Period Correct Vehicle Thread

[Sage Ages]

Just an idea I thought. Pretty much a thread similar to the import and muscle car threads. Post photos of vehicles with period correct modifications. If you have any older photos from around the time, that's perfect.

 

[Slash]

Welcome to 1976.

 

[Sage Ages]

That's what I want to see. 👍

 

[ildd]

Ah, the gassers
I always hated the gassers

 

[motortrend]

Continuing with the 70s/80s theme, now with movie cars (I love seeing new cars in old movies)

Look at those BBSs!

Flatnose on RUF wheels

80s tasteless turbo modding at its finest (from miami vice)

 

[homeforsummer]

Nice idea for a thread. Tacky 80s mods to me means this sort of thing:

A Zender Scirocco or a Dimma Peugeot 205. Both awful frankly, but now have curious appeal as they're both absolutely of-the-era and therefore a bit nostalgic.

Would still prefer an original version of either though, to be fair...

 

[Dennisch]

80's Irmscher Kadett.

And a Mattig..

 

[Nessy]

80's 'Strosek 928'

 

[Cano]

That Strosek 928 with full wheel covers is insanely awesome.

Welcome to 1976.

Nope. Everything else is pretty spot-on.

As for period-correctness, we're in the late 40s now:

The last picture specially epitomizes the era.

 

[Slash]

@Cano

The blue car was actually done in the 70s. Its just a modern day photo. The other car not so sure.

 

[Sage Ages]

Some 80s and early 90s stuff.

And the infamous mid-late 90s scene.

More to follow.

 

[Tornado]

The Sledgehammer was 1980s.

 

[Sage Ages]

My bad. I thought it was from '90 for some reason.

 

[Tornado]

It was a heavily modified version of the Callaway B2K that Chevrolet offered as an RPO before the ZR1 came out in 1990.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Mariah FC3S

<3

 

[D.Kadettdriver]

1932 Ford.

I've scanned this photo from the 1952 edition of "Best Hot Rods", it's interesting to see how cars were modded back then.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

The now (rather unsurprisingly rare) Tickford Capri;

Swaymar Capri;

Ford Capri Turbo X-Pack;

Ford's X-Pack range circa 1977;

 

[C-ZETA]

Guessing no one will post 'period-correct' mods from today...
...especially when stuff like Mansory is considered the 'period-correct' mod today.

...and Nimrod.

Mind you. At least some tuners can still do it right today.

I hope your eyes are still alright after that.

 

[Rage Racer]

I think I have an idea what to do to my Enzo in GT6. I was just thinking about the custom wing for it...

Soviet stuff.
Lada 2101 (1600) VFTS-MTX rally car

Lada 2105 VFTS

Lada 2101 MTX.
Czechoslovakian way of wing madness.

Lada 2105 MTX

 

[Slash]

Trucks with rollbars. Big in the 80s and 90s apparently.

 

[XS]

Nice idea for a thread. Tacky 80s mods to me means this sort of thing:

I like the Zender way too much to be healthy...

 

[D.Kadettdriver]

An interesting and for this thread relevant link is http://1000sel.com/. Covers most of the well-known (and some of the more obscure) tuning/styling brands of the 1980s.

 

[Clark]

This sounds perfect for some Alpina lovin'

 

[XS]

Sort of along the Alpina lines, Hamann - big in the 1990s, and still going today.

 

[ildd]

Hamann makes some seriously ugly creations.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

The only Hamann thing I don't like is the wing they put on the SLR Volcano.

 

[GranTurismo916]

The only Hamann thing I don't like is the wing they put on the SLR Volcano.

So you like this?

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Too much yellow.

 

[Clark]

Did somebody say yellow?

 

[Lotus Exige S]

Cars from the 70's..I belive..