That car is about 10 years too new for me. Back in the 60s they really knew how to build a boat on wheels.

find a quiet place and you can hear those door hinges crying.

The V came out in `80. It was smaller and had a 5.0 instead of the monster motors up through `79.

More 70's memories: Light boxes that changed colors with the music, black light posters, and mobiles. Great for times of recreational partaking.

Another 70s memory. An era of great music and terrible cars.

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The mark VI came out in 1980. The V hit the dealers in 1976 as a 1977 and ran through 1979

Opps. I stand corrected. "I remember" is not a good expression for me. It was the VI that had the major cut in size and motor. I had the year right, just wrong moniker.
IIRC :rolleyes: that was also around the time that Caddy had this brilliant idea for the 8/6/4 motor.

Yes, that is around the same time caddy had the 4/6/8 and came out with the Cimarron based on that little boxy Chevy, can't recall what it was? As I recall the Mark VI also shared the same platform as the thunderbird and Granada. Ford even dressed up a Granada and called it a Lincoln to compete with the Cimarron.

Edit: was the Chevy a Citation? and I think the Lincoln based on the Granada was a Versailles?

The VI had the same platform as the Marquis/Grand Marquis.
The Versailles had the Granada platform and it was not well liked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_J_platform

My dad had one of these in an ugly (at the time) Mustard Yellow
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Isn't that what became of the Cougar after '70....yuk :(

Nevermind.....dad had one of those too...

I had a mercury marquee colony park station wagon back in 1980. I was carpooling in it back and forth to work. It broke down one time and the tow back home was cheaper than the gas I was burning.

My 1986 El Camino has HUGE doors, and I have had to have the door hinges replaced twice after just 365,000 miles. Well actually the last time I replaced the hinges was back with 320,000 or so. I have to keep them lubed up, or they don't like it much.

The Chevy Citation! GM built it to compete with the Ford “Ticket” and Chrysler “Moving Violation”, neither of which made it into production.

Cimmaron was based on the Cavalier. One of the many disposable '80s cars.

You should do this to yours:Dhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1562595338.jpg
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Even though my parents drove big American cars (not trucks), this is an almost-period local ad for the iconic '70s vehicle of my childhood:

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Pardon the atrocious video quality.

Corinthian Leather.

Let's not forget GM's foray into diesels in the late 70 early 80 passenger car product line. A modified 350 ci gas engine that blew head gaskets on a near daily basis.

My father had one of those oldsmobile POS..