another auto thread [Archive]

Wile_E_Coyote

01-28-2005, 10:23 PM

Historical license plates go on vehicles 25 years or older, which makes a 1980 model eligible. What the hell will be the classic autos of the 1980s

HemiEd

01-28-2005, 10:25 PM

Historical license plates go on vehicles 25 years or older, which makes a 1980 model eligible. What the hell will be the classic autos of the 1980s

Dodge Mirada, Monte Carlo SS are the first that come to mind.

Jenson71

01-28-2005, 10:27 PM

http://carnut.com/show/01/all/sall063.jpg

Miles

01-28-2005, 10:28 PM

http://www.adelgigs.com/graphics/pfiles/p91182scb.jpg

Miles

01-28-2005, 10:31 PM

http://www.genesisautosales.com/dc/Ferrari/1980%20Ferrari%20308%20GTS-Magnum%20P%20I.jpg

dtebbe

01-28-2005, 10:33 PM

Historical license plates go on vehicles 25 years or older, which makes a 1980 model eligible. What the hell will be the classic autos of the 1980s

I always thought my 1979 Mustang Turbo was pretty cool, as cool as it got in 1979. For the mullet crowd the TransAm/Firebird can't be overlooked. In those years the Camaro still sucked.

For you 'this thread is worthless without pictures types':
You asked for it:
http://tko.cc/pix/new79.jpg

One of these guys is me, one is now a MO state trooper, and one is a counselor for wayward kids. My 79' Barebone Mustang Turbo is in the background. The only option it had was a heater, and I'm not joking. No power steering, no power brakes, no power anything. It didn't even have a center console, just a boot around the shifter and then another boot around the E-brake.

I blew up the Turbo 4 about 3 weeks after I bought it, the sound of the turbo spooling was just too tempting for me. We later swapped a 5.0 into it out of a 1985 Capri. That was the last year for the 4bbl carb with roller cam, about 210hp. I bolted on a NOS 125hp plate, and I was the big boy on the block. Can't tell you how fast that Nitrous kit paid for itself. Keep in mind this was back in 87', when everyone thought Nitrous would blow up your motor....

DT

Wile_E_Coyote

01-28-2005, 10:36 PM

I always thought my 1979 Mustang Turbo was pretty cool, as cool as it got in 1979. For the mullet crowd the TransAm/Firebird can't be overlooked. In those years the Camaro still sucked.

DT

I'm not a fan of '80s TransAm/Firebird :shake:

Phobia

01-28-2005, 10:49 PM

There won't be any. IMO.

KS Smitty

01-28-2005, 10:59 PM

There won't be any. IMO.

I tend to agree, although we were at a MOPAR show in Topeka a few years ago where a 1984 OMNI won Best of Show. :shake: All that fine classic American muscle there and an Omni won Best of Show...

Miles

01-28-2005, 11:02 PM

There won't be any. IMO.

Yep, Not a good decade for cars. I think the two I posted are classics, but they are limited production.

Miles

01-28-2005, 11:05 PM

I tend to agree, although we were at a MOPAR show in Topeka a few years ago where a 1984 OMNI won Best of Show. :shake: All that fine classic American muscle there and an Omni won Best of Show...

Not exacly a good example of American engineering. Cant really recall...Did Shelby have his name on one of the Omni models?

Hammock Parties

01-28-2005, 11:08 PM

*drool*

http://lwanmtr.rendervisions.com/demo/vehicles/DeLorean.jpg

Phobia

01-28-2005, 11:12 PM

I was kinda fond of the Dodge Daytona. I owned an 85 Turbo and 88 as well. The 88 was garbage, but I loved the 85.

I also thought the 82 Malibu 2 door had classic lines.

KS Smitty

01-28-2005, 11:15 PM

Not exacly a good example of American engineering. Cant really recall...Did Shelby have his name on one of the Omni models?

Not that I recall...

Miles

01-28-2005, 11:20 PM

Not that I recall...

Maybe it was the charger i was thinking of? It was some crappy Dodge at least.

KS Smitty

01-28-2005, 11:23 PM

Maybe it was the charger i was thinking of? It was some crappy Dodge at least.

I think you're right, I try to block out the 80 MOPARS, Iacocca may have pulled the company out of the toilet but gadzooks those K-cars sucked.

COchief

01-28-2005, 11:36 PM

The 80s buick regals have started to gain a gathering, mostly the rap crowd though.
Although I wouldn't mind a buick GNX.

Frazod

01-28-2005, 11:39 PM

I loved my '85 Cutlass Supreme. Great car. When I finally got rid of it, it had 174,000 miles on it.

go bo

01-29-2005, 12:12 AM

I loved my '85 Cutlass Supreme. Great car. When I finally got rid of it, it had 174,000 miles on it.my dad had a '64 cutlass supreme...

man, could that puppy could pick up and go...

go bo

01-29-2005, 12:14 AM

my dad had a '64 cutlass supreme...

man, could that puppy could pick up and go...he bought it new and only had it less than a year before some drunk ran into it while it was parked out front and totaled it...

Frazod

01-29-2005, 12:14 AM

my dad had a '64 cutlass supreme...

man, could that puppy could pick up and go...

Mine only had a 6 in it, but it did okay. I'd much rather have the '64, though....

go bo

01-29-2005, 12:28 AM

Mine only had a 6 in it, but it did okay. I'd much rather have the '64, though....the '64 cutlass was a "mid-size" car and very light for the cars of that day...

the big eight gave it plenty of oomph...

man, i wish i had that car now...

Frazod

01-29-2005, 12:42 AM

the '64 cutlass was a "mid-size" car and very light for the cars of that day...

the big eight gave it plenty of oomph...

man, i wish i had that car now...

I learned to drive in my mom's 75 Monte Carlo. Beautiful car, and boy did it haul ass. I really wish I had THAT car now.

go bo

01-29-2005, 12:53 AM

I learned to drive in my mom's 75 Monte Carlo. Beautiful car, and boy did it haul ass. I really wish I had THAT car now.oh yeah, mid-seventies monte carlos were nice rides... :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

J Diddy

01-29-2005, 12:59 AM

The pinto.

Ah yeah, a car that could get you the chicks.