Saw an early 70s Blazer and late 70s Bronco - both so nice they were almost certainly restored. Also saw the same Eurosport wagon from a couple days ago, a 91-93ish 300CE in the very 90s white over light grey, 56 Chevy 2 door HT in stock condition stuck in traffic.
Saw an older gentleman driving a '53 Chevy convertible, looked nicely restored with shiny red finish. He was in busy city traffic alongside me, I was watching him work the column shifter through the gears.
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I've been invited to an AMC meet in Cleveland today. Riding there with a friend in his '61 Studebaker Lark VIII Regal convertible that was bought new by the University of Pittsburgh. I know I have goofed on 'Ramblers' here before, but I can enjoy a '63 or '64 Classic, an original-generation AMX of course, mid-seventies Matador coupes (really!), and especially late '60's Ambassador hardtops. I hope at least one of the latter shows up. I NEVER see them at cruise-ins or general old car shows.
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I've been invited to an AMC meet in Cleveland today. Riding there with a friend in his '61 Studebaker Lark VIII Regal convertible that was bought new by the University of Pittsburgh. I know I have goofed on 'Ramblers' here before, but I can enjoy a '63 or '64 Classic, an original-generation AMX of course, mid-seventies Matador coupes (really!), and especially late '60's Ambassador hardtops. I hope at least one of the latter shows up. I NEVER see them at cruise-ins or general old car shows.
That's a good selection. My folks owned a '64 Classic which I drove a fair amount and it was a nice car for the time. I surely wouldn't turn down a gen 1 AMX if it was offered me. For some reason, I like the late 60s /early '70s Ambassador sedans. I just think they have a class look. But that's just me; I often prefer the 4-door of a model over the 2-door; something to do with the roofline.
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That's a good selection. My folks owned a '64 Classic which I drove a fair amount and it was a nice car for the time. I surely wouldn't turn down a gen 1 AMX if it was offered me. For some reason, I like the late 60s /early '70s Ambassador sedans. I just think they have a class look. But that's just me; I often prefer the 4-door of a model over the 2-door; something to do with the roofline.
In a strange sort of way, that '69-78 Matador/Ambassador 4-door roofline reminds me a bit of the ~2003-2012 Maserati Quattroporte. Sometimes, I think the rest of the car could be hit or miss, but I agree, the roofline itself was pretty handsome.
Interestingly, these were also one of the first designs that actually seemed to take space efficiency seriously. Although I don't know if that was intentionally, or they just lucked into it. I don't know when the EPA started measuring interior volumes, but the earliest stats I've been able to find are for 1978. That year's Matador sedan is rated at 110/20 for passenger/cargo volume. For comparison, the Caprice/Impala, which was considered a pioneer of packing more room into a smaller space, was rated at 111/20. As for the few old-school midsizers still around, the Fury/Monaco sedans were rated at 101/20, while the LTD-II/Cougar were rated 101/16.
Even the few old full-sized mastodons still around don't sound that impressive when you look at the EPA numbers. The Chrysler Newport/New Yorker 4-doors were rated at 107/22. The LTD was 106/23, while the Marquis was 108/23. And even the big Lincoln Town Sedans were 114/22.
I wonder if the '69-78 Ambassador/Matador had a tall roofline compared to other cars? That's one thing that will definitely boost the interior measurement.
A 63-64-ish Rambler Classic 2 door HT is definitely a nice looking car. The wagons also look good - those cars are kind of European to me, and I know more than a few were sold overseas. Those bigger late 60s HTs are also nice looking. The Matador coupes are excessive without really being pimpy, just weird - not a common thing in the 70s.
Speaking of AMC, I also now appreciate an early run "pure" Pacer. I used to think they were terrible when I was young, but I respect the effort now, and they are cool in their own way.
I remember my cousins' neighbors having a Pacer when I was a kid, and we all made fun of it. Of course, my cousins' parents cars were a bit off the wall as well...they went for Datsuns, which was definitely going against the grain in these parts, back in the 70's.
Fast forward to today, and I think they're pretty cool, although I don't know how much of an influence "Wayne's World" had on that. And yeah, I like the earlier models better, before they went to the more pretentious, stand-up grille that was in vogue in those days.
