“Free Tution” translates IMO to a career path and an education which enables someone to climb out of poverty. Or at least be able to within one’s control.

That winning bid really knocked the crowd off their feet...

There’s no rhyme or reason to those charity cars at Barrett Jackson. Last night they also auctioned off a car made out of a cedar log for $175k. The buyer immediately donated it back and it was auctioned off for $100k. That guy donated it back and it was auctioned off for $75k. All this for an old log that tops out at…

Yes, but compared to the Nova that came before it, it looked really cheap. Like they drew styling insparation from this:

...its for charity you dolt

I called them SOB, Scoot Over Baby, or COD, Come Over Darling corners

This is a different story though since the money is for charity and not a bunch of drunk bastards loading up their bank account with a second mortgage looking to score a “future investment vehicle” ( no pun intended ). The buyers going in realize or should realize that having the first production model is no guarantee…

Yeah I’m not sure how anyone could feel anything but happy about this.

The Cadillac people worked from a good base: even the lowly Nova has those svelte lines and great proportions:

Well, that Seville was considered one of the more crisp and lovely three-box designs of the ‘70s, and I have to agree (not big on Chevys though). It was 1000 pounds lighter than a DeVille and was known as “international sized,” since most American cars were still waaay bigger than anything from Europe. This Seville…

But they had space for a lot of people. Up to eight if you were willing to cram it and still travel with a small degree of comfort, ideal for those saturday night specials with your buddies. And it wasn’t a full sized LTD but a middle sized Granada:

“While I’m glad the money went to charity, I’m not sure how I feel about this car selling for the price of eight standard Mustang GTs.”

$300K? “Ha! That’s cool!”

Ummm... perhaps because this story is about oversized 1970's cruisers :) 

In high school, I drove a full size Ford station wagon. I became quite proficient at parking that beast (including parallel parking). It was enormous, and an enormous POS.

Can we just pause to acknowledge the exquisite proportions and clean surfacing of GM cars of that era?

There were numerous other choices even in the 1970s. These cars were the last of their kind and were built on a theory of automotive design that went back to the 19 teens.

I often rode in and once or twice drove my grandfather’s 1976 Delta 88 Royal, pillarless four door. It’s a concept of a car that just doesn’t…

It would be so amazing to have grown up in the 70's & 80's and had to actually drive these pieces of shit, because they were no other choices.

This was an opportunistic strike against GM... Ford would have been working on the panther platform LTD for years by this time, and that downsizing hit the public in late ‘78 with the ‘79 LTDs.

Wheelbase down 7", length down 15", weight down ~400lb... and I think packaging was better, IIRC. I have an *almost* direct…