I vividly remember my grandad’s cars when I was a kid. He had a Silverado, a Monte Carlo, and an El Camino…. He wasn’t really a Chevy guy or anything overall, he just happened to have a few Chevies back then. These aren’t pics of his actual cars, but they are as close as I can find online. #MastodonCars #WeirdCarMastodon #classiccars
@gpowerf Cool 😀 My father‘s Car and my grandfather‘s were like this. My other grandfather had the same as a station wagon
@MartinWdd Travant? I saw a few I. Germany I think! 😄
@gpowerf Trabant 601 S. From East Germany… 600ccm (<37cui), 26 HP.
@MartinWdd 600cc! Wow! The cars I showed had V8s, I think the Monte Carlo had a 305ci (5L) and the other two 350ci (5.7L). But I’m not 100% certain of that.
@gpowerf Big difference between engines in US an EU. Most cars now have between 1600 and 2000 ccm, I think.
Funny fact: my work contact in the US has the same car as I do 🙂
@MartinWdd these are my two in the UK… the truck is much bigger and has a 1.9L turbo diesel, the blue one has a 5L V8. The truck is great, very frugal.
@MartinWdd it’s fine 😂 not fast by modern standards but still corners well and kinda sounds cool. Impractical on bumpy roads though, stiff suspension.
@gpowerf I was a big fan of Knight Rider in the late 1980s 🙂
@MartinWdd pretty much the same thing. KITT was the Pontiac version of the same car. Nose and back were different but essentially the rest was the same.
@gpowerf What's yours? I assumed it also to be a Pontiac...
@MartinWdd Chevy Camaro IROC-Z.
@gpowerf That's pretty cool, I just found it on Wikipedia... So it's a model between 1985 and 1990?
@MartinWdd mine is a 1990. The last of the IROCs.
@gpowerf re you from UK?
@MartinWdd originally? Venezuela, now UK.
@gpowerf Cool 🙂 I like British cars like Mini - my 2nd car was a Mini 1000 Flame Red 🙂 ¿te gusta vivir en el Reino Unido?
@MartinWdd bueno si. Tengo muchísimo tiempo aquí 😄 and I never owned a Mini, but I drove one. Interesting car, the steering is very direct, fun drive. FWIW, the Camaro also have very quick steering compared to most cars.
@gpowerf Yes the steering of a Mini is very cool - but only the old ones, not the BMW Minis. I loved that Mini...
My kids love my Tesla. It can fart, and it accelerates like a Rollercoaster...
@MartinWdd yeah the BMW ones are not my sort of thing either. And I’m sure the Tesla goes like a bullet 😁
@gpowerf Old Minis are the most classic cars. Like Mercedes 190, BMW E30... But my favorite classic car is Porsche 924
@MartinWdd I have too many to fully list, all the way from Auburn Speedster 851s, Datsun 240Zs, Jeep Wagoneers, and Plymouth Cudas.
@gpowerf I can easily agree with JP sports cars an US muscle cars. I'm not a fan ov pre-war-models or SUVs, but woodie cars are pretty cool. The coolest woodie car for me is the Buick Roadmaster
@MartinWdd practical things too 💪 shame big wagons don’t exist anymore.
@gpowerf Unfortunately, a Buick Roadmaster won't fit in German streets or parking spaces...
But in fact I realized that, after I preferred station wagons for a long time (I needed them as I have 2 Kids), now I prefer sedans. I also like small classic sedans, like the Opel Corsa /Vauxhall Nova, or Renault 7
@gpowerf Big Wagons were replaced by big SUVs...
@MartinWdd of the smaller more common cars in Europe I’d LOVE a Ford Model Y.
@gpowerf I prefer the blue one :-) Actually, my current car has 0ccm/cui