Ah.. vehicles from the 80s

[Homerboy]

my first car.

saved up $3k from my grocery bagger job to pay for that thing.

This was mine (though obviously not the one pictured 🙂

 

[Ketchup]

The specs dooo

That was great! Thanks PliotronX.

Many wonderful things came out of the '80s. Quality cars did not (they were fun though).

First car (wrong color):

and second:

 

[OutHouse]

:biggrin:

my wife had one of these in high school for a very short time. total piece of shit. for starters the fucking turn signal was on the right side of the steering column and the wipers were on the left.

 

[JulesMaximus]

my wife had one of these in high school for a very short time. total piece of shit. for starters the fucking turn signal was on the right side of the steering column and the wipers were on the left.

They should have named it Le Crap.

A friend of mine had a Renault Alliance that was also utter garbage.

 

[CU]

They used 1976 Pontiac Trans Ams in the first movie.

Yeah, but later on the 1980 Turbo model was used for Smokey and the Bandit II.

 

[Phoenix86]

Original soccer mom car?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Like this? It's actually my wife's dream car
Remember they gave them away on Hollywood Squares all the time

those always remind me of the old international harvesters

Yeah, but later on the 1980 Turbo model was used for Smokey and the Bandit II.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkFhFSqd0GM

 

[BUTCH1]

Those of us that drove early '80's vehicles had to contend with the "electronic carburetor", a crude ECU tried to maintain correct fuel mixture by adjusting the metering rods "on the fly". All of them sucked balls and when they went bad replacements were nightmarish expensive, my 2bbl Rochester atop the V6 231 Buick engine was $500 for a re-man!. Fuck it, I bought a kit and did it myself but it never ran right so I just unplugged the wiring harness to the carb and it did OK. As soon as FI became doable EVERY manufacturer ran away from these carbs from hell.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Those of us that drove early '80's vehicles had to contend with the "electronic carburetor", a crude ECU tried to maintain correct fuel mixture by adjusting the metering rods "on the fly". All of them sucked balls and when they went bad replacements were nightmarish expensive, my 2bbl Rochester atop the V6 231 Buick engine was $500 for a re-man!. Fuck it, I bought a kit and did it myself but it never ran right so I just unplugged the wiring harness to the carb and it did OK. As soon as FI became doable EVERY manufacturer ran away from these carbs from hell.

good call! it's hard to single out just 1 thing on my olds delta 88 as being the very worst, but the quadra-bog definitely makes the short list.

 

[AMCRambler]

AMC eagles were pretty cool

Yeah buddy, yea-ah! I am picking up what you're putting down.

 

[Skel]

Only two of those vehicles were really "from the 80s."

How do you figure that one? I'll concede Dukes of Hazard was a 70s show, but the rest were all 80s.

 

[Rubycon]

my wife had one of these in high school for a very short time. total piece of shit. for starters the fucking turn signal was on the right side of the steering column and the wipers were on the left.

After cars had wiper controls on the dash along with the headlight switch. There was a switch that looked similar to a fluorescent lamp starter on the floor in the upper far left near the kick panel to toggle your brights on and off! And dont forget about the amber lights at the top of each fender so you could tell your blinker was on. And Caddy curb feelers! :biggrin:

But yes the Le Car was a heap for sure.

 

[It's Not Lupus]

Ah, the time when Optimus didn't have ugly flames that didn't even look like flames on the sides.

 

[JulesMaximus]

How do you figure that one? I'll concede Dukes of Hazard was a 70s show, but the rest were all 80s.

The cars... not the shows. OP said vehicles of the 80s.

 

[lxskllr]

Here's a moldy oldy. I don't think anymore exist due to being recycled into toothbrushes :^D

 

[BUTCH1]

Here's a moldy oldy. I don't think anymore exist due to being recycled into toothbrushes :^D

Actually the last year of production is much sought after, there are many websites devoted to the car and it's able to actually handle a V8 installed. Too bad that when it first came out GM cheeped out on a proper powerplant for it and stuck the "Iron duke" 4-banger in it.

 

[BUTCH1]

good call! it's hard to single out just 1 thing on my olds delta 88 as being the very worst, but the quadra-bog definitely makes the short list.

You could always spot a malfunctioning one as they tended to belch black, sooty smoke from running way too rich.

 

[stockwiz]

even the best looking cars were ugly as sin back then... they make the 70's cars look great by comparison but I'll take today's styling personally.

 

[denis280]

AMC Gremlin

 

[Gardener]

Actually the last year of production is much sought after, there are many websites devoted to the car and it's able to actually handle a V8 installed. Too bad that when it first came out GM cheeped out on a proper powerplant for it and stuck the "Iron duke" 4-banger in it.

I made muffler brackets for that complete POS while working my way through college at one of the suppliers. We handled the account for 2 years, then it went to Mexico.

The part could have been designed by Rube Goldberg.

In a related story, I saw a white 4 door chevette today while driving my stock 1980 GMC 3/4 ton High Sierra work truck. I had to restrain myself from swerving into its path and putting it out of its misery.

 

[gorobei]

The cars... not the shows. OP said vehicles of the 80s.

delorean prototype was from the 70's, but production didnt begin until 1981.

doc brown would have unlikely been able to ever acquire the prototype.

therefore 3 of the vehicles are from the 80's.

 

[RaistlinZ]

The best car of the '80's was the 1988 Lamborghini Countash. 😎

 

[JulesMaximus]

delorean prototype was from the 70's, but production didnt begin until 1981.

doc brown would have unlikely been able to ever acquire the prototype.

therefore 3 of the vehicles are from the 80's.

I was counting the DeLorean actually. I thought the truck was from BJ & the Bear which was definitely a 70s show (at least it started in the late 70s which would make the truck a late 70s truck at best).

 

[JulesMaximus]

The best car of the '80's was the 1988 Lamborghini Countach. 😎

FTFY

 

[brianmanahan]

Yeah buddy, yea-ah! I am picking up what you're putting down.

i remember sitting in the backset of one when i was 2, it was so huge back here