Tsikots Of Yesteryears

[buriroy]

Did you know that during the 50s, 60s, and even up to the early
70s most of the tsikots on Metro Manila streets were mostly American
cars?

Some of the cars I remember seeing as a kid in the streets of the
Metro were:
Chevy Bel Air, Ford Mustang, Dodge Dart, Mercury Cougar, Camaro,
Oldsmobile Cutlass, Bonneville, Ford Fairlane, Ford Taunus, and
Euro cars like Karmann Ghia, Opel Rekord, Peugeot, MB, etc.

Yung mga Japanese cars bihira lang, kasi wala pang reputation at pinagtatawanan lang. Would you believe Toyota came out with
a car in the 60s called "Toyopet Tiara". It was small and flimsy-
looking, talagang "de-palito".

I remember may nanliligaw sa tita ko na young resident doctor sa
PGH (nurse kasi tita ko). Pag dumadalaw sa bahay, iba-ibang kotse
ang dala - usually Chevy Bel Air. Hindi pa uso bucket seats noon
so the front seats of the Bel Air looked like one big sofa. Four
adults can sit in front comfortably shoulder-to-shoulder.
Yung kotse ang kapal ng kaha, parang sherman Tank! And the
bumpers and side trimmings were all chrome and not plastic.
Syempre pag nag da-date sila ako yung kasama kasi noon dapat
may "chaperone". Kaming tatlo sa front ako yung sa gitna kaya
si doc hindi maka-score, hahaha!
Man, those were the days...

What about you guys, what were the cars you saw growing up as
a kid in the metro, also what your Dad or kuya was driving at the time.

[Zeus]

Tandaan ko yung lolo ko may Chevorlet noong early 70's na may fin sa likod na parang batmobile at ang tigas ng kaha Tapos noong 1976 bumili ng bagong Lancer na kulay gatas, mga P60,000. lang, brand new pa

[midinite]

we rode around my dad's lime green 67 stang in the streets of mexico city (not pampanga though)

http://musclecarsph.1.forumer.com/index.php?act=idx

[Jun aka Pekto]

Did you know that during the 50s, 60s, and even up to the early
70s most of the tsikots on Metro Manila streets were mostly American
cars?

Some of the cars I remember seeing as a kid in the streets of the
Metro were:
Chevy Bel Air, Ford Mustang, Dodge Dart, Mercury Cougar, Camaro,
Oldsmobile Cutlass, Bonneville, Ford Fairlane, Ford Taunus, and
Euro cars like Karmann Ghia, Opel Rekord, Peugeot, MB, etc.


What about you guys, what were the cars you saw growing up as
a kid in the metro, also what your Dad or kuya was driving at the time.

You forgot my Dad's 1970 Ford Pinto.

I was so ashamed to be seen in it.----> It's a gas bomb on wheels

Also, I must have arrived a little late. The earliest cars I can recall were Toyota Coronas, Toyota Liftback, Gemini's, Minica, 2 or 3 Opel models, The Taurus didn't exist yet unless it's different from the US midsize sedan. The bad boys (not counting US V8's) were the Lancers and Celestes.

[OiC65]

i remember our first car.....di ko alam ang model (wala pa ako hilig sa kotse at tamad na akong i-research), but anyways I called it "kotse ni batman" kasi yung likod niyang parang batmobile. may electric fan na maliit sa harapan at may pang 8 track na player.

[redorange]

You forgot my Dad's 1970 Ford Pinto.

I was so ashamed to be seen in it.----> It's a gas bomb on wheels

Also, I must have arrived a little late. The earliest cars I can recall were Toyota Coronas, Toyota Liftback, Gemini's, Minica, 2 or 3 Opel models, The Taurus didn't exist yet unless it's different from the US midsize sedan. The bad boys (not counting US V8's) were the Lancers and Celestes.

Not the Taurus but the Taunus.

http://www.answers.com/topic/ford-taunus

[Jun aka Pekto]

Oooops. My bad. Taunus, not Taurus. Kinda hard to read the screen when laid back about 4-5 feet away.

Anyway, I can see the family resemblance (of the 74 Taunus) to the Pinto. I never did see one or probably never noticed because I was too busy looking at the Liftbacks, Celestes, and Lancers.