NORWICH – A new exhibit at the Northeast Classic Car Museum entitled, ‘Those 70’s Cars’ will be open at 9 a.m., Saturday, June 1.

The new exhibit will feature nearly twenty American cars that will take you back to the 1970’s, including a ‘71 Mercury Cougar, ‘74 Chevy Nova SS, ‘75 AMC Pacer, ‘77 Mustang II and a ‘79 Trans AM just to name a few.

The cars all date from the beginning of the 70s decade up through 1979.

“The 1970’s were a very unsettling time, Watergate and the war in Vietnam heavily impacted the news and the cars reflected all of it,” said Northeast Classic Car Museum Executive Director Robert Jeffrey. “Disco was a big hit and people were disco dancing in bellbottoms. Shag carpeting was a desirable feature for homes and cars. The Oil Crisis and the advent of emissions standards combined to cause the end of the muscle car in the 70’s. All this created some of the gloriously tacky cars of the 70’s. You will see the impact of all these events from the decade of 1970 in our new exhibit “Those 70’s Cars.”