Yes, those 70's cars were fantastic!
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You can reverse VW and Porsche transaxles of that vintage rather easily, it’s a simple ring and pinion kit.
It’s called P.O.S. = Previous Owner Syndrome.
Oh how quickly people forget...
Besides the Firestone tire scandal and rollover fears, they were well known for the intake manifold plastic cracking, leaking and causing them to overheat, so much so that when broken down by generation, 3 of the top 5 cars traded in the cash for clunkers program was an Explorer.
I’m not sure it’s more scarce, so much as the fact that they are selling a ton of 4 door models (soccer dads?).
Look at all those people just standing around watching, it’s no wonder they have financial problems!
Someone mentions it further down, but “Cuban Chrome” also dives into what goes on down there. Simply amazing what they go through to keep the cars running.
While I disagree with it going back to stock easily, it’s a 348, not an F40, so meh.
Watson style Seaweed flames were huge in their day, and still look great on cars of the 60's.
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Crumple or not, newer cars are FAR safer than older ones.
I would much rather see my kids in a 200x Subaru than this tin can of a Toyota.
The last Ford blocks rolled off the line in 1953 after several revisions, and there are also German and Simco blocks, the last of which were made in the 70's.
If I remember right, a flathead is really only good for around 300hp on the street, beyond that the blocks start failing (cracking in half I think). Even at 300, you need to really sort and find the best of the bunch, the sand cores often shifted resulting in thin walls and there are design aspects that will limit you…
Bumper to bumper doesn’t usually cover wear items. Tires, brakes, clutch, etc. are still on you.
Or maybe you just took far more serious than you should have.
“LA’s city planners saw no need to create storm drains and just made the curbs high enough to funnel the now rivers to the sea... quality =\”
That was the premise, and may be what TG is now, but that is not what the sold show actually was. Non car people watched Top Gear because of the interaction, adventure and hosts. They had great chemistry and did fun things WHILE in cars.
I wanted to give it a chance, and I kind of thought it was okay, but after writing this, I realize just how bad it really is.
As mentioned some states you can.
There was a lul when Subaru was paying and when Dodge first started, it’s back on point for the most part now.