The Most '70s Cars of the 1970s

Thrillst ^ | 11/29/15 | Aaron Miller

[Romans Nine]

For later

[joe fonebone]

I had a pacer... 1975 Pacer X...
Nice damn vehicle, and you could put 5 of your friends in there with you

[joe fonebone]

Ahhhh...
The Vegabonds....

[joe fonebone]

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

[joethedrummer]

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!)

[KC Burke]

[Bonemaker]

I’ve got a “patina” on my 2011 F150. Am not amused.🤨

[LouAvul]

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.

[Sirius Lee]

Weird and oddly reliable '70s future rust buckets from Japan:

[Zuriel]

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.

[Zuriel]

I bought it used, and wondered how it could have the ‘Mach 1’ trim, when it was such a dog.

[drwoof]

Apropos to your list, the Grenada!

[Harpotoo]

I owned a monza station wagon. It was pretty reliable and no rust,-)

[wally_bert]

I have 79 K5 project that has been languishing on the back burner for a long w.

One day I will get there.

[laplata]

That’s right. My Capri was made in Germany. Loaded, it was $2,700.00.

[smokingfrog]

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!

[Glad2bnuts]

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.

[LouAvul]

Yeah, I remember the Windsor was a dog engine. But I also remembered the Cleveland was a solid performer and that hot rodders liked its potential.

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.

[redrhino47]

1981 (1983?) BMW 2002

The simplicity of a Beetle, with a little fun.
The one that got away.

[Mean Daddy]

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.