I'm guessing one reason the Matador coupe didn't sell well with the '74 redesign is that it was trying too hard to be sporty. IIRC, it was actually designed with NASCAR in mind. But, sportiness didn't sell in the 70's...personal luxury did.
Going back to the Ambassador, even though I think the hardtop coupe is a bit awkward, I think I could be happy with a '69...
Or maybe a 1970. They look nice and a bit upscale, but without being really pretentious. For '71, they seemed to be going for a cross between a Cadillac and a Chrysler with that front-end, and it just got more faux luxury in later years. But then, the '69-70 make me see a bit of Ford influence.
I remember my cousins' neighbors having a Pacer when I was a kid, and we all made fun of it. Of course, my cousins' parents cars were a bit off the wall as well...they went for Datsuns, which was definitely going against the grain in these parts, back in the 70's.
Fast forward to today, and I think they're pretty cool, although I don't know how much of an influence "Wayne's World" had on that. And yeah, I like the earlier models better, before they went to the more pretentious, stand-up grille that was in vogue in those days.
I have Pacer brochures from the showroom from the original introduction of the Pacer. Stored away. Somewhere. In a box. Hoping they'd have value to someone, someday.
I remember my cousins' neighbors having a Pacer when I was a kid, and we all made fun of it. Of course, my cousins' parents cars were a bit off the wall as well...they went for Datsuns, which was definitely going against the grain in these parts, back in the 70's.
Fast forward to today, and I think they're pretty cool, although I don't know how much of an influence "Wayne's World" had on that. And yeah, I like the earlier models better, before they went to the more pretentious, stand-up grille that was in vogue in those days.
I'm guessing one reason the Matador coupe didn't sell well with the '74 redesign is that it was trying too hard to be sporty. IIRC, it was actually designed with NASCAR in mind. But, sportiness didn't sell in the 70's...personal luxury did.
Going back to the Ambassador, even though I think the hardtop coupe is a bit awkward, I think I could be happy with a '69...
Or maybe a 1970. They look nice and a bit upscale, but without being really pretentious. For '71, they seemed to be going for a cross between a Cadillac and a Chrysler with that front-end, and it just got more faux luxury in later years. But then, the '69-70 make me see a bit of Ford influence.
Here is the sedan. God help me I just prefer it.
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I guess I was thinking of the earlier ones. These really look Ford/Mercury-ish with the stacked lights:
On the obscure car subject, the somewhat of a car hoarder Andre relative across the street had his purple 60 Ford 2 door post (Fairlane I assume) out today.
Ah yes, the famous Ford Orchid Gray color. It's possible but unlikely that it is a Galaxy. The Galaxy has a wider C-pillar with a gold emblem on it and a flat rear window. The Fairlane has a narrower C-pillar and has a wraparound rear window.
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I think this one had very little chrome, maybe missing some too - I think it was pretty plain.. I like 60 Fords, but they look a lot better in higher trim form.
Ah yes, the famous Ford Orchid Gray color. It's possible but unlikely that it is a Galaxy. The Galaxy has a wider C-pillar with a gold emblem on it and a flat rear window. The Fairlane has a narrower C-pillar and has a wraparound rear window.
The '67-68 Ambassador hardtops, like fintail posted, are the ones I like, although I wish they had a larger rear wheel opening. My buddy said they reminded him of Fairlanes, which I'd never thought of. There were four or five of them there.
Their turnout of show cars was about the same number, IMHO, as we had at our 2012 Studebaker Drivers' Club international meet, although my buddy didn't think theirs was as big as ours. Lots of AMX's, Javelins, four SC/Ramblers, a smattering of Americans of various iterations, and Concords and Spirits even. I thought it was odd that the oldest car there was a '59 American wagon...nothing earlier, and I mean nothing.
There were probably ten Marlins there of all three years...I'd never seen so many in one place, that is for sure. The '67 Marlin, rarest, is really an Ambassador fastback. That dinky decklid always killed me though.
The Crawford Museum had their AMX prototype on display there, which was cool.
