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Automotive History: 1963 Days – Popular Science Tests the Hot Compacts
Posted on August 19, 2023 | 88 Comments(first posted 10/16/2013, Revised and updated 8/19/2023) We keep coming back to this topic, first with yesterday’s Comet and then today’s Falcon Sprint. That era was indeed the beginning […] -
Vintage CL Review: 1967 Imperial 4-Door Hardtop – A Renewed Imperial To Battle In The Luxury Leagues
Posted on August 13, 2023 | 34 CommentsIn 1967 a new Imperial was released and Car Life magazine was there to test it. This time the Imperial carried unibody construction, in keeping with the way all other […] -
Vintage Comparison Test: 1967 Chevrolet Impala SS, Ford Galaxie 500, Plymouth Sport Fury – Sampling 2-door Hardtops From The “Low Priced Three”
Posted on August 8, 2023 | 120 Comments(first posted 7/8/2017) Back in 1967, the core of the U.S. market was still full-sized cars (54% of total sales), and the jumbo models from the “Low Priced […] -
Vintage Car And Driver Review: 1965 Dodge Dart GT – A Counterpart To The Barracuda
Posted on July 14, 2023 | 14 Comments‘A counterpart to the Barracuda’ is Car And Driver’s assessment of the Dodge Dart. Not an outlandish conclusion, since both models shared plenty of components. However, in this case, Car […] -
Vintage Comparison Test: 1961 Chevrolet Impala, Dodge Dart, Ford Galaxie – Which One Of These Does Not Belong?
Posted on July 10, 2023 | 111 Comments(first posted 7/5/2017) A few weeks ago, J P Cavanaugh penned this great “compare and contrast” post on the 1961 Dodge Dart and the 1961 Chevrolet […] -
Vintage Car & Driver Road Test: 1966 Plymouth Fury III – The First C/D “Boss Wagon”
Posted on May 11, 2023 | 42 CommentsCar and Driver had a tradition of buying cars for their own use, and writing them up. In the fall of 1965, they were looking for something big enough to […] -
Vintage Car and Driver Road Tests: 1963 Chrysler 300-J – “A More Beautiful Brute”
Posted on May 5, 2023 | 20 CommentsThe restyled 1963 Chrysler, although done on the cheap, certainly brought it into the 1960s, finally. It and the rest of the ’63 Mopar line were Exner’s mild-mannered swan song, […] -
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1966 Plymouth Satellite 426 Hemi – King Kong Arrives, In A Blue Three Piece Suit
Posted on March 10, 2023 | 40 CommentsThe legendary Mopar street hemi was only available from 1966 to 1971. It went out in a riot of DayGlo colors and stripes, but it arrived stealthily. The only way […] -
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1961 Plymouth Savoy Six – “Outstanding In Cheap, Comfortable Transportation”
Posted on March 8, 2023 | 47 CommentsThe domestic compacts really changed the automotive landscape in the years 1959-1961. Before that time, most folks who just wanted basic transportation bought a big low end car with a […] -
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1961 Chrysler 300-G – “Truly Outstanding Machines, For A Very Special Type Of Ownership”
Posted on March 3, 2023 | 24 CommentsThe original Chrysler 300 was unique in its 1955, and established a standard for all-round high speed performance that would not soon be bested. But the world was changing fast, […] -
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1961 Chrysler Newport – Big, Strong, Fast And With Auto-Pilot
Posted on February 19, 2023 | 35 CommentsThe Newport was the entry-level Chrysler, and it was a lot of car for the money: 122″ wheelbase, 215″ long, 4225 lbs weight, a husky big V8, and in the […] -
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1962 Dodge Dart 413 – The Max Wedge Legend Started Here
Posted on February 11, 2023 | 38 CommentsThe Mopar Max Wedge 413 (and 426) engines are of course legendary; almost mythical. Their day in the sun was short-lived, due to the arrival of the 426 Hemi in […] -
Vintage Car Life Comparison: 1968 Impala, Galaxie, Fury & Ambassador – “Family Car” V8 Coupes Duke It Out
Posted on February 3, 2023 | 54 CommentsCar Life apparently had been getting razzed by its readers for focusing on high performance cars, so they decided to test four big “family cars” with their base V8s to […] -
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1962 Plymouth Savoy V8 – “Plymouth Made The Right Changes, The Right Compromises, For 1962′
Posted on February 2, 2023 | 45 CommentsThis is a vintage review I’ve been hoping to find for some time, as I’m a bit obsessed with this and its Dodge counterpart. The more time has gone by […] -
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1961 Imperial Crown – “The Imperial Is Running Third In A Three Car Race…”
Posted on February 1, 2023 | 47 CommentsThe quote I used for the title is somewhat out of context, as Car Life was specifically referring to the Imperial’s road manners, which were deficient due to its excessively […]