One can make good arguments that the last of the RWD big wagons were objectively better choices than those other two, but tell that to the buyers.Paul, I agree with you on your points about CAFE and cars becoming too large. My friends teased me back then, but if we were all driving more than 50 miles away, like the 3 hour trip from Baltimore to Ocean City, was it Kirby’s Mustang, Jeff’s Javelin, Roy’s Celica GT, or Anita’s Monza Spider making the trip? In fact the chassis for the 1971-78 Fords was really just an evolution of the 1965 design.This is a 1965 Ford chassis and with minor changes. My parents would never have bought a car like this!What’s amusing to me — pertaining to this article — is my father’s complete detest for Car & Driver. Anyway, you are right it is interesting in that CD very fairly tested it from a buyer’s point of view rather than an enthusiasts.
I think rust has killed 99% of them by now, that was a problem on both of mine.Reminds me of how much we’ve lost in the form of thoughtful automotive criticism. CR seems to just mash and go, resulting in slower times. I could swear I’ve seen this LTD test before, I just can’t think where. However, I have about half a dozen road tests and every single 1970’s Ford sedan with a 400, seems to have run high 17 second quarter mile times. This was a cheap and easy solution to maximize road isolation.
Every road makes me feel as though I am on a SCCA track. Meanwhile the market shifted to trucks for private use, since they weren’t effected by CAFE during the period.The Mercedes-Benz diesels sold like gang-busters during the mid and late ’70s, because invulnerability to fuel availability was a luxury. Say “bye” to V8, say “finally, welcome back” to the grille. The body structures weren’t as stiff as in the past, but soft springs and shocks helped with that. At the current Detroit Auto Show, Ford has celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1958 movie Bullitt and the car used there in a touching though theatrical... However, keep in mind though that Ford used a 2-bbl carb on the 351 and 400 while GM used 4-bbls in most cases.
They’re coming in very handy for a CC I’m writing just now.I was around 11 when I discovered car magazines at the base library; Road Test, Road and Track, Car and Driver and Motor Trend.After we moved back to the US, there was a Consumer Reports I came across, and found the auto test.By the late 1970s, I read only C/D, R&T, and CR. We had the interior at the bottom, same shade of blue. To them, mid-size cars were as big as they should get. The ‘new’ BMW 320i, which I thought was THE car (though it was pricey), and the ‘new’ T-Bird (which I found entertaining) and the Cosworth Vega.I worked at an Maremont’s exhaust and shock absorber R&D facility back in ’76-’77 when VW was looking for an exhaust system supplier. 2007 2006 I enjoy these “time machine” looks into how these cars were perceived when new. Again referring to the following article on Toyota hybrid sales being up to the point where they’re supply- rather than demand-limited.“It was the second energy crisis of ’79-’80 that really changed things for a much longer time.”I am not so sure about this line, it was the first energy crisis that spawned CAFE, which did not take effect until 1979, IIRC. Rolling down the interstate in what amounted to a rolling living room didn’t sound so bad. Patrick Bedard’s defense of the LTD was also a fully enjoyable read. Gas prices didn’t really rise all that much and the actual shortages were quite short-lived.It was the second energy crisis of ’79-’80 that really changed things for a much longer time. And as you know, sales of the downsized GM cars had a hefty surge, until the second energy crisis.
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