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Since Hemmings Sports and Exotics went belly up, they substituted my subscription for their magazine that features American cars (seems like mostly from the 70s).
It's actually been a really fun read. It's amazing how much the cars of our youth imprint on us for the rest of our lives. Let's fact it, the mid to late 70s objectively was not a good period for American cars. Yet, there are apparently lots of people "our" age (mid 40s to mid 50s, which seems like most here) who love those cars. It is, I have to confess, a little weird to read the fawning articles about a '78 Buick Skyhawk, with its raised white letter tires, plastic faux wood grained dash, 2 barrel carb, velour interior and 100 hp V6.  Or about a '77 Coupe de Ville, etc. But the stories are all the same. The owner of the featured car "used to drive into Brooklyn as a kid with his dad, and see the Cadillacs driven by the successful," or "had a beautiful blonde neighbor who drove a brand new Buick Skyhawk" etc. The mechanical or aesthetic merit of the car is pretty much meaningless, all that matters is those experiences from 30 years ago, how much they impacted us, and the amazing power of a car to bring us back to those times. Pretty neat, and I'm actually glad for my new Hemmings subscription! |
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that looks like a Monza, so I assume it was the Buick version of a Monza. Isn't that the body style that could come with a SBC? I liked the other body style (single round headlights) better, but they were, apparently, harder to fit a SBC into.
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 One of these was for sale nearby not long ago. I considered it just because I enjoy offending people.
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There must be a compact car in all four wheel wells combined. 
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I think that's the car, that with the V6 option, you had to do a partial engine drop to change the rear spark plugs. They were designed around the Wankel engine which never happened, so very tight engine bay. Wasn't the 'round headlight version' the Vega, an earlier version of the same car. Last edited by tcar; 05-31-2017 at 03:29 PM.. |
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Case in point. I want to buy it and leave her parked in front of your house with the stereo blaring knight ranger.
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The memories....
One of my best friend's girlfriend, now wife, had a Buick Skyhawk in the same green as the car pictured above. It broke down on a regular basis. Since I had a big pickup and tow strap, I'd get the call to come to the rescue again. After a while, the joke became that my truck had a pet Buick on a leash. Finally, enough was enough. We towed the car one last time to a junkyard that agreed to give a couple hunnert bucks for the car. When we arrived, a guy in dirty overalls and about three (very brown) teeth got really excited. Said he found his new car! He'll have it back on the road real soon! We were happy to leave the car with Bubba, but after a while, the truck started missing its pet Buick on a leash. |
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I had one of these for a winter beater one year . It was like a mini z 28. Had a saginaw 4 speed, positraction 3.08 rear, and and iron duke 2.5. It was a cool little $300 dollar winter car. It went good in the snow . 305 v8 was available . I worked on one .
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I'd like to get one of these. 
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 I guess it came in "town coupe" or hatchback versions '80 Monza  also '80 Monza  
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