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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

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To: artichokegrower

My first car was a 1960 dodge dart. Poosh-a-button transmission and batmobile fins.


41 posted on 03/15/2015 9:57:53 AM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: nascarnation

It was a big promotion around Easter time. They came out with a bunch of pastel colored Mustangs. My Mom wanted one. Dad bought a red Dodge Charger instead.


42 posted on 03/15/2015 9:58:32 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: cuban leaf

I’ve got old and new stuff.

A lot of folks forget about how fussy the old stuff can be as far as cold start driveability and such.


43 posted on 03/15/2015 9:59:25 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: Gaffer

I learned to drive in a friend’s 1932 Ford Coupe and my first car was a 1949 Ford Two Door. Nostalgia can be fun.


44 posted on 03/15/2015 10:00:02 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: P.O.E.

OTOH.

45 posted on 03/15/2015 10:00:12 AM PDT by rabidralph
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To: artichokegrower

They are still driving them in Havana.


46 posted on 03/15/2015 10:00:23 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: artichokegrower

I was driving in 1965 a coaster wagon. As I was to young to have a driver’s license, not even old enough to drive a tricycle or bicycle. Just thought I would share that!


47 posted on 03/15/2015 10:00:35 AM PDT by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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To: cuban leaf
My first car was a 1958 Hillman Husky with 40 thundering horsepower  photo Hillman_zps2mgoexv4.jpg
48 posted on 03/15/2015 10:01:03 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

I was driving a new 1965 Chevy.


49 posted on 03/15/2015 10:01:12 AM PDT by Retired Chemist
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To: nascarnation
Uni-Roy-Al.

"And that's what they call threading the needle, folks!"

50 posted on 03/15/2015 10:01:12 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Where am I to go now that I've gone too far?)
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To: artichokegrower

1955 Chrysler Imperial dash


51 posted on 03/15/2015 10:01:21 AM PDT by QT3.14 (GRUBER - HARK 2016 /s)
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To: Larry Lucido

I assume when things really open up between Cuba and the US a lot of those vehicles and the guys that work on them are heading to the USA.


52 posted on 03/15/2015 10:01:32 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: JaguarXKE
I’ve got a 67 E-Type Jag roadster...

One of the top 3 or 4 prettiest cars ever produced. Needed a Brit mechanic on retainer, though, IIRC.

53 posted on 03/15/2015 10:02:13 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: blueunicorn6

Lee Iacocca didn’t miss a trick, that’s for sure.


54 posted on 03/15/2015 10:02:34 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: QT3.14

Beautiful!


55 posted on 03/15/2015 10:03:18 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: P.O.E.
I hate Ralph Nader.

My ex had a Corvair convertible which we drove through the New England states on our honeymoon.

56 posted on 03/15/2015 10:05:57 AM PDT by Retired Chemist
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To: nascarnation

I had a 1957 Ford Fairlane 400 that my dad gave me. As soon as I saved enough, I painted it pale metallic blue.

That was in Southern California, and I used to race it at Irwindale in the #4 money bracket.

My W-2 form listing my winnings from the raceway came addressed to Mr. S. [my last name], LOL!


57 posted on 03/15/2015 10:06:57 AM PDT by TheOldLady (Pray for Obama... Psalm 109:8 -- Look it up...... I donate monthly. Do you?)
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To: artichokegrower

What we were driving 50 years ago: Cars that were designed by automakers to fail earlier.

Japan changed all that by designing better and more reliable vehicles and OUR automakers had to follow suit FAST.


58 posted on 03/15/2015 10:11:09 AM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: artichokegrower

Our next door neighbor at the time sold his Sunbeam Alpine (Tiger?) and got a ‘65 Mustang convertible. My Dad’s VW was a ‘66 I think.


59 posted on 03/15/2015 10:11:16 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: RetSignman

Well at least we Americans can say we taught them how.
(Ed Deming)


60 posted on 03/15/2015 10:13:13 AM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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