re: Long forgotten vehicle

Not so much a forgotten vehicle as a forgotten feature: column manual shifts. "Three on the tree".

Jessica is my unicorn

Never understood why the major automakers stopped selling small, lightweight pickups. I'd kill for a new version of one of these babies:




Here's my old ride from my AU days: the 1964 Plymouth Valiant sedan, complete with push-button automatic transmission:

I see your Eagle Talon and raise you a Plymouth Laser

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I'm pretty sure that's the 3rd Gen Z. I think it started in 84.

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Nah, my dude. that's an RX-7, this is a Z-car.


For a forgotten car, I present: the Mazda RX-3:


ETA: Rotary cars in general. We had an RX-4 wagon because my dad was convinced rotaries were the next big thing. Then apex seals. . . . c'est la vie.

Wouldn't say it's forgotten, just don't see many too often.

That was my first vehicle. I got it at 14 years old for cutting a guys yard that was about 7 acres and was chest high. He had moved to Pennsylvania and paid me $200 and gave me that truck. That's how I learned to drive a stick.

Renault Dauphine.
Learned how to drive a standard shift transmission in one of these. J C Whitney used to dedicate a few pages in their catalog with replacement parts.

92 flesh rocket