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Thread Number: 34908
The Price is Right circa 1975 |
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| Post# 522671 6/5/2011 at 14:48 (4,701 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California) | ||
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| Post# 522685 , Reply# 1 6/5/2011 at 15:30 (4,701 days old) by captainmoody () | ||
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Ahh...1975 Chevrolet Caprice.. My favorite luxo-cruiser.. And the model to go with it! | ||
| Post# 522687 , Reply# 2 6/5/2011 at 15:36 (4,701 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California) | ||
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| Post# 522692 , Reply# 3 6/5/2011 at 16:16 (4,701 days old) by stainfighter (Columbia, SC) | ||
Chevy Caprice Classic website...
IIRC that must have been an 'evening' episode...I think, but please correct if I am wrong, that there had been at one time a weekly evening version of TPIR in the 70's with host Dennis James (remember his tag line in the 50's? "Okay? Okay!" saw it on one of the AW ads). According to the web page link the 145hp 350 CID, 2 BBL carburetor became standard after the 73/4 oil embargo, except for the wagon which was equipped with the 400 CID 2 barrel...don't those 15" wheels look small compared to today's compacts that often now feature that or larger size tires? LOVED the pillar-less styling. The 76 featured similar styling but with the new square mini headlights...thanks for bringing back that memory!
CLICK HERE TO GO TO stainfighter's LINK | ||
| Post# 522708 , Reply# 4 6/5/2011 at 17:14 (4,701 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California) | ||
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Thanks Robert!!
I had just found it too that the 350 with a 2bbl became standard even on the Caprice. Man can you imagine how much of a dog that must have been trying to move all that weight! Those 15's do look small! Of course the sidewalls make the tires look huge compared to today's low profile sidewalls. And the whitewalls are sooooo pretty! I'm glad I was able to bring back some memories for ya!
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| Post# 522713 , Reply# 6 6/5/2011 at 17:36 (4,701 days old) by captainmoody () | ||
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Come to think of it now, when I was a Chevy dealer mechanic, I used to be able tell the difference in the exhaust note between a stock 350 and 454. Ah, the wonderful memories! | ||
| Post# 522729 , Reply# 7 6/5/2011 at 19:19 (4,701 days old) by chaskelljr2 (Washington, D. C.) | ||
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Well...... I wasn't crazy about the car.... but anyway.... @ Dwight..... I tell you what..... why don't I let you go ahead and have the car, and I'll take the model that was inside driving it. Sounds like a fair deal (LOL)??? --Charles-- | ||
| Post# 522730 , Reply# 8 6/5/2011 at 19:27 (4,701 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California) | ||
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| Post# 522735 , Reply# 9 6/5/2011 at 19:53 (4,701 days old) by captainmoody () | ||
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LOL! Oh yes! The appliances are awesome too! | ||
Post# 522740 , Reply# 10 6/5/2011 at 20:16 (4,701 days old) by searsbest  (Attleboro, Ma) |
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The Price Is Right..... | ||
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Post# 522776 , Reply# 11 6/5/2011 at 22:55 (4,701 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Nobody won the first showcase. Perhaps the appliances are still sitting in a warehouse somewhere waiting to be won! Speed Queen prizes were always my favorite, their panels and shiny knobs always just glimmered on TV.
My grandfather had a 76 Impala, learned to drive while he still had it. He kept it in immaculate condition. My mother had a 73 Plymouth Duster and it seemed tiny compared with the Impala, the Delta 88's and Park Avenues in the family around the same time. Those were the days. A good friend had a 75 Caprice in high school and we could easily wedge 7 into it. That was great, thanks! | ||
| Post# 522805 , Reply# 12 6/6/2011 at 02:13 (4,701 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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| Post# 523022 , Reply# 13 6/6/2011 at 22:58 (4,700 days old) by dogboy44 (Los Angeles) | ||
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Love it! All the luxury goods, and 10K was an overbid. Wow! | ||
| Post# 523298 , Reply# 15 6/8/2011 at 08:59 (4,698 days old) by drewz (Alexandria, Virginia) | ||
 Let's not forget the 1975 & 1976 Caprice's were equipped with that Fuel Economy Gauge, which was to keep you from wasting gas!
To stay within the economy range you would start out from a stop just creeping your way up to the speed limit.
We never paid attention to it we just let the needle bounce back and forth, we thought it would break off eventually but it didn't. | ||
| Post# 523329 , Reply# 16 6/8/2011 at 10:28 (4,698 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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My '75 Buick Electra is equipped with the fuel usage gauge (which is just a vacuum gauge). It was an option that was ordered on less than 1 out of 4 cars like mine and my 1976 Electra lacked it. I can understand why this option wasn't too popular! It served me one time as I had noticed there was lower than normal vacuum on the gauge because there was a vacuum leak somewhere!
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| Post# 523351 , Reply# 17 6/8/2011 at 13:03 (4,698 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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Wow, Phil, that annunciator panel looks like something from an aircraft. Those were the days. | ||
| Post# 523376 , Reply# 18 6/8/2011 at 15:15 (4,698 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California) | ||
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| Post# 523457 , Reply# 19 6/8/2011 at 22:46 (4,698 days old) by michaelman2 (Lauderdale by the Sea, FL) | ||
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I think the showcase music cues are embedded in my brain....Love em. The hair on the brunette....huge, but she is beautiful, I would imagine that hair would not be easy to maintain. | ||
| Post# 523458 , Reply# 20 6/8/2011 at 23:25 (4,698 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee) | ||
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