I happened to see one of these this morning, which blew my mind. These hunks of crap sucked 30 years ago when my parents had one - why on earth would someone still be driving it in 2013?
The 1977 Ford LTD II. Ours was the exact same kelly green color, inside and out. AM radio only. My friends called it "The Green Slime".
1976 Olds Cutlass Brougham
My mother drove a 1977 or 1978 Chevy Impala. We called it "the tank" and my mother said it held the road like a greased pig.
It's amazing that we somehow survived driving around.
1960 Plymouth - ( New Window )
1960 plymouth - ( New Window )
The 70's was not only terrible for the Giants, but for Cars as well.
We had the LTD II for several years, replacing it in 1986 with this beauty. Gotta love the plastic "wood trim". Seven years later, this became my first car. Try picking up girls when you're 17 cruising around in one of these. Yeah.
It was my parent's first new car. Initially the bought a Bonneville, but it didn't fit in the garage so they returned it and got the Catalina. I remember it was huge with no A/C and vinyl seats. During the summer when it got hot it was like a furnace and those seats burned your legs. Thanks Dad!
My mom had a cousin who was the top salesman of Rolls Royce in the world and he always had really good used cars for my dad. So we traded that in for this bad boy
And unfortunately my sister the car killer got her hands on it
It didn't last too long. My father had a Camaro or Trans-Am (East Haven, CT sonnnnnn) until I was two or so but I don't remember it. He reluctantly had to get a family car: a shit brown 1981 Corolla that was going strong at over 300,000 miles when he got rid of it in the mid-90s.
Then my dad bought a 1973 Barracuda with a 318 V8. Great car. Not the top end performance version but it was fast. The below pick is almost an exact match. Dad's car didn't have the hood scoops. I wish it did.
The other had a Olds Delta 88
I also went through many cars like water! 1965 Chevy belair, 1969 Buick Electra 225, 1970 Plymouth Duster, 1975 Olds Cutlass Supreme, 1970 Plymouth Satellite, 1969 Pontiac Bonneville, 1973 Plymouth Satellite, and on and on! LOL!
1986 Mercury Sable LS (Blue)
1983 Chrysler LeBaron (Battleship Gray with a maroon cloth interior)
1980 Fiat (Sedan, Pale Green color - don't really remember it from when my parents had it except from photos but it was my grandparents car and they kept it for a little while after my parents gave it back to them. My parents had it from about 1985-1986 as my father's mid-70's Gran Torino was shot and they were awaiting delivery of the Mercury Sable mentioned above)
My butt still hurts when I think of that car :(