THE SEVENTIES Options

[wonkipop]

out for my saturday morning long distance grocery walk.

........lo and behold.



1973 ford falcon XA.
pepper red. GT. 351 cleveland.
(aussie ford that is).
however ......styled in detroit. last of the aussie fords styled in the USA.
put me in a good mood all day.
owner was standing nearby and i had a quick chat.
freshly restored by him.
cracked a joke about it having its nose up like a 914.
......he knew what a 914 was and asked me why i said that.
told him i had one that was one shade of orange off his pepper red.
or was that pepper orange?
ie phoenix red. or is that phoenix orange. he knew what phoenix red was.

car blokes. top blokes.



70s. top era. go fast stripes. wild colors. emotionally crippled cars suffering from epa strangulation pillow suffocation.
sure beats the 21st century. what shade of grey is that again. oh yeah. mirage grey.
ah i thought it was saharan grey. nice polar silver SUV there mate. its not silver. its uber unsaturated black. tops. beaudiful touch screen you got there where the gear lever used to be. yeah. gear levers are for pensioners. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[bkrantz]

Wonk, nice find and story--thanks.

My car heroes of the 70s, including some I owned:
Porsche 914 (of course)
Fiat X1/9
Mazda RX-7
Porsche 930
Datsun 240Z
Chevy Camaro (Gen 2)
Chevy Chevelle SS

BTW, for those who were not there or have not studied automotive history, the 1970s was a difficult time for cars and fans. Initial emission requirements were ramped up leading to all kinds of crap bolted on to motors. Giant crash bumpers were bolted onto fronts and rears. Safety systems included all sorts of belts, buzzers, lights, ignition locks, etc. Cars got fatter, uglier, slower, and just not fun.

[wonkipop]

Wonk, nice find and story--thanks.

My car heroes of the 70s, including some I owned:
Porsche 914 (of course)
Fiat X1/9
Mazda RX-7
Porsche 930
Datsun 240Z
Chevy Camaro (Gen 2)
Chevy Chevelle SS

BTW, for those who were not there or have not studied automotive history, the 1970s was a difficult time for cars and fans. Initial emission requirements were ramped up leading to all kinds of crap bolted on to motors. Giant crash bumpers were bolted onto fronts and rears. Safety systems included all sorts of belts, buzzers, lights, ignition locks, etc. Cars got fatter, uglier, slower, and just not fun.

very tasteful collection of cars you have had there my man.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[bkrantz]

Wonk, nice find and story--thanks.

My car heroes of the 70s, including some I owned:
Porsche 914 (of course)
Fiat X1/9
Mazda RX-7
Porsche 930
Datsun 240Z
Chevy Camaro (Gen 2)
Chevy Chevelle SS

BTW, for those who were not there or have not studied automotive history, the 1970s was a difficult time for cars and fans. Initial emission requirements were ramped up leading to all kinds of crap bolted on to motors. Giant crash bumpers were bolted onto fronts and rears. Safety systems included all sorts of belts, buzzers, lights, ignition locks, etc. Cars got fatter, uglier, slower, and just not fun.

very tasteful collection of cars you have had there my man.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Thanks. How many of these were officially sold down under?

[wonkipop]

Wonk, nice find and story--thanks.

My car heroes of the 70s, including some I owned:
Porsche 914 (of course)
Fiat X1/9
Mazda RX-7
Porsche 930
Datsun 240Z
Chevy Camaro (Gen 2)
Chevy Chevelle SS

BTW, for those who were not there or have not studied automotive history, the 1970s was a difficult time for cars and fans. Initial emission requirements were ramped up leading to all kinds of crap bolted on to motors. Giant crash bumpers were bolted onto fronts and rears. Safety systems included all sorts of belts, buzzers, lights, ignition locks, etc. Cars got fatter, uglier, slower, and just not fun.

very tasteful collection of cars you have had there my man.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Thanks. How many of these were officially sold down under?

fiat X/19 (heaps of them - but all rusted out and gone even down here).
RX7 - heaps of them and still quite a few around. aus is big into mazda and rotaries.
930s. plenty. a mate of a late friend of mine owned the paris show display concept turbo. didn't have the turbo in it. was ex hamilton via porsche factory. long story.
datsun 240Z heaps and heaps. we got em early on. some of the lowest vin # cars are here apparently.

914s - never here. officially speaking. but there are a couple of special ones via the distributor. and two of the crayfords cars.
never see 914s.

camaro gen 2 or any gen. never here officially. but enough private imports you see em from time to time. the 21st century camaro was actually engineered down here.
i used to see the LHD prototypes out on the street with special plates back in the early nougthties driving around in the port melbourne area.

chevellle. never seen one in the metal down here. they are here. would like to check one out. i like the look of those but confess when its not a porsche i am kind of prone to fords. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)