What is your guys favorite era of automobiles? Mine is the 60's and 70's cars like Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger, Plymouth Barracuda, Dodge Charger, Plymouth Road Runner, Ford Mustang Mach 1, Chevrolet Chevelle, Oldsmobile Cutlass/442, Pontiac GTO, Buick GS, Chevrolet Impala, Buick Wildcat, Pontiac Bonneville, Ford Galaxie, Ford Thunderbird, Mercury Marquis, Buick Electra and Oldsmobile 98.

 

OK, some cool cars listed. Late model Camaro and Mustang and certainly late Corvetts will run circles around most with the A/C on playing your favorite CD....

Also, I get must of your list up till:
Bonneville? OK, they had big motors. Galaxie. OH, ok. T Bird? Hhhhhmmm, if you must. Mercury Marquis? Huh? With or without the "De Sade" option? If ever there was a bloated pig of a car, it surely must be the Marquis of the 1971-ish era. Electra?---OK, I admit the back seat of my GF's familie's Electra 225 was good for something. Olds 98?----Oldsmobile--root word, "OLD"

Best cars are being built now. Best memories of cars are what you list.

 

I'm only 23 years old, but I love the cars from the fifties. The shoebox chevys in particular, but the roundness of the lights, and smooth bends, and the straight lines that followed the side of the car all of the way back to the fins. I can't say much more about them because I wasn't around, and unless I got one that was cherry, I'd want to restore it to a degree with some massive HP under the hood. Nothing is cooler than a '56 chevy with 500 HP...so pretty, so fast. The ones today are nice, but Aston, Ferrari and maybe Lambo are the only ones doing it right. The rest are just going to be junk yard fill soon, and no one is ever going to start up a 1987 honda accord restoration shop in 2030. They all look the same now, and soon enough, they're all going to look the same in a junk yard...forever.

 

50s & 60s back when engineering was done on paper with slide rules manufacturers changed body styles every year to differentuate themselves from each other and last years models.

Now with CAD and JIT ordering manufacturers will make the same car for 8-15 years with minor adjustments (mainly to the price). Progress sucks.

 

I'd say the 70's, v-8's and big blocks were plentiful. You could work on your own car without a computer or code reader. Cars were actually made of metal and had metal bumpers. 4x4's had solid axles and were built as trucks and not soccer mom mobiles.

 

It all depends on your point of view. For styling, I think the mid-60s through maybe 1970 was the best. Stylists could do what they want, really "ply their craft," without any government interference. Some examples: '65-'66 Impala, '65 Bonneville, '65/'66-'69 Riviera, '67 Ford Galaxie, ANY T-Bird from those years, '65-'69 Chryslers/ Imperials- I could go on and on, but I think you get the idea. These cars just keep getting better with age. Oh, yeah: '65-'69 Corvair- you didn't think I was going to leave that one out, did you?

 

Mid to late 60's, b/c the Muscle Car Wars were on and the engines kept getting bigger and bigger and body designs kept getting sharper. Take almost any 60's Muscle Car , add the right wheels and tires,{due to some came with hub caps and skinny tires} and you have something that just looks like it means business. Take anything from today and add whatever you want and it still looks like a plastic toy. I guess thats why anything new and American made is considered a domestic and not muscle. Almost need a worst decade thread, lol im sure the 80 would win that one. Just my .02 Btw R code Galaxie's can definatly hold their on with any on the first list, so i can see its place there.

 

1966-1972 had the best cars I think. The muscle cars were the best although I have always liked the big cars too.

Chris

 

I like '32 Ford Coupes, '55-'57 Chevy Bel Air '64 1/2-'66 Mustangs, '53-'56 Ford F100s, '73-'79 Ford F100s partling for the styling but alot because of how cheap they are and pretty easy to work on.

 

What is the 'De Sade' option? The 1971-ish Mercury Marquis's were pretty unique looking and they had a ton of horsepower, Bonneville's sure did have big motors and weren't they the top line family sedan?

 

What about a Chevrolet Camaro SuperSport with a 396 and a 4 speed?

 

I noticed that they went through small changes year after year in the 50's, 60's and 70's.

 

I agree with you wholeheartedly, they had some nice engines back in the 70's, I would love to own a 1970-71 Mercury Marquis Brougham with a 429 inside of the car, I like the steel vehicles instead of fiberglass, to admit it the kind of car I used to want to have is a 1995-01 Toyota Camry but now I would rather take the 60's and 70's car over that.

 

What was the last year of the Corvair? My favorite era of cars in generally anything from 1965 to about 1973, I think that 1967 was the best year for the Ford Galaxie.

 

That's pretty much my favorite era of cars, sometimes the big cars get overlooked compared to the mid sized cars, what do you think of the Buick Riveria's and Oldsmobile Toronado's?