the 70's were quite a roll, the cars that were customized were far out, the ones that were produced were lousy. Here's a cheer to the customizers, the "Street Freaks" , and the street racers. Winged warrior variety

Daytonas above, Superbirds below

How about that hood scoop arrangement? A pair of Super Bee / Demon scoops, and arranged in a unique way I've never seen before. Plus, the fender scoops for tire clearance that are normally found on Superbirds aren't on this car

all found on http://70sstreetmachines.tumblr.com and http://gassers.tumblr.com

Fangio, Monaco, and that cool car (music sucks though, lower your volume)

found on http://redhousecanada.tumblr.com

the car is the Lancia D50 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-car-that-stunned-me-most-at-art.html

The car, and the competition... the Better Off Dead 1967 Camaro

a funny situation in the movie Better Off Dead that I forgot about until I rewatched it just now to see the Camaro, was the rivalry between John Cusack's character Lane Meyer, and the two brothers in the Falcon. Every time that Lane came to a stop light, these brothers were waiting and goading him to a drag race. The driver didn't speak English, and the passenger learned from Wide World of Sports by listening to Howard Cosell. So he grabs a CB microphone and speaks over a PA system mounted to the Falcon roof.

Lane is driving a station wagon because early in the movie his Camaro doesn't run

The station wagon loses. A lot.

Then the cute girl across the street decides to help out our hero in need

 And now the dashing young hero wins. Good movie, 1985 wholesome teenage highschool goodness.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088794/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

And that damn newspaper kid that wants his two dollars:

I first posted about the Camaro 5 years ago when I learned that it had been found and restored. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/07/camaro-from-better-off-dead-found-and.html

the owners website is http://www.betteroffdeadcamaro.com/