Cars That You Refer To By The Model Year?

"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 06/24/2015 at 21:17 • Filed to: None

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For instance, I will always point this out as a ‘57 Bel Air.

But I will always refer to this as a 911 SC.

What are some examples of cars that you refer to by the model year?

camaroboy68ss > jkm7680 06/24/2015 at 21:22

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I always use the year when talking about cars, especially the cars in the families fleet. The only car I don’t use the year for most of the time is our 56 chevy. I usually call it be its name of Taboo

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > jkm7680 06/24/2015 at 21:24

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‘59 Eldorado. Most Tri-Fives. 67-72 Muscle cars.

Because Racecar > jkm7680 06/24/2015 at 21:29

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I do muscle cars by year, sports/exotics/roadsters etc by model and package, and trucks by generation.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > jkm7680 06/24/2015 at 21:30

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64.5 Mustang. It’s never anything other than a 64.5, that half year is so damn important apparently.

70 Chevelle too, only year with that perfect combination of the 70-72 body style with the 4 headlights. There are Chevelles, and there are 70 Chevelles.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > jkm7680 06/24/2015 at 21:35

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32 Ford,

El Rivinado > jkm7680 06/24/2015 at 21:42

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It’s pretty normal for me to refer to a lot of old cars that way. That’s because the specific model year is so iconic for the appearance in question, that it just feels weird without it.

Birddog > jkm7680 06/24/2015 at 21:42

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Only by year? I think 55-57 Chevies are the only ones I’ve ever done that with.

In a group of friends it’s different.

“Timmy’s 65 sounds amazing with the new exhaust!”

If you weren’t in the group you wouldn’t know what Timmy had..

In this case it’s a 1965 “300 Deluxe”.

jkm7680 > Birddog 06/24/2015 at 21:44

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Same, I call a ‘55 Bel Air a ‘55 Bel Air and that’s pretty much it for me.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 06/24/2015 at 22:01

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First thing I thought of

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > jkm7680 06/24/2015 at 22:18

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Most American cars from the 50’s and 60’s, mainly because it got to the point where models were being facelifted or redesigned almost every year.

lone_liberal > jkm7680 06/24/2015 at 22:18

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I’m with you on the tri-fives. I think it’s because they are one of the few cars to have substantial cosmetic changes three years in a row. You can’t get a picture in your mind of what’s being discussed by just saying “a mid-50s Chevy”.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > jkm7680 06/24/2015 at 22:42

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63 Vette

2002 BMW (trollol)

32 Ford

69/70 Mustang

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > jkm7680 06/24/2015 at 22:43

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I do it with newer stangs, tri-fives; along with most 50's metal. late 60's metal I know, newer cars (80's and up) I try but I usually just do the chassis code (E36, S13, etc) instead tbh

ly2v8-Brian > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 06/25/2015 at 00:00

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deuce

Dunnik > jkm7680 06/25/2015 at 00:17

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Good question!

When asked “what kind of car is that?”, if its a classic (25-30 yrs+) then I’ll include the model year, or a range of years (since with some 50’s cars, refreshes happened every, like, 5 minutes and its difficult to keep track of it unless you’re an aficionado).

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > jkm7680 06/25/2015 at 00:41

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“Cruisin’ down the streen in my 64.”

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > jkm7680 06/25/2015 at 00:43

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For a brief period of time I owned both a 99 Civic, and a 91 Civic. So I refereed to them by they’re model years. Funny part is the 99 was getting replaced by the 91.

fourvalleys > jkm7680 06/25/2015 at 03:36

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There are a few models that always get it from me, but only the early models of each. It seems that the 80s did away with it mattering exactly what year a car is from.

Mustang, Impala, Mini, Camaro, Cadillac, and 20s/30s coupes are the ones that jump out automatically.

I’ll also lump the Miata in with it, although sometimes it’s just NA/NB. But then you have to clarify 1.6 or 1.8 for the NA, and VVT/non for the NB. It's easier just to ask what year and assume it's the stock engine.

jkm7680 > Dunnik 06/25/2015 at 09:58

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That’s a good point, sometimes I’ll refer to a classic by an approximate year instead of just saying “oh that’s a Mustang”, I’ll say “that’s a ‘67-ish Mustang.”