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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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To: artichokegrower
My first car was a 1960 dodge dart. Poosh-a-button transmission and batmobile fins.
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03/15/2015 9:57:53 AM PDT
by
Noumenon
(Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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.
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posted on
03/15/2015 9:58:32 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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.
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03/15/2015 9:59:25 AM PDT
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nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
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.
To: P.O.E.
OTOH.
To: artichokegrower
They are still driving them in Havana.
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!
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03/15/2015 10:00:35 AM PDT
by
hondact200
(Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
To: cuban leaf
My first car was a 1958 Hillman Husky with 40 thundering horsepower
To: artichokegrower
I was driving a new 1965 Chevy.
To: nascarnation
Uni-Roy-Al.
"And that's what they call threading the needle, folks!"
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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?)
To: artichokegrower
1955 Chrysler Imperial dash
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posted on
03/15/2015 10:01:21 AM PDT
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QT3.14
(GRUBER - HARK 2016 /s)
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.
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03/15/2015 10:01:32 AM PDT
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nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
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.
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03/15/2015 10:02:13 AM PDT
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JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: blueunicorn6
Lee Iacocca didn’t miss a trick, that’s for sure.
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03/15/2015 10:02:34 AM PDT
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nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
To: QT3.14
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03/15/2015 10:03:18 AM PDT
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nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
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.
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!
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03/15/2015 10:06:57 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pray for Obama... Psalm 109:8 -- Look it up...... I donate monthly. Do you?)
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.
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03/15/2015 10:11:09 AM PDT
by
RetSignman
(Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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.
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posted on
03/15/2015 10:11:16 AM PDT
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USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: RetSignman
Well at least we Americans can say we taught them how.
(Ed Deming)
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posted on
03/15/2015 10:13:13 AM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
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