Fuel filter.
Exhaust.
Power steering pump.
Brakes.
Leaked oil.
My first car, bought in 2003.
Fuel filter went bad in a couple weeks, then ran like a charm.
Had the most amazing power steering ever... you could steer with your pinky, but then the power steering went, and boy, maneuvering a 20 foot boat like this in a parking lot is a workout.
EXTREMELY ROOMY - 6 passengers had room to stretch, the trunk was large to a point that most young people today wouldn't be able to comprehend.
Very comfortable ride, and the cruise even worked.
The brakes were going too, had to pump them to stop. Wish I could find it again someday to keep as a second car, but I'm sure somebody has used it in a derby by now.
The 4 door was great - no pillar between front and back windows, so when you put them down it was one huge opening front to back (if that makes sense).
Lot's of power from the 7.8l V8. Only about 12MPG.
No power steering and bad brakes?
I'd go with the "derby" theory also.
I wish they can make cars like that again, I've always loved them 1970s biggies.
Actually that's a 7.5 Liter V8, the old "455 Rocket." I own a 1970 Delta 88 4-door sedan with a 370 (gross) HP 455 Rocket. This was before catalytic converters and smog regulations. Rally Red. Talk about an angry bull. It has 196,000 miles on the original engine and tranny and a fully restored body. The interior is also in great shape. It has straight pipes and bite to back up its bark. I've humiliated many a boy racer from a stoplight. I buy used tires because usually I burn them up too quickly. I stuck it on a dyno machine and it still puts out 320 wheel HP and 440 Lbs of wheel torque after 39 years!
The "no pillar in the door' thing that you talk about is a 4-door hardtop or "pillarless hardtop." They were outlawed in the late 1970's due to stricter rollover standards. (a 4-door pillared sedan is obviously much safer)
People, as long as a few of these cars are left, we have rolling evidence that the American standard of living was higher in the 1970s than it is today. Don't let anyone fool you - it has ALL been downhill since the '70s. Can anyone guess why?
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