Which of these do you like (if any). This was just before American cars started getting crappy....

These are highly collectible cars these days... These are from the 1971-73 era.

Chevy Monte Carlo: (1971)



Monte Carlo: (1973)


Pontiac Grand Prix: (1972)



Olds Toronado: (1971)



Buick Riviera: (1971)


Cadillac Eldorado: (1972)




Ford Thunderbird: (1973)



Like the phone???


Mercury Cougar: (1973)


Lincoln Mark IV: (1973)



Plymouth Satellite Sebring: (1973)



Dodge Charger SE: (really cannot think of any other from Dodge in this range) (1972)



Chrysler 300 (only one I can think of only in 2-door only form) and this is a 1970, because I cannot find a 1971 photo and 72 this model was gone I think..



AMC Matador X (WOW!) (1974)

none

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Nothing there for me either. I would argue that they were already crappy by this time......

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Yuck to all the above; not much was worth owning in the 70s.

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1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

1973 Olds Cutlass Supreme. The first new car I ever bought. This is similar, 'cept mine had wire wheels. Nice looking car. Ran fine. Sheet metal was wafer thin. Rear window rusted & water leaked into trunk after about 5 years. I think the MSRP was around $3,500.00, including air and 8 track.

the mid 70's Monte carlos were fun. the young guys that drove them thought their cars were really hot. I had a '74 Datsun 260Z. Those guys would always try to run me on the expressway. most of them would run out of steam between 85 and 105. I wasn't even out of third gear yet! With my little 2.6 litre NA straight six.

Hey -

SLC came out in 1973.





Prejudiced against German cars???????????

I'd go for a 1971 Satellite Roadrunner or a Barracuda convertible.
http://www.oldcarmanualproject.com/brochures/Plymouth/1971/Satellite/index.htm

My dad had a Duster when I was a kid. I loved that car and the logo on the trunk lid.

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SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

I own one of them!

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I liked the GM midsize Cutlass/Chevelle/LeMans coupes up thru 1972. Not luxury but they felt solid and had a wide range of power trains.

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2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

The '71 Riv' is really the most stylish of the group and I think still looks good to this day.

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Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

None

BMW 3.0CS would be nice.
http://www.bmwcsregistry.org/photographs/30cs/30cs_polaris1.html

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My personal preferences are

1971 Grand Prix SJ 455 HO. Great performing car with a lot of style

1970 Monte Carlo 454 Very stylish and also good performance

1970 Eldorado 8.2 litre all engine and leather

1972 Buick Riv The boat tail is awesome

Gee, seems to be all GM so far...

Going back a little further 1967 Olds Toronado /Cad Eldo. Same body style in a choice of front or rear wheel drive

1963-64 Buick Riv The original and still the best...

1962 Ford Thunderbird Best looking post Square Bird.

1964-66 T-bird Love the walking tail lights and the cockpit.

1966 AMC Ambassador Coupe

1965 -66 AMC Marlin

Go back a bit more

1953-59 Studebaker Golden Hawk...

The Satellite and Charger are more muscle car than luxo coupe.

The Matador X was a nice try... The Barcelona was more of a PLC.

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Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Riviera- hands down.

The mid 60's 'vette rear window, the sweep of the front fenders to the door and then to the rear like a Dusenburg....

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77 300D, 227k, station car
83 300CD 370k, gone away
89 190E 2.6- 335k, no more
79 VW FI Bus- 145k miles, summer driver
59 VW Beetle ragtop- 175k miles
12 VW Jetta- 160k miles

Monte Carlo....but I did like the '77 Olds Cutlass.