Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Happy Mother`s Day to all Moms!
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Automotive
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
View Poll Results: Which early 70s mid-line make car do you prefer?
Buick Electra 225 Limited 8 42.11%
Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency 5 26.32%
Pontiac Grand Ville Custom 2 10.53%
Mercury Marquis Brougham 6 31.58%
Chrysler New Yorker Brougham 3 15.79%
Dodge Monaco Brougham 2 10.53%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 19. You may not vote on this poll

Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 02-22-2009, 04:40 PM
 
29,503 posts, read 14,656,154 times
Reputation: 14457

Advertisements

You forgot to add the Chevy Monte Carlo.. We had a 73 with a horrid green on green color and swivel buckets !! The hood was like a mile long and the doors must have weight a ton a peice.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 02-22-2009, 09:23 PM
 
Location: Northeast Tennessee
7,305 posts, read 28,233,987 times
Reputation: 5523
Quote:
Originally Posted by scarabchuck View Post
You forgot to add the Chevy Monte Carlo.. We had a 73 with a horrid green on green color and swivel buckets !! The hood was like a mile long and the doors must have weight a ton a peice.

That car is on another thread. This thread was for the full-size luxury sedans. The Monte Carlo is in the personal luxury coupe thread.

Those swivel seats you mentioned was an option on those cars in 73'.... they were groovy!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-23-2009, 11:43 PM
 
421 posts, read 1,566,454 times
Reputation: 355
Wow!! The '72 Monaco Brougham and '73 have me just salivating!! I used to have a '73 Plymouth Fury III back in the early 90's, which I bought really cheap. It had the 360 2-barrel, and was a real powerhouse. I put some nice duals on it, so it sounded great. Wish I still had that car!!! Haven't even seen a 70's American car on the road hardly ever the past couple of years. Where have all of these cars gone?? Newer cars are good on gas and all, but so boring and wimpy. I miss the great old 70's iron!!!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-24-2009, 05:31 AM
 
12,115 posts, read 33,692,542 times
Reputation: 3868
Default orwellaut

we have something in common--lust for those 72-73 mopars
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-17-2009, 05:25 PM
 
1 posts, read 2,364 times
Reputation: 10
I just recieved a 73 buick electra 225 4-door i love this car thay have way more personality than 80% of the cars i pass i thought about selling it but have now changed my mind i am 26 years of age and when i get in this car i go back in time to relive an era that i never actually got to see.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-17-2009, 05:43 PM
 
Location: Northeast Tennessee
7,305 posts, read 28,233,987 times
Reputation: 5523
Quote:
Originally Posted by jason26 View Post
I just recieved a 73 buick electra 225 4-door i love this car thay have way more personality than 80% of the cars i pass i thought about selling it but have now changed my mind i am 26 years of age and when i get in this car i go back in time to relive an era that i never actually got to see.

Yeah- hang onto it, I had a '72 Buick Electra back in the early 2000s that I regret selling.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-16-2009, 03:08 PM
 
118 posts, read 251,308 times
Reputation: 40
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tennesseestorm View Post

This was taken in January a couple of years ago...

slick looking 73 pontiac... That C-body roofline and skirts made those Grand Ville's look much better IMO than the bonneville and catalina's
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-16-2009, 03:25 PM
 
Location: Living on the Coast in Oxnard CA
16,289 posts, read 32,350,015 times
Reputation: 21891
I am a 2 door guy. First car i owned was a 1971 Olds Cutless. Loved that car.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-16-2009, 03:32 PM
 
118 posts, read 251,308 times
Reputation: 40
^^^
i like 4-doors but those older olds Cutlases were pretty cool looking cars... I guess I like 4drs because my parents always drove them
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-16-2009, 08:26 PM
 
3,223 posts, read 10,102,901 times
Reputation: 2227
Quote:
Originally Posted by lincsta View Post
slick looking 73 pontiac... That C-body roofline and skirts made those Grand Ville's look much better IMO than the bonneville and catalina's
One thing what I also loved about the Grand Ville's is they look pretty similar to the Buick Electra's yet they still distinctive looking vehicles, I didn't think much of the Bonneville's/Catalina's of the same era at all.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Automotive

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top