![The late 1970s: gas prices increasing, Iranian hostages, inflation, variable rate home loans, stagflation, GM raising prices every quarter, Chrysler going to Congress begging for a bailout. I decided it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My Next Two Moparbishis: 1980 Plymouth Champ (Colt) and 1981 Deluxe Champ")
![Moving from Columbus to Akron, fall of 1978, I had cash from selling my house and so began my first lesson in car collecting. With cash on hand, it was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-10-28-00.09.53.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "My Life With A Dubiously Modified 1972 Datsun 510: Early Lessons In Car Collecting")
![In the fall of 1976, General Motors introduced the replacements for their bread-and-butter big sedans — Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac — all downsized for better fuel economy. The era […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/77ca1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1977 Chevrolet Impala Coupe: It Really Was “More Like It”!")
![Summer of 1975 I started looking at other cars, memorably a VW Scirocco — the name evokes a hot wind, blowing from North Africa across the Mediterranean to southern Europe. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6c92157d-267b-4d31-858f-a0c0611f0fcc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1976 Gold Dodge Colt Coupe: My First Moparbishi")
![I’ve always been suspicious of business press hype — according to Fortune magazine the Wankel engine was the only engine that could meet the upcoming 1975 emissions standards. Ed Cole […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1975-Mazda-RX2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1974 Red Mazda RX-2 – My First Alternative Engine Car")
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