The Price is Right circa 1975

[strongenough78]

I thought some would enjoy this. It's the showcase showdown featuring Coppertone Frigidaire appliances and a few other assorted goodies. I love the hairdo's on the girls!

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[captainmoody]

Ahh...1975 Chevrolet Caprice.. My favorite luxo-cruiser.. And the model to go with it!

 

[strongenough78]

Isn't that a beautiful car? I was hoping he'd announce which engine it had but he didn't. I think the Caprice came standard with the 400 with the 454 optional in 1975, but I could be wrong. I'll have to look it up.

 

[stainfighter]

Chevy Caprice Classic website...

IIRC that must have been an 'evening' episode...I think, but please correct if I am wrong, that there had been at one time a weekly evening version of TPIR in the 70's with host Dennis James (remember his tag line in the 50's? "Okay? Okay!" saw it on one of the AW ads). According to the web page link the 145hp 350 CID, 2 BBL carburetor became standard after the 73/4 oil embargo, except for the wagon which was equipped with the 400 CID 2 barrel...don't those 15" wheels look small compared to today's compacts that often now feature that or larger size tires? LOVED the pillar-less styling. The 76 featured similar styling but with the new square mini headlights...thanks for bringing back that memory!

http://www.chevycapriceclassic.info/1975-Chevy-Caprice.html

 

[strongenough78]

Thanks Robert!!

I had just found it too that the 350 with a 2bbl became standard even on the Caprice. Man can you imagine how much of a dog that must have been trying to move all that weight! Those 15's do look small! Of course the sidewalls make the tires look huge compared to today's low profile sidewalls. And the whitewalls are sooooo pretty! I'm glad I was able to bring back some memories for ya!

 

[captainmoody]

I have owned many of the 71-76 Chevrolet Caprice Classics and Impalas, The 350 2 barrel was a fine engine, as well as the 350 Turbo Hydra-Matic trans. That was a good combination for performance and fuel economy.
My favorite however, is, was, and always will be, the 454 with the 400 trans and Posi rear! I had a '76 Green 4 door Caprice with that combination and it SMOKED the tires! Somehow, even with the lower compression, Catalytic converter, EGR, and everything else as far as emission controls, it still had plenty of power.
The car was bone stock with 67,000 original miles when I bought it as a wreck for $300 in 1985. After replacing the 3/4 front, 1 outer tie rod end, and paint and I had a great car!

 

[captainmoody]

Come to think of it now, when I was a Chevy dealer mechanic, I used to be able tell the difference in the exhaust note between a stock 350 and 454.
Ah, the wonderful memories!

 

[chaskelljr2]

Well......

I wasn't crazy about the car.... but anyway....

@ Dwight..... I tell you what..... why don't I let you go ahead and have the car, and I'll take the model that was inside driving it.

Sounds like a fair deal (LOL)???

--Charles--

 

[strongenough78]

lol Charles and even I as a gay man must say the models were pretty! I am surprised though, that no one has commented on the appliances yet! Especially the 1-18 set.

 

[captainmoody]

LOL! Oh yes! The appliances are awesome too!

 

[searsbest]

The Price Is Right.....

I Love it all.........

 

[gansky1]

Nobody won the first showcase. Perhaps the appliances are still sitting in a warehouse somewhere waiting to be won! Speed Queen prizes were always my favorite, their panels and shiny knobs always just glimmered on TV.
My grandfather had a 76 Impala, learned to drive while he still had it. He kept it in immaculate condition. My mother had a 73 Plymouth Duster and it seemed tiny compared with the Impala, the Delta 88's and Park Avenues in the family around the same time. Those were the days. A good friend had a 75 Caprice in high school and we could easily wedge 7 into it.

That was great, thanks!

 

[philr]

Nice video! Thanks for posting it!

 

[dogboy44]

Love it!

All the luxury goods, and 10K was an overbid. Wow!

 

[cornutt]

There was indeed a syndicated nighttime version of TPIR hosted by Dennis James; they'd reference it occasionally on the daytime show. One thing that was unique about the nighttime version was that they occasionally used a mini-showcase as a game during the regular show, with the showcase set. For this, they'd do two Contestants' Row rounds in a row, so they'd have two contestants for the mini-showcase.

 

[drewz]

Let's not forget the 1975 & 1976 Caprice's were equipped with that Fuel Economy Gauge, which was to keep you from wasting gas!

 

To stay within the economy range you would start out from a stop just creeping your way up to the speed limit.

 

We never paid attention to it we just let the needle bounce back and forth, we thought it would break off eventually but it didn't.

 

[philr]

My '75 Buick Electra is equipped with the fuel usage gauge (which is just a vacuum gauge). It was an option that was ordered on less than 1 out of 4 cars like mine and my 1976 Electra lacked it. I can understand why this option wasn't too popular! It served me one time as I had noticed there was lower than normal vacuum on the gauge because there was a vacuum leak somewhere!

 

[cornutt]

Wow, Phil, that annunciator panel looks like something from an aircraft. Those were the days.

 

[strongenough78]

I love that Buick, Phil. What I would give to drive it at least once lol.