Look At How Many Cars Have Passed On!

I bought a '75 Old Cutlass for $4375 brand new; drove it for 19 years and put over 186,000 miles on that sucker. Best car I ever had. That Olds Rocket V-8 was one of the best engines that Detroit has ever come up with. Averaged about 23 MPG and that baby could really haul ass. Never failed to start, even at 35 below. Went thru 2 alternators, one radiator and about 5 batteries...rest was for tires and gas...never used a drop of oil...ever low maintenance. Could hit 115 MPH without breaking a sweat. That "68 Camaro that I drove during my college days.....don't get me started.


Glasses can affect your vision; especially when they have been emptied several times....

Spring Break 2000 !!!

I loved the 60s-70s “muscle cars” with their big, rumbling V-8s but, if memory serves, most weren’t all that fast by today’s standards. I seem to recall 0-to-60 times in the sixes and sevens (seconds). I don’t think there were many, if any, that could do it under six without after-market modifications.

By comparison, today’s Honda Accord coupe that anyone’s grandmother might drive to the grocery store will make the dash to 60 in 5.5 seconds (Car and Driver magazine, April, 2013), while today’s performance cars will do it in the mid- to low-fours, or even the high threes.

None of this is really surprising, I guess, considering that carmakers have the benefit of 40-45 years of additional technology since the so-called “muscle car” days.

I had a 1962 Olds Starfire that had the aluminum strips down the sides of the car. Had a 394 cid engine that put out 350 hp. That car was sure hot for the time.

A friend of mine had a Chevy 409 convertible and it was the fastest car I ever saw at the time. We took it up to Island Dragway in New Jersey, and without slicks, the tires literally caught on fire when he took off from the starting line.

My buddy in high school had '73 Cutlass Supreme with the 350 Rocket engine. I remember quite a few crazy times with that car. One time, the alternator crapped out on us when we where in Yonkers and had to get 3 or 4 jump starts in the middle of the night and driving with no headlights to get back home. It took us 8 hours to go 80 miles.

Them old cars had a lot of character but man, did they rust. Rust is hardly an issue on a modern car.

We are about as many years from the 1964 GTO as the folks in 1964 were from the Model T and the Pierce Arrow. So speaking of which, what ever happened to rumble seats?

Not to mention those old cars were so easy to work on.

Amen! Cap, rotor, points plugs, carb. If you knew anything about these at all, it was easy to work on. I remember I had a 76(?) toyota celica that I had to stop every so often, pop the cap and rub a piece of sandpaper between the points to keep it going. I bought it from a friend for 200 bucks , it had 250K miles on it. I sold it for 250 and it had 335K miles on it, and it still ran pretty strong.

J

Hey thanks for posting some of those classics. Will share with my dad.

Some of the bodies on those small cars look pretty nice. Pinto, Pacer. Thats not an endorsement of their safety and reliability. But I'd be more open to buying a Honda Fit if it came in a package like that

I can without caps, rotors, and carbs and sticking a pen down the throat to start a flooded engine. Modern cars are far superior; they just lack character.