn't run fast, esp with a 4,000 lb curb weight.
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Posted: 8/16/2018 11:00:23 PM EDT
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@LittlePony I had a 77 Pontiac Bonneville 2 door black with red crush interior. I think some came with a center console but mine had a bench front. 400 cu Pontiac motor turbo 350 trans. I really wish I had kept that car. I took my drivers in my mom's 4 door Bonneville. I ended up selling my 2 door and picked up a 79 Grand Prix SJ with the 301 4 barrel, T Tops, bucket seats. The 301 was so sad. It always started and ran, but it didn't run fast, esp with a 4,000 lb curb weight. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Quoted: Well...Technically it is a Lemans Sport Coupe ....Can-Am package.... Just wanted to see if anyone was paying attention and knew their cars. My wife,(a dental hygienist) has been making bets with patients of hers that are car enthusiasts. When she tells them I've been working on a Can Am they say, "like the motorcycle?" And then proceed to argue with her that there is no such thing as a Can Am car. She's actually had a few of them call her or apologize and admit they were wrong at their next appointment.
@Kornbread I had a 77 Pontiac Bonneville 2 door black with red crush interior. I think some came with a center console but mine had a bench front. 400 cu Pontiac motor turbo 350 trans. I really wish I had kept that car. I took my drivers in my mom's 4 door Bonneville. I ended up selling my 2 door and picked up a 79 Grand Prix SJ with the 301 4 barrel, T Tops, bucket seats. The 301 was so sad. It always started and ran, but it didn't run fast, esp with a 4,000 lb curb weight. A lot of people would yank the 301 and install a 400 in it's place. This is the way those cars should have been built to start, but sadly 400 production stopped the year before. So it ended up being more of a do-it-yourself option. 
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Posted: 8/17/2018 12:41:27 AM EDT
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The 301 was a sad engine for sure, but those cars were lightened up compared to the earlier models. 3200 lbs maybe but definitely not 4k. The numerically low axle ratio was likely more to blame. A lot of people would yank the 301 and install a 400 in it's place. This is the way those cars should have been built to start, but sadly 400 production stopped the year before. So it ended up being more of a do-it-yourself option. 
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Posted: 8/17/2018 12:43:55 AM EDT
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A 77 Mustang II with a 2300 would make me happy, right now. Please send, ASAP. Hatchback preferred...those had a limited slip rear.
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Posted: 8/17/2018 5:52:53 AM EDT
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Don't leave out the mighty turbo 301 Pontiac
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The 301 was a sad engine for sure, but those cars were lightened up compared to the earlier models. 3200 lbs maybe but definitely not 4k. The numerically low axle ratio was likely more to blame. A lot of people would yank the 301 and install a 400 in it's place. This is the way those cars should have been built to start, but sadly 400 production stopped the year before. So it ended up being more of a do-it-yourself option.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_301_Turbo
Honestly, if Pontiac wanted a smaller V8, they could have just gone back to putting the 326 in everything. It would have worked out so much better. |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 6:36:06 AM EDT
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Not mine but I had the exact car, the interior was the same shade of green. So ugly it was beautiful even more so because it was immaculate.
Traded a S&W 659 for it in 1993. Beat the shit out of it for the next three years then it started fighting back. 
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Posted: 8/17/2018 6:55:07 AM EDT
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Internet pics of Dodge Magnum. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24999/717full-639920.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24999/1979-gt7-700x405-639921.JPG 
I drove a Red one for a few years. Typical Chrysler shit and I was a Mopar fan back then. (Not my pic) |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 7:02:20 AM EDT
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The 301 was a sad engine for sure, but those cars were lightened up compared to the earlier models. 3200 lbs maybe but definitely not 4k. The numerically low axle ratio was likely more to blame. A lot of people would yank the 301 and install a 400 in it's place. This is the way those cars should have been built to start, but sadly 400 production stopped the year before. So it ended up being more of a do-it-yourself option. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Quoted: Well...Technically it is a Lemans Sport Coupe ....Can-Am package.... Just wanted to see if anyone was paying attention and knew their cars. My wife,(a dental hygienist) has been making bets with patients of hers that are car enthusiasts. When she tells them I've been working on a Can Am they say, "like the motorcycle?" And then proceed to argue with her that there is no such thing as a Can Am car. She's actually had a few of them call her or apologize and admit they were wrong at their next appointment.
