The late 60's had the Hemi Cuda and Shelby Mustangs.
I had the 1978 Trans Am with the “firechicken” on it.
That’s what my boss called it. He had a 1970 Roadrunner 440 6-pack.
Pinto
Gremlin
Chevette
Datsun 240z
Volare
Cordoba
I owned a Vega and a Gremlin in the 70s
My wife and I owned a wonderful car like this one bought from her father. It was very low mileage, only used to pull the camping trailer to the mountains once a year. It was totalled in a run-in with a drunk driver. Nobody was hurt badly but we grounded ten feet up an concrete overpass abutment.
I had a ‘76 Camaro and got three speeding tickets in a a couple months. My dad traded it in for 1980 Toyota Celica that would barely make 75 going downhill.
great years, great cars
It changed the automotive field forever. Big unreliable gas guzzling V8 American cars began to decline when the Accord was introduced. US manufacturers have been trying to play catch up with the Accord ever since.
Sadly, my dad traded in a 67 Riviera for a green Plymouth Scamp. He was trying to be a little more economical-he had a 2hr commute to work from Long Guyland to Ct. Gas was .25/gal but that Riviera gulped the fuel.
The article opens with a pic of a late ‘70s Trans Am in Bandit black. That’s probably what I’d pick if I had to pick just one.
Ten years is a pretty long time and seventies cars changed a lot over that span.
It’s not the ‘70s without a mid-70s Oldsmobile Delta 88. My dad used to have one of those, complete with vinyl roof. He said he never realized how bad a car it was until he replaced it with a new Honda Accord.
71 Mustang Mach 1 (mid 73 to mid 74. A fun car but previous owner had bathed it in road salt for 3 winters, probably never washed it. It likely was soon to be structurally unsound when I sold it)
71 Opel GT (last half 1976, economical but simply two weak, girlfriend at the time liked it)
74 Corvette (1977 to 82, an all round fun car. Bought with 36k miles, sold with 87k miles, and it looked just as good as when I bought it. Sold for $800 less than I paid for it.)
76 Pinto (1986 to 89, a good rural commuter ride, easy to work on)
Great muscle cars of the 60s. 442, Buick Gran Sport, Pontiac GTO, Challenger, Charger, Barracuda, Road Runner, GTX, Super Bee, Mustang GT-500, Camaro, Chevelle, SS El Camino, Torino.
How about the Chevy Nova? Remember how GM had each of their product lines of this car? Each line took a letter from NOVA. The Omega, the Pontiac Ventura, and the Buick Apollo. Had the Ventura for awhile, and a 73 Apollo with a crappy 6 that got 13 miles to the gallon. Paid $1700 and used it for 10 years. Not bad.
Three teenage boys will fit in the trunk. I know.
Mercury Capri. Most likely what tge Mustang II should have been.
‘79 two door Cutlass here. Painted it Cadillac grey, the windows were very tinted and grandfathered in when the new tinting laws were enacted.
I was a 25-year-old White dude. The Chollos thought I was a gang banger when I rolled up. lol
Chicks seemed to like the car.
350 4bbl and all the cop stuff Elwood listed in The Blues Brothers.
Ex-P.G.County (MD) car. I had it for a few years in between overseas tours. I still miss it, looking for a same-year coupe.
We owned several cars from the 1970’s, and miss all of them.
The first was a brand new 1970 Maverick with a 170 ci six banger and three on the tree. Paid just 2 grand for it. I wrecked it and bought a 1966 wrecked Mustang for parts, as all the front end, undercarriage and rear end parts bolted right on. I even put the 289 in the Maverick.
Also had a 1970 Torino, 1970 Chrysler Newport, 1976 Datsun B210 and a 76 Chevy wagon. I miss every one of them!