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Originally Posted by WildBillyT
Nobody will argue that the 70s cars did virtually nothing well performance wise off of the showroom floor.
But they were what the public wanted. Firebird aside, just in 1979 GM sold more Camaros than GM has sold 5th gens since they hit dealerships- by 50k units. In '78 it was 40k units, and in '77 it was just about the same. 3/4 million Camaros in 3 years. The performance was horrible, the camshafts were pencils, compression ratios were awful, but the buyers were still there for some reason. It is nice to see the 5th gen building some steam as it's a fantastic car. They just need to get it in the hands of the right people.
Performance wise nobody will argue that now is the best time. That's obvious in the huge trend of people doing engine swaps to modern stuff. Same with transmissions.
And FWIW, 1979 Ferraris were **** too. They looked nice but were a far cry from what we have now.
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I always racked it up to heavy use of drugs finally taking a toll on the population by the late 70s.