Take a ride down memory lane in the Pontiac Fiero

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When I was in high school I drove a 1974 Vega station wagon with genuine imitation wood grain panels.

I had a '71 GT hatchback.

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It had a “feature” that shut the motor down if it got low on oil

Maybe that has something to do with why my oil light would come on.

Cool book of old school car renderings

I had one! We got a '71 GT hatchback when it was a few years old, passed it around extended family, then I got it back after I turned 16. My dad had already replaced its engine (himself) after finding out the hard way how easily that aluminum-block engine would overheat. It served me well; it wouldn’t go more than 65mph (or, whatever rpm that was) without the oil light coming on. (Which was probably just as well, for me.) Though by the time I got rid of it, the oil light would come on at arou…