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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


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To: Vaquero

http://www.hotrod.com/cars/project-vehicles/mopp-0305-1962-plymouth-valiant-slant-six/

There are some photos here.


161 posted on 03/15/2015 4:18:13 PM PDT by beelzepug (You can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it.)
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To: moose07

Thanks. I’m so not interested in cars!! LOL


162 posted on 03/15/2015 4:24:31 PM PDT by Shimmer1 (Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality. Edmund Burke)
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To: nascarnation

I’m old and remember Uni, Roy and Al. I knew guys named Roy and Al. The woman named Uni totally confused me. I never knew a woman named Uni. This made me think this ad campaign was stupid.


163 posted on 03/15/2015 4:34:57 PM PDT by duckworth (Perhaps instant karma's going to get you. Perhaps not.)
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To: artichokegrower

My car in 1965. A 1930 Model A Ford Tudor Sedan. Paid $125 for it. Drove it until went into the Navy in 69.


164 posted on 03/15/2015 4:41:08 PM PDT by X Fretensis
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

About the C2 corvette ride height — that is a very knowing comment. I have a friend with a ‘63 split window. I’m going to see what he things about this. I think it’s a great point. He’s gonna hate me.


165 posted on 03/15/2015 4:48:47 PM PDT by duckworth (Perhaps instant karma's going to get you. Perhaps not.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

A friend of mine had a Manta. It was the reason I got the GT.

Those were really great cars.


166 posted on 03/15/2015 5:53:48 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: moose07

1965 Buick LeSabre (sp?).


167 posted on 03/15/2015 7:20:58 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (Mind your atomic bonds.)
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To: moose07

Well..

They have the ‘65 version of my ‘64 GTO...


168 posted on 03/15/2015 7:40:39 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: duckworth

Tell him it looks stoopit.

It needs to be slammed (he can always put it back stock)


169 posted on 03/15/2015 7:52:04 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: who knows what evil?
My roommate had a ‘beater’ of a Volkswagen Beetle convertible back in the early 70’s

I think one of the coolest things going now is a Volksrod. It's a Beetle rat-rod, radically chopped, lowered, no fenders, big rear tires, straight front axle set forward, and of course a hot engine...usually flat paint.

Google: Volksrod.

170 posted on 03/15/2015 8:02:26 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: ansel12

I’m not sure I am following you. Short answer is no. I don’t support the government making us wear helmets in cars. That is laughable. Unless I am doing 200 mph around Daytona, no helmet for me. That being said, I have not heard that they are pushing a law forward saying we must.
My point was mostly in agreement that the beauty in cars has been downplayed to allow for safety.


171 posted on 03/16/2015 6:04:17 AM PDT by Snark
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To: cuban leaf

And then Buick subbed in some Japanese rust bucket and called the Opels.


172 posted on 03/16/2015 7:22:01 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Opel is European GM. Several Buick models are Opels even today.


173 posted on 03/16/2015 7:26:18 AM PDT by hlmencken3 (I paid for an argument, but you're just contradicting!)
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To: hlmencken3

“Opel is European GM. Several Buick models are Opels even today.”

This is true. However, some time in the later 70’s Buick branded a rust bucket Japanese car as an Opel. It was horrible!


174 posted on 03/16/2015 7:31:32 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Snark

You might be young, but when people talk about the government and helmets, they mean on motorcycles.

In our cars they make us strap ourselves into bucket seats, by law, and I think even the seat is ordered by law.


175 posted on 03/16/2015 9:27:21 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.)
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To: ansel12

Ha! No, not young. I misunderstood your comment. In that case, I believe we are firmly on the same page!


176 posted on 03/16/2015 11:12:07 AM PDT by Snark
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

You can, and should, say the same thing of every @$$hole driving a honda.


177 posted on 03/16/2015 7:05:20 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (You all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas.)
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