1970s... What did you drive?
Garrison Hack
My very first car was a 1974 Chevy Vega. It was a two door and had three
on the floor (4 cylinders). We called the color whoopie-time-lime (a
putrid shade of bright light green). I paid about $6 or $7 a week for
gas. Unfortunately it burned a huge amount of oil.
In 1986 I bought a 1975 HONDA. It was also a hatchback. Had three on the
floor and a manual choke. It was a wonder car with one drawback. Well,
two actually. It would not start if someone were sitting in the front
passenger seat and it beeped very loudly when I put it in reverse. Not a
lot of fun when you're parking on the street at 3 am! :(
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BlackBeard
In article <53dgqh$k...@netaxs.com>, nos...@bucket.bit wrote:
> I still drive a '75 Hornet.
>
> And I'm still looking for that dream Pacer!
>
I can't remember if I cri...Errrrr.. Sorry, wrong thread. I can't
remember what year the car was, but it was a FORD Maverick, and it was
bought when they first came out. In fact, my Grandpa said he bought it
from the catalog and it was the first one delivered to Tucson (so 72
maybe?).
It was my parents car (after he sold it to them), but I got to drive it
when they weren't pissed at me and getting even by making me drive the
station wagon. My Grandpa had 'souped it up' with some engine
modifications, Mag wheels and big back tires.
God...do they even make cars with "3 on the tree" anymore?
BlackBeard
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In article <53cqhd$i...@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, pig...@primenet.com says...
In the Seventies I originally drove a really cool fluorescent orange
tricycle. Then I graduated to a Schwinn three-speed with a banana seat and
baseball cards in the spokes (to make that great flapping sound).
My *parents* had a 1963 Nash Rambler, then replaced that with a yellow
1973(?) Torino, then eventually a blue Pacer. They kept the Torino until the
floor finally fell out. The Pacer was OK, but the doors were too damn heavy.
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Garrison Hack <pig...@primenet.com> wrote:
>My very first car was a 1974 Chevy Vega.
<snip>
I had a 1974 SuperBeetle, bright yellow with a crank-open
sunroof. You roasted in summer and froze in winter.
The sunroof stored up rain water from storms and
would dump it on your when you put on brakes for the first
time after the rain. My God , I loved my Bug. I even have one
of those cast iron models you can buy, with the little working
trunks and doors, and I have it on my mantle. Bright yellow,
of course! It was my Ultimate Seventies Car. Of course, given my
choice *then* my U.S.Car would have been the 1978
Trans Am Transylvania model. The black one with the t-top and
the Frankestein writing on top? This was the kind of car my 70-s
Dream Guy would have driven. DG was clad in a plaid shirt and
jeans and had that nice Greg Evigan/ BJ and The Bear hair. *SIGH*....
And Frye boots....
Tim Irvin
In article <53cqhd$i...@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, Garrison Hack
<pig...@primenet.com> wrote:
> My very first car was a 1974 Chevy Vega. It was a two door and had three
> on the floor (4 cylinders). We called the color whoopie-time-lime (a
> putrid shade of bright light green). I paid about $6 or $7 a week for
> gas. Unfortunately it burned a huge amount of oil.
>
> In 1986 I bought a 1975 HONDA. It was also a hatchback. Had three on the
> floor and a manual choke. It was a wonder car with one drawback. Well,
> two actually. It would not start if someone were sitting in the front
> passenger seat and it beeped very loudly when I put it in reverse. Not a
> lot of fun when you're parking on the street at 3 am! :(
What did I drive?
In the very early 1970s, a tricycle.
In the mid-1970s, a bicycle.
In the late 1970s, a bike and a skateboard.
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Doran
We drove (and still drive) a '77 Datsun B210. The interior is entirely
vinyl. It also says "Honey Bee" on both sides and has decals of a honey
bee with two tires for legs.
This has been the most reliable car we have ever owned. There's a rust
spot on the left fender, but that's true for any B210 if you ever notice
them on the road. It's a design flaw--water gets trapped there.
Doran.
