shot and posted by Don Kincl
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Georgetown, Seattle, 1979(?)
– Posted on March 12, 2023
shot and posted by Don Kincl
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1976? I guess the two Fox-body Mustangs were very early prototypes….
Nice shot though.
I noticed those too – so fall of 1978 at the earliest?
Somewhat rare vinyl roof on the notchback coupe, too. I think of Fox Mustangs so much as quintessential ’80s (or early ’90s) cars that it’s hard to think when it was new it shared showroom space with basket-handle Thunderbirds and disco ruled the music charts – and vinyl roofs were still popular.
I doubt they were rare. Mom’s base ‘79 had one, and in 1980-82 there were two different styles; the one shown above and the “carriage” roof that mimicked a convertible top:
I could be wrong but I believe the two different styles were year dependent, with the one in the photo with louvers and no plugs being 1979 only and the faux convertible top with the louvers and portions of the back glass covered being 80-81
Cool shot! Is that one of the 1970 1/2 Falcons next to the Opel GT?
Got to be at least 79, two God bodies. I had a new 79 first year American Capri like the one far left… My last new car… Cool pic though. My brother had an opel gt. Baby vette, fun car.. Capri was a good little car
That’s how Don titled the shot. I’ll just drop the year from the title.
My bad, old film I was scanning, tried to date from looking at the first couple of frames of the roll
Stupid spell check, don’t know how it pulls words out of the air to replace what has been input
Got to be at least 79, two Fox bodies. I had a new 79 first year American Capri like the one far left… My last new car… Cool pic though. My brother had an opel gt. Baby vette, fun car.. Capri was a good little car
I believe those Granada wheel covers were new for the 1978 model year, as well. Standard on the ESS package.
Good catch – also the front side marker lamps would attach to clear lenses that wrap around the front fender blades on pre-‘78 Granadas (an almost ubiquitous styling element on larger ‘70s FoMoCo cars) rather than the separate ones here. The taillights also look like the later design though hard to tell. This is a base Granada, so no fuel flap cover to break in the first few years.
Is that a Chevy clamshell wagon (73 or 74) just past the 1st fox body Mustang??
My first impression was that the wagon was some sort of Plymouth Fury, say 1974, but you may e correct. Zooming in and squinting through the graininess, and it could be a ‘73 Chevy.
As others have said, fall of 1978 at the very earliest due to Fox Bodies.
And wow, a Wagoneer! Back then, these were a common sight. Now they’re a $100K Super-SUV!
Can anyone ID that bread truck? – I got nothin’. 😉
Pretty sure it’s a Cherokee, essentially a 2 door Wagoneer. I’ve hardly ever seen that gen Cherokee over the years. The Wagoneer on the other hand, I’ve seen plenty. We had one too. And prices have gone insane. Even 10 years ago I saw one for sale for $20k.
Definitely a 2-door; otherwise the fixed rear quarter glass would be visible.
Is that really a full-size Cherokee side window? Looks more like the rear window of an early ‘60’s GM pickup. With a bit of the bed visible … parked parallel but opposite direction to the breadvan.
Good car spotting calls here. Especially that Granada’s wheel covers. I noticed them, but someone else did first.
About that wagon in the back. It’s definitely a ‘73 Coronet. I can tell by the grill, and can differentiate it from an (almost) identical ‘72 by way of the front “bumperettes”, used widely by Chrysler Corp in ‘73 and ‘74 to comply with the new bumper laws. And no, it’s not a ‘74 as the Coronet received a new nose by then.
?? No one knows what the delivery van is ? .
I see an emblem above the grille that makes me think “Chevrolet” but I don’t know .
-Nate
Have driven through Georgetown so, so many times on my way to Downtown Seattle or to one of the Metro Transit bases to go to work. A good way to get to town avoiding n/b I5 on Airport Way along Boeing field. I always enjoyed looking at the planes and the activity.
It’s funny, the Torino, Cherokee and Opel GT look the most dated in the context of the time this photo was taken but have aged the most gracefully to present day. The Granada and to lesser extent the Fox Mustang’s blockiness are very much products of their times.
Nice picture ! .
I noticed the Open GT straight away, my buddy used to buy them unwanted & un touched from local junkyards, rust free of course, he’d lop the tops off and modify a FIAT rag top to suit, install some stiffening plates from Germany then sell them to eager European buyers .
This was in the late 1980’s through mid 1990’s .
It turns out Open had a bolt in 2 Liter engine that you could buy new in Germany very cheaply, a few Customers had thise installed, wow they were indeed like mini Corvettes, fast and nimble, good looking too .
-Nate