I was very glad I went. I met a nice old-timer who displayed his maroon with black vinyl top, beige vinyl interior '72 Ambassador Brougham 4-door with over 200K miles and it looked like a three-year old car, unrestored! He was very proud of it and had driven about three hours one-way to the show. He had bought it new and had the window sticker on display--$4,700 which was a tad more than I'd expected. My memory about Ambassadors of that era having standard A/C was confirmed by the window sticker.
There was a plain-jane white '70 Hornet two-door sedan, no radio, auto trans, with 8,998 miles. I loved it for its simplicity and originality, although my buddy thought it was a snore.
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You guys have me missing all the AMC'S I used to see around here. (I live just north of Kenosha.) There must be some AMC shows down there this summer, I have to check one out.
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Dropped the fintail off at the indy shop for its yearly service (now it's raining of course, oh well, I was going to clean it next weekend anyway) - saw a very nice 450SEL parked there, brown on tan, looked cared for. the place is adjacent to a high end specialty dealer, they had a first gen AMX sitting outside, and a big ~1970 Power Wagon.
Thanks for posting those photos from this year's Carlisle Mopar Show, andre.
I know it's early, but do you plan on displaying any of your cars at the Rockville show in October?
You're welcome...glad you like them! I hadn't thought about the Rockville show. The last time I had a car in it was 2012 I think. I'm probably not going to be able to make it this year, but if that changes, I'll let you know.
I missed the last two Rockville shows so I'll probably go this year.
Two (not one, but TWO) low mileage Maserati Bi-Turbos stored in a garage. One an earlier carburetor model (twin turbos and a carburetor on a 30 year old Italian car---what could go wrong?) and the other a later Si model with fuel-injection and water-cooled intercooler. (mo' bettah). Gorgeous interiors (buttery leather and wood abound), pretty fast in their day (mid 6 seconds) and...utterly worthless.
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Yeah, a halfway disassembled ponton isn't worth a ton. Someone needs to make it a labor of love, you'll never run in the black unless you're really handy.
Spotted today - unrestored uncut 70s Bronco, 86-89 Celica convertible, clean 90-93 Integra in the bright medium blue color I remember from the day.
Spotted somewhere around an 89 Thunderbird. Don't seem to see many of them anymore. I kind of liked that more angular styling, but I know that a lot of Aero-bird fans didn't like the style change from the previous model.
The main thing I didn't like about the '89+ Tbird was that initially, it didn't offer a V8. Standard engine was that 3.8 Essex V-6, although it might have been up to around 140 hp by that time. If you wanted power, there was the supercharged 3.8, which was fast, but complicated and troublesome.
Personally, I wasn't a fan of the '83-86 Tbirds when they were new, but liked the '87-88 refresh. I think the '89 was actually slightly shorter overall than the '83-88, but on a longer wheelbase, and and the style was a bit better balanced, proportionally, I thought. It was bigger inside, as well. Those '83-88 models are actually more compact than midsized.
Looking back at them through the rose-tinted glasses, and at car shows, I can appreciate the '83-88 models more now, then when they were new. One year I remember seeing a well-preserved '83 or so T-bird next to a similar-vintage Cutlass Supreme at a classic car show...Hershey, I think it was. It really made me appreciate how the T-bird has stood the test of time. While I'd prefer the Cutlass, it still looked like an 80's car, and nothing could ever change that. About the only things that betrayed the T-bird for not being a current car were the headlights (nowadays they'd be complex, expensive-to-replace flush units, but made to look like quads), the fact that it's a coupe, the small 14" wheels, and the non-flush side windows.
Today saw an early 70's MB 250SL red with tan top puttering down I95 at 50 mph. Looked very nice. Also saw a 1961 or so Corvette - the model with the C1 nose and C2 tail - orange red convertible.
Today saw an early 70's MB 250SL red with tan top puttering down I95 at 50 mph. Looked very nice. Also saw a 1961 or so Corvette - the model with the C1 nose and C2 tail - orange red convertible.
Today saw an early 70's MB 250SL red with tan top puttering down I95 at 50 mph. Looked very nice. Also saw a 1961 or so Corvette - the model with the C1 nose and C2 tail - orange red convertible.
