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[gsdx]

Ten of the worst car in automotive history!

Which car had a top speed of 86 mph? (Hint: it's the same car in the title.

Even if you're not a car lover, this is a fun video. Enjoy.

 

[Kahaih]

/\ It is a fun video. Thanks

Nothing there that I would drive or know much about, but I have heard of most of them.

I always thought an Olds Cutlass was strictly a muscle car--- guess not.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Hey! I drove a 1970 AMC Hornet from 1980 to 1985, and it ran great. It was the non-hatchbach version of the Gremlin, pretty much.

Basically this car in similarly dull blue gray paint, which was mostly eroded away:

Sexy, huh?

 

[Kahaih]

Hey! I drove a 1970 AMC Hornet from 1980 to 1985, and it ran great. It was the non-hatchbach version of the Gremlin, pretty much.

Basically this car in similarly dull blue gray paint, which was mostly eroded away:

Sexy, huh?

It's so plain.

Crank windows, too, I suppose.

It looks like it's made of metal, though.

I'm betting it was designed for Amish people who couldn't afford a horse.

 

[NotHardUp1]

It's so plain.

Crank windows, too, I suppose.

It looks like it's made of metal, though.

I'm betting it was designed for Amish people who couldn't afford a horse.

It did have a steel body, no carpet, no air conditioner, and crank windows. The radio had stopped working. It had vacuum windshield wipers that stopped as you accelerated. Good times.

 

[backagain]

Ten of the worst car in automotive history!

Which car had a top speed of 86 mph? (Hint: it's the same car in the title.

Even if you're not a car lover, this is a fun video. Enjoy.

The 2 things that made me crack up laughing was the descriptions on the vehicles.
Edsel
Beaten with an ugly stick

Aztek
Pontiac took it behind the barn.

Thanks for posting

 

[peeonme]

Hey! I drove a 1970 AMC Hornet from 1980 to 1985, and it ran great. It was the non-hatchbach version of the Gremlin, pretty much.

Basically this car in similarly dull blue gray paint, which was mostly eroded away:

Sexy, huh?

2nd class riding is better than 1st class walking. I always felt fortunate to have a car.

 

[gsdx]

I never understood the appeal of the Pacer. I wonder if anyone actually turned one into a fish bowl?

 

[peeonme]

I never understood the appeal of the Pacer. I wonder if anyone actually turned one into a fish bowl?

The Pacer was a quirky car that people either liked or hated. The door on the passenger side was larger in length than the door on the drivers side to allow for easier access to the back seat.

 

[Kahaih]

I never understood the appeal of the Pacer. I wonder if anyone actually turned one into a fish bowl?

I wonder if the glass had UV protection? I'll bet you could bake muffins in them in the summer. LOL

One of the things I hated about convertibles was having to put the top up if I had to park in the sun. Otherwise it would really fry my ass.

 

[NotHardUp1]

2nd class riding is better than 1st class walking. I always felt fortunate to have a car.

I was ecstatic to have a car. I began college without one, as Grandmother's old Pontiac Tempest finally gave up the ghost the summer after I graduated high school. My Freshmen year was a new experience and I was 2.5 hours' drive from home, but had no expectation of what campus life was, so didn't terribly miss a car.

My roommate took me places, and I think I caught a ride to church that first semester.

When I came home for Christmas, Grandmother had arranged for me to go see Reverend Blue's car that he was selling, this car. He was in his 40's, I think, and this car had run its course. We only payed $250 for it, and it was SO excited to have my own wheels again. But, it was a sore sight for eyes. Red primer showed through all over the hood, roof, and trunk, possibly from acid rain, or just bad metallic paint.

I never understood the appeal of the Pacer. I wonder if anyone actually turned one into a fish bowl?

In hindsight, I think I did.

I was a teen when they hit. Frist, most cars then did not have the sweeping windshields of the 1960's, and lots of blind spots prevailed, so the extensive glass seemed luxuirious, or at least innovative and new.

And, the designed seemed to be intentionally copying the Jetsons' space cars, with bubbles as the model for the cabin, implying the old school space craft of science fiction. At the time, we didn't know that it wasn't going to be the "next thing" in car designs. Detroit seemed to be casting about for how to direct the new trends. Some of the Japanese imports received negative reactions because they were too small, too confined and too mean.

To be honest, I still smile when I think of the Pacer. If I were to be a car and fail, I could do worse than be a bubble with wheels.

 

[Vannie]

The Pinto

Keep off my rear I'm explosive.

Only on stuffed cabbage night.

 

[rareboy]

Good vid. Classics all.

 

[NotHardUp1]

The Pinto

Keep off my rear I'm explosive.

Only on stuffed cabbage night.

Those were not the first pintos to be explosive.

(And I braised cabbage this morning before 7:00.)

 

[gsdx]

The Pinto

Keep off my rear I'm explosive.

Only on stuffed cabbage night.

 

[fredroy]

I thought at the time the Pacer was pretty neat looking.

 

[gsdx]

When Pacers were 'a thing', a friend of mine bought a purple one and fitted it with white, 'shaggy' seat covers. He was a local rock radio station host. He got away with it without much ribbing.

 

[Kahaih]

When Pacers were 'a thing', a friend of mine bought a purple one and fitted it with white, 'shaggy' seat covers. He was a local rock radio station host. He got away with it without much ribbing.

Like a little Pope Mobile?

Could he do the delicate little flutter Queen's wave?

It had to be like riding around in a display case--- a queerio cabinet.

 

[fredroy]

Folks talk trash about the Yugo. It was a cheap car. It was supposed to be cheap. It was about the size of a Plymouth Horizon / Dodge Omni / VW Rabbit.

We had a friend that lived in Columbus, Ohio. He bought one. He liked it, he had a new car! I forget the color. Tan? He drove down to Austin, Texas to visit on his way to Florida. He let me drive it a little, around the neighborhood and to the grocery store. Not bad. You could see out, the front seats were decent, didn't make my leg hurt anyway. It was fine for around town when you might go 55 mph once in a while.

Anyway. He was not mechanical. At all. He shows up with a car that had 9000 miles on it and while we were checking it out, I checked the oil. "Dude! When did you last have your oil changed?" Never. He just added a quart when the light turned on. omg. He simply did not know.

The drain plug was metric. Of course it was. 13.5 mm I think. I had to buy an Allen wrench, the closest they had was 14mm so I filed it down. It's still in the tool chest some 35+ years later. I filled the oil and let it run. Then changed it. Toodled around the neighborhood. Changed the oil again. Repeat. Change the oil and filter. Repeat. Four oil changes and two filters later and the oil stayed clean. Re-gapped the plugs, changed the air filter. Checked the brake pads. Changed the coolant.

That little car seemed happy. Just purred. Nice little car.
I was happy. I had a fun weekend sipping on Shiner Bock and messing with it. Didn't cost me much beyond a case of oil and a few filters. Cheaper than going to South Padre for the weekend.

I don't know if it ever had the oil changed again. He moved to Florida, we did Christmas cards for a couple of years and lost contact.