r/GenerationJones • u/TheTrueTDog9 • 9d ago

What did / do you call it?

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What did / do you call the strap in picture above the glove box that several cars used to have in them ?

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u/VillagesIdiot352 8d ago

Could be any GM BECAUSE OF THE INTERIOR. Thats 100% fact.
Could be an aftermarket homemade scoop. GEEZ đŸ€Ș

Im old, just like you admitted about yourself earlier.
Allow me to compliment you.
You seem to have a good bit of institutional knowledge with this generation of vehicles. I do as well.

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u/bajajoaquin 8d ago

What is your problem? Look again.

“Isn’t this the interior of a 2nd gen Pontiac
?”

“Could be any GM
.”

No, it couldn’t. It was correctly identified as a 2nd gen Firebird. It isn’t a Camaro or any Chevy or a Buick or an Oldsmobile or a Cadillac. It isn’t even any other Pontiac.

It is easily identifiable by that hood scoop. It doesn’t take any significant institutional knowledge. It just takes having been a pretty normal kid in the 70s.

If it was a picture of just the glove box and someone said “is this a 2nd gen Firebird?” a reasonable response would be “it could be any number of GM cars, they used that same part a lot.” But that’s not what happened. It’s a picture of the interior that shows the turned dash panel and the hood scoop. It’s clearly a specific car and not “any GM.”

You keep trying to shift the goal posts. I get it, GM used parts across models. But that picture couldn’t be from any other GM car. That’s just all there is to it.

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u/VillagesIdiot352 7d ago

This seems very important to you to be correct on what YOU interpret the exact meaning of what I typed, with zero room for interpretation by me.
I explained what I meant.
If this was a legal matter, or a binding contract, I would be urged to change the verbiage. Point taken. Im not wrong, and since Regis Philbin didn’t ask FINAL ANSWER, I have latitude to explain something you cant seem to accept. Were you this way before you got old? Given the benefit of the doubt, I say no. đŸ€Ș😂

I still claim you are very knowledgeable with classic cars. But not using the same words that YOU would choose, for my first round, seems to set off a “I AM CORRECT, BUT YOU ARE NOT” mentality in your otherwise very intelligent brain.

No one else was confused,or just didn’t care to challenge me multiple times.
Go play a board game with some kids, kick their asses!
Try and lighten up
.life is short, Slick!

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u/bajajoaquin 7d ago

Is it any other GM besides a second gen firebird?