Man, I just love the styling of cars with hide-away headlights. It has got to be my all time favourite styling feature from the 60's. I can't think of a car from any of Big 3 that didn't look great with hidden headlights and that I wouldn't mind owning.
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1970 LS4 (eventually an LS5) Laurentian 2dr hdtp -and a bunch of other muscle cars...
The dash of the 1960 Chryslers is my all time favorite. Dubbed "Astra Dome" I believe an AC invertor was used to make the needles glow. I saw my first 60 Chrysler dash when I was a kid. I remember it clearly. The car was parked at a "Dominion" grocery store and I thought it looked like something out of a science fiction movie.
somehow the car always looks better with the optional stripes-strange you would almost think it would be tacky but I can't think of one that I don't like
I think the 60's full size Pontiacs from about 60 to 66 had the most beautiful dash appearance and layout. The later ones are nice but they went away from the excessive chroming, the part I loved the most.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Man, I just love the styling of cars with hide-away headlights. It has got to be my all time favourite styling feature from the 60's. I can't think of a car from any of Big 3 that didn't look great with hidden headlights and that I wouldn't mind owning.
I agree 67-68 RSSS Camaro 66-67 Charger I like the stripes (Chevy) I love the 64-67 Corvette as well
1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
somehow the car always looks better with the optional stripes-strange you would almost think it would be tacky but I can't think of one that I don't like
The car that really knocked me out as a kid was the 63 Corvette coupe. It looked like a car of the future,especially when it was sitting on the street among all the other cars of the day. Hideaway headlights, swoopy fenders, split window with the spine down the middle,there was nothing like it on the road. Maybe custom cars in the magazines but not on the road.
Cant agree more the stripes and hideaways are cool.I also like the metal ,chrome and stainless steel.Its everywhere,interior, taillights,front end,all the trim.And it looks good on all the makes.
Man, I just love the styling of cars with hide-away headlights. It has got to be my all time favourite styling feature from the 60's. I can't think of a car from any of Big 3 that didn't look great with hidden headlights and that I wouldn't mind owning.
I was going to write Hide-away Headlights before I even opened the thread.
As well as Dashes, Stripes, Hideaways...I love the Sail Panels on the back windows of 1966-67 A body and 68-69 Dodge Chargers and finally Corvettes. Also love the variations of so many cubic inch V8's. I forgot about the beautiful Rally Wheels and hubcaps of the 60's and early 70's.
I'm with you on the hideaway headlights as a favorite on just about everything except maybe the mid 70s full sized Mopar and Ford/Mercury where they didn't quite work. My own favs are the 68 - 69 Caprice, and the 67 - 68 Grand Prix/Parisienne, 70-71 Plymouth Fury.
I would also have to say the sequential turn signals on Cougars and Thunderbirds.
yes that was very cool
I'd like to mention vent windows that got ditched in 69-I love vent windows-funny they ditched them for styling purposes !
Yup, nothing will ever replace vent windows for efficiency, but I guess a lot of people complained about the wind noise, and the designers came up with the new upper level ventilation! An extremely rare option on 70's is to have this power assisted, not quite A/C but better than nothin'!
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1970 LS4 (eventually an LS5) Laurentian 2dr hdtp -and a bunch of other muscle cars...
Scoops/gills/vents on the hood or sides of the cars. I also like some of the badging back then.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
