70s cars as they really were!

[BlackSheep214]

7 hours ago, LouO said:

Just my first car (parked for the winter season) after a lot of hard work. Still in search of a 1971 Chevelle model kit at a reasonable price so I can replicate it.

Good luck with that. I’ve been looking for the old MPC SSlasher Chevelle Kit. Even Red Alert Chevelle are going for stupid money.... if you can find one.

[BlackSheep214]

7 hours ago, Mike C. said:

I can remember building the Red Alert Chevelle when I was a kid. I'm fairly sure it had the 4 round taillights. Hard to believe they haven't reissued it lately.

I know right? You’d think they would put out a reissue Chevelle Kit by now. MPC and AMT had ‘72 Chevelle kits.

[DPNM]

My daily driver from around '75 to '78. It's a picture of a picture my step-sister took.

 

[Mike C.]

12 minutes ago, DPNM said:

My daily driver from around '75 to '78. It's a picture of a picture my step-sister took.

Nice Vette! great T shirt too. Total 70s. 😄

 

 

[Oldcarfan27]

57 minutes ago, BlackSheep214 said:

I know right? You’d think they would put out a reissue Chevelle Kit by now. MPC and AMT had ‘72 Chevelle kits.

Neither one of them is great. Both were modified and retooled back, so the details are wonky.

MPC was brought back from a dirt tracker and has discernable fender eye brows and bug eye headlights. 

During the Racing Champion days, the AMT was converted to a 70 and then converted BACK to a 72, but the grille and headlight detail isn't as good as it was prior to the 70 redo.

If R2 would spend a little money to improve either of them then it would be worthwhile, but since they've reissued the 70 two or three times already, I doubt they'll do much with them now.

[BlackSheep214]

58 minutes ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

Neither one of them is great. Both were modified and retooled back, so the details are wonky.

MPC was brought back from a dirt tracker and has discernable fender eye brows and bug eye headlights. 

During the Racing Champion days, the AMT was converted to a 70 and then converted BACK to a 72, but the grille and headlight detail isn't as good as it was prior to the 70 redo.

If R2 would spend a little money to improve either of them then it would be worthwhile, but since they've reissued the 70 two or three times already, I doubt they'll do much with them now.

I could care less whether it's wrong or wonky.  I don't worry about accuracies in auto than I do with aircraft kits. I did the SSlasher kit and loved it. Heck,,, I wanted the Red Alert kit that I wished I had bought back then.

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's a duck. 😁 

 

Edited April 28, 2022 by BlackSheep214

[carrucha]

Right On!

[Oldcarfan27]

On 4/27/2022 at 3:55 PM, DPNM said:

My daily driver from around '75 to '78. It's a picture of a picture my step-sister took.

 

Looks like a 427 on the hood. I don't know how you let it go! 1978 - probably due to the price of gas.

[DPNM]

11 minutes ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

Looks like a 427 on the hood. I don't know how you let it go! 1978 - probably due to the price of gas.

Not that I like to admit it, the car had a 427...hood. 

It was a different time back then. I bought the car for $3000, drove it 3 years and sold it for $3000. Had I known today's prices I would have kept it, and many others. If I had 1/3rd of the vehicles I've owned I'd have a fantastic collection.

Edited April 30, 2022 by DPNM

[Oldcarfan27]

8 minutes ago, DPNM said:

Not that I like to admit it, the car had a 427...hood. 

Well, with the hood and the side pipes, the car sure looked the part.

Guess you had one of the first "clones".

Edited April 30, 2022 by Oldcarfan27

[DPNM]

 

25 minutes ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

Well, with the hood and the side pipes, the car sure looked the part.

Guess you had one of the first "clones".

 

Story I got was the original owner blew up the four deuce seven. I don't have any old paperwork to run the VIN. Can't say if it was a big block car to begin with. It was cheap and I wanted my own Corvette. My Dad had a '56 which I got to drive once. With him in the car, at 6am, in the rain, headed to work. Woot. I was around 20 when I owned the '67.

I also had a '66 convertible with a 396/4spd. I didn't keep it long.

