It's 1978 Again

Had to post this doctored photo! Took the Wagon up the coast for lunch at Howe Sound Brewery in Squamish, which is a small town on the way to the resort of Whistler, BC. This is about 45 miles or so from where I live in Vancouver. While we were eating lunch, a vintage Japanese car club showed up as well, and this 1977 or 78 Honda Civic parked beside me! Couldn't resist the vintage pic. A few spots down were a couple of old Celica's and Corolla's. You don't see very many of these cars around in this shape, most of them rusted back to dust around here... it does still look like a toy next to the downsized Estate Wagon! For the rock climbers in the group, that block of granite in the background is "the Chief" a popular climbing area.

 

With the coloring of the pic, it does look backdated.

 

Very cool. It's neat how many different variations are available for altering photos these days.
Thanks for sharing.

 

Nice.
I'll wait in the wagon. No way I can climb that rock. I can't get over the fence!

 

I love this pic! Motivation to get back to work on our 78 Electra wagon.

Question, what motor is in yours? Ours has four portholes, yours has three? I thought only the V6 cars got the 3-hole trim...and the wagons were all V8s in 78 I thought? Just curious!

 

1978? all right! *breaks out the baby blue leisure suit, wide collar canary yellow shirt, white belt and low zip side boots, and gold herringbone chain* wheres the party?!

*looks around and soon realizes he's the only one dressed this way...* there isn't a party is there?

 

Great shot. Really good. ^^^lead, something tells me that your half kidding, that you actually own these garments and that maybe this has actually happened? Maybe more than once??

 

maaaaaayyyyyyybeeeee......

 

Hahahahaha

 

There wasn't. But now you're the life of the party................... You ARE the party!

 

Well then I might as well spin the first record!

 

Hey Mike;
No the number of venti ports was more historically for model depiction, the higher level cars received 4, while lower trim levels received 3. I have the 350 Buick in my car, but I believe your Estate is the upper "Limited" trim level, mine is not so I have 3, while you have 4. I can't recall if yours is the 350 or 403, but you could opt for either engine in either trim level. The way Buick applied the venti ports differed over the years, but basically the higher models received 4 while lower received 3. The most recent example I can think of is recent Lucerne models where there was a Lucerne "Super" that got a v8... that one had 4 holes while the regular v6 Lucerne got 3.

Funny story: My grandfather had a 1956 Buick Century (4 holer) that was T-boned when my father was driving. The car was relatively new, and the body shop at the time could not get a replacement fender for the Century, so they suggested getting a fender for a Special (3 holer) and simply cutting in a 4th hole, other than the number of holes, they are identical. My grandfather refused saying he didn't want that cheap Special fender on his Century!

 

It's a wagon... party's in the back!

 

I thought that was the definition of a mullet?

 

GREAT info and story! Yep, my '78 is a Limited with an Olds 403 under the hood. Cool to know the differences!