Over at BAT - when did you last see one? 1973 Dodge Colt Hardtop 4-Speed

[Imperial One]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-dodge-colt-1600-custom-2-door-hard-top-series-1/

 

[440 PHIXX]

I really didn’t notice them when new! But looking at it now... Kool!

 

[Imperial One]

I really didn’t notice them when new! But looking at it now... Kool!

In 1973 I was drooling over a Dart Swinger that an employee of my father owned. Yep. Colts were not on my radar screen.

This one though looks pretty good. And today on BAT an orignal owner 1985 Dodge Omni GLH-T sold for $25,000. So even those cars are getting real money.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1985-dodge-omni-5/

 

[BeatersRus]

i had a grey one,once...i think i drove it once too and that was it.
not a bad looking car,nice curves.
compared to other compact cars tho,it was a slug.
had a yellow ford capri same time too,with the weird offset tiny v6 and 4 speed with 140mph speedo.
That,was a fun low hp compact,halfway geared right.
Quite a difference between the 2 compacts.

 

[67440chrg]

When I was 18 and rented my first place of my own the neighbor had one. She was in her mid 30s and would torment me by sunbathing every time I mowed my lawn. The little car was cool but she was prettier than it.

 

[Roger63]

I had a girlfriend back in the day that had one of those pretty cool car. A little underpowered but she didn't care.

 

[Coronet_Arch]

My dad bought a 1976 Colt. His first new car he ever owned. It was a 5 speed hard top. I learned to drive a manual in it. I drove it for awhile till they started adding ethanol to the fuel. It destroyed the fuel system.

 

[WileE]

Along with the Pinto in another thread, the photos of the two cars in the previous posts are among the "If you gave me it for free, I'd refuse" category, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[BeepBeepRR]

My very first car was a Yellow 1976 Dodge Colt. It was a pile of crap but what do you expect for 200.00 cash... I learned to drive a manual in my yard in that car.

 

[multimopes]

I remember one of those Colts on the cover of HotRod or some other magazine way back when. It had a Hemi and was built fro either Prostock or Superstock by the Rod Shop. It had a big stamped word over the photo that said "OUTLAWED"!

 

[patrick66]

When I was 17 and fresh out of HS, my friend Jack asked me if I wanted to drive to California to pick up his girlfriend's stuff and a car he had inherited from his grandpa. Well, yeah, duh! We were going inhis gf's car - a blue '74 Dodge Colt two-door hardtop. We were picking up his grandpa's car - a 1975 Dodge Colt four-door. It was a manual shift, hers was an automatic. We had a fantastic eight-day trip, getting into all sorts of adventures, it seemed! We picked up the other car at Day Six, and we loaded up both cars with all of her junk. Looked like "The Grapes of Wrath" but heading East. Great memories involving those two cars that Summer! I'd love to own one in that year-group.

 

[Fury 440]

What a super clean car.

 

[440 PHIXX]

No wonder guys got killed is those things. A Hemi with that short wheelbase? Why not?

 

[Skytrooper]

They were pretty par for the course back then. You had the Corollas, Datsuns that were similar, and the Vegas, Pintos and such. A lot of small economic cars back then due to the oil embargo. Most families back then had one full size car and one gas sipper (mine included).

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

That Colt is a sweet looking little ride

 

[Photon440]

My wife had a couple of Plymouth Arrows (1976 and 1979), same engine as that colt.

(hers were yellow and teal, this is just a picture)

 

[Cranky]

Bought a 76 with 12k miles in 86 when I went into my first divorce. It ran pretty good but just slow as hell. Had to pretty much floor it all the time from the lights on my way to work when everyone was in a hurry to get where they were going. Now, the damn cell phone is more important than getting anywhere so that 76 would fit in pretty well on the surface roads.

 

[440 PHIXX]

More pix of Colts on the dragway...

 

[70chall440]

I had one back in the day, don't remember what year it was but it was a complete POS. In retrospect it probably needed some TLC but I wasn't interested in it and sold it off.

 

[440 PHIXX]

So 70’s...