MEMORABLE LUXURY CARS : 60s AND 70s
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- In the world of automobiles, the 1960s and 1970s were strange times. Whatever their faults, the '60s and '70s have left their mark on automotive history. In fact, the American automotive landscape drastically changed between 1960 and 1979.
During that time, most car manufacturers changed their philosophies. Manufacturers downsized and introduced a wide variety of new models. However, one trend that was evident during the time was the rise of luxury models. Considering their cars lacked power and performance, it appeared that car manufacturers were focusing on convenience and interior features. This is the story on the most memorable American luxury cars from the ’60s and 70s.
This is the story on the most memorable luxury cars you wished your mom and dad owned.
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MOST MEMORABLE CAR: CADILLAC ELDORADO LIKE THE 1 IN THE 1972 FILM SUPERFLY!
That interior of the Chrysler New Yorker Sedan looked like the inside of a Coffin or something else you would find in a funeral home. IF they made a New Yorker today the interior would have graffiti and smell like urine.
When I was in high school my mom drove a '69 Eldorado. Today I drive an '85 Eldorado Biarritz. It's as luxurious as anything made, but nimble and economical. I've enjoyed it and kept it maintained for twenty years, and I plan to keep it forever.
My 1st car back in 1997 was a 82’ Eldorado Biarritz. Great fucking car.
I would never let that car go.
you have a running HT4100????
Oh yes !!
Don't let it out of your sight !!
My first car was my dad's 74 Monte Carlo. Maroon red with vinyl roof, landau option. You could drive over speed bumps without feeling it. Had swivel bucket seats, massive heavy doors and a hood that stretched out into the horizon.
I drove a hand-me-down 1973. By the time it got threw 3 other siblings, well you can only imagine.
1974 Olds 98 Regency Sedan. That was one anazing car! Wish we still had it today!
66 Toronado and 67 Eldorado are the ultimate dream cars.
I could not agree more, and in that order.
Man do I miss all these cars. So much, that I bought a 1978 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe. The car is big and extremely comfortable. It just floats down the road. Beautiful!
My first car was a 1975 Oldsmobile Toronado. My neighbor gave it to me (well, he gave it to my dad to give to me) back in 2000. I love that car still, even though it's sitting under a tarp in my back yard. I'll get her back on the road one day.🙏🏾🙏🏾
My dad had a 64 Cadillac convertible when I was growing up. It was awesome!
Great car. I had a 64 Cadillac Sedan de Ville. Fun to drive and very powerful.
Growing up I loved my Father's Buick Electra whale with its massive crushed velour seats and large windows with no side pillar between the front and back. On long trips riding in the back it was like a limousine with a very high seatback for your head and it was so wide and roomy. This car also would lay a scratch and had tons of low end torque. Surprisingly it was a very trouble free car and lasted about 180,000 miles which was super for a car of the time. I think the engine was so well matched that it didn't have to work hard.
I'm only 16 but the cars that made my childhood were/are my grandfathers Lincoln Continental Mark V that he drove/drives as a sunday car and my fathers former daily driver (Citroën bx)
Most-memorable car was of course my first: 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix. White on red vinyl with a white cabriolet roof. *Factory power sunroof* plus buckets, power windows,a/c, and a 350 4 Bbl. God i loved her!
My older cousin had the same one. Those cars road smooth! RTS!
Relax Scott 😌
@@ThisOldCarChannel radial-tuned suspension. Said so on the plaque on the dash ❤️❤️
Had one too. Triple blue with a 400/TH400 combo
The list of cars my neighbor had is painfully awesome. He was gifted with electronics and computers and in the early days of the internet in the 1990s he invented a few things and opened his own ISP. By the time he was twenty he was making more money than both my parents combined. He ended up buy my house from my parents a few years later and lived there for at least 10 years, I'm not sure now as I moved away myself after college. He owned in order by what he bought, 1969 GTO Judge, 1970 Chevelle SS, 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird, and a 1983 Buick Grand National. Those cars effected me seriously and I've been a gear head ever since. He sold the Superbird to some famous actor I was told but I'm not sure who it was. The GTO was bought by a player on the St Louis Cardinals. Might have been Jim Edmonds but I'm not sure, been over 20 years ago now. I own a 1972 Chevelle myself. My by far favorite "object" I've ever owned. I did get one ride in the Grand National and it was impressively fast.
