Cars you never knew existed! Anti Car Porn

Going even further back than that: http://www.rollcall.com/news/history-of-the-thing-208869-1.html

I can remember going to Florida in the early 70's as a 5 year old ... they were everywhere.

 

The wheels on the starion\conquest look like an 80's celica wheels

 

The Sherpa

 

Looks like an R/C truck

 

Nope.

 

saw on another thread once the Pontiac Aztec with a V8 in it. never liked them but that one was actually kind of cool.

 

Those portals are a mopar performance kit you can buy at the dealership... think TRD parts.

 

Anyone remember the Chevy Corvair Rampside? Probably not. Pretty rare....even in the 60s.

Very unique for it's day. Unibody construction, rear mounted air cooled flat 6 engine and rear mounted transaxle.

I had an uncle who had one when I was very young. It was several years old by then. But apparently in pretty good shape.

 

A close relative...


I sold her to a guy in Germany who paid to have her shipped to Berlin...

 

International rallye I found at work

 

let's go back to where it ALL started for us...

 

Drove past this place on my way home from Colorado via Lebanon Kansas...



All Corvairs

http://www.shadesclassiccars.com

 

I saw one at a local car show last year. I liked the side gate idea.

 

Cadillac Cimarron -- early '80s. Cavalier with pushup bra and lipstick.

 

I'm too old. If you eliminate the one-off custom jobs and the pure exotic cars, I probably know people that have owned 75% of the cars shown. We had one of these 1965 Comet wagons. I don't ever recall seeing another wagon like it.

 

IIRC, thats a badge-mate of the Falcon wagon, and I do remember seeing quite a lot of those back in the day. different headlights, different grill, different fenders but same basic chassis.

 

I think the Comet shared more with the Fairlane then the Falcon, but I could be wrong...

 

ah, you're probably right. I guess it was the earlier vomits that were falcon based.

gawd, I once had to drive a friend's mom's mid 70s Vomit from SF back to Monterey via Santa Cruz, in an unholy heavy rain storm over the infamous highway 17. scariest car I *EVER* drove. I think those 70s Vomits were Maverick based. heavy car, skinny bad tires, marginal brakes, sloppy steering, mushy suspension and no anti-sway bars.