While I do not currently own any 80's vehicles, (besides Fiero). I am becoming more interested in owning them. Been looking at the, (80's), Z-28's, 87 Regal Turbo/Grand National, 87 Monte SS. Even some Chevy pick ups. It's getting harder to justify the price of a new car anymore.
1985 trans am. Loaded from the factory with Lear siegler seats (under knee bolster that pulls forward for comfort), VIN G 305 H.O. carbed motor, white body with gold ground effects, full deluxe interior (extra panels carpeted), etc. And I stripped all the goodies for a black interior conversion with 02 trans am leather seats. Engine is now a built 406 small block, I retained the stock 5 speed T5 and 9 bolt Borg warner 3.70 rear. What a tough lesson to learn. This car now needs body work and sits on the back burner while I tinker with 2 Fiero GT's. A shame, too. The trans am is scary fast. Still wish I had left it stock.
at the moment a 86 SS a 86 Pontiac 2+2 ford SVO I had one of the only 200 1986 t/a's with the 305ho/ stick.. if I knew that then, I'd have never let it go.. same with my 1982 crossfire t/a
others 80's car I've had 80 sunbird hatch, with a stick 85 buick lesab 2 door tank.. 85 cutlass 231 v6 89 grand mark 82 s-10 85 t/a 81 turbo t/a 80 Toyota tercel 88 formula
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Nope. It's the only 80s car I like. (externally) Ahead of it's time. GTs anyway...I mostly like 90's crap, before things became over-weight and over-complicated.
at the moment a 86 SS a 86 Pontiac 2+2 ford SVO I had one of the only 200 1986 t/a's with the 305ho/ stick.. if I knew that then, I'd have never let it go..
Any background details on your aerocoupe? I always like seeing these, as rare as they are. I do like the Pontiac better than the Chevy, too.
Nope. It's the only 80s car I like. (externally) Ahead of it's time. GTs anyway...I mostly like 90's crap, before things became over-weight and over-complicated.
I am not a big fan of the '80s. There were two goods things to come out of that decade; Ronald Reagan and the Fiero. The music was banal, the cars were ugly and uninspiring and everybody dressed funny. Too much cocaine, I guess. I do have a 12:1 steering box out of an '80-something Monte Carlo SS in my GTO. That, I like.
Honestly, there isn't another 80s car I like with the slight possibility of a convertible TA or Camaro SS and that is a very slight chance.
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1985 trans am. Loaded from the factory with Lear siegler seats (under knee bolster that pulls forward for comfort), VIN G 305 H.O. carbed motor, white body with gold ground effects, full deluxe interior (extra panels carpeted), etc. And I stripped all the goodies for a black interior conversion with 02 trans am leather seats. Engine is now a built 406 small block, I retained the stock 5 speed T5 and 9 bolt Borg warner 3.70 rear. What a tough lesson to learn. This car now needs body work and sits on the back burner while I tinker with 2 Fiero GT's. A shame, too. The trans am is scary fast. Still wish I had left it stock.
I had all those options on my 84 firebird. Black t-top with a tan interior. Looked just like KITT from the TV series. I murdered that one in 98.
It's getting a new top on it and a couple other small things but then I should be flying out to Cali to pick it up. Parent's said they are just to old to get in and out of it anymore so Ill be getting it a little early. It's a 89.
Other than that I don't have any other 80's vehicles, not even a Fiero anymore . I wouldn't mind picking up a couple of specific vehicles and with my 2 girls approaching getting licenses, one with permit one who will be going through Drivers Ed this next school year, I will probably pick up a couple of 80's cars for them. Something easy to work on like a VW Golf or late 80's Civic. Something that would be inexpensive on tires and parts... insurance...
Let's see... I had an '83 S-10 (ex company vehicle) and an '88 Firebird Formula (purchased new in 88.) Still miss that car. This and a small herd of Fieros, over the years.
Any background details on your aerocoupe? I always like seeing these, as rare as they are. I do like the Pontiac better than the Chevy, too.
