"We had a 68 Fleetwood Brogham. Best vehicle I ever owned. Fast, comfortable, and quiet."
The late sixties were the pinnacle in many ways for domestic cars. The long, downhill slide began with smog control and ludicrous battering-ram bumpers, mandated by the federal government. "Downsizing" to meet corporate average fuel efficiency requirements, also mandated by the federal government, led to peculiar looking vehicles with bad proportions, as well as a near-total fixation on front wheel drive. All three built some amazingly uninspired crap, with just a few occasional bright spots. The Mustang and Corvette didn't just survive, they have actually gotten better in every measurable way. But, they still fall short of improvements made by imports in many ways.