1980

"Jonee" (Jonee) 01/22/2015 at 14:48 • Filed to: None

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I love this photo. It's everything that was right and wrong about cars at that moment in time.

DrScientist > Jonee 01/22/2015 at 14:53

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i see...

american land yacht with 37 ft turning radius,

european deathtrap roadster,

american muscle delivering speed in only one direction,

japanese (?) reliability and mileage, and CB radio.

and a creepy van for enticing minors when minors could still be enticed by the prospect of free candy.

oh i love the 80's.

ranwhenparked > Jonee 01/22/2015 at 14:55

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I see nothing wrong at all with the 4 vehicles in the immediate foreground.

Hey, y'all, watch this! > DrScientist 01/22/2015 at 14:57

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Speed in more than one direction is for Commies.

ttyymmnn > Jonee 01/22/2015 at 15:10

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Yessss!

Jonee > ranwhenparked 01/22/2015 at 15:41

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If my garage was just all 4 I'd be a happy man. The F-10 and the Jensen-Healey weren't the most reliable cars was what I was referring to.

ranwhenparked > Jonee 01/22/2015 at 15:59

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Also that Monte Carlo on the billboard is pretty slick.

Jonee > ranwhenparked 01/22/2015 at 16:05

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My dad had one back then and he hated it so he traded it in for a Cutlass which he loved even though it was the same car for all intents and purposes. I guess badge engineering sometimes worked.

ranwhenparked > Jonee 01/22/2015 at 16:09

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It must have, the Cutlass was the best-selling car in America in the late 70s/early 80s - every parking lot was packed with the things. GM's downsized A-body coupes were nice pieces of design though.

Jonee > ranwhenparked 01/22/2015 at 16:15

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They really were. They were exactly what people wanted at that time.

imprezanoturbo > Jonee 01/27/2015 at 14:44

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I always thought those little Datsuns looked like the cars on a carnival ride. The ones that went round and round making little beeping sounds and flashing their lights.