Childhood memories from the Buick Electra 1968. What a car and sadly those car days will never return.
They can return if electrification reaches all of its goals.
My mom had the Cartier Lincoln Mark V. It was very memorable
I was told they had a real diamond in the clock or insignia!
@@charlesmatte2238 there was a diamond in the center of the opera windows and in the center of the dash clock
I came close to owning an old boat of a Lincoln but I got blocked by my mom. We were visiting family in PA and my uncle offered to sell it to me for $200. 1979 Continental Town Car with the 460 V8, dark blue with matching leather interior. Absolutely gorgeous old car. I had the cash on me and was all set to buy it off of him, but I wasn't 18 yet and my mom said it wasn't a practical car. I was not a happy camper for the rest of that trip. Sadly, my uncle died before I was old enough to make the decision for myself and all his cars were auctioned off.
That's a mother for ya
She was right but I get why you liked it.
Oh man, that was child abuse! I feel your pain!
Bummer memory but a memorable memory.
My dad had a 1969 4 door LTD. I inherited it in 1980. I took out the front bench seat and put in high back captain seats. The backseat was huge and great mor making out. It got wrecked in 1885 parked on the street. 275 K Miles and it ran great.
My first car was a 1968 Citroen DS21. Innovations galore!
Fantastic cars. I`ve a 79 Cadillac Coupe Deville 425 cui and try to hold it alive in this silly times, even when gas prices rises more and more.
The cars my folks had when I was growing up were a '71 Datsun 510 coupe (dad's car) and mom's '73 Chevrolet Vega wagon, complete with fake wood siding. Dad was very knowledgeable with cars, so he kept both immaculately maintained (the Vega never overheated and was thus a reliable car). When my grandfather was selling his '73 Pontiac Grand Le Mans wagon, dad bought it as the Datsun was almost ten years old and starting to rust away. A Toyota Corolla crushed itself against it while it was parked on the street; the Pontiac suffered no damage, the Toyota was a write-off. The most memorable car they had was mom's '80 Civic Wagon, which replaced the Vega. It was a wonderful car, running smooth and reliably and we never felt a lack of luxury. We'd listen to the radio and I still remember those songs. It got replaced years later with a Subaru GL wagon and the Pontiac with an '85 Toyota (Hilux) pickup, but I was getting older by then.
The earliest car I remember as a kid was a 1962 Ford Country Squire Wagon. I'll never forget the color of that wagon. She was black with the woodgrain sides, and red n white interior.
The next ride the folks picked up was a 67 Pontiac Ventura sedan. That was a huge gold car with black interior. My Pop was driving home from work one day and drove through a puddle at an intersection. Turns out it was a broken water main and the roadway collapsed under his Pontiac. He jumped out of her before she sank up to the rear doors! The insurance company didn't total her, but she needed a bunch of work done to make her road worthy again.
Then came a 69 Pontiac Catalina wagon. I took my driver's license test in that monster, and passed on the first try 🙂
Then the coolest car of the bunch...a 72 Firebird Esprit. I tried to talk my Pop into a White TA sitting on the showroom floor, but he wouldn't go for it. That F-bird ended up being my first car five years later.
I changed everything about that Firebird. Here's the list of work I did;
1970 GP 400 engine and Trans
78 TA interior out of a wreck(as much as would fit into my 72)
72 Functional Formula hood
TA fender flairs and rear spoiler
Gold snowflake rims from 78 TA
I had the Bird painted midnight blue metallic with the saddle interior.
New stereo system too with the 6x9 Jensen speakers in the rear.
There wasn't anything on the road that looked like my car in my hometown. Once in a while I would see a special edition black n gold TA driving around and we waved at each other 👋
Great memories
Great story about your TA!
Love it!
My dad bought a few Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park's through the 70's.
Love those 61-64 Lincoln Continentals.
My Dad bought a '68 Triumph Vitesse when I was about 8. We'd pretend it was a racing car and I can't think of Triumph cars without remembering good times spent with him.
I had a 1982 Olds Toronado diesel. It got 500 miles to a tank at 30 mpg. I could drive from Seattle to Billings Montana on a tank of gas in full luxury. I really miss all my former cars. I'd love to go back to those days and experience those cars one more time!
Unless That Was The Real Diesel Engine, IT Was Junk.
