What Car would you purchase in the 1970's ...

[gid]

due to '79 > '80 winter had to get a loan to pay the oil bill , took quite a while to pay it off . Drove an automatic DODGE Dart with slant 6 at that time . Did quite well in the snow for a rear wheel drive . Fun car to drive . Wasn't very good about maintaining a car or practiced good driving habits in those days . Life is a learning process .

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by gid

due to '79 > '80 winter had to get a loan to pay the oil bill , took quite a while to pay it off . Drove an automatic DODGE Dart with slant 6 at that time . Did quite well in the snow for a rear wheel drive . Fun car to drive . Wasn't very good about maintaining a car or practiced good driving habits in those days . Life is a learning process .

Had a friend with a Swinger that had a Slant Six. One day he was clocked by the State Police doing 109 miles an hour. Got pulled over and asked, "Hey bud, where's the fire?".

The car had this "puke green" paintjob that looked like a cross between a lemon and a lime. Almost florescent green.

Loved the starters on those things... made a distinctive stuttering squealing noise that you don't hear too often today.

Gene