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What we were driving 50 years ago: cars of 1965
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| March 11, 2015
Posted on 03/15/2015 9:20:53 AM PDT by artichokegrower
From the mundane to the exotic, these are some of the new cars we were diving in 1965.
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Not better cars than those available today but a better time to live in America than today.
To: artichokegrower
My first car was a 1955 Chevy Bel Air 4 door. It was a tank - just the thing for a teenager. Bumpers and fenders made of steel that could take a whack.
I must confess the first time I tried to fill it up I had a little trouble finding the gas cap. :0)
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03/15/2015 9:24:23 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: artichokegrower
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03/15/2015 9:24:41 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: artichokegrower
Remember the “Easter Egg Mustangs”?
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posted on
03/15/2015 9:25:01 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: artichokegrower
“Not better cars than those available today but a better time to live in America than today.”
Wut?
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03/15/2015 9:25:11 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
To: artichokegrower
....been fortunate enough to have driven 16 of those fine automobiles (five of them foreign)...no, not the Rolls...*LOL*
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03/15/2015 9:25:15 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: P.O.E.
I hate Ralph Nader. True and so does Algore....
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03/15/2015 9:25:49 AM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
To: artichokegrower
Well, I wish I had my ‘65 T-bird ... :-) ...
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03/15/2015 9:25:54 AM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: artichokegrower
Nice compilation...that was the year before I started at GM. From there on their market share declined. Not sure if I was the fundamental cause or not...
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03/15/2015 9:27:35 AM PDT
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nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
To: artichokegrower
My more mundane 66 Chevelle (image 9) 196 cu. in. 6 cyl 3 spd stick.
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03/15/2015 9:27:57 AM PDT
by
MulberryDraw
(Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.)
To: artichokegrower
I would much prefer the old cars with bench seats and no seat belts, and a totally free environment inside.
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03/15/2015 9:28:16 AM PDT
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
To: artichokegrower
I had the Buick Wildcat with automatic transmission...could spin the tires in all three gears...
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03/15/2015 9:30:56 AM PDT
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Fish Speaker
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: MulberryDraw
What, no “four on the floor”? :)
To: Gaffer
My first car was a 1955 Chevy Bel Air 4 door. Same here, and it didn't need a key either, the ignition switch was worn and would turn without a key.
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03/15/2015 9:31:36 AM PDT
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ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
To: artichokegrower
I’ve got a 67 E-Type Jag roadster sitting in my garage. I had a 67 E-Type coupe in High School.
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03/15/2015 9:34:20 AM PDT
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JaguarXKE
(1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
To: ansel12
It was a complex quasiquiddity of beast, coolness (IMI) and technology.:0)
The radios in them had a vibrator tube and sometimes you literally had to pound the dash to get the radio to play (at least in old ones).
I hit that dash so hard sometimes it hurt my fist, but not one dent I could see.
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03/15/2015 9:35:09 AM PDT
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Gaffer
To: artichokegrower
a better time to live in America than today.
In many respects, but ...
- blacks were already rioting and burning down cities all across America
- political assassinations (or attempts) were not uncommon
- the VN War was heating up with the number of draft notices increasing dramatically.
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03/15/2015 9:36:21 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Gaffer
“I must confess the first time I tried to fill it up I had a little trouble finding the gas cap. :0)
Then it was a ‘56 because the ‘55 had a flap on the left rear fender. The ‘55 was my first real car too, and I wish I had it back, because they are worth a lot of money today. But then so is my ‘63 split-window Stingray that I bought in 1964.
To: Fish Speaker
My Dad had several (66&68) Wildcats and yup, those tires would chirp going through the gears.
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03/15/2015 9:40:10 AM PDT
by
PROCON
(Always Give 100% --- Unless you're donating blood.)
To: artichokegrower; Clay Moore; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Tax-chick; Anoreth; ...
Unofficial UT Old Cars
Ping.
Rust and Chrome detected! :)
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03/15/2015 9:41:44 AM PDT
by
moose07
(The Camels have reached the parking lot. Shields up!)
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