Molly J. Fagan
In article <ziggy29-ya0230800...@nntp.netgate.net>, zig...@netgate.net (Tim Irvin) writes:
> In article <53cqhd$i...@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, Garrison Hack
> <pig...@primenet.com> wrote:
>
> What did I drive?
>
> In the very early 1970s, a tricycle.
>
> In the mid-1970s, a bicycle.
>
> In the late 1970s, a bike and a skateboard.
>
Yeah, that's what I drove in the '70s too. However, in '85 I got my
first car. It was a '74 Plymouth Scamp. It had a faded red body and a beige
top. That thing was ugly but I was happy because it was _mine_. My friends
called it the "Ghetto Cruiser." That car was the most reliable car that I've
ever owned. It started getting cancer (rust) so that whenever I'd drive on a
gravel road the inside will be full of dust even though the windows were
closed. Then the cancer got worse and one day as I was driving, it suddenly
felt like I was riding in a boat on rough waters. Apparently the tyrods (sp?)
broke apart or something and my dear "Ghetto Cruiser" was no more:-(
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Perry and Lauri
Garrison Hack <pig...@primenet.com> wrote:
>My very first car was a 1974 Chevy Vega. It was a two door and had three
>on the floor (4 cylinders). We called the color whoopie-time-lime (a
>putrid shade of bright light green). I paid about $6 or $7 a week for
>gas. Unfortunately it burned a huge amount of oil.
Well, this is a fun thread!! MY first car was a 1974 Mustang II. 4
cylinder 4 on the floor. It was my parents car and I got my license in
1975. In 1978 it became paid for and all mine. The color was some
greenish yellow (more yellow than green). And I was always driving
around with a primer colored gas cap because I kept forgetting to put
the cap back on whenever I got gas. WOW!! The memories are really
starting to flow now!
My best friend drove a 1975 Pacer.
Lauri
Clancy
>The three on the tree disappeared in the early 80s. The last one I saw
>was on an 81 Ford F-150. I still drive a car with the three on the tree,
>a 67 Nova station wagon.
>
>
>That was back when you can work on your own car, and it didn't cost a
>fortune either. That is why I still drive that old relic today.
yeah, but there's still a lot of Chevy enthusiasts out there to
keep the parts cheap and available. If you check a newstand you'll
see several magazines focusing mainly on '60's Chevrolets and the
small block V-8. If you have a chevy I-6 in there, parts for it
will cost nearly twice as much. If you had a '67 buick, it might
be tough to even get parts.
Pete Bradley
I took my drivers test in my parents 69 Dodge Polara station wagon.
You haven't lived 'till you had to parrallel park on of those things.
The first car I owned was a 64 VW green with a crank sunroof that I
bought in 73.
Pete
Mark Babin
CR
My 1st car was a '73 VW Bug I got in 1975. Loved it -- I had lotsa fun
with that car, too numerous to mention. In '78 I got a '75 Mustang
Mach 2 (a V6) which was okay but I had totally destroyed it by late
'79. In '81 I bought another bug and was much happier...
CR
Garrison Hack <pig...@primenet.com> wrote:
>My very first car was a 1974 Chevy Vega. It was a two door and had three
>on the floor (4 cylinders). We called the color whoopie-time-lime (a
>putrid shade of bright light green). I paid about $6 or $7 a week for
>gas. Unfortunately it burned a huge amount of oil.
>In 1986 I bought a 1975 HONDA. It was also a hatchback. Had three on the
>floor and a manual choke. It was a wonder car with one drawback. Well,
>two actually. It would not start if someone were sitting in the front
>passenger seat and it beeped very loudly when I put it in reverse. Not a
>lot of fun when you're parking on the street at 3 am! :(
>--
jung...@i-link.net
As a high school junior in 1976, I started driving my father's 1964
Chevrolet BelAir station wagon, who bought it new for $3,000 (a
hand-me-down as he just bought a new Buick). A buddy and I rebuilt the
283 c.i. motor and man did it kick ass (for a wagon anyway)! Raised a
lot of hell in that "Green Monster" till we sold it in 78 (grad year).
God, I miss that car.
