Why so much hate for anything built after `71?

[Unkle Krusty]

My camper van is a 77. I am fairly sure they did not build the stretched van earlier, or the camper top. But for me it raises a question. My van was build in Canada. Most of the Canadian built vehicles go to the US, but that may be more modern times. Do any of you guys have a made in Canada car?

As an aside; many of the camper tops are ugly. Many have front overhangs that catch a lot of air, and make the steering worse. I cut mine off, and changed the shape.

 

[WileE]

My camper van is a 77. I am fairly sure they did not build the stretched van earlier, or the camper top. But for me it raises a question. My van was build in Canada. Most of the Canadian built vehicles go to the US, but that may be more modern times. Do any of you guys have a made in Canada car?

As an aside; many of the camper tops are ugly. Many have front overhangs that catch a lot of air, and make the steering worse. I cut mine off, and changed the shape.

If the car was built in the Windsor plant ( "R" ) then of course, many would have a car built in Canada.

 

[Armyvet25]

My camper van is a 77. I am fairly sure they did not build the stretched van earlier, or the camper top. But for me it raises a question. My van was build in Canada. Most of the Canadian built vehicles go to the US, but that may be more modern times. Do any of you guys have a made in Canada car?

As an aside; many of the camper tops are ugly. Many have front overhangs that catch a lot of air, and make the steering worse. I cut mine off, and changed the shape.

a lot of camper top vans came from Canada, they were hauled into Michigan for the conversion, several conversion companies were in or around the 3 rivers area, I hauled many from one to the other, from there they went to various dealers for sale. One of my trucks I utilized doing this exact task, Cassens transport Detroit Michigan based.

 

[Detective D]

My friend bought this Magnum for under a grand. Running driving 360 4 barrel car with T tops. These are great entry level Mopars.

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Your friend is a lucky SoB, I wish I could fall into a deal like that, anything in the salt belt that isn't returning to the earth is $4k minimum though. That is going to be a fun car.

 

[Detective D]

No hate from me! I joined this forum to ask some questions about a 78 Monaco police package. My project has been back burner'ed for a bit over a year as economy and some job concerns pushed me to focus on getting my home paid off. Looking to get back at it as soon as winter is over.

My all time favorite B body is a 74 Road Runner. I am sure I am in the minority. I love the lines, the smoothed out muscle lines with those touches like the hood and flared wheel wells and sloped roofline, I think that car was ahead of it's time. Like a blending of old and new, 40 years early.

Of course, I am one of the wierdos that likes the 4 door Mopars and Wagons from the era. Probably because the sedan body was designed in 1971 but got mid/late 70's brakes and interior upgrades over the years. I would love to make a sleeper 1978 Monaco wagon also. Hopefully time will stand still in the auto world just long enough I can accomplish that on my budget for the next several years. Parts availability is going to be a deciding factor, each year that goes by the "who cares" 1970's cars become more scarce. Maybe the youngest generation of gearheads will save them. Magnums are coming around, and Cordobas some too, so who knows.

 

[HawkRod]

No hate from me! I joined this forum to ask some questions about a 78 Monaco police package. My project has been back burner'ed for a bit over a year as economy and some job concerns pushed me to focus on getting my home paid off. Looking to get back at it as soon as winter is over.

My all time favorite B body is a 74 Road Runner. I am sure I am in the minority. I love the lines, the smoothed out muscle lines with those touches like the hood and flared wheel wells and sloped roofline, I think that car was ahead of it's time. Like a blending of old and new, 40 years early.

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Of course, I am one of the wierdos that likes the 4 door Mopars and Wagons from the era. Probably because the sedan body was designed in 1971 but got mid/late 70's brakes and interior upgrades over the years. I would love to make a sleeper 1978 Monaco wagon also. Hopefully time will stand still in the auto world just long enough I can accomplish that on my budget for the next several years. Parts availability is going to be a deciding factor, each year that goes by the "who cares" 1970's cars become more scarce. Maybe the youngest generation of gearheads will save them. Magnums are coming around, and Cordobas some too, so who knows.

As I have said many times, I had a 73 Road Runner for 42 years.

I think the 73/ 74 Road Runner hoods are one of the coolest hoods Mopar ever designed. I always wanted to make the "nostrils" in mine functional, but I never got around to it.

 

[torredcuda]

The OP stated with his first post the negative reactions he was talking about were on Facebook and Forums.
So it’s probably more a reflection of the cesspool that is social media today than it is on a reflection on people in general.
Keyboard wizards, many of whom probably never even owned a vintage car, sit in their basements and post away, more often than not trying to fit in with the herd posting than express an independent intelligent opinion, let alone one based on their own actual experience.
So a few guys post negative things on post 72 cars, and then you get all the mommy’s basement dwellers chiming in looking to fit in and get acceptance from their online peer group. Sadly that is the world we live in.
My unsolicited advice is do is think for yourself and try to tune out the online noise as much as possible, and try to resist the temptation to post crap about something just because that is what everyone else online is posting and you want to fit in!

