Do you think the big Mopars aged faster (2011, Buick, Cadillac)
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in the middle of the Caprice seats looks really NICE. not far from a Cadillac. I think the LTD is the glossiest and highest appearing in terms of quality. Nothing beats the 73-74's in terms of understated elegance. They were OK in 75 and 76 but they either looked boring or got too overstyled. I guess that's when they got new ideas in time for 77(GM) and 79(Ford)
i don't know WHAT Chrysler was thinking in 79 with the St Regis and Newport
something about the Chev's in particular that is so eye catching inside, the interiors are so color coordinated and shape coordinated it's really tough to stop looking at those pics. in terms of eye catching IMO it's got Ford beat. even the lesser Chevs like the Laguna and Monte Carlo are difficult to resist
you know what i liked the Dodge Charger SE with the louvered rear quarter windows for 73 and 74.
but they really ran out of ideas when they made the former Satellite a Fury in 75. what a silly move. Did they think they would fool anyone? does anyone remember that mid size Fury?
but they really ran out of ideas when they made the former Satellite a Fury in 75. what a silly move. Did they think they would fool anyone? does anyone remember that mid size Fury?
Yeah, I think Ford had the edge on luxury. They went a step further than Caprice in terms of thick cut-pile carpeting, more carpeting on the lower door panels and door courtesy lights. They also offered optional cornering lamps, which was not even optional on the Caprices of that era, but was on all of the other big GM cars.
Beginning in 1973, Chevy really stepped up the Caprice's luxury in some ways. In 1971-72, they only had a black steering wheel and column no matter what interior color and it was odd. Starting in 1973, they were color-keyed, even on the base Bel-Air and upper Impala. However, I think the brocade cloth in the 71-72 Caprice was more appealing than the 73 Caprice seat material, but it was nice too. As mentioned only in 1972 did Chevy offer the brocade cloth interior option on the Caprice wagon. My 72 Caprice wagon has the vinyl seating, which was basically the same seats used in the Impala, as well as the door panels. They didnt use the Caprice sedan door panel schemes, they used Impalas, but did have the Caprice emblem. Ford did the same with the Country Squire wagon, it had the LTD interior, HOWEVER did offer an optional "Brougham" interior option on the Country Squires which added the LTD Brougham sedan interior.
Here is a pic of my 72 Caprice Estate interior... (it did add the extra dash woodgrain on the driver side like the Caprice sedan had.... it also added the woodgrain siding and the Caprice grill.
Yeah, I like the 73-74 big Fords, but not so much the 75-78 models. I was never much on the covered headlights for some reason.
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in the middle of the Caprice seats looks really NICE. not far from a Cadillac. I think the LTD is the glossiest and highest appearing in terms of quality. Nothing beats the 73-74's in terms of understated elegance. They were OK in 75 and 76 but they either looked boring or got too overstyled. I guess that's when they got new ideas in time for 77(GM) and 79(Ford)
i don't know WHAT Chrysler was thinking in 79 with the St Regis and Newport
but the 75 and 76 fury had those goofy grilles with the round headlights, at least this one looks a bit better
Yeah, and believe it or not, I still see alot of these cars around here. I know where a green one is... looks like new. Its been at that house for as long as I can remember.
Yeah the 75 models (with the round single lights) were not that attractive. I like the stacked light models better. Even better, I like the 71-72 models, but then they were called Dodge Coronet or Plymouth Satellite.
Here is a pic of my 72 Caprice Estate interior... (it did add the extra dash woodgrain on the driver side like the Caprice sedan had.... it also added the woodgrain siding and the Caprice grill.
Thank you. I think its mostly due to where the old lady that owned it had kept it in the garage. She had bought it in 1984 from the original owner. Its a local car, bought in 1972, but I am not sure of the original owner kept it under a carport or garage or not. Must have, or else the interior would probably be in bad shape.
Before I bought this one, I had found some in Arizona and southern CA and while they were rust free, most of them had baked interiors. I guess because of the blazing sun and low humidity. It gets hot here too and its the south, but its not like the desert. lol.
I like the round headlights better on GM A bodies and Cordobas
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