The AMC Pacer was supposed to get that Wankle engine too.

The entire original purpose of GMC was to have trucks to sell at Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac dealers without the Chevy badge on them. It wasn’t until much later that GM decided to play on the fact that people were going out of their way to buy GMC trucks just to have something that did not have a Chevy…

Gorgeous!

I remember when things from the 70s and 80s looked new. They looked new to me then, particularly the new body style 1973 Chevy pickup that my grandfather bought. I remember.

GM was all set just in case they could not get the rectangular headlamps approved.

Davis is not happy that you did not hold out for a LeBaron convertible with Town and Country woodgrain siding!

Rectangular headlamps were not legalized until 1975 and only the dual low and high beam ones were allowed at first. GM had the first cars to use the newly legalized lamps. They appeared first on the Chevy Monza/Buick Skyhawk/Olds Starfire and a few of their premium full-sized luxury cars including Cadillac.

With better quality...

Drop a crate motor V8 in it! Lol

Just take the glass hatch window off any 1982-2002 Pontiac Firebird and you also have an instant truck.

The late 60s and early 70s was a wonderful time for hidden headlamps that blended in with grille designs. It was tragic that a few cars like Thunderbird, Riviera and Eldorado reverted to exposed sealed beam headlamps in their late cycle model year revisions.

To bad it won’t be a bolt on swap. None of the front end parts are interchangeable. They are built on two different platforms and it’s going to require a ton of fabrication and modification.

The Riviera was supposed to have those concealed headlamps when it was first introduced in 1963 but cost overuns delayed them for a later model year.

That’s just a matter of subjective opinion. I like all of them.

8There are no sheetmetal fabrications or modifications that have to be made to create a Thunderbird Ranchero. You just swap the Ranchero hood and front end panel for the Thunderbird specific ones. Bumpers are all the same. Optionally you can change the fenders to Thunderbird ones like shown here but it’s not required.…

Those were total fabrications unlike the Thunderbird Ranchero versions which only required a front end panel and hood swap with Thunderbird specific parts.

It’s one of the most beautiful wedges ever made. It never looks old. Or maybe I never get tired of looking at it.

I could not tell you how many times I drove too drowsy from Charlotte to Albemarle in my 1985 Tbird after a late night out sober and alcohol-free. I am just lucky I did not black out and crash.

They will certain be worth more than any modern Mustangs because of already limted production and how many survive accidents that are equipped with drift sticks.

It’s scary knowing now many out of control egos in power want to rule the world.