JT
Austin, TX
John E. Marker
My first car was a 1967 Chevelle Malibu,bought in 1976 for
$250.It was dirt-brown with a flaking black vinyl top.It was bought with
the hard-earned money I made pumping gas after school.(at .55 cents a
gallon I might add!!).
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David McReynolds
My first car was a 1972 bug. In 1980 I put the body from a 1971 bug on it. I
drove it over 300,000 miles for about 16 years. I finally wrecked it, just
after repainting and having a sun roof installed.
scol...@ccnet.com
On 12 Oct 1996 10:08:07 -0400, sunn...@aol.com (SunnyDeb) wrote:
>73 Maverick here. It was white with blue interior, automatic. Bench
>seat. Fun!
>
>Deb
Speaking of bench seats there is a band out of Sacramento that has a
song that goes:
Stick shifts and safety belts and bucket seats have all got to go.
When we're driving in the car it makes my baby seems so far.
I need you to be here with me, not way over in a bucket seat.
But when we're driving in my Malibu its easy to get right next to
you.
I say baby scoot over please and then she's right next to me.
A lot of good cars are Japanese, but when we're driving far, I need
my baby next to me.
I've been driving in the car when that song comes on and I look way
over at my wife on the passenger side of the car get nastolgic.
BUCKET SEATS ARE ANTI-SOCIAL!!!
Shawn
G. Jeffrey Gower
A brown 1973 Ford Pinto - a real babe-magnet! I also (later) had a 1971
Chevy Malibu (V-8 305 - a REAL car) and for a brief time, a 1973 MGB
(wouldn't go over 45 mph!).
Jeff
djd
In <this-0810960844170001@edward_teach.chinalake.navy.mil>
th...@reader.makes.me.doThis (BlackBeard) writes:
>
>In article <53dgqh$k...@netaxs.com>, nos...@bucket.bit wrote:
>
>> I still drive a '75 Hornet.
>>
>> And I'm still looking for that dream Pacer!
>>
>
>
> I can't remember if I cri...Errrrr.. Sorry, wrong thread. I can't
>remember what year the car was, but it was a FORD Maverick, and it was
>bought when they first came out. In fact, my Grandpa said he bought
it
>from the catalog and it was the first one delivered to Tucson (so 72
>maybe?).
> It was my parents car (after he sold it to them), but I got to drive
it
>when they weren't pissed at me and getting even by making me drive the
>station wagon. My Grandpa had 'souped it up' with some engine
>modifications, Mag wheels and big back tires.
>
>God...do they even make cars with "3 on the tree" anymore?
>
>BlackBeard
>-. .- -..- --.-
>De Profundis
>
>Submarines once, Submarines twice...
Ahh, the '72 Mav!! My highschool cruisin-mobile!! Mine was saddle
brown with black interior. Also my parents car. Automatic. Lotsa
backseat fun in the ol' Mavster let me tell you!! Of course, it was a
solo but what the hell, I know what I like!!
Duane
djd...@ix.netcom.com
Jason LeBouef
Anyone drive any Volkswagens? (DONT say Rabbit) I"m talking bugs or
busses.
In the 70's my ride was a Big Wheel and a Sears bike with a long black
'nanner seat. (my cousins were riding big bad Schwinn's)
Today, I have a '64 bug and it runs circles around my '89 Plymouth Colt
vista wagen.
djd
I took my drivers test in a 67 Chevelle. White with blue interior. It
was my aunts' car and was a true stylin' mobile.
In order, the cars I've driven throughout my life.
'65 Mustang (boughtit from my brother. Sold it - who knew!?)
'72 Maverick (high school - former parents car)
'62 Fairlane (fixed it up, a classic but electrical probs)
'76 Rabbit (former girlfriend car - bought it from her dad
'75 Beetle (college - lots of fun)
'74 Fiat 124 (still college. The Big Green Box)
'84 Jetta GL (First REAL job, my first NEW car!!)
'88 Honda Accord LXi (they were right, damn nice car)
'90 Honda Accord LXi (see above)
'92 Ford Explorer (got married. she's got a 300ZX)
'97 - ? Got my eyes on one of those Expeditions. Mebbe a Tahoe.
