Re: Would You Go Back To The 1970's Technology If You Could?

Posted by MarkB_MI on October 26, 2015 at 18:19:42 from (70.194.27.155):

In Reply to: Re: Would You Go Back To The 1970's Technology If You Could? posted by K-n-L Country Farms on October 26, 2015 at 04:42:00:

>...so you need to do your homework and educate yourself to know that not all cars were sold in all areas thus not all people in all areas would have had a particular model of car in their area...

Your flawed and fanciful memories prove my point better than anything I could say. Maybe if GM had done market research and paid attention to it they wouldn't have lost most of their west coast market share to imports. But no, the Big Three took their market for granted back then, and the Monza was sold in Chevrolet dealerships across the American heartland. Including, I'm sure, at the dealership in your own home town.

Now if you've truly never heard of the Chevy Monza and its notorious spark plug change, then tell me this: What OTHER car were you thinking of that requires sheet metal surgery to pull the plugs? Certainly nothing built in the past thirty years; if automotive engineers learned anything from the lamentable Monza, it was that you need to ensure that a tune-up is possible without pulling the engine.

Maybe you should re-acquaint yourself with this prime example of GM automotive technology from the Disco Era. It has the key traits shared by all 1970's Detroit iron: It was underpowered, overweight and poorly engineered.

• The Almost Muscle Car

Replies:

• Re: Would You Go Back To The 1970's Technology If You Could? Indiana Ken 08:01:17 10/28/15 (0)
• Re: Would You Go Back To The 1970's Technology If You Could? Greg1959 18:32:42 10/26/15 (2)
  • Re: Would You Go Back To The 1970's Technology If You Could? MarkB_MI 02:05:03 10/27/15 (1)
    • Re: Would You Go Back To The 1970's Technology If You Could? Greg1959 18:37:10 10/27/15 (0)

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