The '61 Corvette still had wider whites, a white cove and more chrome than the '62. The '62 gained a rocker molding and the 327. I love the '62. Someone told me once the king pin part numbers were the same as the '49 Chevy, but I don't care. Give me one in Fawn Beige or Honduras Maroon, and I'd be happy even with the 250 hp 327 and Powerglide. I'd have to have the hardtop too though.
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W113s are pretty identical - later cars will have headrests and side markers, of course, I think the 250 was a short run car that should only have 1967 titles in the US, but maybe 66 if grey market and imported after the fact. I suppose they are a middle ground between the revvy 230 and the gruntier 280.
Back to the conversation several posts up, about Pacers.
When I was a teenager, my buddy and I used to cruise the local new-car dealer lots, including looking at 'make an offer' used cars they'd all have 'out back'. One salesman approached us and said, "You wanna see the new car?". This was at our local Chrysler/Plymouth/AMC dealer. I knew he meant the new AMC car, as I'd read about them. They hadn't been officially introduced yet. Tucked away in a corner of the shop was a school-bus yellow Pacer with dog-dish hubcaps. I didn't (couldn't!) say anything for a good 30 seconds after seeing it. He must've read that on my face as he said, "Don't say it!". I think he wanted to see what teenagers thought of it. I remember saying that it looked like a bug squatting...well, you get the rest.
I will say in hindsight, the roominess, visibility, and, ahem, 'originality' of the design were mostly positive.
I saw a few at the AMC Nationals last weekend. One was an upper model with a Navajo-inspired maroon and white seat trim. I did in fact like that interior!
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Saw a 57 Mercury convertible at the high end specialty lot adjacent to the MB indy mechanic I patronize - so much gingerbread and styling. Reminds me of modern Japanese cars in a way.
Between Friday and yesterday, my '67 Catalina and I made the roughly 400 mile round trip from here to Macungie, PA, for their annual "Das Awkscht Fescht" car show. Here's the pics from it. Hope y'all like!
I know I tend to gravitate toward the big'uns, but I tried to get a little variety in there.
Saw an orange with black vinyl rood Dodge Challenger. Completely pristine looking. Shortly after that, a somewhat worn looking white with black top TR6 followed immediately by a white MGB convertible.
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Wow Andre, there's a lot of unusual stuff in those pix like the Willy's coupe and FWD truck. I remember some of this stuff from being a kid back in the 50's, but seldom see a lot of it anymore. Neat show!
This show in Macungie is probably my favorite, of the car shows I go to, because it has the best variety. It's put on by the AACA, so only cars 25 years old and up are allowed to attend. But, it's not as stuffed-shirt as the show at Hershey, PA.
This year, they changed the classes around a bit, which I felt kind of odd. But, when you consider that for every year that passes, that's another year of cars eligible to enter, they had to do something eventually. This year it was broken into Pre-WWII, 1946-60, 1961-75, 1976-90, trucks/commercial vehicles, and motorcycles.
I forget what the breakout was in earlier years. I missed last year, but attended in 2013 with my '76 LeMans. I want to say that year, and in earlier years, they grouped everything from around 1955 on up together. So, you could see Jon Voight's LeBaron with a 1955 Chrysler C-300 on one side and a frog-eyed Madator Barcelona coupe on the other, and a '79 Olds Ninety-Eight Diesel sedan behind it.
God help me, I love that pink over grey '56 Rambler wagon. I have always been a sucker for late-50s Ramblers.
One reason that one caught my eye is that my Mom's second car, as a teenager, was a pink and black '59 Rambler wagon that she paid $200 for back around 1965-66. Her first car was a '57 Plymouth that she remembers absolutely nothing about, except that it was "big" and gray, but she can't remember the engine, body style, or model. My uncle can remember someone slamming a door shut hard enough to break a window, though. As for the Rambler, one of the rear wheels actually fell off while Mom was driving it, but miraculously, no real damage. She didn't have the Plymouth or the Rambler very long, as she ended up buying a brand-new '66 Catalina convertible her senior year in high school.
