Took one of those out on the Kansas Turnpike and buried the speedometer.
I miss those vent windows.
Vehicles were very distinctive back then.
My dad had a 1969 Mercury Marauder that looked very similar. Quite the boat to drive.
My dad had a 1969 Mercury Marauder that looked very similar. Quite the boat to drive.
I do believe this is what my grandma drove. No one left to really ask but that’s what I remember.
Smelled heavily of her two packs a day of Parliaments. I loved my grandma
One of the best looking cars ever made. The closest I got was a Chrysler 300 (2 door hard top coupe, base 383 engine, gold). When my then 23 year old wife (tall, blonde) she got a LOT of attention.
My dad brought home a goldish-tanish one. It had a 4-barrel 389 V-8 rated at 325 HP. Whether it was close to 325 real HP, is debatable. It would spin the tires, though, and went pretty good. The back seat? Like a sleeper bed.
Adam Wade of youtube fame bought this car recently.
https://youtu.be/3iqVpM5Iiys?si=Fo2JO9PlS_3yTuzd
Nice .. and they melted one of them for 4 Toyotas.
Safety back then was the distance from the driver’s seat to the front bumper.
I owned a 1952 Buick Super with straight 8 engine. She was built like a tank. And ride was like a swan floating on calm lake. In town I got 5 mpg but gas was 19 cents a gallon in Iowa City in 1961. $2 filled the tank for a month’s driving.
I had a 65 Pontiac Catalina. Similar look.
Loved that car. High School was fun with it. Huge. Fit 8 easily. AC would freeze you out in a hot August.
I am and was 5’7”. I could lay in the seats. No bucket seating back then. Backseat was like a tent. Kept a pillow and sleeping bag in the huge trunk.
Made, uh, dates interesting.😊
Ford had a similar color in 1960 on the fairlane and sunliners. Beautiful color.
That purple grey would fit in with the modern colours of what seems to be popular.
Neighbors had a 1964 Pontiac Catalina , nice car.
I started driving in the early 70’s. I wish I had appreciated cars more. All of these were used cars that were not that far out of reach at the time.
About 10 or so years ago, I was at a concours d’elegance that always had a Packard category. I stopped to admire a beautiful 1950 Packard convertible. The white-haired guy sitting by it in a lawn chair said he had bought it new off the showroom floor in 1950.
Very true. My favorites are the ‘64-’69 Impalas.
For Chevrolet the same color was called Evening Orchid.