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05-04-2010, 01:08 PM | #109 |
Mr. 155 and climbing
Drives: Seriously Modded 07 Sedan Join Date: Jun 2006
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yup...the 1973 Toyota celica....
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05-04-2010, 02:29 PM | #110 |
Half a Bubble Off Plumb
Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA
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When the gas crisis hit I was already driving a 1972 Chevy Blazer 4WD with a 250 Six and truck 4 spd. (New Process 435.) Didn't do too bad, I got 20 MPG on the highway with it and about 16 around town. I was sort of a hypermiler then. I got hit in it and replaced it with a '75 Pontiac Astre. (Rebadged Vega.) I loved that car! And it got around 30 MPG while I was flogging it at 75 MPH, flouting the 55 MPH limit while using the CB to check for Smokey Bears. (Didn't always work.) It topped out around 100 MPH, same as the new 351 powered '78 T-Bird I was cruising up the Interstate with from Alabama to Tennessee one day. My Yaris sedan would run circles around it, of course. (And the T-Bird.)
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05-04-2010, 03:36 PM | #111 |
Drives: 2017 VW Jetta 1.4L Manual Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Olympia, WA
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or an Isetta...
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05-04-2010, 04:11 PM | #112 |
Half a Bubble Off Plumb
Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009
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Isettas were classic antiques for sale in the back of Road & Track in the early '70s.
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05-04-2010, 04:41 PM | #113 |
Drives: 2008 Yaris Liftback (Sprocket) Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: San Antonio, Texas!
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Another Pinto owner here, I had a 76 Pinto Stallion like this but in red...
My Dad had a Woody wagon like this but in green... ..and my best friend and surfing buddy drove a silver Cruising wagon like this: My sister also owned a bright orange hatchback that was destroyed when some old lady pulled out in front of her. How the old woman missed such a brightly-colored car was beyond any of us! And despite what some claim, the Pinto was a great car! My other sister had two Mercury Capris in the 70s, a British Racing Green one with the V6, and a red one with the four. Those were great cars but the Florida salt air was not kind on them... Great thread, by the way! Cheers! M2
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05-04-2010, 05:59 PM | #114 |
Drives: 2010 Yaris "5-door" Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve
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I was always partial to the AAR model. Probably drives like a POS, though.
My dad used to have a mid-70's Alfa Romeo Giuliette that was a very nice mountain car. Small car, big tires, torquey engine that would pull you out of a hairpin corner without needing to downshift. Rrrroowwwrrr! The dog crashed it in the driveway long ago, unfortunately. Lots of 1970's Toyotas still driving around here in Hawai'i. |
05-06-2010, 02:51 PM | #115 |
Drives: '09 Yaris carmine red 2d HB Join Date: Jun 2009
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I also had a (new) '76 pinto.
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05-07-2010, 09:05 AM | #116 |
"LibertyRides!"
Drives: 2010 Yaris 3Dr LB | 2020 Stang Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: State College, PA, USA
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1971 Pontiac Series T-37 2 DR HT... - L65 Chevy 350 cu
The first muscle car I was introduces to... the family car. When I was seven my dad took me out for a drive. He let her rip on an open stretch... the speedometer needle was well past the 120 MPH mark. I thought that was so cool!
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05-07-2010, 02:54 PM | #117 |
Drives: 2010 Yaris "5-door" Join Date: Mar 2009
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So THAT'S what all those 1970's cars look like without rust holes and spewing clouds of burnt oil! :D The shiny showroom photos are especially time-travel trippy - it's totally contrary to my mental image of these cars.
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