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Cars in the 1970s had power and lots of character. It was a time of change as the industry went from muscle cars to more economical ones. The gas crisis of the 1970s help modify the car industry. Despite these economic hardships vehicles remained quite large. But they did pave the way for how things were in the 1980s. In this video we will have a look at some 1970s snapshots of people with cars.
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I was too young to drive but my favorite car has always been the 69 Dodge Charger R/T. I would take that car any day over anything out today or tomorrow.
I remember we had a
69 roadrunner, 73 Duster,
63 nova, 52 international,
53 Ford truck, 69 nova there were a couple of more I can't remember them all.
My family had
Hotrods.
I was there I remember.
Ive had a 77 mustang 2 cobra with a 302, a 1970 Camaro z28, a 72 Chevelle, a 78 monza spyder with a 307 chevy, a 79 Oldsmobile Starfire with a 383 small block chevy..I have a 1974 C10 with a 383 sbc now.
You can't beat the 1970" THE MUSIC AND THE CAR'S And the long hair guys were I wish I could go back in time
I remember a lot of these cars, but my first car was a 1964 Dodge Dart and I got that in 1986. I love driving it and I wish that I still had it. Love from Marysville, California
Graduated high school in 80. An awesome time the 70s and 80s! Good memories!!
The mustang II is my favorite Mustang !!
I had a 1974 Plymouth Valliant. A friend had gotten a 1973, but sold it a year later. Like him, I got a straight drive. Ordered mine. Paid $20 more for heavy duty suspension and $15 more ford additional sound insulation. Had power disc brakes. These features made it, in certain ways, vastly superior to the stock model-excellent ride and handling. HOWEVER, there's the clutch and transmission. I had the slant 6 which is okay. The car would repeatedly stall out after the car moved about five feet because the clutch grabbed. The transmission fluid was dextron automatic transmission fluid. I think they did this to sabotage the transmission. Bearings went out at 49,000 miles.I lived in a small town and knew the Chrysler certified mechanic who rebuilt it. "This thing is a piece of junk." I told him "I'm afraid so." he replied. I asked him to put 85-140 gear oil in when he was repairing it. Got 65,000 out of the next set of bearings, but gears were worn out at 116,000 miles. Ever had a clutch like this? You engage until the car barely is rolling. Then you let off on the ACCELERATOR almost to idle while engaging the clutch then start pushing down the accelerator or it stalled most of the time. I always replaced the clutch discs with top of the line after market discs. Same problem. My friend had seen me a piece of tubing and told me to advance the timing 4 degrees. This helped the clutch problem somewhat, but a dog is a dog. The car got 21.5 mpg highway from the factory. I advanced the timing, used the tubing to bypass the office spark advance control, and disconnected the vacuum line to the exhaust gas recirulator, put a nail in to plug line. The highway mileage went from 21.5 to 24.5 mpg and had a definite increase in power.
Had a '72 Chevy Malibu
I had a 1979 Trans Am
Colorful people with these high powered cars. Not big leather black wearing guys and girls.
1979. Employee parking area at the restaurant I worked: Red 70 Roadrunner 383 4 speed. Petty blue 72 Demon 340 3 speed, 69 Mach I 4 speed, 70 Charger RT 440 4 speed and Dana, Assortment of girl driven Novas and Firebirds
My 1977 Firebird was my all time favorite car! Bright blue sleek beautiful & brilliant! They do not make cars like this one anymore! So much the pity
From 1973 through 79 I had a 68 Coronet, then a 68 SS396 Impala and a 70 Mach 1
my sisters 1st car was a 1978 Buick Regel
1972 Opel GT awesomest
wish i hadnt been born at the turn of the century 🙁
I this nearly a decade and a half before my time but wow the women were stunning back then.
Not all this fake filter crap we got going on now.
1:03. Doobie time.
I miss the muscle cars and halter tops!
I had 2 from that time period. 1970 Chevelle SS 454 & a 1972 Dodge Challenger.
Nothing but pickup trucks for my family. My school friends drove Chargers, Siuper Bees, Barracudas, Cougars. I had to walk to school. In my senior year , my dad bought a used VW Bug convertible for me and my brother to drive. He figured we couldn't get into much trouble with a 40 horse motor.
I had a Mercury Capri that looked identical to the one in the photo. I think it was either a 1970 or 1971 year model. It was a really good car, but when I got married and started a family it proved to be too small.
I love these pictures. Thanks so much for posting!!
Yes great times for sure! I'm glad I was teenager in the 70's. BTW I bet those two girls at 2:20 were fun to party with……I just know it!
65 Chevy 2 door post
6:05 😍😍
Yes real cars not like today
The '70s was the last full decade when you could actually tell cars apart from each other and they all looked different. I can't understand why people today accept the way that all the cars have that same rounded shape and and a Cadillac, for instance, barely looks any different than a Hyundai. This would never be acceptable in the 70s, when if you bought a Cadillac you knew it was going to be about five times larger than every other car and looked completely different than a Volkswagen.