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Muscle Car Trends of the 1970's

Windy Heap - 12-12-2013 at 03:37 PM

Somehow, :rolleyes: today I got tangented to a Chevelle car web forum via a web search on vintage Pioneer Super Tuner Auto-reverse car stereos and Jensen Tri-axles 6x9's.............but I digress.



Some of these comments really make my cheeks hurt from ear to ear continuous grins, as 2/3rds of them hit way deep home.

The 70's, :lol: Good times.


thought I'd take a few of you down memory lane:





yes, I'm talking about "you" as most of you middle age old farts like me still remember Gas at less than a buck a gallon and can totally relate to these car trends..........





http://www.chevelles.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-108161.h...

indigo_wolf - 12-12-2013 at 03:52 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Windy Heap  
yes, I'm talking about "you" as most of you middle age old farts like me still remember Gas at less than a buck a gallon and can totally relate to these car trends..........


Filling the motorcycle gas tank with soda can deposit money..... oh the memories. :rolleyes:

ATB,
Sam

BigMikesKites - 12-12-2013 at 08:56 PM

Gas was 56 cents a gallon when i started driving. My 8 mpg Mustang didn't seem so bad then.

BeamerBob - 12-12-2013 at 10:37 PM

Those Jensens were "Tri-Axials" if I remember correctly. I had a Pioneer Super Tuner in the early 80 in my Toyota 4X4. It was the best system I've ever had in a vehicle. 500 watts and 6 speakers in that small cab.

I remember being concerned when gas went over 70 cents. I had a Camaro SS that got about 13 mpg.

beachrights - 13-12-2013 at 04:01 AM

1975 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Convertible-1st car- 12mpg. Was Owned by Betty Davis [my father was impressed...I wasn't!]

Had 8 track in it and came with........Van Halen Women And Children First!!!! Oh yeah baby!

Had 2 holes in the floor boards in the rear passengers foot areas, made for easy disposable of the beverage cans. :saint:

Drove the snot out of that car till it blew the engine, caught on fire and burned on the side of the road....I was more pissed that I had just put $20 in the yank then the car roasting! That's 25 gallons of gas then!

BigMikesKites - 13-12-2013 at 04:44 AM

How you guys getting such good gas mileage. My 66 Mustang should have gotten better than your 75 OLDS. I guess i was having more fun with my car at the time.

bugymangp - 13-12-2013 at 07:49 AM

i was working on cars in the 70`s in many gas stations i remember gas at 47 cents a gallon.
i would work all day on cars and after closing would work on my car and all my buddys cars till way into the night.
there was nothing i wouldn`t do pull engines, trans, rear ends. paint. i could do it all. i used do a 70`s chevy brake job in an hour. replace shoes and pads. cut drums and rotors. repack bearing etc. i loved working on cars. still do. right now i got a 1930 chevy all stock in my garage gas back then was 9 cents a gallon. now i`m looking for 1970 camaro my wifes first high school car, i can`t believe the prices people are asking for rust buckets. i really do miss those days.

abkayak - 13-12-2013 at 01:27 PM

1st car Shelby Gt 500KR convert i was 16...present car Subaru Forester..nuff said

Windy Heap - 13-12-2013 at 02:00 PM

first car was a 1970 VW bug.

Lime Green, flared fiberglass fenders, Red Velour interior, mag wheels wide tires.......grins.......yes it had fuzzy dice.


we timed our engine drops, I think we were in the 10-12 minute range, and a skateboard was my engine stand.

1835 cc big bore with dual webers. (dual webers slowed us down some)


Bladerunner - 13-12-2013 at 04:16 PM

Wildcat with a 430 4 barrel. You could put your foot to the floor and watch the gas gauge drop.



AnnieO - 14-12-2013 at 04:57 PM

I have a Chevelle SS 454 convertible.
I love to see the expression of people's faces when I tell them I just spent $350 on an 8 Track tape player :o

But that just so happens to be the going rate for a restored original AC Delco 1970 AM/8-Track player.

BeamerBob - 14-12-2013 at 07:55 PM

Quote: Originally posted by AnnieO  
I have a Chevelle SS 454 convertible.
I love to see the expression of people's faces when I tell them I just spent $350 on an 8 Track tape player :o

But that just so happens to be the going rate for a restored original AC Delco 1970 AM/8-Track player.


With that engine I might not ever listen to the tape player!

Windy Heap - 15-12-2013 at 06:07 PM

4 barrel carbs wide open (heck we used to have dual quads) and headers with open pipes = song.