Edited April 30, 2022 by DPNM

[Oldcarfan27]

5 minutes ago, DPNM said:

 

Story I got was the original owner blew up the four deuce seven. I don't have any old paperwork to run the VIN. Can't say if it was a big block car to begin with. It was cheap and I wanted my own Corvette. My Dad had a '56 which I got to drive once. With him in the car, at 6am, in the rain, headed to work. Woot. I was around 20 when I owned it.

I also had a '66 convertible with a 396/4spd. I didn't keep it long.

[DPNM]

My Dad's '56:

[DPNM]

And I owned this when I had the '67 coupe, although it is a bit off topic.

Edited May 1, 2022 by DPNM

[1972coronet]

On 4/27/2022 at 8:50 AM, ChrisBcritter said:

My only '70s sort-of-muscle car was this '72 Chevelle SS - the base model with 350 4-barrel, owned it from '85-'87:

Monrovia Train Depot ! Great background for that car.

The LS-5 wasn't available in California for 1972, IIRC -- not sure that even the '400' (402) was an option here.
I prefer the front clip of the '71 & '72 .

[br67]

Thanks for sharing these pics Pat! 
Really love seeing pics of real day 2 cars

[ChrisBcritter]

Northbrook, IL in 1972:

My mom suggested we get in for a photo; my apologies to the owner (anyone around Chicago ever see this one?).

[DanL]

My 1970 1/2 Z-28 from 1974... I remember many Sunday mornings replacing the broken U-bolt on the right side traction bar. My eternal nemesis was a bright white 1970 Hemi Cuda. We would meet on the street or at Pacemaker Automotive at least once a week. I'm working on replicating it with the 70 1/2 AMT Z-28 kit...

Cheers

DanL

[Oldcarfan27]

21 hours ago, br67 said:

Thanks for sharing these pics Pat! 
Really love seeing pics of real day 2 cars

Thanks, Brandon! I'm glad you guys are enjoying the post. I liked seeing these pics too, brought back memories of my childhood when cars like these were commonplace. 

54 minutes ago, DanL said:

Looks exactly like the pics I posted, Dan. And you were there!

[Mike C.]

I'm one of those guys that think the 1970 Camaro was the best looking. Everybody seems to like the '69.

[DanL]

the 70 camaro was a great looking car....

[Oldcarfan27]

Found a few more to add.

Here's a couple I pulled from IMCDB website under "CHiPs"

Look in the background at the beat up 70 R/T Challenger convertible!

And finally, this one is just sad. Looks like it was rolled, had a pole fall on it and had the roof cut off to rescue the occupants. And by the way a couple of these chuckleheads are smiling, I'm going to assume the driver made it out alive. Unfortunately,  the same can't be said for the Cuda. What a waste!

[1972coronet]

14 hours ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

And finally, this one is just sad. Looks like it was rolled, had a pole fall on it and had the roof cut off to rescue the occupants. And by the way a couple of these chuckleheads are smiling, I'm going to assume the driver made it out alive. Unfortunately,  the same can't be said for the Cuda. What a waste!

Another perspective (in absence of evidence to the contrary) is that the driver of the 'Cuda swerved to avoid something or someone in his path-of-travel, and rear-ended an immobile object, which swung-around and hit a pole, which fell-upon the roof of the 'Cuda.

[Oldcarfan27]

6 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

Another perspective (in absence of evidence to the contrary) is that the driver of the 'Cuda swerved to avoid something or someone in his path-of-travel, and rear-ended an immobile object, which swung-around and hit a pole, which fell-upon the roof of the 'Cuda.

This is my story on this picture.  I'm going to speculate the driver was the solemn looking guy with the beard and dark blue jacket being hugged by the blonde guy with the shades. He doesn't look too happy about the outcome and his buddies just came around to hassle him.

I believe the part about swerving to miss something, but judging by the flattened fenders, that car rolled over and hit a pole or maybe vice versa. I seriously doubt that with the setup and rake that car has, that it was driven very carefully. 

I had many teenage friends with cars like these and all I can say is how lucky they were to be alive after those cars were gone! 🙊

In the 1980s, teenagers were the death of many of these cool cars.

I had a six cylinder, automatic, peg-leg Camaro as my first car, so I had nothing to show off!

[Jantrix]

The tail-up, nose-down with fat tires trend in the back was in full swing when I was a kid in the 70's/80's, and I loved it. I still do. If I had a muscle car with say "limited" resale value, I'd happily do that, still today. And drive it everywhere. 😁