The SS is not an aerocoupe.. It's the formal roof line car, I bought it from a dealer in Newton N.C. never titled, titled in 2001 when I bought it, with 8700 miles on it.
The 2+2 is from a local dealer that closed up when they pulled the plug on Pontiac, It wasn't the car I wanted , as I was there to bid/buy either the 06 GTO or the 2002 WS6 t/a ..but they got very good money for them.. and well the 2+2 I've always liked but wasn't why I was there.. it came up and no one really wanted it.. It came up before the 89 turbo t/a so I didn't bid on it, as I wanted to try for the 3rd gen t/a or the 92 firehawk , but they both went for silly money.. same with the petty g/p and the 87 gt , went for much more than I thought they would've .. even the 86 GTA went for silly money.. The 81 turbo t/a started at 30k and I think sold at just uder 45k the 79 annv. t/a went over 50.. So, after wards I was looking at the g body, and they asked what my high bid was on it, when it was up, I said I didn't bid as I really wanted some of the other cars,, that went up for sale after this.. So, for 7200.oo I got a non dealer prepped 2+2.. never titled until 2009 car.. only because no one really wanted it.. I really think it was more that they had way to many cars that people wanted more, I know for sure if the two brothers that ran/owned the dealership (not sure if the old man still owned it or not) was there, it have never left for that little, they'd have kept it.. They couldn't watch decades of being a dealer die, and didn't go to the sale, only told the company dealing with the sale to sell it all.. If, I ever come across an mid eighties nascar busch Pontiac v6 I will stuff it under the hood, and put all the factory parts to one side of a shed, This car makes my 305ho 185hp SS feel fast.. it is a slug..
It's getting a new top on it and a couple other small things but then I should be flying out to Cali to pick it up. Parent's said they are just to old to get in and out of it anymore so Ill be getting it a little early. It's a 89.
Other than that I don't have any other 80's vehicles, not even a Fiero anymore . I wouldn't mind picking up a couple of specific vehicles and with my 2 girls approaching getting licenses, one with permit one who will be going through Drivers Ed this next school year, I will probably pick up a couple of 80's cars for them. Something easy to work on like a VW Golf or late 80's Civic. Something that would be inexpensive on tires and parts... insurance...
I am not a big fan of the '80s. There were two goods things to come out of that decade; Ronald Reagan and the Fiero. The music was banal, the cars were ugly and uninspiring and everybody dressed funny. Too much cocaine, I guess. I do have a 12:1 steering box out of an '80-something Monte Carlo SS in my GTO. That, I like.
Always found this funny.. I've had the early muscle cars.. and they road and drove like crap, handled like crap, and stopped even worse.. I've had 66 lemans/66gto/71 el camino, 71 chevelle ,72 chevelle, 75 cutlass, and driven a ton of others.. but lived with these.. the all drum brake cars are scary to say the least.. with factory type shoes.. having to put all my 220lb on the pedal and stand on it.. to maybe stop, sucks.. turning at speed was um.. fun.... if you like oversteer, and body roll.. sure they had more balls than the 80's cars.. but the 80's cars did everything better.. EVERYTHING.. a 1970 396 chevelle was a 14 sec car.. just like most of the 80's cars.. heck even the ls6 was a low 14 sec high 13 sec car.. The 73-77 cars handled better and stopped better and the lack of power was an easy fix, the 78-88 cars did even better and the old muscle didn't really run away from them. when stock.. Many of the 64-72 cars are odd looking, only a few look the part.. same with the 80's.. heck the 80's mid sized cars from g.m. are more in line with the 64-72 cars than the 73-77 are.. as the 73 up are longer in the nose and doors.. and the 78 up go back to about the same %'s of rear/middle/front.. mopars from the muscle car years and to the late 80's didn't change at all, same everything underneath . live axle and torsion bars up front.. 318/340/360/440 , the ford guys got a royal screw'n in the mid 70's as all their cars got to be tanks, other than the pinto and pinto based mustang.. then the fox body came that is about the same as the muscle car in weight, and parts.. and models.. as ford build their whole line off it, just about.. My 86 SS interior is the same basic lay out at my 71-72 chevelle was even in size... the 66 lemans/gto was a little bigger it seemed..inside.. the 86SS underhood and framework is a direct copy of the muscle car years.. just made to handle 100x better,, same frame type, same live axle set up 4 link,with sway bar, same a arm style, spring style, even the body is mounted the same basic way.. Some forget just how much of a pyle of crap the muscle cars were.. they had double the power and still only did 14 sec 1/4's.. when todays 4200 lb+ Camaro with that same 427hp runs high12's .. it shows just how bad the muscle cars put the power down.. when they left the factory.. The 80's cars are the last run of vehicles that are the same basic platform as the halo muscle cars.. dirt simple,, and easy to fix the lack of power under the hood.. My SS weight is 3390 lb's I look at a 2014 Camaro and mustang and the 4000lb + weight and go.. how.. why..
