If you had a Monza in the early 90s you had a car that was long since wore out. Cars from the 70s era did good to last 5 years, if you were lucky more. I had a 76 Cobra II V8 that was worn out by 1983. My best old cars were my 78 LTD II 351 V8, my 85 Z28 and 85 Tbird V8. The 85 Tbird lasted the longest followed by my…

Yes GM offered it in the early 60s. It didn’t sell and they ignored turbos until the late 70s. GM brought back turbocharging starting with the 1979 Buick Riviera but it never sold well. Turbos ended up in Regals and Monte Carlos too as a result but they didnt sell well either. They gave up and supercharged the Buick…

Probably. Even back then base Camaro interiors were the same as base Camaro Z28 interiors but you could order the upgraded interior with low back bucket seats with separate headrests and luxury cloth. Initially you could also get a Lear divers seat similar to a Recaro with spectrum colored “Camaro Camaro Camaro” cloth…

It seems ridiculous now but you probably never lived through the times when there was gas shortages and the onset of EPA fuel economy and emission standards that at the time were tough to meet without the modern tech we have today. It was all about getting vehicles to be lighter weight and sip less fuel. Fortunately…

I agree. It works because those front ends were wide and the grille inset deep. It’s supposed to make you see that the full width inset grille is the primary elemenent with the headlamps floating inset.

I will forever love the original Scirocco.

It looks like a Mazda 3 with Volvo lighting elements. I like the wagon okay but of course the US won’t get that. Glad to see the alien skull dash gone. The new layout is cleaner and simpler.

Ford turbochaged its 2.3 liter Pinto engine as an option for the 1979 Mustang and Capri. It was also supposed to be offered in Fairmont and Zephyr models but aborted availability. It was trouble prone and production was suspended after a couple of years in. The original idea was to move away from V8s to meet fuel…

KThe first 4-cyl Camaros narrowly missed being 1975 models. Back in the 70s GM considered killing the slow selling F-Body. GM prepared prototypes of what became the Chevy Monza badged as Camaro. It would have followed a similar path the Mustang II did. GM decided to keep the F-bodies in production after all and…

The Iron Duke goes back to the 1976 Pontiac Sunbird which was a badge engineered Chevy Monza which were both based on Chevy Vegas. Vegas were infamous for their iron sleeved aluminum engines that disinigrated. In order to distance itself from those Vega engines, Pontiac marketed it’s iron block 4-cyl as the Iron Duke…

And you properly misspelled “Camero” like a real fucking idiot on here!

Guilty of special ordering a stripped down 1983 Camaro 4-cyl. manual in medium blue metallic. T-tops, body colored steel rally wheels with trim rings, rear spoiler, cloth seats, floor mats, bodyside moldings, radio delete, no AC and no power options.

I love a full width dash tiered like this one. Good symmetry.

Well it makes me forget the Impala, Lacrosse and XTS.....

This is a recent pic of my late aunt’s 1976 Mercury Bobcat Runabout which she bought brand new and had it until the day she died. It’s still in fairly good condition but a bit dirty from sitting there unmoved a few years. Many years ago she hit a deer and knocked out the grille which was never replaced because she was…

My favorite scale models will always be my Cobra II replicas that look like my very first car, a 1976 Ford Mustang II Cobra II V8 which I had from 1980-83. The rest of my favorites are in my display cabinet as assorted model years of Mustangs and Thunderbirds old and newer. I also have a few Cadillacs stored because I…

Yawn.

It used to be you bought a compact car if you wanted a better equiped car at a lower price while sacrificing some room or you bought a lower spec full-sized car at an affordable price point if passenger room was that important to you.

After personal experiences with a shitty automatic 2012 Focus and multiple friends who have cussed theirs with the same transmission and had to trade them it will be never that we go back to a new Ford.

Seriously, it’s a modern successor to the Pinto in the American Ford model line (Pinto>Escort>Focus) and its only purpose is to be an entry level afforable car. While extra cost premium versions are okay if customers are demanding them, the Focus line should not start out being a much higher priced vehicle. Generally…