Duane
djd...@ix.netcom.com
David Mcconnell
We had a 1974 Green Datsun Hatchback. Guh roovy.
Lawrence Artz <ar...@ll.mit.edu> wrote in article
<53llbl$a...@llnews.ll.mit.edu>...
> cmi...@hpcf.cc.utexas.edu (Clancy) wrote:
> >>The three on the tree disappeared in the early 80s. The last one I saw
> >>was on an 81 Ford F-150. I still drive a car with the three on the
tree,
> >>a 67 Nova station wagon.
> If you have a chevy I-6 in there, parts for it
> >will cost nearly twice as much. If you had a '67 buick, it might
> >be tough to even get parts.
>
>
>
>
>
> Not true. The I-6 pistons, rings and bearings are the same parts that
> also interchange with the small block 350. Even the lifters are
> interchangable. No way are they twice as much in cost. in fact, parts are
> no more expensive than for other Chevy SB engines. Been there, done that.
> That motor was made for at least 20 years and used in some Pontiacs,
> Oldsmobiles and GMCs. Besides, those motors are a dime a dozen in
> boneyards across the country. Since this is a 70s ng, this is a topic
> better suited for rec.autos.tech.
>
> Larry
>
>
Rosemarie Lieffring
A 1972 Simca. It was a French import that had five available options--my
Simca had four. With an engine that measured in cc's, we opted against air
conditioning. I LOVED my little red Simca. It had four doors and was
great for Chinese fire drills!
SunnyDeb
In article <53mc1j$4...@dfw-ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>,
djd...@ix.netcom.com(djd) writes:
>Ahh, the '72 Mav!! My highschool cruisin-mobile!! Mine was saddle
>brown with black interior. Also my parents car. Automatic. Lotsa
>backseat fun in the ol' Mavster let me tell you!! Of course, it was a
>solo but what the hell, I know what I like!!
>
>
73 Maverick here. It was white with blue interior, automatic. Bench
seat. Fun!
Deb
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Sure!
First car (1971): '63 Bug, '58 36hp Engine
Next: '67 blue / white Bus
Then: '65 White Camper Bus sold it in 1982, sorry ever since
Verne
Paul Goldschmidt
I didn't drive back then. I hitchhiked! Back then you could usually do
it without fear of being sliced and diced (though there were horror
stories about people being robbed, raped, arrested, etc). I used to
hitchhike to a major city 75 miles away to go to this neat record
co-op (remember them?) which had a cut-out bin to die for!
Occupational hazards: being stranded for eons in lousy weather, being
spit upon by drunken pencil-necks, having people stop and then floor
the gas just as you reached their car (if they didn't back up to you
after stopping that was a give-away). I once got a ride with Dr. Bruce
McDuffie, the guy who discovered mercury contamination in tuna fish
(remember THAT?). Another time I almost got a ride with the president
of my university (he wasn't going my way - darn it!).
Rhonda Rubin
In the 70's, I first "drove" a hot pink Murray three-speed bicycle. Then I
graduated to a silver Schwinn Varsity 10-speed. Sorry, but I didn't get my
license until '82. ***But*** my first car was a 1976 Toyota Celica GT. Does
that count?
Rhonda
--
"The dew fell with a particularly sickening thud this morning."
djd
In <53tpgu$4o_...@opus.uh.edu> RRu...@uh.edu (Rhonda Rubin) writes:
>
>In the 70's, I first "drove" a hot pink Murray three-speed bicycle.
Then I
>graduated to a silver Schwinn Varsity 10-speed. Sorry, but I didn't
get my
>license until '82. ***But*** my first car was a 1976 Toyota Celica GT.
Does
>that count?
>
>Rhonda
82!!? Cars weren't even made of metal anymore by then!!
Mercury Phoenix
ak...@infinet.com (John E. Marker) wrote:
> My first car was a 1967 Chevelle Malibu,bought in 1976 for
>$250.It was dirt-brown with a flaking black vinyl top.It was bought with
>the hard-earned money I made pumping gas after school.(at .55 cents a
>gallon I might add!!).
