to another time. Like this one.
It's not my cup of tea, but ten year old me is squirming out of the family's Falcon wagon to go get a closer look...
Datsun310Guy wrote: Cragar's......dual quads.....
And those Cragars are four bolts. I hated them then, but they're nifty now.
Don't forget the name! I had a Formula 400 back in the late 70's that had "Dream Weaver" painted in rolling gold leaf across the back side of the rear spoiler!
In reply to mndsm:
No, see that's what really gets me about this picture. I see your point, stack FI and zoomies were cool, but not all that common on the street. This car seems to capture the typical street machine in the mid to late 70's, which was also a little past the gasser era.
What happened to the fad of air ride rear shocks set to high? HiJackers
This was the era of the exploding Pinto and I remember that municipalities had laws about how high you could actually lift up the back end and still be legal.
It was a stupid look and I guess these guys were the ricers of their era.
Woody wrote:Datsun310Guy wrote: Cragar's......dual quads.....And those Cragars are four bolts. I hated them then, but they're nifty now.
Fours on the front, fives on the back.
If that thing doesn't have a "Gas, Grass, or Ass" sticker on it somewhere, they didn't do their homework.
bravenrace wrote: Don't forget the name! I had a Formula 400 back in the late 70's that had "Dream Weaver" painted in rolling gold leaf across the back side of the rear spoiler!
There used to be a Grabber Blue '71 or so Mach 1 in town with "TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT" across the back of the spoiler... in 1983 .
In reply to Duke:
Truth be told, mine still had a name in 1983. But that was the end, as I painted over it in...1983 to be exact!
When I was in high school (when those came out), there was a guy that had one like that. Good thing he worked at the local Ford dealer body shop. you could tell when he raced it Friday or Saturday, he had it in the body shop when they were closed on Sunday straightening out the frame. After almost every race day, he drove it home on 3 wheels. Only one front wheel touching the ground.
None of my Pintos ever looked like that.
In reply to JohnRW1621:
My first car, a 72 Mustang, had air shocks.
They kept blowing out every time I jumped a set of railroad tracks.
petegossett wrote: In reply to JohnRW1621: My first car, a 72 Mustang, had air shocks. They kept blowing out every time I jumped a set of railroad tracks.
My kids wouldn't think of jumping railroad tracks. WTH is wrong with them anyway?
bravenrace wrote: In reply to mndsm: No, see that's what really gets me about this picture. I see your point, stack FI and zoomies were cool, but not all that common on the street. This car seems to capture the typical street machine in the mid to late 70's, which was also a little past the gasser era.
I get what you're sayin. It's totally period correct, for what it is.
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