Name some cars that you rarely see on the road these days?

 

a honey bee, a gremlin, a ford gt, and the list gos on

 

Here are my list of the cars you rarely see on the road, Mercury Bobcat, Mercury Montego, Ford LTD II, Mercury Cougar 4 door, Pontiac Phoenix, Chevrolet Citation 2 Door notchback, Buick Skylark (pre-86), Oldsmobile Omega, Datsun 510, Datsun 810, Mazda 626 (pre-83), Mazda GLC, Dodge Challenger (Mitsubishi Scorpion body), Plymouth Saporro, Plymouth Turismo and Dodge Charger (Turismo body).

 

Here in the rust belt, Japanese cars from the early 80s are rarely seen, with the exception of a few Camrys. I have never seen a Ford Courier that was able to be driven on the road, only a few parked in fields.

 

You definately don't see a whole lot of the Japanese cars from the early 80's, I still see alot of Datsun B210 and Toyota Corolla's from that era, you don't see too many first generation Toyota Cressida's either, another rare car you see is the Mustang II and Mercury Capri.

 

Well, call me silly, and I know some folks are fans of some of these cars....but the years 1970 to 1985 are the worst years for the auto industry. Poor efforts at emissions, the bumper fiasco, vinyl tops and wire wheel covers, 460's that made, gasp, just barely 200hp! With a few exceptions from 70 to 73, they pretty much all belong in the crusher. Grenadas? Monza's? Pontiac versions of the Vega? Bobcats? Mustang II?

And the imports: mini versions of American cars. Front engine rear wheel drive with room for people without legs in the back. 1200 cc engines? 1500cc?

I know some people really dig that '70s stuff, and a lot of folks are real proud of their plastic '79 Mustang because here it was, a real car again, but please, can we just like most of these up and recycle them?
Trucks, for the most part, excluded as even though there was some strange stuff going on with trucks, they still were trucks and for the most part could be used as such. Even the self disposal units like the Courier that rusted into a pile.....

 

American Motors AMX (71-74), Studebaker Avanti, Rambler Rebel, Ford Pinto, Chevy Vega, Mercury Capri, Buick Apollo to name a few.

 

How about a DeLorean? Or a Brickland 500? I did see at Brickland 500 one time at, of all places, a wrecking yard in San Jose.

 

What about that good looking exploding PINTO

 

I think I have the only 1974 VW Thing left on the Road!
James

 

I haven't seen a Chevy Chevette in awhile. Remember the German built Ford Capri?

 

Chrysler Cordoba
Dodge Aspen
Plymouth Volare

 

I used to have a 76 Chevy Monza 4-cylinder. You checked the zero-to-sixty with a calendar instead of a stop-watch.

 

thats what i thought, i cant think of the last time i saw a DeLorean

 

I've forgotten all about Pontiac's version of the Chevrolet Vega, here's another car you rarely see on the road, Oldsmobile Starfire, Buick Skyhawk and Pontiac Sunbird (the RWD versions), for the past 2 years I've only seen 1 each of the Starfire's and Skyhawk's of the late 70's, I think that 1971 was the last great year for the automotive industry cause you could still get factory cars with over 300hp from the huge engines.