Pretty Nice

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 01/17/2018 at 13:28 • Filed to: None

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Spotted this in the parking lot at my boys’ middle school. Pretty sure this is somebody’s DD, perhaps a teacher. Not perfect, but very clean and tidy. I like it.

CobraJoe > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 13:40

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Some days, many days actually, I want to DD an old car instead.

But I need a car that can occasionally haul kids, and crash safety and all that.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 13:41

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My bet is on the Industrial Arts teacher.

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 13:44

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BeaterGT > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 13:45

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Some interesting lines on that car, love the spoiler.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 01/17/2018 at 13:48

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Mine too, actually.

ttyymmnn > BeaterGT 01/17/2018 at 13:49

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Some GREAT lines on that car. I dig the spoiler, too. It makes the car.

ttyymmnn > CobraJoe 01/17/2018 at 13:51

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I also passed a really nice El Camino of similar vintage today. When I first went to live with my dad in 76, he and his wife only had a Camaro (a couple years earlier than this one) and a Karmann Ghia. We made more than a few road trips in the back of the Camaro, with my brother and me crammed in there.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 13:54

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Whitewalls and rally rims. Works. Doing something similar with Rusty.

Factor in: 40-year-old car...

lone_liberal > BeaterGT 01/17/2018 at 14:02

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I had a ‘72 (RIP) that didn’t have the spoiler and it does look strange. My ‘71 has it and it looks much better for it. It’s one of the few modifications that a previous owner did that I’m keeping.

shop-teacher > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 14:05

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My elementary school PE teacher DD’s a blue 2nd gen Trans Am, complete with giant screaming chicken on the hood.

Come to think of it, there were several interesting rides among the teaching staff of that school. The music teacher drove a Fiero. One of the Special Ed teachers drove a Saab 9000 Turbo. Our principal rode a Honda Goldwing to school every single day, even when it snowed. Considering there were less than 20 staff members in the whole school, that’s not too shabby.

Definitely more interesting that the sea of beige that is the parking lot of the school I work in.

ttyymmnn > shop-teacher 01/17/2018 at 14:06

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The music teacher drove a Fiero.

That sounds about right.

BeaterGT > lone_liberal 01/17/2018 at 14:06

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RIP ‘72. It’s because the car has no butt, so to speak. The spoiler gives it some flare, glad to hear you’re keeping it on!

lone_liberal > BeaterGT 01/17/2018 at 14:14

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Yeah, it just sloped down from the roof with no break. It was weak. Even the low Z28-style spoiler gives it some character. Ignore the pizza seller sitting on the fender:

BeaterGT > lone_liberal 01/17/2018 at 14:16

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Reminds me of when I brought my Z28 to Papa Johns and got a free pizza...

lone_liberal > BeaterGT 01/17/2018 at 14:19

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Sadly my ‘72 had gone to Camaro heaven by then (with the assistance of a power pole) and the ‘71 wasn’t road ready when that happened.

shop-teacher > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 14:25

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It does. The funny thing was she was near retirement. She looked like a little old grandma (I mean, she was probably 60ish, so to a 10-year old ...), but drove a white Fiero. Visually they didn’t match.

ttyymmnn > shop-teacher 01/17/2018 at 14:32

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There was a clarinet player in one of my orchestras who was about 10 years older than I (we lost him to cancer last year; fuck cancer). One night, he rolled up to rehearsal in a bright red Crossfire. I said, “Hey! I always wondered what a midlife crisis looked like!”

shop-teacher > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 14:36

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Hahaha!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 14:41

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Camaro or fire bird? I can’t tell. Pretty damn cool to be DD’ing a car of that age.

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/17/2018 at 14:42

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Camaro. Not sure what year.

E39, K5. Whatever it takes. > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 15:02

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Based on the wheels and fender badge, looks like 1979.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 15:12

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You got to give them the period correct prize. Looks pretty unmolested

ttyymmnn > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 01/17/2018 at 15:15

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And that’s what I like so much about it. I understand rest-mods and all that, but I’d much rather see something returned to its original condition as much as possible. I am a historian, after all, and this looks like it was lifted right out of the past and plunked down in the school lot.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > E39, K5. Whatever it takes. 01/17/2018 at 15:27

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Ttyymmn remembers 1979, so do I.

CobraJoe > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 15:51

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There’s a 76 Ranchero on my local CL that tempts me every time I see it. Baby blue patina with some fat black D window wheels and a 351.

I want it so bad, but the wife would never sign off on it as a DD. She would need to drive it every time I needed the family car to haul the kids.

ttyymmnn > CobraJoe 01/17/2018 at 15:57

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When my VW was totaled by a drunk driver, we had to get a car for my wife to drive. She had been driving the VW (5 speed) but wasn’t crazy about it. So I set about finding a car for her, and found an awesome used Focus ST. Ran like a scalded dog and was an absolute blast to drive. I wrung it out on the test drive, and the salesman commented that he’d never had a buyer flog it like that before. My kids were in the back seat, and they had the biggest shit-eating grin on their face when we got just a little air over a hump in the road. Sadly, I knew she wouldn’t want to deal with that power, and the stick, so I had to pass on it. Also, the back seat was almost non-existent. So we settled on a 13 Civic which she really likes, even though it’s absolutely gutless, but we can put all five of us in it when necessary.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 16:29

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The yellow wheels really bring it all home

ttyymmnn > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 01/17/2018 at 16:34

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Agreed. And I love the white walls.

dannyzabolotny > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 18:38

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I was just looking at these earlier today! And then I deduced that I’m still better off getting a C3 Corvette since I’d get better brakes and a better suspension for less money than a clapped-out Camaro. All the Camaros around here are like $6000 for a shell that needs an engine, an interior and paint work. Meanwhile you can get a running, driving C3 Corvette for around that same money.

ttyymmnn > dannyzabolotny 01/17/2018 at 18:50

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I like how the Camaro of that era kind of slips in under the radar. To have one with really great performance, and look like a showroom demo, would make for an awesome sleeper.

dannyzabolotny > ttyymmnn 01/17/2018 at 19:37

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I see plenty of them at the drag strip with giant turbos on iron block LS motors, so I don’t necessarily think “sleeper” when I see one. Heck, any Camaro is far from a sleeper around these parts.

E39, K5. Whatever it takes. > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/17/2018 at 22:42

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As do I. Here’s me in ‘86 with my ‘78.