A very long time ago when I was in high school I made a front air dam out of wood for my 76 Cobra II that was supposed to "replicate" the one on the 78 King Cobra. My intention was to fiberglass it and finish it off. I test fitted and drove around with it showing off the exposed wood and after hitting it on something…

It's also missing drainage grates to catch the run-off of water from detached rear bumper covers...

How now manual brown wagon cow?

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By then Super Fly Landau looks will be back in style, along with the new generation Mustang Active Silver Ghia with cranberry crushed velour interior and matching lacy spoke wheels.

...with swing away steering wheel and sequential taillamps.... Suicide rear dors...And Landau bars on a thick padded vinyl roof section covering the rear quarter windows...

My 1985 Thunderbird had the standard digital/analog cluster. I always liked the digital MPH readout. 

Ford trucks did not get column mounted ignition locks until 1980 when the trucks were entirely redesigned.

That was the standard cluster with analog gauges but digital MPH and odometer.

Evolution of the schnoz from after 1971...

Also, the 1974 Ambassador got the same front end styling as the Matador except it used a four headlamp grille. The 5 mph bumper impact safety standards for 1974 required new bumper systems and complete redesigns of the front and rear bodywork. The Ambassador was nothing more than a longer wheelbased Matador sedan…

More comment on the fragile noses. It became so much styling liberty that it became out of hand and insurance rates went much higher on certain cars due to the vulnerability of damage without protection. This is what lead to 5mph bumper impact standards implemented for the fronts of cars for 1973 and the rears for…

Also the Ambassador was gone by then. The front end parts went out of production and the powers that be really thought the new Matador coffin nose was avant garde fresh.

Chevy had a dual round headlamp version of the Monza ready just in case the rectangular sealed beam lamps did not get DOT approval in time for vehicle production.

Bunkie Knudsen was responsible for the beak noses on 1960 era Pontiacs. He was hired away from Pontiac to work for Ford and that is why you see “Bunkie Beaks” on late 60s and early 70s Ford Motor Company products.

Cyclones started out as versions of the Mercury Comet starting in 1964. The 1970 Cyclone featured here is a version of the Mercury Montego, a twin of the Ford Torino. The Montego debuted in 1968 as an uplevel model line based on the Comet, the same as the Torino was an uplevel model based on the Fairlane. The Cyclone…

Haha you are talking about old electric plug-in purcolators and my granny’s was not electric. It was all metal using a burner on the stove.

There was no Keurig. We had metal stove top purcolators. Maxwell House bitches!

I had the fancy hinging louvers for my 1985 Z28 which I bought as a Genuine GM accessory and it was a pain in the ass to put the three pieces together because I had to glue and slide the end pieces into the ends of each individual louver in the center section.