I'd like to find a 1980 Pontiac sunbird hatchback, clean ish and rust free.. and by cleanish I mean the interior other than seat covers and carpet are not junk..
Then add a Monza spider rear and front spoiler,, and either a 3800/5spd out of a 1998-02 f body.. and an 3800s/c and make one 231 v6.. or take a alum ls and stick shift. or if I was able,, take a 2016 on up turbo 4 out of an f body.. This body style had good looks, but crap power plants.. for any spirted driving.. sad really I loved my 151 iron duke powered automatic.. even if it topped out at 83mph..
Had an '89 Mustang 5.0 convertible that was going to be our "tooling around" car after we retired. Nice car, not particularly fast with the original 2.73 "secretary rear" but really woke up when I put in the 3.52 rear and a shift kit for the woeful automatic.
Sadly, it became a garage queen when my wife got sick. After she died I kept is for a while but I got rid of it not for the memories it had but the memories it DIDN'T have.
Then I got the itch for a hobby car and I though about the sports cars that I liked back when I was raising a family and driving a Truckster wagon. The Fiero was on that list and the only one I could reasonably attain these days.
Took six month of looking to find the right one but I'm happy.
My problem with the 80s is the sheet metal always tried to stay away from anything made after 1974 if I could. There are exceptions (Fieros and Corvettes) but I am very picky
I also hate how older cars handle and stop. But you cant say that they didn't have style. I would love to find a 67-68 Camaro and then upgrade it with independent suspension, power disk brakes, power steering, 96 or newer drivetrain Given money, time and a place to work on it I would gut a C6 and put all of the goodies into a 68 Camaro in a heart beat.
Honestly the Fiero is the only 80s car that I still like.
Two cars I want to have are 1967 - 1968 Camaro or 1970 - 1974 Cuda If I cant have those I would settle for any Corvette made before 1974 or after 2005 Anything from the 80s would have to be an exceptional car or just a beater to drive in the winter.
The SS is not an aerocoupe.. It's the formal roof line car, I bought it from a dealer in Newton N.C. never titled, titled in 2001 when I bought it, with 8700 miles on it.
The 2+2 is from a local dealer that closed up when they pulled the plug on Pontiac, It wasn't the car I wanted , as I was there to bid/buy either the 06 GTO or the 2002 WS6 t/a ..but they got very good money for them.. and well the 2+2 I've always liked but wasn't why I was there.. it came up and no one really wanted it.. It came up before the 89 turbo t/a so I didn't bid on it, as I wanted to try for the 3rd gen t/a or the 92 firehawk , but they both went for silly money.. same with the petty g/p and the 87 gt , went for much more than I thought they would've .. even the 86 GTA went for silly money.. The 81 turbo t/a started at 30k and I think sold at just uder 45k the 79 annv. t/a went over 50.. So, after wards I was looking at the g body, and they asked what my high bid was on it, when it was up, I said I didn't bid as I really wanted some of the other cars,, that went up for sale after this.. So, for 7200.oo I got a non dealer prepped 2+2.. never titled until 2009 car.. only because no one really wanted it.. I really think it was more that they had way to many cars that people wanted more, I know for sure if the two brothers that ran/owned the dealership (not sure if the old man still owned it or not) was there, it have never left for that little, they'd have kept it.. They couldn't watch decades of being a dealer die, and didn't go to the sale, only told the company dealing with the sale to sell it all.. If, I ever come across an mid eighties nascar busch Pontiac v6 I will stuff it under the hood, and put all the factory parts to one side of a shed,
My problem with the 80s is the sheet metal always tried to stay away from anything made after 1974 if I could. There are exceptions (Fieros and Corvettes) but I am very picky
I also hate how older cars handle and stop. But you cant say that they didn't have style. I would love to find a 67-68 Camaro and then upgrade it with independent suspension, power disk brakes, power steering, 96 or newer drivetrain Given money, time and a place to work on it I would gut a C6 and put all of the goodies into a 68 Camaro in a heart beat.
