I agree. The 71-73 do not appeal to me very much. They just seem too big. And the loss of the vented cowl making the hood extra long was a styling move I did not like either.
I was in favor of the 74 downsize but an overall loss of interest in high performance and the bogging down of all engines from anti-pollution measures was tough on all performance cars of the 70’s.
We didn’t start to get decent performance vehicles again until the mid 80’s. And it’s gone up since then fairly steadily.
We didn’t start to get decent performance vehicles again until the mid 80’s. And it’s gone up since then fairly steadily.
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That’s actually true. With one exception. I read a very interesting article a few weeks ago that there was indeed one muscle car through out the 70’s that stayed true to it’s roots. One muscle care that actually increased raw horsepower all the way through.
And that was the 455ci Trans Am.
Even the Corvette had an anemic 185 hp engine in ‘78 and ‘79.
The 71-73 do not appeal to me very much.
and horrible visibility to the rear, and rust ….