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Anonymous10/18/25, 01:18No.28676574
The year is 1989, and you have $300 cash. What absolute pile of shit car are you buying?
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Anon10/18/25, 01:22No.28676577
Pinto
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Anon10/18/25, 01:40No.28676585
From the photo it looks early 80s rather than '89, possibly '82 as there's a J2000 there. Bet the Wal-Mart had a long line in front of the Donkey Kong cab in the back.
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Anon10/18/25, 01:51No.28676594
Datsun truck
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Anon10/18/25, 01:56No.28676599
Probably some clapped out '60s-'70s muscle car since they were still at their peak of being seen as worthless "old cars" for broke teenagers to wrench on.
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Anon10/18/25, 02:11No.28676613
I reverse image searched this photo, it's from Wal-Mart's annual 1984 corporate report.
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Anon10/18/25, 02:46No.28676639
First station wagon I see with wood sliding and an 8-track player.
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Anon10/18/25, 02:48No.28676642
Pontiac GTO or Plymouth Superbird replica. Maybe 2nd gen Camaro since it would still beat most cars at the time.
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Anon10/18/25, 03:01No.28676661
Having been there and done that, I'll pick the Ford Intermediate on the lower right. The actual choice was a sky blue 78 Cougar for $900 (new tires! ice cold a/c! [it was]) and it served well for the next few years. Very like pic related.
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Anon10/18/25, 03:15No.28676668
Give me that Gremlin so I can shuffle off my mortal coil pronto
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Anon10/18/25, 16:02No.28677344
Having btdt and got the scars, for a legit $300 you couldn’t get anything in that photo. Period.
I know because in 89 I bought a 78 scirocco that a buddy had slid into a curb during icy roads and broke the right front CV and control arm.
So I picked it up from him for $400 and repaired it inconsistencies the carport using an abandoned 77 rabbit my parents bought used during the gas crisis days.
Scirocco was a fun car but realistically back then nothing was that cheap and/or cool at that price point.
Around that time I gave a non running 4cyl mustang (79) to a buddy in exchange for painting a C4 corvette for me.
You really needed to be in the 1500-2500 range to start thinking about cool shitboxes but everything (literally everything) was so much better than now, you can’t even imagine it unless you were there.
Sorry you missed out br/o/s
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Anon10/18/25, 17:24No.28677438
keeping it real
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Anon10/18/25, 17:28No.28677453
1971 road runner. My mom got one at a military auction in 1986 for $50.
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Anon10/18/25, 17:36No.28677472
Toyota Camry. I had a shit box 86. Got the job done
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Anon10/18/25, 18:11No.28677534
NES Action Set and some games.
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Anon10/18/25, 19:31No.28677642
Stock in literally any tech company that's still around today.
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Anon10/18/25, 19:50No.28677683
SOVL
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Anon10/18/25, 20:07No.28677714
A Datsun 180B.
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Anon10/18/25, 20:23No.28677746
a clapped out highway patrol car from the 60s/70s
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Anon10/18/25, 20:40No.28677775
1973 Ford Gran Torino
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Anon10/18/25, 23:43No.28677997
70s Oldsmobile
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Anon10/19/25, 00:27No.28678065
1982 was a record low with just 5 million new cars and trucks sold in the US. The best selling car that MY was the Ford Escort and in general only compacts and subcompacts sold.
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Anon10/19/25, 00:35No.28678077
None. I work harder and buy a 911
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Anon10/19/25, 00:58No.28678108
70s land yacht people panic sold during the 1973 oil crisis and 1979 recession.
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Anon10/19/25, 01:44No.28678169
60s volkswagen bus, leave it under a cover and sell for 5 figures 30 years later