There are plenty of haters in person at car shows as well so it is not just a social media thing it`s just that in person they will say it behind your back, snub your car by walking right by it or dis it to their friends when you are not in earshot.

 

[XS22J8R]

I go to car shows and cruise ins multiple times a week during our fair weather season and I don’t hear any negative comments about my Magnum. If anything it gets as much attention and interest than my Challenger convertible.
Really the only negative I hear people saying at events is about too many Corvettes, new Corvettes I mean, along with new stangs and Challengers and Chargers. One big motivation I had for buying my Magnum was I don’t enjoy driving my vintage Challengers on highways more than a few miles, so often drove my ‘09 Challenger to further away events. A vintage Mopar that was a comfortable road trip car seemed a good way to relieve myself of the guilt I felt showing up at so many events with my 2009!
One large cruise I still remember even though it was 6 or 7 years ago, was one where I parked my Challenger next to my friends ‘74 Gremlin. I was relaxing behind my car at one point, and started to get irritated after a while because every other spectator there was coming up to me and pointing to the Gremlin and asking “is that yours?”
There were 700 cars at that event and I doubt any car there got more interest than that Gremlin.
As they say, your results may vary, maybe it’s geographical I don’t know. But lots of my Mopar buds have 72 up A, B, E and even some C bodies, and in 30 years going to events around here I can’t recall any of them complaining about anyone hating on their cars.

 

[66ChargerHI-PO]

Don’t matter to me, I like anything and everything. I like others have said think the hatred is because of the engines being less horsepower, and the bumpers and decals getting bigger… no hatred from me though

 

[Black_Sheep]

I don’t hate them, but they’re not the cars I lusted for in high school. When I graduated in ‘78 the cool kids had legit sixties era muscle cars or modified sixties low performance models. Most were daily drivers, rain or snow.

 

[HawkRod]

I go to car shows and cruise ins multiple times a week during our fair weather season and I don’t hear any negative comments about my Magnum. If anything it gets as much attention and interest than my Challenger convertible.
Really the only negative I hear people saying at events is about too many Corvettes, new Corvettes I mean, along with new stangs and Challengers and Chargers. One big motivation I had for buying my Magnum was I don’t enjoy driving my vintage Challengers on highways more than a few miles, so often drove my ‘09 Challenger to further away events. A vintage Mopar that was a comfortable road trip car seemed a good way to relieve myself of the guilt I felt showing up at so many events with my 2009!
One large cruise I still remember even though it was 6 or 7 years ago, was one where I parked my Challenger next to my friends ‘74 Gremlin. I was relaxing behind my car at one point, and started to get irritated after a while because every other spectator there was coming up to me and pointing to the Gremlin and asking “is that yours?”
There were 700 cars at that event and I doubt any car there got more interest than that Gremlin.
As they say, your results may vary, maybe it’s geographical I don’t know. But lots of my Mopar buds have 72 up A, B, E and even some C bodies, and in 30 years going to events around here I can’t recall any of them complaining about anyone hating on their cars.

I'm with you.

My 73 rarely ever got any negative comments at car shows - usually it attracted quite a number of people. Quite frankly, I think people are tired of 69 Camaros and 65 Mustangs - there are so many of them around that I think people get bored looking at them. So a car that is something different attracts people: in your case it was a Gremlin. I remember once an AMC Pacer was at a show. Man, people flocked around it to check it out.

Anyway, my point is, drive whatever you like and be happy with it. Ignore anyone that doesn't like your car, because most likely most do think it's cool. It's just the loudmouth jerks that make themselves heard

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Quite frankly, I think people are tired of 69 Camaros and 65 Mustangs - there are so many of them around that I think people get bored looking at them.

Agree. I walk right by them. And corvettes.

 

[68BabyBlue]

I don’t hate them, but they’re not the cars I lusted for in high school. When I graduated in ‘78 the cool kids had legit sixties era muscle cars or modified sixties low performance models. Most were daily drivers, rain or snow.

I’m stuck on ‘69 GTXs based on my place in time. I appreciate that fate programs us differently. But the fact my GTX was on the streets in PA winters during my formative years adds to its appeal, and eclipses the models that came after.

 

[BB BELLA]

I'm not afraid to show my appreciation! 73-2004 until 3rd gem hemi went in a car 2005!