Honestly the Fiero is the only 80s car that I still like.
Two cars I want to have are 1967 - 1968 Camaro or 1970 - 1974 Cuda If I cant have those I would settle for any Corvette made before 1974 or after 2005 Anything from the 80s would have to be an exceptional car or just a beater to drive in the winter.
They did have style,, but they didn't have the designers hands tied with regs either.. If they didn't have to deal with the epa and safety b/s and all the other stuff.. I'm sure todays cars would look as good if not better.. as for gutting a c6 and stuffing it in a 68 Camaro why g.m. makes it it's called the z-28 or if you like Camaro SS.. If you like driving with the windows down, the old cars suck at todays speeds.. the wind noise is beyond loud... as much as todays cars have been character challenged, they are much better vehicles.. and I don't know about you.. but I can not see the nose or tail or side of the car when I sit in the drivers seat.. sure like everyone I have my fav's when it comes to looks.. but I don't drive looks.. I like the 77-78 t/a's the best of the 2nd gen.. the 701/2 Camaro on that side of the twin.. the 3rd gen.. I'll take the 85-89t/a body over the 82-84 and 90 up. the formula close 2nd.. don't like any 3rd gen Camaro's.. late 80's Iroc if I had to.. 1977 cutlass 442.. or the 73 most say the 68-69-70-71-72.. I bought my Monte SS for 2 reasons.. 1) I liked the look of them when I saw them as a highschool kid.. and it was as close to the same car as my dad's 77 cutlass was.. 2 door, marroonish gut, power everything, and road well, handled ok.. and need of some help in the power dept.. if I found a 76-77 cutlass 442 or "S" when I was looking that was not a rot box.. I'd have that.. as my dad's looked evil in it's 2 tone paint and 79-80 w-30 alum wheels.. So I get the looks part.. but I have also test drove a turbo 4 powered 2016 Camaro.. and I'm not a fan of the 67-69 Camaro to start with, but this thing is fast.. and at only 3300 lb isn't a bloated tank . I like my Fiero.. why it's cheap fun.. 1st pick, nope.. but key words cheap fun.
Thanks,, still needs a repaint.. I don't know what it was with silver/grays in the 80's but g.m. and ford had issues with that color.. and this was only in the sun through the shop windows.. the drivers side/ sie looks factory new.. the pass side and 2/3rd of the hood/roof/rear deck are pealing/failing.. 7200 is about tops it get.. but how many times can you get a 23 y/o car that is new.. I'm sure I'll piss off people as I drive it.. sorry ,not much into garage art.
It's getting a new top on it and a couple other small things but then I should be flying out to Cali to pick it up. Parent's said they are just to old to get in and out of it anymore so Ill be getting it a little early. It's a 89.
Other than that I don't have any other 80's vehicles, not even a Fiero anymore .
. I wouldn't mind picking up a couple of specific vehicles and with my 2 girls approaching getting licenses, one with permit one who will be going through Drivers Ed this next school year, I will probably pick up a couple of 80's cars for them. Something easy to work on like a VW Golf or late 80's Civic. Something that would be inexpensive on tires and parts... insurance...