Diesel engine on a tank of gas
For me the most memorable cars was my dads old 59 Desoto Adventure and my dads old 72 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser, I did love does cars (the 72 Oldsmobile is my car now).
Really? Don’t ever get rid of that Vista. Great car
My first car was my father's 1984 Olds 98. That he bought new. Now ask anyone who drove with my dad and they will tell you My father drove like a kamikaze pilot. Being a 17 year old new driver like any healthy young boy I tended to driver alittle crazy myself. But what ever we dished out the 98 took without question. Not to mention that it was a beautiful car to look at and driver. I'm proud to say that I still own it to this day. Even after 250,000 mi the 98 starts right up and can cruise lazily along at 80mph. Not to mention that it never needed a tow. You can't go wrong with an Oldsmobile!
You still own it? Oh man your dad must be so proud. You did the smart thing to keep it, while the rest of us let them go 🤧🤧😢😭😭😭😭
My parents had a 1963 Mercury Monterey w/ the breezeway rear window. I was 4 yrs old and thought it was just the coolest thing ever!
I saved Virginia, my 1975 Imperial Lebaron sedan, from the scrapyard in 2012. Dozens of cars have come and gone since, but she'll always be my Grand Old Lady.
In the mid to end 90's,I drove my granddad his 1968 Chevrolet Caprice classic with the hidaway headlights.
It was a black sedan😁😁😁
(That was in Suriname)😁
We had a convertible Buick Electra 225. Also known as “the doctor’s car”
I owned a 1969 Chrysler 300, also know as “the bankers hot rod”
Great video. Mom and Dad in the 70's had a 1972 Buick Electra 225, sky blue with a white vinyl top and also had a 1973 Cadillac Broughm navy blue that had foot rests in the back seat area along with reading lights in the back seat area. Now I drive a 2017 Chevy Volt. Quite a change in size!
My parent's drove a 67 442 Oldsmobile, I loved that car , I was born in 1967 so I was so upset when they sold it in 1982 when I had my learners permit
My most memorable Mercury was the 1964 Mercury [Super] Marauder code name: S-55, with a 406-cid/405-hp [Super]. Four Speed Top-loader transmission ready to race, NASCAR (Holman/Moody) ran these babies in open competition that even gave some Ford fits, but the one to have was the tri-pwr 405-horse. From 1962 to 1966 the S-55 was the choice of choices in either 390/330- horse, or 405/385-horse [4-bbl] guise, they were devilish with weight saving techniques (aluminum panels)! Oh... and Merc had an S-22 in their Comet series (1960-1964), that competed with the Falcon/early Mustangs, Chevy's 283-cid Nova's and Malibu's and Dodge's 273-cid Darts. Although the S-22 started out as a trim package and a six cylinder engine, later one could opt for a 260-cid or a 289-cid/271-horse or 306-horse hi po engine by 1964! To give you some perspective a standard 1965 Mustang GT 289-cid only had 210-horse/300-ft-lbs from the factory! I own a 1998 Mustang GT 4.6L/281-225-hp/290-ft/lbs torque!!! I love this stuff!
When you’ve driven a old school Cadillac you feel like you’re in a tank😏
From the time I was born in 73, my parents had an Oldsmobile. They had a 70 Cutlass Supreme Holiday Coupe, then went to a 72 Custom Cruiser then they had 2 1979 Buick Estate Wagons with the olds 403,and ended their Olds run with a 1982 Regency Brougham and then they had an 87 Nissan Stanza GXE, 95 Grand Cherokee and a 2001 Dodge Durango SLT which I still drive today
My Mother had a 66 Buick LeSabre and my Grandmother had a 65 Buick Electra 225. My Aunt though had a 67 Cadillac Eldorado that was the most beautiful thing!
Ha my mother had a 66 Buick LeSabre too. She loved that land barge, despite its tendency to stall during left turns, wiping out the power steering at the worst possible moment. That behemoth loved to collect water from every puddle and trap it in the frame rails, which would then slosh forward during braking, and aft when accelerating, thus earning the nickname “the rolling bathtub”. The car eventually solved the problem all by itself, compliments of the water which created myriad tiny holes that in the frame rails - behold the self-draining rolling bathtub!
@@kcindc5539 Luckily we lived in Arizona where it's dry!
Mom had a 1972 Ford Country Squire station wagon that I got to drive to school. Loads of fun piling all my friends in for cutting class.
