[MaxBigfoot]

This is a car I really wanted to get in the early 80s, one of the few Detroit tanks I liked from 70s, at the time.  These days I appreciate most of those colossal blocks of metal, which are no match for the design wonders of the 50s and 60s, but still have their own nostalgic look. 

Anyway, this is a 1971 Buick Riviera

After posting that Riviera and then coming across this pic, I had to post this custom ‘72 Buick Riviera with a 455cid V8.

Looks like something the Green Hornet would’ve liked.

That, as they used to say, is too cool for school.   

[MaxBigfoot]

Before I bought my 1968 Impala back in 1974, I saw a white Pontiac GTO like this one that I wanted to buy. I remember I deposited $100 at the dealership I saw it in Houston, which was Gay Chevrolet (in those days, Gay was a last name and it also meant happy, flighty and NOT homosexual) to hold it for me because they wanted $1800 for it and so I had to go back to the bank to see if I had enough money to get it. Well, I returned to the dealership, and it was gone because somebody else paid cash for it and drove it away. I got my $100 back but I was very disappointed. It had a 400 cubic inch V8 engine and a light brown interior. It was a muscle car. It was back in 1963 when Pontiac created the first Muscle Car when they took a family sedan and put a huge engine in it and changed the name to GTO. 

That was pretty unethical of them.  I hope you didn't buy another car from them.   

[solvegas]

Before I bought my 1968 Impala back in 1974, I saw a white Pontiac GTO like this one that I wanted to buy. I remember I deposited $100 at the dealership I saw it in Houston, which was Gay Chevrolet (in those days, Gay was a last name and it also meant happy, flighty and NOT homosexual) to hold it for me because they wanted $1800 for it and so I had to go back to the bank to see if I had enough money to get it. Well, I returned to the dealership, and it was gone because somebody else paid cash for it and drove it away. I got my $100 back but I was very disappointed. It had a 400 cubic inch V8 engine and a light brown interior. It was a muscle car. It was back in 1963 when Pontiac created the first Muscle Car when they took a family sedan and put a huge engine in it and changed the name to GTO. 

That was pretty unethical of them.  I hope you didn't buy another car from them.   

Nope, I never did. When I joined the NAVY in 1975, I left Houston and while I visit family there once in a great while, I haven't lived there since. I don't even know if the dealership is still there, and I don't care if it still there. I saw this photo and I got hit with DeJa'Vu all over again. My next vehicle I got, was a 1984 Chevrolet S-10 Pick Up truck which I bought in San Diego, and it looked just like the one in this photo. Same color, same two-tone look. It had a 2.8-liter V6 engine, and it was the perfect size. I wish they still made them. I saw the newest Chevrolet "small" pick up truck, the Colorado, and it's too big. If gas was $1.00 a gallon, OK, but it ain't. 

[Shadowmuse Blown]

I saw this photo and I got hit with DeJa'Vu all over again. My next vehicle I got, was a 1984 Chevrolet S-10 Pick Up truck which I bought in San Diego, and it looked just like the one in this photo. Same color, same two-tone look. It had a 2.8-liter V6 engine, and it was the perfect size. I wish they still made them. I saw the newest Chevrolet "small" pick up truck, the Colorado, and it's too big. If gas was $1.00 a gallon, OK, but it ain't. 

Solvegas: this is a car “you’d like to know”?  Seems like a car you knew all too well.

[Shadowmuse Blown]

On this kick of big Detroit iron of the 70s…

1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Coupe

SO much nicer without the later 5 mph bumpers

[Shadowmuse Blown]

1953 Buick Roadmaster Convertible   

No portholes!  Regular Roadmaster sedans had four portholes, while lesser Buicks had 3.  But the Roadmaster and Skylark convertibles had none.

Boy, would I love to have one of these!

[Shadowmuse Blown]

1951 Studebaker. 

Did Studebaker make a Ranchero-style pickup like this?  I see the wheels are custom as are the bumpers and lack of bumpers.  I‘m guessing the pickup bed is custom, too, as Google doesn’t show any vehicle like it.  There was a pickup, but it wasn’t car based.

Nicely done.

[MaxBigfoot]

1951 Studebaker. 

Did Studebaker make a Ranchero-style pickup like this?  I see the wheels are custom as are the bumpers and lack of bumpers.  I‘m guessing the pickup bed is custom, too, as Google doesn’t show any vehicle like it.  There was a pickup, but it wasn’t car based.

Nicely done.

Yeah, I think that's a custom job too, and a really classy, well done job, at that.   

[Shadowmuse Blown]

1951 Studebaker. 

Did Studebaker make a Ranchero-style pickup like this?  I see the wheels are custom as are the bumpers and lack of bumpers.  I‘m guessing the pickup bed is custom, too, as Google doesn’t show any vehicle like it.  There was a pickup, but it wasn’t car based.

Nicely done.

Yeah, I think that's a custom job too, and a really classy, well done job, at that.   

Yeah, I like the two-tone with the white cab and bed.  Great job.

[Shadowmuse Blown]

Wow, here’s a concept I’ve never seen before: a 1948 Buick Streamliner.  Apparently built around a 1947 Buick Super 8.  This would have been incredibly forward thinking in its day.

[Shadowmuse Blown]

Wow, here’s a concept I’ve never seen before: a 1948 Buick Streamliner.  Apparently built around a 1947 Buick Super 8.  This would have been incredibly forward thinking in its day.

View of the clamshell trunk

[MaxBigfoot]

Wow, here’s a concept I’ve never seen before: a 1948 Buick Streamliner.  Apparently built around a 1947 Buick Super 8.  This would have been incredibly forward thinking in its day.

View of the clamshell trunk

Neat that the body was all aluminum.  Otherwise, that trunk would have been pretty darned heavy to lift.
That car behind it in the picture looks amazing too.

[Shadowmuse Blown]

Neat that the body was all aluminum.  Otherwise, that trunk would have been pretty darned heavy to lift.
That car behind it in the picture looks amazing too.

That’s the 1956 Firebird II showcar.  And yeah, that’s another goodie!

[Shadowmuse Blown]

To me, this is one of those “what was Exner thinking” cars.  I actually like the back with fins gone and the floating pod taillights, but that lemon-sucking front end is something that just never worked for me. Great view from the back though!

Typical Mopar dash-mounted center rear view mirror.  I had one on my ‘59 Imperial (bought while I was in college) and the dashboard is simply too low a mounting point.  The bottom half just sees the trunk lid.

[MaxBigfoot]

Studebaker Manta Ray.  One off custom created from a Studebaker Commander.   
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2016/02/08/unseen-for-more-than-60-years-the-one-off-manta-ray-will-once-again-return-to-the-spotlight