It's 1979, What Vehicle Are You Driving?
I will start.
'75 AMC Matador
This exact same model, color and all.
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Merlinnv12: 29940818419483/comments/-1
68 FORD BRONCO. Bought in 1970 and still have today.
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I have always liked the original Broncos going back to seeing Hank Kimball driving one on Green Acres
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kudos to you for even adimitting to that……..
To be honest, I wanted a Camero. The used car lot salesman (who didn't have one to sell) promised me that the Matador was sooooo much better! The guy had salesmanship trophy's all over his office. He had a gift of gab and I was happy at the time of closing on the deal.
My wife's first words to me when I drove it home were; "Did Batman retire and get rid of his Batmobile?" 😯 😁
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1955 VW Beetle
1973 Chevy Blazer
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Allen, hunting partner had the same VW beast. Our families got together to go camping in the Adirondacks. Looked in rear view mirror on NYS Thruway and white smoke all over from the beast behind me. Drove about 100 yards and NYS Trooper on cross over. I asked for distance to next exit. He said it you tow that VW I will give you a ticket. After you get thru toll gate i don't care what you do. He called tow truck and it cost $75 to tow the beast one half mile to toll gate. Put a rope on it and towed it from New Paltz to VW dealer in Newburgh. What a wild ride that was. Cost a fortune to rebuild and it lasted about six months and my pard gave up the beast. —-Ray
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1974 F100
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1979-ish, I was riding on my Dads motorcycle.
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78 Dodge power wagon. Don
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1979 Ford F-150 XLT 4x4 with a 460 ci. powerful gas hog……..farm vehicle.
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1977 f-100 ford shorted truck . Camper shell with curtains , red carpet and a built in bed .
And a 1977 650 Yamaha .
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75 Ford Gran Torino 2 door. Without the Starsky and Hutch paint job.
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'71 Plymouth Cuda.
Frequently driven on the weekends . . . a rather short distance at a rather quick speed with a really weird traffic light and some other guy right beside me.
I have pics - somewhere - but it would be tough to get them out, scan them, and upload to the internet.
Yes, I still wish I had it.
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almost like Austin's a 1969 Torino Maroon with black vinyl top with a warmed up 302 identical to this one without the hood
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I wish I had a pic but I don't. 1979 Camaro Z28. Bright silver with red/orange stripes and dark carmine interior.
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1976 Chevy Stepside Chevy. It was 3 years old and the front fenders wwere starting to rust out. I coached Little League baseball and would load the team up and travel across the county to away games.
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wolfpack: 29940818419483/comments/-1
I wish I had a pic but I don't. 1979 Camaro Z28. Bright silver with red/orange stripes and dark carmine interior.
Like this??
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Aaaah, the 70's! We were heavily into BMX, so this was my racebike and my daily driver.
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My new 1979 yellow f150 the price was to right and fell into my lap
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1977 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD pickup and 1970 Chevelle
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It would appear that Ford is dominating this thread! First on race day!
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My College car until gas doubled….. This one was not mine, but it was exactly like this one. 1972 Thunderbird. 429 V-8
Before the end of the year, I switched over to a 1975 VW Scirocco ..Also not mine, but exactly like this one
It was quite a change, but I went from 11 MPH to 29MPH !
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Somewhere along that time I bought a 1973 Lincoln Mk IV for $600. It got about 10 mpg but it got it in STYLE!
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my 69 camaro I still have
and a one year old 1978 King cobra mustang I had bought about a year earlier bought it a few weeks after meeting my future wife ( who is still with me amazing enough )
just like this one
a bit of a dog with a smog 302 and 4 speed at the time but it got attention big time
sad all show no go 😣
6k window sticker and they would not budge
and besides I had my BB chevy 69 camaro for fun and fast
I recently read only 5k of these were made
and yes street racing and cruising were huge part of my life I do miss.
will also add over time I owned a lot of the same model of cars every one posted
pony cars muscle cars were my favorite with a few cruisers tossed in like a ltd ll Mont carlo tbird and similar I just loved all cars
have as story about some olds cars and a old GF from almost 50 yrs ago I looked up a few months ago . it is story in its self trust me ) I will share at some point I knew she had some photos of my cars and us .
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In '79 I had a '75 Chevy half ton short box, black with red/silver racing stripes on the hood with a 350 four barrel. Got about 8/10 mpg but I had my foot in it a lot. Also had a '78 Honda CM400T. It threw a rod a few years later at 8000 miles and I gave it to a friend.
Had the Chevy until '82 when I traded it on a new Ford F-150 4x4 4-speed, inline six 300.
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William81: 29940818419483/comments/-1
My College car until gas doubled….. This one was not mine, but it was exactly like this one. 1972 Thunderbird. 429 V-8
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Before the end of the year, I switched over to a 1975 VW Scirocco ..Also not mine, but exactly like this one
It was quite a change, but I went from 11 MPH to 29MPH !
the Scirocco, interesting car
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I remember the VW Scirocco. I had a VW 411 before the Matador. I think IMMIC it was a 71 model. It had lots of room in it and the up front trunk was kind of cool.
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William81: 29940818419483/comments/-1
My College car until gas doubled….. This one was not mine, but it was exactly like this one. 1972 Thunderbird. 429 V-8
https://us.v-cdn.net/6031683/uploads/ZMWG9KHY7226/image.png
Before the end of the year, I switched over to a 1975 VW Scirocco ..Also not mine, but exactly like this one
It was quite a change, but I went from 11 MPH to 29MPH !
I wanted one of those VW Scirocco but ended up with a VW Rabbit. I had one like this, but it was the fancier LS model. It got around 36mpg and always wished it was a diesel. It was not a very good car as I took good care of it and around 85000 miles it was about shot.
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1972 Ford Pinto and a 1968 Ford 1/2 ton pickup w/6 cyl. (I think they were called F100 then).
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In 1979 I was driving my red '73 Trans-Am 455SD....….traded-in my first car, a red '68 GTO, to get it.
Bought them both new..........wish I had them BOTH back!!😫
My '92 3000GT-VR4 is sitting in the garage with clutch and A/C issues........sigh.🙁
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1976 Chevy K-10 log bed.
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