My dad had a 1976 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham 4dr hardtop. It had all the bells and whistles. I loved that car
I live cars. And thanks for showcasing these beauties. My father, we had a 55 buick century, a rare car. Then we has a 67 monterey. I used to watch shows like hiway patrol, Hawaii five o, cannon, mannix barnaby jones, fugitive just to watch the latest trends.the mark v, the Imperial, were more chiseled out. That's when they were more of an art form. My all time favorite. I must say is the 99 Olds Aurora, to me that's a car that looks beautiful at any angle. I recall seeing these beauties parked on front of these beautiful hotels, Ceasars Palace, to name a few. I wish they would make them again, with today's technologies. I'm still intrigued how John DeLorean made the 8 lug wheel on the pontiac. Also the power brakes on the 66 park colony. That could send you out the front window. I have like 450 thousand on my 2007 lincoln town car. 4.6 Bullitt proof engine. But I love them all, even if it's a stage coach. With a small block chevy..lol. at any rate I loved your presentation. Keep em coming. 💯 percent awesome!!!
I grew up with the GM front wheel drive twins in the driveway - a piano black over deep burgundy velour '74 Olds Toronado and a butter yellow '73 Cadillac Eldorado - my brother went from a '73 Volks 411 wagon (a POS if there ever was one) to a silver over black '75 Opel Manta (very nice car) and then on to a gold '77 Datsun 280Z - I drove the Toronado as my hand me down starter, then went to a buckskin tan '79 Pontiac notchback sport coupe 305 V8 (factory equipped to look like a baby TransAm) then on to a gold 1980 Triumph TR8. What can I say, we had eclectic tastes and except the 411 Volks, they were all very enjoyable cars. My dad went from a cheesy '71 turd brown Ford LTD to the giant Mopar Chryslers (a '72 powder blue over white New Yorker) and then pitched it all for a midnight blue over tan '75 MB 240 diesel sedan. He freaking adored the 240 and drove it until it almost fell apart. My buddies parents had the his and hers '79 Continental Designer Series, a Bill Blass and the Pucci edition - really nice cars. Hey, it was the Seventies, so what?
...1972 Lincoln Continental, four-door sedan, dark blue, with dark blue tuck-and-roll leather seating; gorgeous.
My dad had a beautiful 1965 Galaxy 500 XL convertible. It was black with a white top and red bucket seats separated by a console and floor mounted shift. NICE! He also had a 1978 New Yorker Brougham. That leather tufted interior was the bomb!
I smiled throughout this!😊 Thank you❤
My most memorable automobile of the 70's era was the 1971 - 73 Buick Riviera. Its tremendous power, aero dynamic styling, comfort and luxury, and the Corvette rear window made it stand out as (in my opinion) as the finest American-made personal luxury vehicle. I owned a 1972 Riviera and loved it.
I just bought one!
@@UncagedJDog89 - I’d love to say that sentence myself!
The beauty of the 67´Eldorado is beyond any word I could find... Perfect design in everything.-
My Mom drove an awesome 1973 Chevelle Malibu 2
door coupe with an off white vinyl top, bronze/ brown metallic paint, colonnade back windows, sport mirrors...this car was beautiful. She was only 5 feet tall maybe 100 lbs. my friends thought she was so cool! I got the car fom her and drove it until 1985.
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There’s so many so first the parents collection: ‘60 Caddy Sedan, then’ 63 Caddy, ‘65 Cadillac. During high school I bought’64 Fleetwood. which I loved and still want another! Then I purchased’73 Fleetwood. Long story short I’ve owned 30 vehicles most of them luxury vehicles. Best years of Luxury was 60’s and 70’s by far!! Thanks
Mom & Dad had a ‘74 Monte Carlo. Big cool car to cruise with friends on Friday/Saturday nights. Color was Silver with Black Landau Vinyl roof. Came with DANGEROUS (Blowouts) Firestone 500 Radial Tires.
