Car Thread

[Detroitgator]

We also had an ugly assed Fairmont with straight 6... pine green with puke tan/orangish interior. At one point, we had an old AMC Ambassador that had been a mail car... no backseat, no seatbelts... it was like a playground back there!

 

[LagoonGator68]

Nice ride, DG!

 

[78]

No Vega!

Me neither. My second car was a '73 Pinto hatch. White with green trim. Explodable rear end standard.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

We also had an ugly assed Fairmont with straight 6... pine green with puke tan/orangish interior. At one point, we had an old AMC Ambassador that had been a mail car... no backseat, no seatbelts... it was like a playground back there!

There was something aboutnthe amounts of marihuana and other drugs consumed innthe 60s that made people think orange and pine green were a nice combo.

 

[Detroitgator]

Me neither. My second car was a '73 Pinto hatch. White with green trim. Explodable rear end standard.

First new car my parents ever bought was a ‘73 Pinto wagon with the fake wood paneling

 

[Detroitgator]

Nice ride, DG!

That’s about right!

 

[78]

There was something aboutnthe amounts of marihuana and other drugs consumed innthe 60s that made people think orange and pine green were a nice combo.

The big ugly in the '60s was harvest gold and avocado green.

 

[78]

Never been a Corvette with a 4. Only time they ever had a 6 was the first two years, ‘53 and ‘54 I believe.

If and when GM offers a midengine version, which is probably inevitable, I can see a turbo 6.

 

[Detroitgator]

The big ugly in the '60s was harvest gold and avocado green.

That became the go to for kitchens

 

[Detroitgator]

If and when GM offers a midengine version, which is probably inevitable, I can see a turbo 6.

Yes, they’ll probably have an Ecoboost equivalent

 

[78]

Yes, they’ll probably have an Ecoboost equivalent

You can tune the crap out of turbo 6. It wouldn't be far fetched to imagine 450-500hp. Better fuel mileage, too. But not as growly as an 8.

 

[Detroitgator]

You can tune the crap out of turbo 6. It wouldn't be far fetched to imagine 450-500hp. Better fuel mileage, too. But not as growly as an 8.

The Raptor Ecoboost gets that stock

 

[Blacklabgator]

You can tune the crap out of turbo 6. It wouldn't be far fetched to imagine 450-500hp. Better fuel mileage, too. But not as growly as an 8.

Remember the old Buick Grand National ? It was a turbo V-6 that was bad

 

[78]

Remember the old Buick Grand National ? It was a turbo V-6 that was bad

Yea I do. I wanna say GM had a couple turbo 6s back in the day.

Here's a more modern twin turbo 6 capable of 0-60 in 2.4 sec and 211 mph top end, a recent world record time of 47.3 seconds around the Nurburgring. Insanely fast.

 

[cover2]

Me neither. My second car was a '73 Pinto hatch. White with green trim. Explodable rear end standard.

Good Lord, there was another guy who suffered my same fate! Mine was a '72, pale yellow with (ripped) brown interior. About like this, but with a vinyl top...

You were the man if you could get a female to risk death and go for a ride in this death trap.

 

[Detroitgator]

Good Lord, there was another guy who suffered my same fate! Mine was a '72, pale yellow with (ripped) brown interior. About like this, but with a vinyl top...

You were the man if you could get a female to risk death and go for a ride in this death trap.

I can almost see the explodo tank!!

 

[Concrete Helmet]

Me neither. My second car was a '73 Pinto hatch. White with green trim. Explodable rear end standard.

My Dad bought my older sister a brand new Pinto, I believe it was a 77 or 78.....Holy cow that thing had to be the biggest POS ever known to mankind....I still remember my sister coming home stoned as hell and forgetting to set the emergency brake. That POS literally rolled down the driveway, across the street and into the middle of our neighbors yard at least a half dozen times.

 

[ChiefGator]

The first car I purchased directly for myself (I used to get hand me downs) was an 86 Lebaron GTS Turbo. Only 146 HP but it was fun to drive. One of my friends had a Vett when I was a lot younger, I used to park my junker beside him to protect it. Not my car but similar. This one does not appear to be turbo charged. They were not that popular. I do wish I could have it restored instead of donating it to the local school for car mechanics.

 

[oxrageous]

I do wish I could have it restored

Why?

 

[ChiefGator]

Why?

It was the first car I purchased for myself, I kept it far longer than most would even after I got a different new car.

I probably would buy one fully restored for a reasonable price. Unusual for me to be emotional about a car.