Posted on 07/22/2023 6:14:14 PM PDT by DallasBiff
You didn't have to be alive in the 1970s to know how crazy they were. John Travolta was disco dancing in bellbottoms and shag was a desirable feature for a rug, not just something you did on it. Serious news from Watergate and the war in Vietnam heavily impacted, well, everything, but ultimately didn't put a damper on style. The cars reflected all of it, from garish excess to the automotive dark ages when the Oil Crisis and the advent of emissions standards combined to cause as much muscle-car agony as Burt Reynolds selling his beloved Bandit.
Some of the cars below would be in the Automotive Hall of Fame if it actually inducted automobiles (but it doesn't, weird right?) and some of them are just gloriously tacky as hell. Either way, they're the 1970s-est cars of the 1970s.
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I had a pacer... 1975 Pacer X...
Nice damn vehicle, and you could put 5 of your friends in there with you
Ahhhh...
The Vegabonds....
I had a 76 gmc jimmy..
350 4 barrel...
full time 4 wheel drive..
You could choose high or low lock..
On a good day, with the wind to by back, I got 9 mpg
I had a lovely white Chrysler Cordoba - with fine, red Corinthian leather seats.
All my friends thought I was so swanky! (Hey, chicks liked it too!)
I’ve got a “patina” on my 2011 F150. Am not amused.🤨
I bought a new Mach 1 in ‘73. Your 351 Cleveland was a dog? The federal stooges were kicking emissions control into high gear by ‘73 and my engine was getting a whopping 164 horsepower. My first new muscle car and it was a pig.
My mistake. It was a 351 windsor, 2 barrel. It was a long time ago. My plan was to soup it up, but I didn’t know how. Any how, the chicks liked it as it was.
I bought it used, and wondered how it could have the ‘Mach 1’ trim, when it was such a dog.
Apropos to your list, the Grenada!
I owned a monza station wagon. It was pretty reliable and no rust,-)
I have 79 K5 project that has been languishing on the back burner for a long w.
One day I will get there.
That’s right. My Capri was made in Germany. Loaded, it was $2,700.00.
Yea. The Triumph was fun to drive but not too reliable. The only convertible I’ve ever owned, but my parents did have a ‘70 VW convertible.
One night, I got into the Triumph after getting off a flight at the airport, tapped on the headlight switch, which was a toggle on the dash & it fell apart. I had to pry it out of the dash & Hotwire it to get home. LoL!
There are a lot of cars built that require removal of gas tanks to replace the fuel pump. I figured out a hack, you cut a hole out of the floor pan. You just move the carpet aside and get a piece of metal bigger than the hole, caulking for between metal and floor pan and you save yourselves a lot of hassle.
It was just that by 1973 the federal stooges had messed it up to where it was impotent.
I bought a new 1978 Bronco and it had a 351 Modified engine. I wish I had kept/taken care of that one. Still miss it.
1981 (1983?) BMW 2002
The simplicity of a Beetle, with a little fun.
The one that got away.
Vega and Pinto here. Sold the Vega to a guy I worked with. He was going to put a small block Chevy in it for racing. Said the car was so light, it didn’t need much for power. Often wondered how it turned out.
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