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Need to go camping……

This is one of the 2 big sales brochure sites- good one to bookmark as these question come up here periodically... and I just don't retain 70's stuff as much as earlier. https://www.lov2xlr8.no/broch1.html '77 shows only one mid-size (Cutlass-based) wagon, the Vista Cruiser, and it has a vertical grille.

^ I knew about the sloped nose used on the ‘76-77 fastback coupes, but didn’t realize the 4dr was available with it. Fascinating. I wonder if there was a wagon with that nose also?

I was on the freeway, so couldn't take a photo. We should all be scanning our surroundings and rear view mirrors when we drive. (I know ... I am not your mother.) So, earlier today, I saw this unusual front grille a ways back in my rear view mirror. It was one of the less popular mid-'70s Cutlasses with a sloped front ... a Cutlass S. I expected it to be a coupe and have the triangular window and a fastback rear back lite. Not. It was a sedan. That was rare. It was in really good condition. With the cursive lettering in the back, it was a '76 and not a '77. As it pulled away from me (possibly a 350 V8), it had a rear sway bar. It was almost exactly like the one in this photo: What were they thinking? Who'd be taking this car with wheel covers and whitewalls into some rugged Western canyon?

‘55 Chevy in the parking lot at Marblehead Lighthouse on Lake Erie. Also saw a sharp purple '57 Bel Air 2dr ht on the road, a gorgeous red '64 Bonneville convertible top down rolling along, a white w/ blue stripes '04-05 Ford GT, and a very clean red w/ red interior '87-89 Mustang GT convertible.

Will soon turn over 41k miles on this truck, and I realized I cannot remember the last time I put that many miles on a vehicle before I got rid of it. Running fine. Had one more transmission episode involving electronics (CEL, would not shift out of 2nd gear) driving to work one morning, second similar episode, different DTC, but a co-worker was able to clear it for me and it's been fine since.

^ That ‘64 above is stately, not garish. - - - - - An actual 4-dr coupe :