Far Out Man! aka the '70s automotive styling compendium thread

[patrikman]

^ please tell me those are australian

[J-Tim]

^ please tell me those are australian

I think those are British but the one at the bottom has Australian historic registration plate.

No idea what the car is

[sweatyworker]

Last one is the Leyland P76 Force 7 concept. Others are Reliant's, yes the same maker of plastic three wheelers...

[BRealistic]

Last one is the Leyland P76 Force 7 concept. Others are Reliant's, yes the same maker of plastic three wheelers...

Concept? I thought they sold those to the public?

[patrikman]

I was almost in the market for a winter beater.


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678A0443 by patrikman, on Flickr

[silverspeedbuggy]

No one has posted this yet? Disappoint.



(Yeah, I know it's not factory. But just LOOK AT IT! You can't get more 70's than the Corvette from "Corvette Summer.")

[patrikman]

[patrikman]

stacman's got me on a mopar kick

[patrikman]

[Dodge-ball]

I stumbled upon this thread doing an internet search and liked it so much I decided to join the forum.

this is one of my favorite decal cars:

[Voodoo.T]

Holy crap that's badass Thanks for sharing.

[patrikman]

I stumbled upon this thread doing an internet search and liked it so much I decided to join the forum.

this is one of my favorite decal cars:

welcome, that is a cool car....there is actually one in the area.

[Dodge-ball]

^^oops I missed it, sorry.

Hah, my first post here is a repost. Figures.

[patrikman]

^^oops I missed it, sorry.

Hah, my first post here is a repost. Figures.

no repost. I hadn't posted it yet.

Feel free to post anything here you like, as long as it is from the 1970s and you think it is cool.

[Chris_V]

I stumbled upon this thread doing an internet search and liked it so much I decided to join the forum.

this is one of my favorite decal cars:

A favorite of mine, as well. I had the Grand LeMans version, with a built 400 in it:



I'd love to find another one (followed one to work yesterday morning) but there have been no black velour interior ones to be had anywhere anymore.

[Dodge-ball]

I've always wanted a car with red vinyl interior.

here's two more of my favorites from way back then:

the first Superglide:



and I actually owned one of these. I had #1076, a 1975 in black and gold:

[Rukh]

The first car I ever rode in - my Dad's '73 Maverick Grabber, with a 302, "3 on the tree," red exterior (w/ white stripes), and a black vinyl interior w/o A/C (yeah, my little toddler legs were peeled off that hot vinyl many times):

That's my dad in the stripes. Pic taken when he was a CPL in the Army, at Aberdeen Proving Grounds.

My dad's Porsche 914 2.0 (also red over black):

[patrikman]

A 914 is something I have always adored, I will have one some day.

[Provocyclist]

A 914 is something I have always adored, I will have one some day.

I always imagined the 914 racer as being a lot bigger than it really is... Its pretty dang small!

[Dodge-ball]

is this about as "tapey" as furrin cars got in the 70s?

[Gus Polinski]

there's a disturbing lack of custom vans in this thread. Vans were in their heyday in the 70s.

[patrikman]

is this about as "tapey" as furrin cars got in the 70s?

Actually that isn't too bad. I think without the decals it would look too odd. Plus, they add at least 10 ft. lbs. of torquesteer.

there's a disturbing lack of custom vans in this thread. Vans were in their heyday in the 70s.

You are correct, I like a bitchin' van.


Does anybody remember a crappy b movie with this creepy dude in a black van? Late 1970s judging by the cars IIRC. He would tailgate people and he had this hitch on his front bumper. He would catch the ball on themetal bumper of the car in front of them and run them off the road or something. I am sure I saw it on TBS or some crap.

[patrikman]

[Rukh]

I always imagined the 914 racer as being a lot bigger than it really is... Its pretty dang small!

917?

[Dodge-ball]

do want:

[TetsuoShima]

there's a disturbing lack of custom vans in this thread. Vans were in their heyday in the 70s.

A really big fantasy of mine has been to buy one of those awesome 70's/80's/early 90's, grab a whole bunch of friends and just go on a cross-country road trip.

Thanks for the awesome pics those vans are amazing

[Provocyclist]

917?

Yup, thanks for catching that for me, i knew 914 wasnt right, but couldnt remember the right number.

[BattleRabbit]

Actually that isn't too bad. I think without the decals it would look too odd. Plus, they add at least 10 ft. lbs. of torquesteer.

For torquesteer you need "torque." Neither the 750cc 3cyl 2-stroke nor the V4 in the Sonnet produced much of it!

[NoLongerLow]

do want:

Had one of those. In yellow, the curves are shown off quite a bit more. This was my car. Soo much fun to cruise in. Love that V8 sound.

From 1973 AMC Javelin

[patrikman]

Had one of those. In yellow, the curves are shown off quite a bit more. This was my car. Soo much fun to cruise in. Love that V8 sound.

From 1973 AMC Javelin

cool car, my friend's dad has a '73 Javelin, a bit more sedate than that though. I'll have to dig and see if I can find a pic.

[Seitan]

this thread makes my inner redneck want to come out...

just found these two gems on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1978-...item256574b8b7

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge...item4aac937987

[patrikman]

this thread makes my inner redneck want to come out...

just found these two gems on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1978-...item256574b8b7

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge...item4aac937987

There was a guy on my block that had a Lil Red Express growing up, such a bad ass truck.

[LA57Jetta]

I wasn't even a thought in my parents brains yet when any of these cars were made, But I owned one of these. Was supposed to be my first car, Sadly I let it rot in my driveway and I sold it to my supervisor for dirt cheap. It's amazing how some of the advertisements people have posted from the time era, That the cars were so cheap brand new compared to todays cars.

[patrikman]

love that bus ad

I saw these last weekend, the 911sc Targa in the middle may or may not be a 1970s model


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678A0709 by patrikman, on Flickr

[rabbit07]