The first car that I remember my Mom having was a 1966 Buick Wildcat convertible. It was red with red interior and a white top. My Dad had a 1970 Monte Carlo that was dark green and was a really cool car. We had a 1973 Lincoln Continental Mark IV, 1974 Oldsmobile 98 Regency, 1975 Cadillac Coupe De Ville, Triumph Spitfire, and a MGB throughout the 70s into the early 80s. We had some really nice cars. That Coupe De Ville was white with red leather interior and it had the heaviest doors I think I have ever seen on a car. Mom had the Mark IV when I was 16 years old, it had a 460 in it with Holley carburetor and it would do massive burnouts!!! In the 80s Dad had a Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz that was a beautiful car but it had that awful diesel engine in it, Mom had a Cadillac Seville, I had a Triumph TR6 and my sister had a 280 ZX. Good times.
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Great show! Thx! Favorite: a 1966 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser! Good times every summer cruising all the new Interstates!
When I was in high school my parents had a 1965 Pontiac Bonneville. It was their first really nice car with power windows/seat, a/c and cruise. It was a big heavy car with a smooth ride. It was also very fast with the optional 421 motor. I wish I owned that awesome car today!
My Dad was a Ford guy. They drove home in a brand new 64 Galaxie 500 4 door. I loved it. Later they traded that in for an LTD 4 door. Power everything and AC. I thought it was great!!
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1969 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron. Enjoyable automobile I do recall. Four door Gold with just about every option. Good video.
I had memorable moments in my Dad 71 Eldorado convertible with that 500 engine and front wheel drive
My 1s brand new car was a Buick Electra Landau coupe 225. I penny pinched, I was able to fully equipped it, for a tidy sum of 9k. My dad had a 76 also, but, he got an Eldorado also fully equipped even with the fuel injection. Big cars were plentiful & bc of the 73 gas crisis, 1 could finagle or walk. They were AWESOME landyachts. A bit thirsty but, mobile living rooms on long trips &, plenty room all around.
Miss em. In 78 got me a MARK V. Gr8 car til time to find parking on the streets. Small sacrifices, well worth it.
My grandmother had a 76 Cadillac convertible with white roof and interior. The paint was in turquoise blue. Loved to borrow the car and cruise the strip whenever we could!
My dad had a1968 Oldsmobile 98 LS with the bench set vanity mirror in the back beautiful car
Great video. '64 Buick Wildcat was my first car. Nailhead 445, it was an animal while still being a pleasure to drive, even when you didn't have your foot in it. Wish I still had it.
my most memorable car growing up was the 2004 Buick Rendezvous. My parents owned it from when I was like 7 to when I drove it to and from school when I was 17. it took us on many trips and I watched many movies on the roof screen thing!
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My mom drove a beautiful midnight blue ‘66 Mercury Marauder that I wish I owned to this day! What a beautiful and classy beast it was!
I have a '71 Mark 3. Loved your video. Growing up, I remember we had a Dodge Monaco station wagon. My Dad also had a Dodge Dart, Ford Falcon and a Citroën.
Thanks Dave. Memories. When we produce the videos, it takes us back to a simpler time. Just for a moment.
Citroen?😆
Many of these cars are bigger than many of the Tokyo inner city 'houses'. : ))
Growing up my dad drove a 73 Buick Skylark coupe. It was green with a white vinal top, and white interior with the shift in the center console. He own that car from 73 to 87, driving it everyday until it literally fell apart 😂. Omg the memories that were made in that car.
My first car was a 1977 el Dorado I remember it was a tank and very comfortable it will fit 8 passengers easy.
My dad had a black '68 Eldo with hide-a-light. Those seats were so cushy, they could lull you to sleep. The ride was like a luxury ocean liner on the road.
My parents drove two classics ….my mom had a 68 Galixie 500 that was just awesome. My dad drove, what I believe to be the prettiest, and most expensive, 1974 Lincoln Towne Coupe. We took many family trips in both and I learned to drive in both as well. My dad would eventually upgrade moms ride to another classic 1977 Mercury Cougar. I’m presently restoring it to its former glory. I wish I that 74 Lincoln!!
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Mom drove a '67 Chrysler Newport two-door hardtop from when I was four to thirty-four. I got my first driver's license in it. Before the '67, she had a '62 Newport hardtop.
That's how I became a Chrysler fanatic. I've joked that if I were a smoker, my favorite cigarette brand would be Newport!
Dad was big into Dodge "B" vans. I still have the Winnebago (Dodge B chassis) that they got in '76.
Growing up we had a new 1955 Chevy 210 2door. In 1962 it was a beautiful 1962 Chrysler Newport 2 door hardtop. 1966 Chevy Pickup with a 6 cyl 3spd. In.
