The most 70s thing you'll see today

[Borderland]

After a very short stint with a '79 Plymouth Arrow that was T-boned, my second car was a '72 El Camino as I have mentioned here recently. I'm loathe to put pictures of it here in this Ugly Ranchero thread though.

And I LOVED that car. My girlfriend's brother had a '70-something Dart and we were the only ones at my school with class.

I remember the Dart. My oldest brother put a few hundred thousand miles on a 63 slant six. Unheard of in those days. My uncle bought a new 64 Polara. That was about as cool as you could get if you were 15 unless you had a HD Sportster.

[Duelist]

After a very short stint with a '79 Plymouth Arrow that was T-boned, my second car was a '72 El Camino as I have mentioned here recently. I'm loathe to put pictures of it here in this Ugly Ranchero thread though.

And I LOVED that car. My girlfriend's brother had a '70-something Dart and we were the only ones at my school with class.

In high school, I had a 76 F250, but dad took it for work, so then some crappy 4 bangers until I got a 74 Dart/Duster - I can never remember which now, because my family ended up with a Plymouth and a Dodge that were the same car, same engine. 318 V8, same as the 69 Coronet I learned to drive in. The 2bbl carb in mine sucked - the choke wouldn’t open enough to cold start the car unless I propped it open. The Holley was much better.

[Welder]

The 2bbl carb in mine sucked - the choke wouldn’t open enough to cold start the car unless I propped it open. The Holley was much better.

Did you do it right and put a 4-bbl intake on it, or did you just use a spacer plate? Or did you use a <gulp> Holley 2-bbl?

[Duelist]

Did you do it right and put a 4-bbl intake on it, or did you just use a spacer plate? Or did you use a <gulp> Holley 2-bbl?

I don’t really know - my sister’s MOPAR-head friends fixed it up for me. I was basically a light-holder and wrench grabber. I know I wanted a 4bbl.

She had the other car - it had a much louder exhaust system than mine. Of course, she was older, had a job, and money to spend letting her friends play around with putting cool parts on her car. I just needed my car to start without having to stick a hangar in the choke.

[mmc45414]

That depends more on the girl than the music, IIRC.

Speaking of, we had a dude from high school (1977) that was a big party guy and perceived to be a lady killer, who had a El Camino with a topper. Pretty much making a two door station wagon, fixed up as a mobile love shack. Same guy also had a sweet 1960 (I think) Corvette that we all envied, that is until he wrecked it in a minor fashion (slid into a curve and broke the suspension, IIRC) and never fixed it. Nice friendly fun loving guy, but knowing what we know now (he was only a year older than I and has been dead a few years) it is easy to speculate that the love shack was probably most often used as a pass out crash pad.

[BN]

Nobody has said anything about the neat Chevies in the back ground of those pics. A late 70s Impala with a hood scoop behind the Ranchero and a 55/56 convertible beside the LTD II.

[Borderland]

Did you do it right and put a 4-bbl intake on it, or did you just use a spacer plate? Or did you use a <gulp> Holley 2-bbl?

I had a 73 Dodge Power Wagon with one of those 2 barrel Holly carbs. IIRC it was a 360 CID V8. Never did figure out why they put a 2 barrel on a big V8. I replaced it with a Carter 4 barrel and a high rise manifold. Better performance and better gas mileage. It wasn't a very good PU. I think I sold it with about 50K and bought a Toyota Hilux PU. At least I didn't have more repair bills.

[RevolverRob]

This dude, spotted on my walk into work this morning - he can buy the 'Chero from the OP no questions asked.

[iWander]

Yes folks, that's a 1979 Ford Ranchero, Ford's wrong answer to Chevy's El Camino. With that particular graphics package, the driver must have a porn 'stache, wear a cowboy hat, and leave the top 5 buttons of their shirt undone at all times while operating the vehicle per state law.

You forgot the two pounds of gold chains around your neck and encircling your chest hair...

[rayrevolver]

Dang, jealous of some the cars you guys had as firsts. Mine was a 1973 Super Beetle in orange. It was bought the summer before I went to college and immediately needed a new engine. I'm still looking for that shyster used car salesman.

The generator light was ON which meant I had nothing charging my battery when I bought it. The salesman said it was the battery charging light. I was 17 and needed wheels. The topped off battery finally died in a big intersection, luckily a firetruck was at the light and the guys helped me push it out of the way. Did I mention I am still looking for that SOB used car salesman? My neighbor said to hit the voltage regulator with a mallet, light went out and I never had a charging issue again.

This was in Prescott, AZ, next to my buddies 1951 Chevy: