Though we rarely see 124 Spiders on the street nowadays, they are still out there. Here's one that hung on long…
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Never mind that surf music in 1977 served as a mocking reminder of how much cynicism, diminishing expectations, and…
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Swiveling bucket seats in a '75 Cutlass— well, you can't argue with the soundness of that concept, no sir. But when…
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Back in 1973, a brand-new XJ6 listed at about $9,500. For that price you got 150 horsepower, four-wheel disc brakes,…
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After a few years of double-digit annual inflation in the late 1970s, Americans had become accustomed to Malaise Era…
By 1983, Nissan was in the final stages of phasing out the Datsun name in the North American market, so every Datsun…
It's big, it boasts a body designed by the Italian design house responsible for the Maserati 5000 GT and Alpine A106,…
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Malaise Era engine power numbers always provide entertainment, especially when you consider that the 134-horse 302…
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Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust…
While today's Junkyard Find dwarfs its 1965 ancestor we saw in the same wrecking yard a while back, it's still on…
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More headroom than the Volvo 242! A longer wheelbase than the VW Dasher! Crypto-fastback styling!
Fans of Malaise Era Japanese iron often tell me they'd love to do an 810 wagon project, but claim they can't be…
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Salesman of big gas-sucking dreadnaughts were really feeling the pain in 1974, what with the Arab oil embargo and run…
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars in places other than the …
We spent the day watching the Crewe Le Pew Renault Le Car buzzing around the track. No black flags, no mechanical…
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Can a 62-horsepower Rabbit really keep up with a perp standing on the gas pedal of a Barracuda? Hey, the Malaise Era…
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda,…