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more about #1976 more comments → Elhigh: I have a book on electric cars that was written smack in the middle of the Malaise Era, and it mentions a guy in Virginia who kept meticulous records ... more » SanbornApis: noooooooo, I had one of these and got up to 50mph going down a hill. The drive train, suspension and brakes are golf cart - literally! 35mph is real... more » TurboBrick [LIGIER]: Everyone knows that the hood scoop gives you +3hp right away, so on it's own this thing has 0.5hp then, right? more » alexander_the_car_salamander: Anybody else thinking about a Hayabusa engine swap or is it just me? more » Mad_Science: Cool plate, but I think this one beats it. more » Mad_Science: Love that NACA duct on the hood. Sure, this'll get you lots of attention from the girls, but unless it's the gymnastics team, you're unlikely to capi... more » Picarso: We had one of these when I was in High-school. It had fallen off a trailer it was being transported on and the top cracked so the roof was cut off and... more » ssrock64: Even these were subject to some legislation. They gained gigantic bumpers and Sebring-Vanguard failed. Another company took over, added the aforementi... more » Novaload: Great find. I've always loved these because the droopy face is the essence of someone thinking "Meh" = Hey, I am what I am, pretty much a 35 mph enclo... more » skaycog was here: Another learning experience for me. This is a Citicar drag race at the 2009 International Citicar Gathering in Baltimore, Md. Go get em! more » Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: I had heard of these before, but I've never seen this much detail of one. Fun fact: this is the most-produced electric car sold in the US. more » evilvocho: Sebring seems to be a doomed name, at least when applied to cars, I say... more » If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face: Is it wrong that I immediately recognized this as a '76 model? I saw an early Pinto, bone stock with dog dish hubcaps, at a cruise in. For some reas... more » Emmymau: Being one of those Crazy People who does, in fact, own and cherish a Pinto, I can attest to the difficulty of finding them in junkyards. Too bad this... more » tankman: When the whole Pinto fire thing was going on, one of the car magazines replicated the accident with the Pinto's competitors - I think Vega, Toyota, an... more » -
#downonthestreet
1976 Sebring-Vanguard Citicar
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. 500+ vehicles into this series, we've finally got an electric car! More » -
#downonthejunkyard
See, Not All Pintos Blew Up!
In general, cars at the high-turnover self-service junkyards tend to be 15 to 20 years old, but some types of cars disappeared from junkyards long before their time. The Pinto was such a car. More » -
#junkyardfind
Junkyard Jackpot: BMW 2002, Corolla GT-S, Triumph Spitfire
Just yards away from the now-much-picked-over junked Volvo Amazon, I stumbled across this incredible trifecta of junkyardy goodness at my local self-service yard. Three cars that each deserve the full Jalopnik Stamp-O-Approval™! More » -
#downonthestreetbonusedition
Donked AMC Hornet Sportabout Sports Hella Bass, Truck Nutz
Normally, we wouldn't recommend adding big ol' donkin' wheels, JC Whitney leaf-spring shackles, and Truck Nutz to a Malaise Era wagon. However, this combo works perfectly on a primered '76 Hornet Sportabout! More » -
#amc
What Does The Billetproof Chief Perpetrator Drive?
When you're in charge of both Billetproof and the Concours d'Lemons, you aren't allowed to use a Camry as your daily driver. No, you must roll Kenosha style! More » -
#downonthestreetbonusedition
Look Upon My Works, Ye Mighty, And Despair: The Moloney Coupe
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. You like chrome? We like chrome! Everyone likes chrome! More » -
#projectcarhell
PCH, Armageddon On A Trailer Edition: Pair Of Lotus Eclats Or Widebody Porsche 911?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Since I've become the Weekend Editor, I've had to cut back on PCH posts. More » -
#downonthestreet
1976 BMW 2002
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. 2002s everywhere on the island, so let's see another!
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#downonthestreetbonusedition
DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Torino, Tradesman, Sapporo, Barracuda, And Move!
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Next up are some high-quality photographs, courtesy of Wimbles. More » -
#projectcarhell
PCH, Rootes Group Challenges The Prancing Horse: Sunbeam Venezia or Ferrari 308 GT4?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! You want an exotic European Hell Project, do you? Well, who doesn't?
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#projectcarhell
PCH, Land Of The Free Edition: V6 Chevette or Quadra-Packard Package Deal?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and most hellish! We don't have so many American cars here, because parts are too easy to find… More » -
#downonthestreet
1976 BMW 2002
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Ready for yet another street-driven BMW 2002?
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#projectcarhell
PCH, Totally Affordable Racing Madness: Austin Healey Sprite or Lancia Scorpion?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Yesterday, the Ferrari 328GTS vanquished the Japanese upstart NSX in a PCH Superpower Smackdown, which should make fellow PCH Superpowers Britain and France- unsettled since a Glas beat a Lotus day before yesterday- breathe a sigh of relief. Today we're going to let a couple of Superpowers have at it, in a Sub-$500 Race Car Challenge: Britain versus Italy!
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#1976buickregal
1976 Buick Regal
You know what we haven't had in this series? Donks! Oakland, just across a narrow estuary from Alameda, has a fair number of donkified GM cars, but the trend seems to be dying out. In any case, donkmania never got very big in Alameda, where old-school musclecars and lowriders seem to be the customization themes of choice. Here's a rare Alameda donk, which I shot next to Alameda High over the winter (no, it doesn't rain here in June). The car parked on that block every school day, so is it a teacher's car or a student's? More » -
#chooseyoureternity
Project Car Hell: Lancia Scorpion or Merkur XR4Ti?
The blowout Choose Your Eternity polls are fun, but we really enjoy the nail-bitingly close races... which is what we got yesterday, with the Roots-blown Old Beetle just barely beating the Pro Street Peugeot in a 175-165 vote split. Does that mean a German car just upset Project Car Hell GigaTeraPower France, or does the Detroit engine water down the 200-proof Frenchness of the Peugeot? We'll leave that question open for now, because today we're going to see how an Italian basket case fares against a brutalized European Ford! More »
