Catalina Pontiac’s lowest price fullsize car for 1973 was on a chassis that was around since 1971. It sat on a 124 inch wheelbase, same as the Bonneville and Grand Ville, but the station wagons sat on a 127 inch wheelbase. Body styles included 2-door hardtop, 4-door hardtop, 4-door post, and the previously […]
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Pontiac Ventura
Ventura The Ventura nameplate was around since the 1960s and was thrown on Pontiac’s X-body compact for ’71. Fast forward to ’73, the Ventura was available with a 250 CID 1bbl I6 or a 350 CID 2bbl Pontiac V8. The top engine was a 350 CID 4bbl Pontiac V8, making 175hp. Manual transmission choices were […]
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Dodge D50
Dodge D50 Dodge was late in the game with a compact truck. The Dodge D50 was an imported product based on Mitsubishi’s truck. Its first year was 1979. Powering it were a choice of two Mitsubishi I4s, a 2.0L or a 2.6L. They made 90hp and 105 hp, respectively. Shifting duties were handled by a […]
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Chevrolet Luv
Chevrolet Luv The Luv truck was in its second year for ’73. Its name was an acronym for ‘Light Utility Vehicle’. Imported from Isuzu, the truck had quad round headlamps up until 1977. This was a very basic truck in the first generation. Initially powering these was a 75hp 1.8L SOHC 1bbl I4 with a […]
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Chevrolet Caprice
Chevrolet Caprice The Caprice nameplate meant ‘luxury’. Well, atleast as far as the Chevrolet division was allowed to take it. It even had its own special emblem, which replaced the traditional Chevy bowtie on all Caprices. The 1973 Caprice was advertised as being the ‘uppermost Chevrolet’. It had the same overall body dimensions as the […]
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Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Chevrolet Monte Carlo The Monte Carlo was fresh for 1973. It was on GM’s new ‘colonnade’ architecture, and it’s chassis was known as a A-plus, and also known as G-body. From ’73-’75, the headlamps were round. Engines offered were a 350 2bbl V8, 350 4bbl V8 and a 454 4bbl V8. For 1976, the Monte […]
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Chevrolet Monza 2+2
Chevrolet Monza 2+2 The Monza line was quite confusing with all the various looks it had, even during the same model years. We’re calling all years of the quad-headlamp Monza, the ‘Monza 2+2’. The term ‘2+2’ was used by Chevy and some think it’s used to point out the 2 rectangular headlamps on each side, […]
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