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Main Chronological Archives: 1970s

The 1970s
Main Chronological Archives

The age of the American muscle car came to a close, squeezed out between rising insurance rates and low gasoline supplies. The United States Environmental Protection Agency was founded in 1970 and a new automobile age began, one where fuel efficiency and safety took a much higher precedence than ever before. Automakers were slow and unsure in how to adapt, and it led to some of the most awkward designs and low performing vehicles in what's still known as a Dark Age for the American automobile.

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Year	118 Articles	Multimedia 3:49:55 00:00 0 sets	Publications 15,235 pages 270 documents	Motorsports
1979	5	Video 37:06	3,400 pages · 38 documents	Stock Car
1978	4	Video 43:24	714 pages · 22 documents	Stock Car
1977	6		1,914 pages · 22 documents	Stock Car
1976	2	Video 19:36	Patents: 17 pages · 3 documents Other: 329 pages · 20 documents	Stock Car
1975	4		4,295 pages · 33 documents	Stock Car
1974	5	Video 1:30:17	918 pages · 22 documents
1973	2		874 pages · 24 documents
1972	45	Video 1:25	572 pages · 26 documents
1971	6		1,118 pages · 31 documents
1970	39	Video 38:07	1,084 pages · 29 documents

Article and Document counts updated 8 October 2020.


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