> John --
In the summer of '77 I finally took my driving test, got my license,
and paid $500 for my first car.... an orange, '66 Mustang with white
seats and black carpeting. Being a typical 17 year old girl, however,
I didn't appreciate what I had... it was just an "old" car to me... :(
Wish I had that beauty back now!!!
Eric Young
I drove a 1967 VW Bug and loved every minute of it! Gas was only 55
cents/gallon and I could fill the tank with a $5 bill. That bug was a
great off road machine,too. That was great considering I lived in the
heart of the Rocky Mountains.
It was also a great car for snow. The only bad thing was trying to fit my
snow skis into it to go skiing. I worked at McDonalds and couldn't afford
a ski rack.
Snookie518
First car I had was a '73 Pinto. It was the "bicentenniel" one --- white
with blue and red racing stripes. I LOVED THAT CAR!
Then when I graduated, I bought my very first new car. A 1978, sun yellow
Gremlin!
I miss both of them. :-(
robbin decker
snook...@aol.com (Snookie518) wrote:
The first was a beaut!! A '55 Buick Roadmaster Convertible, white with
red leather, that was a hand me down from Mom, big ol V8, we found
some Factory wire wheels with knockoff spinners for it, gawd did it
suck cheap gas, but I could raise hell with the Mustang/Camaro crowd
given a long enough straightaway! Sold it in 71 to buy a 64 Plymouth
Sport Fury with a 413 cross ram that I tried to kill myself with at
every chance, but I was one of the few guys my age who had a "second"
car, a VW bug to drive to school and work, because I didn't want to
hurt the Plymouth by driving it to such mundane destinations.
Steve Ellis
snook...@aol.com (Snookie518) writes:
>First car I had was a '73 Pinto. It was the "bicentenniel" one --- white
>with blue and red racing stripes. I LOVED THAT CAR!
>Then when I graduated, I bought my very first new car. A 1978, sun yellow
>Gremlin!
>I miss both of them. :-(
My first car was a '62 beetle, which I think I've previously mentioned that I
lost an argument with a utility pole in. Poured the guts from that one into a
'67 body and continued on. In 1974, I got a lightly used Capri, with that
sweet little V-6 Ford knew how to make back then.
I miss 'em too...
bob bolton
70's...?
A '62 Holden Ute (like a Chevy Pickup, with '3 on the tree')
A '69 Honda S600 2-seater sports (about 8 feet long and 2 feet high - red
of course!)
A '54 Wolseley 4/44 with leather seats and burr walnut everywhere...
60's...?
A '49 Rover with leather seats and burr walnut everywhere...
A '54 MGTD (red of course)
Where was I? Australia :)
John E. Marker (ak...@infinet.com) wrote:
: My first car was a 1967 Chevelle Malibu,bought in 1976 for
: $250.It was dirt-brown with a flaking black vinyl top.It was bought with
: the hard-earned money I made pumping gas after school.(at .55 cents a
: gallon I might add!!).
:
: John --
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Brian
A yellow '73 Ford Pinto-- the deathmobile; when Pintos of that vintage
were hit from behind with any force, the tube running from the gas tank to
the fill-hole would tear loose, pouring gallons of gasoline on the
pavement. Frequently, the leaf springs would snap their rear mounts and
strike the metal on the pavement like a flint, incinerating the unlucky
passengers. The Ford corporation, in response to a lawsuit from the
parents of several teenage girls who met their demise this way in Indiana,
installed a "fix" to this, which a mechanic laughingly showed me (along
with an rear-ended/incinerated Pinto in his lot). It was a piece of
plastic, about a quarter inch thick and about 1 1/2' x 3' that would make
the gasoline pour a couple of feet further back, even closer to where the
leaf springs would strike the pavement. After that moment, and to this
day, I have a habit of watching my rear view mirror very closely at
stoplights.
To pour gasoline on the fire, so to speak, the Pintos came equipped with
Firestone 500 radials, an infamous tire that had a habit of overheating
and disintegrating at certain speeds. I was such a daredevil in the
seventies.
Brian
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