1969 my dad bought a 1967 MGB-GT. In 1972 a new Mercury Montego MX 2 door hardtop. In November of that year a new 1972 Pinto Runabout. Some drunk in a 1967 Ford LTD came by on a Friday night and took out the 62 Chrysler and 67 MGB that were parked on the street. 1976 a new Ford F100 Custom. 1977 a new Mercury Cougar XR-7. In Feb of 1979 one of the first Honda Accord 4 doors in San Jose, California. Rounding off the decade was a mew 1980 Ford F150 after the 76 caught fire while parked. Parents didn't buy a new car for another decade. They bought a 1991 Ford Explorer in November 1990.
We had a 1968 Ford T-Bird Sedan w/ Suicide Doors. I still have dreams about being in that car as a child.
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My most memorable family truckster was a 1977 Dodge Sportsman Van. Two tone, red and tan. We traveled everywhere in that thing.
I learned to drive (and took my driving test) in a 67 Chrysler Town & Country station wagon. Driving in forward was great, but when I had to back up I felt like I was driving a box car because the space behind me was immense.
My car in High School was a 1964 Chrysler New Yorker with every possible option. Lacquer black, tons of chrome, 413 4-bbl Golden Lion engine. Best car I have ever owned.
Most memorable car growing up - my Dad bought a 1968 Ford Fairlane 2-door with a 289 high performance. It was yellow with a black top. It It was a very cool car.
My dad was a traveling salesman and always drove the Mercury Grand Marquis. Since he put so many miles on a car, he traded every year. We had a 72,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,and 79. It was such a beautiful car, and I fell in love with them. My mom always drove Mercury Cougar XR7’s. My favorite one was a 1977 XR7. I drove a 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix
I had a 79, and to this day I wish I kept it. Like driving a battle ship!
I know what you mean. I wish I had kept my 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix too. I traded it for a 1979 Ford Thunderbird, and while I liked it, I wasn’t crazy about it. I see 1977 Grand Prix’s selling for $25,000+. I paid $7,599 for my car. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20.
The car from my childhood that I loved the most was my father's green 1972 Oldsmobile Delta '88. He drove that car from 1971 to 1984.
Do a video on the 80's grand marquis and wagons. Had a 87 grand marquis wagon when I was 17
Had A 1969 Camaro Pace Car in High School ! Always reminded me of Summer !
There are a lot of awesome cars,👆☝🏽👍👏🏿
Thanks man.. My first real car was a 1980 Olds Toronado.. it was beige with red stripping and a tan leather interior. I took my GF out in it, we got married had some kids but, man damn just brought up a swell of memories. That car LITERALLY changed my life trajectory. I can't stop looking at it
My most memorable cars of the 1960's were flashy chrome era cars of the 1950's the 1957 Pontiacs, 1957 Oldsmobile and the 1957 Cadillac. Beautiful, great Automobiles
great video man, I'll tell you about my childhood parents vehicles soon...
really enjoyed your attention to detail dude!
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Galaxy 500 my dad had! Enjoying this video.
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Wow that rear window that slides down in the Mercury is awesome I never saw that before.
My first car was a 71 Pinto. It made it over 300k miles. My parents had a beautiful 68 Tbird gold over cream with a gold interior, fully loaded. It was such a beauty.
I was just entering high school in 1979 and I remember how my dad love those giant luxury cars
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My fav family car: a custom ordered 1969 Monaco 500 convertible. I forget the engine size but a 4-barrel carb was the big deal. Red body, White Top, Black Bucket seats (vinyl?) rear split by radio speaker. When it was just me & Dad he would get it up over 100 mph on the open freeway. I LOVED that!! My friends & I would badger him into "laying rubber" & when he'd peel away from the stop we'd squeal & whoop as loud as the tires with the fervour of a Southern Revival.
