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[longknife]

PHOTO SERIES: How many 36-year old cars still look modern and up-to-date in 2012?

by directorblue @ Doug Ross @ Journal brings us these nice pictures

Go back in time 36 years, say to 1976. Which car -- make and model -- could still be sold today without any cosmetic changes whatsoever?* Before you scroll down, take a guess: I think only one vehicle passes muster.

To stir your memory a bit, consider the following vehicles from the 1976 model year.

*Ignoring the massive books of new regulations, of course, which multiply like weeds and govern every aspect of our lives -- from shower-heads to bumper designs, to the size of toilet tanks to the kinds of light bulbs you are allowed to buy.

This is the 1976 Camaro LT, powered by a 350 V-8. Sorry, Camaro fans, that year's model looks like an overgrown Vega.

Read more with nice pix @ Doug Ross @ Journal: PHOTO SERIES: How many 36-year old cars still look modern and up-to-date in 2012?

 

[uscitizen]

I have a cherry 72 Ford F100.

 

[Dot Com]

PHOTO SERIES: How many 36-year old cars still look modern and up-to-date in 2012?

by directorblue @ Doug Ross @ Journal brings us these nice pictures

Go back in time 36 years, say to 1976. Which car -- make and model -- could still be sold today without any cosmetic changes whatsoever?* Before you scroll down, take a guess: I think only one vehicle passes muster.

To stir your memory a bit, consider the following vehicles from the 1976 model year.

*Ignoring the massive books of new regulations, of course, which multiply like weeds and govern every aspect of our lives -- from shower-heads to bumper designs, to the size of toilet tanks to the kinds of light bulbs you are allowed to buy.

This is the 1976 Camaro LT, powered by a 350 V-8. Sorry, Camaro fans, that year's model looks like an overgrown Vega.

Read more with nice pix @ Doug Ross @ Journal: PHOTO SERIES: How many 36-year old cars still look modern and up-to-date in 2012?

sweet. I'd like to drive that @ town on the w/e

 

[Moonglow]

'76 Monte Carlo. I enjoyed it very much, but the 8 track dragged.

 

[Dot Com]

google: 1968 AMC AMX-GT

 

[longknife]

I actually drove a '62 Dodge 440 Station Wagon for 11 years - my dad bought it new from the factory.

This is almost a dead ringer for what I drove.

But, my first car was a '57 Ford Fairlane Hardtop Coupe with a police interceptor V8

 

[Missourian]

1976 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible:

 

[Dot Com]

thats back when you didn't need a computer to work on a car or have a bunch of plastic housing covering the engine so you couldn't get at it.

 

[tyroneweaver]

wish I had a 55 chev

shoulda kept my 64 malibu

 

[Politico]

87' Regal T Type.

 

[westwall]

PHOTO SERIES: How many 36-year old cars still look modern and up-to-date in 2012?

by directorblue @ Doug Ross @ Journal brings us these nice pictures

Go back in time 36 years, say to 1976. Which car -- make and model -- could still be sold today without any cosmetic changes whatsoever?* Before you scroll down, take a guess: I think only one vehicle passes muster.

To stir your memory a bit, consider the following vehicles from the 1976 model year.

*Ignoring the massive books of new regulations, of course, which multiply like weeds and govern every aspect of our lives -- from shower-heads to bumper designs, to the size of toilet tanks to the kinds of light bulbs you are allowed to buy.

This is the 1976 Camaro LT, powered by a 350 V-8. Sorry, Camaro fans, that year's model looks like an overgrown Vega.

Read more with nice pix @ Doug Ross @ Journal: PHOTO SERIES: How many 36-year old cars still look modern and up-to-date in 2012?

Easy, the GT40 Ford.

 

[hortysir]

Waiting for Mustang's 50th anniversary edition coming this fall

 

[Trajan]

my baby...