The 10 Worst Cars - Ever!

I had a Corvair convertible when I was in the Army. I loved it, but got shipped back to SE Asia for a second tour and sold it. When I got back and joined the Police Department, I bought it back and drove it for a year or two. Then, foolishly, I sold it.

I had a '73 Pinto I bought new. It was a great car. I had it all the way through law school. Didn't have the money for oil changes, so never bothered. It ran fine and got its first oil change in three years about two months after I got out and got a job.

Again, foolishly, I traded it in on a Mustang. :o

Bob
 
A few years back I saw a perfectly restored '61 Corvair convertible at the river park. And it did NOT leave a cloud of blue smoke behind it!
I found this passing strange. As I remember, they burned oil coming off the showroom floor.
The most impressive thing was the long legged blond and her golden retriever. I would have taken them both home. But one would have peed on the carpet and the other chewed up my shoes.
 
I drove a 1981 Escort GT for 5 years without any problems. It ran great and handled great. I traded it in and somebody bought it for their kid. He totaled it a couple months later.

A friend had a 1969 Corvair Monza Convertible. He took the engine apart and used a torque wrench to put everything back together. It ran and handled great and did not burn oil.
 
A cousin of mine worked in the design group for the original Vega engine. The block was die-cast and the die was rigged up to concentrate the silicon in the alloy in the cylinder bores. The bore was machined to final size and then acid washed to remove some of the aluminum and leave the silicon pebble-grain finish to retain oil. There was no deck on the top of the block; the cylinders were free-standing. The engine was run too lean for the way it was designed and when the mixture dentonated, the cylinder would "fret" the gasket against the head and the gasket would start to leak. Cosworth designed a new head that used steel "O" rings as gaskets for the cylinders and neoprene gaskets for the water and oil. It was a twin-cam four-valve head and it used fuel injection. It was sold as the "Cosworth Vega" in '75 and '76 and was finished in black with gold striping. It could really go. You can buy one now in show condition for under $20K

The Vega was the second-best handling GM car at the time. The only car with a higher "G" rating on the skid pad was the Corvette.

The early cars had a very flammable vinyl interior. One of the porters at the dealership I worked for scrimped and saved and bought one of the first ones. He hit a bump while tapping his cigar in the ashtray and it set the dash on fire. He got out safely and watched while it burned. It was about two months old.

Russ
 
What amazes me, is that there isn't one single vehicle on the list that is British- no MG's, Triumphs, Sunbeams, Rovers, etc. :eek: It has got to be bad if anything containing Lucas electrics is a step up! :eek::D;)
 
P&R Fan said:
You left off a really obvious one.
When I met Missus P&R Fan, on October 16, 1987 (How many of you guys can remember the exact date you met your Wife?) she was driving a poop brown '80 Vette. That was a piece of garbage!
No, No, No, not what you're thinking! It was a CHEvette.:eek:
I almost didn't go out with her when I found out what she drove.
(Almost).;)
Jim
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January 9, 1959... I was 11 she was 9, she turned 10 in June...YUP 53 years:eek:
and we will have been married 42 years this year.. :D:D:D

Best thing that ever happend to me!!
 
Andy Griffith said:
What amazes me, is that there isn't one single vehicle on the list that is British- no MG's, Triumphs, Sunbeams, Rovers, etc. :eek: It has got to be bad if anything containing Lucas electrics is a step up! :eek::D;)
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Ahhh, Lucas electricals......proof that the Devil exists! i've had both an MG and a Jag. Stuff would stop working on the MG then suddenly spring back to life! I had buddies with MG's and Triumphs. SU sidedraft carbs are nothing to brag about either.....
 
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I have had a series of Ford Pintos... all have been champs.
When I was 8 I helper my father swap a L79 327 into it.
When I was 13 I learned to drive in it on a dirt backroad.
When I was 18 I bought a 76 Vega, beat the hell out of it and it never whimpered.

Also, for the million + pintos sold... 21 people MAY have been killed by fire in the past 40 years.
Most couldnt be connected to the 71-73 fuel tank issue.
The fuel tank was less of a danger than those in the 64.5-73 mustangs or the fairlanes of that same era.


Jim
 
1964 MGB, worst car I've ever owned. Lucas Electric: "Prince of Darkness"
Had to keep an electric hair drier and a 100' extension cord in the trunk in case it rained so I could dry the distributor cap to start the engine.
 
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I put 300,000 miles on a Bobcat (Pinto with a raised hood). The only thing I ever had to do to it was rebuild the clutch. Cost me $27 in parts. I traded it in when the floor rusted out enough to give me Flinstone emergency brakes
 
Went up to Mackinac Island and crossed the bridge. They say the only car ever to be blown of the bridge was a Yugo. Don't know if it's true, but sure is funny.
 
Andy Griffith said:
What amazes me, is that there isn't one single vehicle on the list that is British- no MG's, Triumphs, Sunbeams, Rovers, etc. :eek: It has got to be bad if anything containing Lucas electrics is a step up! :eek::D;)
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You know why the British drink their beer warm? Lucas refrigeration...

My best friend's older brother had a Triumph Spitfire. He figures he replaced everything electrical on it three times. It was like painting the Golden Gate Bridge. As soon as you finished, you had to start over again.
 
I have absolutely no use for any car newer than a 1962. That's just me.;)
 

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