@Kornbread I had a 77 Pontiac Bonneville 2 door black with red crush interior. I think some came with a center console but mine had a bench front. 400 cu Pontiac motor turbo 350 trans. I really wish I had kept that car. I took my drivers in my mom's 4 door Bonneville. I ended up selling my 2 door and picked up a 79 Grand Prix SJ with the 301 4 barrel, T Tops, bucket seats. The 301 was so sad. It always started and ran, but it didn't run fast, esp with a 4,000 lb curb weight. A lot of people would yank the 301 and install a 400 in it's place. This is the way those cars should have been built to start, but sadly 400 production stopped the year before. So it ended up being more of a do-it-yourself option. |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 7:05:35 AM EDT
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Another poor attempt to fill the void left by the departure of the 400. I guess they just couldn't let the Olds diesels have all the warranty claims to themselves.
Honestly, if Pontiac wanted a smaller V8, they could have just gone back to putting the 326 in everything. It would have worked out so much better. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The 301 was a sad engine for sure, but those cars were lightened up compared to the earlier models. 3200 lbs maybe but definitely not 4k. The numerically low axle ratio was likely more to blame. A lot of people would yank the 301 and install a 400 in it's place. This is the way those cars should have been built to start, but sadly 400 production stopped the year before. So it ended up being more of a do-it-yourself option.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_301_Turbo
Honestly, if Pontiac wanted a smaller V8, they could have just gone back to putting the 326 in everything. It would have worked out so much better. But there were so many things that were goofy on those things. Intake for one, not dual plane like every other 4brl Pontiac. |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 7:39:30 AM EDT
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Bench seats were awesome, your girl friend could sit right beside you and rub your crotch while you drove with your arm around her feeling her tit
 . I miss real ashtrays in cars to .When I first started driving in 1980 all the cars I had (the first 10 or so) were from the 70's... 73' Plymouth Duster, 72 Duster, 74 duster,71 Dodge Demon, 70 Dodge Super Bee (hi-po 383, 4 speed Hurst pistol grip, hemi orange with black stripes)...I loved that car. '74 Plymouth Barracuda, another very cool car. Not all the late 70's stuff was all that bad BTW. I also owned a '79 Chevy Caprice Classic 2 door (350ci) for a daily driver and the bench seat and big back seat was great for dating ;) I also had a 77' Z28 (350) that I stripped all the smog crap off, installed headers, side pipes, an edelbrock carb, cam and intake and it ran good too. My best though was a 1979 10th Anniversary Trans Am 6.6 with only 9,000 original miles...still had the original tires it was so clean. Didn't have much HP, it did have torque being a big block and man could it smoke the back tires. I could lay rubber from light to light. I should have kept that one cause now it would be worth about 50-60K. I left it bone stock cause it was so mint. I traded that for a 1973 L82 Corvette Stingray convertible. That car was just plain sexy, the girls loved it. This too was the last year for the rear split chrome bumpers on the vette, which I always liked. Oh and I had a 77 Toyota Celica GT that I used for a winter beater...that was kinda neat too...I think it had the 22r motor with a 5 speed. Thing is all these cars were cheap to buy in the 80's, easy to work on and we always stripped all the smog crap off them and re-tuned them for more HP, added headers and dual exhaust... doing so could bring the HP almost back to 60's levels if you knew what you were doing. IMO I think most of the 80's cars were far worse as that got smaller, more smog crap and most went to FWD. |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 7:39:36 AM EDT
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I had a 76 Grand Prix and a 78 Dodge Magnum. The Dodge was the nicer of the two but still under powered and heavy. Interior trim sucked along with the engine performance. Big heavy doors that sagged and slopped out door bushings. Replace countless transmissions in the 76. Nope Nope Nope Nope.....