Growing up in the Chicago middle and lower middle class suburbs loaded with used cars, Ramblers were pretty common, as well as American's and even a few Metropolitan's. In high school, several of my friend's mom's drove Rambler wagons, which meant they got to drive them too. I particularly remember the oval speedometers with those kind of unique numerals on them. But the neatest Rambler I remember seeing driving around occasionally was what I believe was a 57 Rambler wagon that was actually a 4 door hardtop wagon. It was red and black with a V8 badge, so I wonder if it would have been considered a Rebel? Now before I go to hell drooling over that baby, our church minister drove a black 59 Rambler sedan - it was a six Oh btw bhill2, you might have liked the two tone 57 Nash a neighbor behind us drove. It was sort of a turquoise and white two tone 4 dr sedan. Rather unique automobile, even back in the day.
Digressing a bit - during that same school era, around the block was a divorcee with a hot daughter a couple of years older than me. They didn't drive a Rambler, but instead had a black 59 Impala convertible with a red interior. Wait, now I'm beginning to understand my gravitation to the not always popular 59 Chevy's!
Oh btw bhill2, you might have liked the two tone 57 Nash a neighbor behind us drove. It was sort of a turquoise and white two tone 4 dr sedan. Rather unique automobile, even back in the day.
Actually berri, I wouldn't turn that car down if I was looking for a car, especially if it was a V-8. However, I like the Ramblers better for some reason.
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Forgot to mention, yesterday about 0545, on a dark wooded major arterial road, there was a lowline 57 Chevy 4 door post on the side of the road - definitely unrestored, possibly broken down, as there are no houses in the area. It wasn't there this morning. Kind of a weird thing, as broken down cars aren't too common at all anymore. This would have been one that broke down in 1972.
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Interestingly, these were also one of the first designs that actually seemed to take space efficiency seriously. Although I don't know if that was intentionally, or they just lucked into it. I don't know when the EPA started measuring interior volumes, but the earliest stats I've been able to find are for 1978. That year's Matador sedan is rated at 110/20 for passenger/cargo volume. For comparison, the Caprice/Impala, which was considered a pioneer of packing more room into a smaller space, was rated at 111/20. As for the few old-school midsizers still around, the Fury/Monaco sedans were rated at 101/20, while the LTD-II/Cougar were rated 101/16.
Even the few old full-sized mastodons still around don't sound that impressive when you look at the EPA numbers. The Chrysler Newport/New Yorker 4-doors were rated at 107/22. The LTD was 106/23, while the Marquis was 108/23. And even the big Lincoln Town Sedans were 114/22.
I wonder if the '69-78 Ambassador/Matador had a tall roofline compared to other cars? That's one thing that will definitely boost the interior measurement.
Speaking of AMC, I also now appreciate an early run "pure" Pacer. I used to think they were terrible when I was young, but I respect the effort now, and they are cool in their own way.
Fast forward to today, and I think they're pretty cool, although I don't know how much of an influence "Wayne's World" had on that. And yeah, I like the earlier models better, before they went to the more pretentious, stand-up grille that was in vogue in those days.
I'm guessing one reason the Matador coupe didn't sell well with the '74 redesign is that it was trying too hard to be sporty. IIRC, it was actually designed with NASCAR in mind. But, sportiness didn't sell in the 70's...personal luxury did.
Going back to the Ambassador, even though I think the hardtop coupe is a bit awkward, I think I could be happy with a '69...
Or maybe a 1970. They look nice and a bit upscale, but without being really pretentious. For '71, they seemed to be going for a cross between a Cadillac and a Chrysler with that front-end, and it just got more faux luxury in later years. But then, the '69-70 make me see a bit of Ford influence.
Somewhere. In a box. Hoping they'd have value to someone, someday.
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On the obscure car subject, the somewhat of a car hoarder Andre relative across the street had his 60 Ford 2 door post (Fairlane I assume) out today.
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Their turnout of show cars was about the same number, IMHO, as we had at our 2012 Studebaker Drivers' Club international meet, although my buddy didn't think theirs was as big as ours. Lots of AMX's, Javelins, four SC/Ramblers, a smattering of Americans of various iterations, and Concords and Spirits even. I thought it was odd that the oldest car there was a '59 American wagon...nothing earlier, and I mean nothing.
There were probably ten Marlins there of all three years...I'd never seen so many in one place, that is for sure. The '67 Marlin, rarest, is really an Ambassador fastback. That dinky decklid always killed me though.
