I don’t know where you get the idea that almost as many people liked the X-body cars as people did the A-body cars because the X-cars were poor sellers.

I love the rocket aged imagination used to make cars look futuristic during the 1950s.

The Omega was a car designed in the late 1970s that debuted as a 1980 model. 1980 is not a cut-off date That’s why I said these types of graphics were leftovers from the 70's. Such large graphics hung around for the first couple of years of the 1980s (hence not letting go of disco) but most everything transitioned…

I definitely don’t have an all inclusive list which wasn’t what I was trying to do. But it is interesting to learn how many Canadian specific marques and models they had that the U.S. market did not. Like all the Geos badged as the Asuna brand.

I’ve heard “Lincoln Thunderbird Division” brought up before as well and that was just someone’s made up explaination or imaginary memory. There was no Lincoln-Thunderbird Division of Ford Motor Company. The only divisions Ford ever had initially was Ford, Mercury and Lincoln. Ford always .stood alone as a division…

Interestingly, Ford started adding back the Ford Blue Oval to the exterior of cars in the 1970s. First on Australian Ford cars then later European Ford cars. It wasn’t until 1982 the Blue Oval was added to the grille of the Ford Granada. During 1983, all Fords wore the Blue Oval except the Fairmont which went out of…

The reason the Monarch and Meteor brands existed in Canada is because many towns were remote and only had one dealer. That could be either a Ford or Mercury dealer and either dealer was expected to offer a full range of products at every price point. So Ford dealer sold rebadged Mercuries as Monarchs and Mercury sold…

Yes it went throught prototype stages named Special Falcon, Cougar and Torino until it was decided to change the name and logos to Mustang which was previously used on the 1962 Two seat roadster show car. Cougar and Torino were such liked names they were applied to other production cars that followed the Mustang.

They look so much like the Cougars that I just always assumed that’s what they were. I never understood before now why Ford used them. I have read tons of historical books on Fords and I have never come across the meaning of the Ford crest and history of it’s use.

I call it Lah Tee Dah!

Except these graphics are a leftover fad from the mid to late 1970s. The Omega just would not let go of “disco”.

1968-72 were the best Oldsmobiles ever made. Best A-body, best Cutlass.

It was never a priority to maintain any of these malaise crap boxes. People just drove them into the ground which would only take a few years to do and then send them to the salvage yard.

The A-body cars were a much better package being bigger than the X-body cars they were based on and visually better styled and proportioned. The X-body cars were just awkward and old looking by 1982 when the A-body and J-body cars made their appearance. Also with the X-body cars, there was not that much fondness for…

Can you spot the Nova in this picture?

The only reason I remember this specific version of the Omega is because I used to collect car brochures from all the dealers every year. Most people bought regular versions of the Omega and those SportOmegas were truly rare.

The F-150 had no equivalent to the Blackwood bed.

The Goofy Cyclops!

The name Lincoln means absolutely nothing here. This piece of shit will never rival the exclusitivity of a nice Continental Mark II or a 1960s Continental. Even “Jock Ewings” 1979 Continental Mark V has way more clout.

It might be worth it to replace the bed with a real F-150 one from a salvage yard.