Remember When Cars Had Style?

[Red Marley]

 

[Diablos]

jam this in the 8 track and bang some gears

 

[Red Marley]

 

[Diablos]

 

[Red Marley]

 

[Red Marley]

 

[ronn47]

 

[Diablos]

 

[Diablos]

 

[Diablos]

 

[Diablos]

 

[Diablos]

 

[Geezer]

 

[Geezer]

 

[Pack72]

You drove that regularly on 16, between Marion VA and Tazewell VA.

Didn’t you.

B. F. Buchanan Highway. I often wondered what B. F. Buchanan did that was so bad they named that road after him.

 

[Just Tripp]

 

[Crazy Carl]

 

[Crazy Carl]

 

[Crazy Carl]

 

[fieldgrade]

My grandad had a Burick like that when I was a wee lad.

 

[Crazy Carl]

My grandad had a Burick like that when I was a wee lad.

When it comes to ‘50’s GMs, the Buicks & Pontiacs had it all over the Chevrolets.

 

[Weaklink]

My wife's car. '32 Plymouth.

 

[Jim C.]

The Cougars had the 1-2-3 turn signals and I thought that was the coolest thing.

Those taillights looked pretty good on Mustangs too.

 

[HMP]

Very little love for things not American in this thread. Shame.
Also, beauty is in the eye of the beholder

 

[HMP]

 

[HMP]

 

[ronn47]

@HMP this what you wanted?

 

[ronn47]

Maybe Lancia

 

[spittinfire]

Not from the 60s but my lasted toy. 88 Turbo Coupe.

 

[thekaiser]

Austin Healey 100M. The fold down windshield and leather hood strap seal the deal. But only a dream these days.

 

[ronn47]

Austin Healy 100M. The fold down windshield and leather hood strap seal the deal. But only a dream these days.

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I saw one exactly like the photo at Tanglewood in Clemmons back in the mid 70s and fell in love with those.
You are correct, prices today make them a wet dream.

 

[thekaiser]

Tanglewood? Was that the old British Car Days South event that they held there? If so, I used to go to that. Fantastic machines there.

 

[Car0linab0y]

Drove one of these in a plum color in Italy for a bit...

 

[Car0linab0y]

This gunboat was a blast... factory set up with 350, 4-barrel carb, dual exhaust, positrac rear end, sway bars...

Jet black. My wife blew away a lot of rice burners off the line in it.
(Image.from the internet. . . )

 

[ronn47]

Changing the model every year really was amazing. It’s not like now, where a model “generation” goes for seven years or so.


Every year, a whole new look for every model. It must have been exciting in the fall to see what ”this year” was going to look like.

I remember dealerships having searchlights and big new model parties in the late '50s early '60s.

 

[Axehandle]

Things not American 😁

 

[JohnFreeman]

The past held stylish cars sure, but remember it also held early 60’s mopar products

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They looked a lot better with a Hemi or a big wedge tho....

 

[HMP]

Things not American 😁

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I know youre joking, but lets not front on the 'style' of all American cars... (looking at you Pontiac...)

 

[Crankbait]

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Oh wow. Did you take a picture of my father in law’s Model A? Haha. Looks just like it. I’ll try and get a picture this week and report back

 

[Miss Lily]

My aunt picked me up and took me to church every Sunday in this car.