I do wish I had my 74 Chevy C10 back. The smog shit and all the vacuum lines would be in the garbage at the end of the first day. The Summit website and my credit card would be hurting. |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 7:49:32 AM 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: 8/17/2018 8:08:23 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/17/2018 8:23:52 AM EDT
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The absolute worst era for quality, damn near rivaling the build quality of a Yugo. Door and deck lid gaps on everything were whacked straight out of the factory. I don't think it was possible to line that shit up, hell you can see it in these pics. The shit would practically rust in the showroom. The drunks building them would leave bottles in the body panels as if the shit didn't rattle enough already. Pretty much no one gave a shit. Thinly reason people bought them is they couldn't bring themselves to buy an import. Sort of like guns or WWII era guns, you could say the Garand is to heavy bulky, small capacity, lacks ergonomics, not enough buttons, etc compared to a new AR. Same with Enfields and K98's... But we still love them and the time they were from. |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 8:35:03 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. https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1976-dodge-charger-daytona.jpg |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 10:57:38 AM EDT
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It comes down to nostalgia from another era. The same could be said for 1930's-50's cars...comparing them to modern cars is missing the point. Sort of like guns or WWII era guns, you could say the Garand is to heavy bulky, small capacity, lacks ergonomics, not enough buttons, etc compared to a new AR. Same with Enfields and K98's... But we still love them and the time they were from. |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 11:06:30 AM EDT
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It comes down to nostalgia from another era. The same could be said for 1930's-50's cars...comparing them to modern cars is missing the point. Sort of like guns or WWII era guns, you could say the Garand is to heavy bulky, small capacity, lacks ergonomics, not enough buttons, etc compared to a new AR. Same with Enfields and K98's... But we still love them and the time they were from. |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 11:16:51 AM EDT
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Anything after 73 came with those gawdawful barbell bumpers on them and therefore with some exceptions, most are just fugly.
That being said, I would love to have a TR-6 with a Honda engine in it. ETA: A '74-77 Bronco would be tits. |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 11:24:07 AM EDT
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Back in 1990 when I was 19, I had a '79 Z28 that looked just like this.
355 with a Holley 650, high rise intake. Headers with glass packs bolted straight to them. I beat the shit out of that poor car.  I bought this 4? years ago. 1976 Stingray. It was primered out and the interior was shot. 355 4 speed Sold it this spring. 
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Posted: 8/17/2018 11:36:21 AM EDT
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At least the Enfields and Garands were solid platforms. Cars from that time frame - not so much @dbd870 |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 11:56:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You'd be surprised, their bones were strong but everything else attached to it was a mess @dbd870 |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 12:25:27 PM EDT
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My first car was a 76 Malibu Laguna.
It was criminally gutless even with the 350 or 400 or whatever it had, because it was saddled with the emissions garbage. Finding aftermarket parts for it was difficult because it was just different enough from the Malibu for nothing to fit quite right. Still, it looked pretty cool, had neato swivel bucket seats and enough style to endear it to a 17-year-old heart. I kind of wish I could get it back but properly resto-modded. Not my photo but same color:  Attached FileI ended up swapping it for a 78 Nova sedan which was a lot cleaner and drove about the same. That was a pretty decent car by the Big 3 standards of the time, despite being kind of a budget option. Not my photo but same ugly color. I eventually had it repainted a dark teal which looked a million percent better.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/17/2018 12:38:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/17/2018 12:39:30 PM EDT
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These Fiat X19's were pretty cool: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/167780/fiat_x19-642959.JPG |
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