Very nice indeed. not a big fan of the dashes for these years. Is it a Scoop back? Would that be the Cleveland or the Windsor? A friend has a 72 i believe, a white convertible, and it has a Cleveland I wanna say. What's the major visible distinctions? Valve cover bolts and water pump?
Cleveland and 335-series has the thermostat outlet in the top right corner of the block, whereas the Windsors have the thermostat outlet in the right front end of the intake manifold. The upper hose placement suggests a 351W.
Gotta Love/Hate the period correct plastic seat covers, it the summer even hotter than the Stock Vinyl seats. Nice car, just not in my colors. Reasonable asking price for the condition IMO.
On mom's side of the family everyone had "Fingerhut" plastic bublewrap seat covers so the dogs wouldn't tear up the seats. They'd rather freeze or burn tender young legs and butts! I like the car but there are two reasons I won't own it. I dislike the color and my wife warned me to stay away from Cougars! Are those 1957 Cadillac hubcaps? I can't zoom.
Nope, those are Mercury hubcaps. Admittedly, I'd take it if I could afford it just for the cool factor, but I was never a fan of this shade of green, especially the interior.
Hey I like the 70s, I mean I really like the 70s... my lifestyle is 70s... but that is just so much green that it makes ME green! I'd much rather have a nice golden color...
Most shades of green do suck. I doubt that anyone would order a vehicle with those colors. Green is for plants, trees and landscapes. You hardly see green animals, for example. Maybe, some exotic parrots might have green patterns in their plumage or certain reptiles will use these colors to blend into their surroundings. Or else get eaten. So, why should you have to put up with green motor vehicles? I guess, car makers simply produced a certain amount of green cars, to fill dealer lots.
Paint a star on the door and you have a military issue look! Other than that I see no reason for green on green... although I have seen some cars that look good in certain shades of green, usually with a tan interior.
The only green on green car I've owned that I more or less tolerated was my '77 Granada Ghia 2-door, where it was that dark green (I think it was called 'Dark Emerald') with matching dark green interior.
I can remember having at least three green cars. A 1950 Buick fastback, 1949 Olds fastback, and a 1953 Buick 2-door sedan. They were cheap used cars and better than walking. The Buicks were a light pea green, (pee green!) and the '49 Oldsmobile a decent dark green. I painted the '50 Buick fast back black for like $10 a gallon fleet paint. Back then many cars came in a light green. GM must have sold millions of lite green Chevy pick up trucks, mostly to farmrs and conservation companies. Maybe to blend in with the forest and the corn?
Funeral directors would bribe GM into painting pickups green, so that they could profit from hunting accidents or what appeared to be accidents, Sir.
