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Cars we used to drive - 1980 and older that no one would care about but you

Discussion in 'General Automotive' started by bootboiler, Mar 20, 2018.

  1. Mar 20, 2018 at 9:24 PM
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    bootboiler

    bootboiler [OP] Well-Known Member

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    This post got me thinking....

    Just wondering what you guys used to drive that are not cars anyone would remember, or care about....

    I had one of these in High School, but a 4 door. 1971 Buick Centurian

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVo9U89liic

    But is was the same as this one, and notice the $16 sport upgrade was well worth the money.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI9lhA9dlEw

    It was the same color as the one in the video. I liked the 455, and the best part was that all the windows rolled down, with no B pillar. No way did they get 15 MPG with the 455 4bl.
     
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  2. Apr 6, 2018 at 3:27 PM
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    ecoterragaia

    ecoterragaia Everyone lives downstream.

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  3. Apr 13, 2018 at 4:30 AM
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    Too many to list, lol...

    My first car was just like this:

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  4. Apr 13, 2018 at 4:35 AM
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    ^^^^This^^^^^ except mine was 2dr. All my friends hated it.
     
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  5. Apr 13, 2018 at 4:38 AM
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    At least yours was a 2dr...mine had too many doors and not enough cylinders to be even remotely cool.
     
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  6. Apr 13, 2018 at 4:47 AM
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    2nd car was a '76 Volare road runner...


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  7. Apr 13, 2018 at 4:51 AM
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    Then a Buick Skyhawk..

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    Traded the Skyhawk for a '77 Pontiac Astre wagon...my friends quickly nicknamed it "the Dis-Astre".


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  9. Apr 13, 2018 at 5:03 AM
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    This car but in in green. I had the white walls and the wire hubcaps also.
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    Then dad gave me grampa's car...

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    1973 international harvester 1110 side step regular cab with the 304. Man I wish I had it still, mine was black though

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    '75 chev vega

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  13. Apr 13, 2018 at 5:17 AM
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    '76 vega
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    Was going to be my first car but dad sold it. 79 Cobra Mustang.

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    '78 VW Rabbit...mine was an awful green color.

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    Not prior to 1980... and Not my picture, but mine looked very similar to this. My first car was a 1981 Datsun/Nissan 280zx 5spd. The motor had a lot of work done to it. Great car for a 16y/o

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  17. Apr 13, 2018 at 5:34 AM
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    '77 Buick Skylark

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    My first car was a 68 or 69 Rambler SW similar to this one...

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  19. Apr 13, 2018 at 5:42 AM
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    '78 Dodge Aspen. Mine was tan and every bit as nice as this one...

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    Noelie84 What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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    Bought it just out of high school (Summer of 2003). Had an inline six and a 4 speed automatic, leather interior, disc brakes all the way around, and a HUGE power moonroof that was almost like having a convertible. Thought it was the coolest car, even though it took forever to hit 60 and it had some really strange electrical gremlins. Drove it all over the state for the 3-4 years that I had it.

     
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