Popular Automobiles of the 60s Decade

The 60s was a great decade for autombiles not only because I grew up during that era but because they were cool and practical. Automobiles of the 60s were made for cruisin'. You could pile in all your buddies and collect 50 cents from each of them and because gas at that time was around 30 cents a gallon, you could cruise half the night. You make a run to the hangout then to the pizza joint and down Main Street USA making your stops and verbal jibes at all the people you know. You peeled rubber to show off (except if you had a Corvair.) I had a buddy who had a Corvair and I can't remember if ever that car peeled rubber and it was a standard which should have made it easier. I characterized the Corvair as one of the worst cars of the 60s although it was very popular at the time. Remember the little Metropolitan car? Did anybody own one? (Don't remember it? I finally have a picture. Check it out near the bottom.) This 1961 Nash Metropolitan belongs to Steve and Cathy Robertson of Lebanon, Ohio They named the car "Metilda") Also you will notice that the most popular cars of the fifties were prevalent during the 60s and I have included a few of the most popular ones that were being driven during the 60s.

 If anybody still has their old car from this era please email me webmaster@the60sofficialsite.com  and I will include its picture on the site. Any memories of 60s cruising or a special car leave a comment in the  Guestbook.

                                Do you remember the old Pontiac Service Sign?

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1960 Pontiac Station Wagon

1960 Studebaker Lark

1960 Volkswagon Beetle

1961 Ford Falcon

1962 Ford Thunderbird

1963 Ford Fairlane

1963 Chevrolet Impala

1964 Corvette

1964 Pontiac GTO

1964 Ford Galaxie

1966 Ford Mustang

1966 Chevrolet Chevelle

1967 Corvair Monza

1967 Chevrolet Malibu

1968 Chevrolet Camara

1969 Chevrolet Camara Convertible

1969 Pontiac Lemans

1968 Plymouth Roadrunner

1951 Chevrolet

1955 Chevrolet

1955 Desoto

1955 Packard Clipper

1957 Chevrolet 210 Belair

1958 Chevrolet Impala

1959 Chevrolet Impala

1965 Corvair

1961 Mercury Meteror - Submitted by Ed Keenan - This is a 1961 Mercury Meteor 800 4-door hardtop. It was originally my grandfathers (purchased brand new from Berkeley Motors of Berkeley, CA in November of 1960), then it became my dad's, and it's been passed on to me.

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