Talk about fender flares......

[GNICETRY]

Check these out. Put the Japanese to shame about 30 years ago

http://deansgarage.com/2009/1980-buick-80x/

 

[John Larkin]

That's probably what inspired Pontiac to hang plastic all over their cars. I remember that magazine article in Hot Rod. Isn't it funny that at a glance the rear end appears to read "Buick Box"? Haha.

 

[notacarlo]

I would own the shi# out of that car. Love it.

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[Phoneguy]

Way too much on the front...

Bryan

 

[MeanBuicks]

To bring back something else from that decade, "Gag me with a spoon!"

 

[charlief1]

That was actually a skylark, not a Regal. It was in a hotrod or car craft years ago. What you might look for is the old Hammerhead H body. The IMSA parts are still out there for the H body but the price is ridiculous now.

 

[Heisenberg]

Love his site for the Regal history.

But..I gotta say....

 

[novaderrik]

IMSA flares.. they were all the rage in the late 70's and early 80's..
Chevy even put some pretty impressive flares on factory built Monzas in that time period..

 

[SPOOLFOOL2]

IMSA flares.. they were all the rage in the late 70's and early 80's..
Chevy even put some pretty impressive flares on factory built Monzas in that time period..

If you wanted to go rally racing (or look like it) in the seventies, early eighties, you had to have big ass fender flares to be cool. Here's one that actually worked quite well.



This look also spilled over into the street freak, van and mini truck craze as well. Lets just say that it was a good time to own stock in Bondo.



Oh the memories.

Mike B.

 

[charlief1]

Here's a link to one of the more infamous IMSA cars.
http://monza.homestead.com/impics.html

 

[dynoman]

That brings back memories of my new '76 chevy van that I molded in the front spoiler & all 4 fender flairs. That spoiler was so low that I broke it on a rabbit that ran out in front of me , and yes the inside was done in shag carpet !! Ahhhh the memories.....

 

[TexasT]

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae31/vette711/Corvette Summer/CorvetteSummer1.jpg

Haha, Corvette Summer with Luke Skywalker before he was Luke Skywalker.

I don't really care for all the wings n airdams n such. I'm more of a straight axle, street freaks kind of guy. Though I do dig wild paint and the hours that go into the paint jobs.

 

[novaderrik]

Here's a link to one of the more infamous IMSA cars.
http://monza.homestead.com/impics.html

some text to go with those pics would be cool... but one thing that stands out about them: you can definitely see styling/aero cues that would wind up in the all new 82 Camaros- which makes sense, because the Vega derived Monza was supposed to be the all new third gen Camaro, but a massive letter writing campaign kept the Camaro on the chassis it got starting in 1970... which is one reason the Camaros started getting fugly and slow in 75 because they had to keep the car up with current crash, fuel economy, and emissions standards while they started working on the car that was scheduled to replace the Vega based Camaros- which is what came out in 1982..