Comments on: Cars in the 1960s

By: david

david — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 22:36:58 +0000

I remember an uncle of mine that had a car with auto and standard transmission in it. I cannot remember the name. It seems out there that people who claim knowledge about cars don’t really don’t know a dam things about car.

By: Roy Bertuello

Roy Bertuello — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:49:49 +0000

Interesting to see that the Alvis TE21 that you have an image of in ‘Luxury Cars” is in my garage!! Bought last year and undergoing a mechanical refurbishment!!

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:27:52 +0000

Does anyone know why the color green for cars in the 70’s to mid 80’s was very limited. It was very rare to see a green car built in those years

By: Dazza

Dazza — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 18:22:49 +0000

Old post but for a good place to find a car in a movie or a tv show is IMCDB.org

By: Donald

Donald — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 19:43:43 +0000

Does anyone know why the color green for cars in the 70’s to mid 80’s was very limited. It was very rare to see a green car builkt in those years. Why?
DM

By: jimmy woo

jimmy woo — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 08:03:10 +0000

Sorry, I meant 1960s section, luxury cars.

By: jimmy woo

jimmy woo — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 07:59:46 +0000

No Lincolns in the 1970s Luxury section….sad.

By: Jim Kraft

Jim Kraft — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 20:22:09 +0000

From 57 through 64 the full size Chev cars were in many ways better than those today. You could walk on the hood, roof and trunk without denting the metal. You could push another vehicle many times with no bumper damage. Today a bumper cover starts at $800.00 and is damaged with just a kick. A deer hit at 40 mph might result in no damage. Today the same hit will cause o/a $8,000 damage. Same story for sliding into a snowbank. Traction in snow was not a problem. The six cyl. models were 20 mpg plus highway. My 64 six did 20 mpg from -30 to +100 degrees. Spacious interiors and trunk. The best of care would give 150k miles of engine/transmission life. That could be all gravel road driving. Not today because most vehicles now can not stand up to gravel roads. I expect with unleaded gas and synthetic oil, the 60’s powertrains would equal the life of those of today. The v8’s could be run hard without breakdowns. Maintenance was more intensive but so simple and low cost I would trade it for today’s complexity and high cost. “Can’t fix it” is the response from too many repair shops today. Oil changes, wheel bearing repacking and plugs, fuel pumps, points, distributor caps and plug wires were the bulk of the 60’s greater maintenance. Bothersome but so simple a nutsy/boltsy 14 year old could do it with minimal instruction including rebuilding a single or two barrel Chev carb. Plugs were about $1.00, wire set about $8.00. If given the option, I would buy a new 61-64 Chev full size or wagon today instead of a modern suv.

By: dat boi

dat boi — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 20:37:55 +0000

my grandpa has one

By: Paul Phipps

Paul Phipps — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:52:23 +0000

I would recommend posting a picture on reddit.com in the /r/whatisthisthing subreddit. I bet your car will be identified within the hour.