The Crawford Museum had their AMX prototype on display there, which was cool.
I was very glad I went. I met a nice old-timer who displayed his maroon with black vinyl top, beige vinyl interior '72 Ambassador Brougham 4-door with over 200K miles and it looked like a three-year old car, unrestored! He was very proud of it and had driven about three hours one-way to the show. He had bought it new and had the window sticker on display--$4,700 which was a tad more than I'd expected. My memory about Ambassadors of that era having standard A/C was confirmed by the window sticker.
There was a plain-jane white '70 Hornet two-door sedan, no radio, auto trans, with 8,998 miles. I loved it for its simplicity and originality, although my buddy thought it was a snore.
Spotted today - unrestored uncut 70s Bronco, 86-89 Celica convertible, clean 90-93 Integra in the bright medium blue color I remember from the day.
Personally, I wasn't a fan of the '83-86 Tbirds when they were new, but liked the '87-88 refresh. I think the '89 was actually slightly shorter overall than the '83-88, but on a longer wheelbase, and and the style was a bit better balanced, proportionally, I thought. It was bigger inside, as well. Those '83-88 models are actually more compact than midsized.
Looking back at them through the rose-tinted glasses, and at car shows, I can appreciate the '83-88 models more now, then when they were new. One year I remember seeing a well-preserved '83 or so T-bird next to a similar-vintage Cutlass Supreme at a classic car show...Hershey, I think it was. It really made me appreciate how the T-bird has stood the test of time. While I'd prefer the Cutlass, it still looked like an 80's car, and nothing could ever change that. About the only things that betrayed the T-bird for not being a current car were the headlights (nowadays they'd be complex, expensive-to-replace flush units, but made to look like quads), the fact that it's a coupe, the small 14" wheels, and the non-flush side windows.
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When I was a teenager, my buddy and I used to cruise the local new-car dealer lots, including looking at 'make an offer' used cars they'd all have 'out back'. One salesman approached us and said, "You wanna see the new car?". This was at our local Chrysler/Plymouth/AMC dealer. I knew he meant the new AMC car, as I'd read about them. They hadn't been officially introduced yet. Tucked away in a corner of the shop was a school-bus yellow Pacer with dog-dish hubcaps. I didn't (couldn't!) say anything for a good 30 seconds after seeing it. He must've read that on my face as he said, "Don't say it!". I think he wanted to see what teenagers thought of it. I remember saying that it looked like a bug squatting...well, you get the rest.
I will say in hindsight, the roominess, visibility, and, ahem, 'originality' of the design were mostly positive.
I saw a few at the AMC Nationals last weekend. One was an upper model with a Navajo-inspired maroon and white seat trim. I did in fact like that interior!
Here is my dream one:
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OK, not colorful like earlier ones--and I wouldn't mind owning an earlier one--but I like the cleaned-up looks and color, so early '60's.
I keep looking for Tod and Buzz in that pic!
I know I tend to gravitate toward the big'uns, but I tried to get a little variety in there.
Shortly after that, a somewhat worn looking white with black top TR6 followed immediately by a white MGB convertible.
Some cool stuff there. Looks like a good event.
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This year, they changed the classes around a bit, which I felt kind of odd. But, when you consider that for every year that passes, that's another year of cars eligible to enter, they had to do something eventually. This year it was broken into Pre-WWII, 1946-60, 1961-75, 1976-90, trucks/commercial vehicles, and motorcycles.
I forget what the breakout was in earlier years. I missed last year, but attended in 2013 with my '76 LeMans. I want to say that year, and in earlier years, they grouped everything from around 1955 on up together. So, you could see Jon Voight's LeBaron with a 1955 Chrysler C-300 on one side and a frog-eyed Madator Barcelona coupe on the other, and a '79 Olds Ninety-Eight Diesel sedan behind it.
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Digressing a bit - during that same school era, around the block was a divorcee with a hot daughter a couple of years older than me. They didn't drive a Rambler, but instead had a black 59 Impala convertible with a red interior. Wait, now I'm beginning to understand my gravitation to the not always popular 59 Chevy's!
Actually berri, I wouldn't turn that car down if I was looking for a car, especially if it was a V-8. However, I like the Ramblers better for some reason.
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