My FIRST car did NOT lay rubber ...when you hit the gas it went ..."FLUSH" -but I LOVED her: a 73 Sedan DeVille. Harvest-yellow 4-door pillarless. Padded vinyl HT, pale yellow/taupe leather seats. FENDER SKIRTS (I wish cars still had fender skirts), LOAD LEVELLERS, 472 cu in ...JUST SHY OF 5,000 lbs. The glove compartment was so big I always thought it could have come fitted with an optional bar ...The massive glove box door opened flat to make a place to hold things as you went into it on an expedition for "whatever." My thinking was you'd open it & a super high-gloss wood burl tray would slide out onto the back of the compartment door "a la James Bond." In cutouts would stand 2 chilled martini glasses, a bucket of ice and some mini-bottles of one's fav booze or whatever ...Drinking & driving was only "JUST" becoming an issue & it was not "too" unusual for me to have a martini in my right hand, elbow propped comfortably on that great padded rest🙀😹 I've had other more exotic cars but you always remember your FIRST 😉 Thanks for indulging my nostalgia. XoXo
My favorite car of the seventies is the Chevy Malibu station wagon and the Chevy monte carlo
When I was a child (maybe 7 years-old) my dad bought a 1971 Buick Electra with a 455 and 4-barrel carburetor. It was fast and glided smoothly down the road. Gas was cheap back then, too.
my dad owned a Bricklin SV1 and a DeLorean DMC-12 when I was a kid in the early 80s. now I own the DMC-12 and my dad still drives the SV1.
My mom had a 1966 Olds Starfire coupe, think that was the only body style they were available in, during the 70’s and I fondly remember having to go to the Olds dealer with parents to get a part for it in late ‘77 and seeing all the new downsized ‘78 models and as a kid wish we had the (Monza) Starfire so bad but also that smaller Cutlass Cruiser with the two-way tail gate and how sweet it looked with the wood grain vinyl sides and body-color coded rally’s to match!
But in hindsight, I’d take that ‘66 Starfire in a heartbeat today, which by the way met its demise in ‘81 due to an engine fire that totaled it :(
When i was a kid i loved the seventy-something Ford Fairlane LTD and 69 Merc Cougar.
I learned to drive in a Buick Electra in ‘76
Between 60-79, my parents, my 2 sisters & then finally myself, we drove 1 Buick, 2 Chevys, 2 Pontiacs, & 3 Oldsmobile Cutlass, the Buick was a 78 LeSabre custom, the Chevys were a 57 210 & a 64 Corvair Monza, (my moms favorite), the Pontiacs were a 63 & a 69 Catalina, last but not least, the 3 Cutlasses were a 68 Cutlass S, a 72 Cutlass Supreme convertible, & a 75 Cutlass GMO, my favorite was the 75 Cutlass GMO, but it got the worst mileage, it became a 80 Chevette, but I remember all but the 57 Chevy, all the others were very cool cars!!
My had a 1974 Buick Electra 225 Custom Coupe. It was dark green, black half vinyl roof, black vinyl interior and power everything. One of the greatest riding cars I've ever been in.
All gorgeous cars
I remember parents driving 2 Galaxy 500s then a 68 TBird 4 door Landau then a 73 Monte Carlo and then a 76 Monte Carlo
Loved the 70s large American cars like 98s and Electra's and DeVilles
My ride was 76 Thunderbird. Jade. Power leather, mini-vent windows, 4 ashtrays 4 lighters, aviation glass/high voltage ac deice windshields, AM/FM 8track quad sound, power antenna, cruise control, climate control, 4 wheel disc brakes, factory aluminum mag wheels. That 460 ran tops. Drove that car 18 years. Sold it and watched it drive away.
The 1st car I ever bought with my own money was an 84 Torranado, black with excellent red leather. It had a 307 that could barely pull it down the road!
Beautiful car!
A 1964 Falcon Sprint. I loved that car, dad sold it before I got my license.
My parents had a 1969 Buick Skylark, 2 door that they bought new in 1969, a year before I was born, and retired it in 1985, the year before I turned 16....it was parked in the bush waiting for me to restore it one day....except one day in the 90's a guy drove by, saw the car, asked my dad about it and he said, TAKE IT, my son will never get around to fixing it!....ugh....he still owes me a Skylark1
When I was born, my dad had a 1960 Buick LeSabre convertible in chocolate brown with a white soft top. My mother wasn't too crazy about it as it wrecked her hairdo if she rode in it with the top down. Me, I LOVED IT!!! 🤩
My mom had a 1971 Dodge Charger SE. That’s my favorite car. I had a 73 but would like to have a 71 SE that is exactly like my mom had.
My parents drove a 1975 Buick Electra 225, and a 1970 Pontiac Catalina, and rarely driving my mom's first car which was a 1955 Buick Super "4 Holer" special, which still exists in her possession to this day.