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Curbside Classics Archives
1960s Archive
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![The big sport-ish car was definitely a thing in the early ’60s, a market in which Pontiac had been an innovator. Products like the ’62 Grand Prix and the genre-defining […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/tumblr_pjweq2lDCW1qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1967 Pontiac Grand Prix – Quiet, Large, Sport-ish Luxury; Awaiting Reinvention")
Vintage Review: 1967 Pontiac Grand Prix – Quiet, Large, Sport-ish Luxury; Awaiting Reinvention
Posted on October 12, 2024 | 19 CommentsThe big sport-ish car was definitely a thing in the early ’60s, a market in which Pontiac had been an innovator. Products like the ’62 Grand Prix and the genre-defining […] -
![(first posted 8/14/2018) C&D got a hold of a Canadian-market VW 1500 S notchback sedan, and put it through the paces. The result is a bit predictable, as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/VW-1500-T30010.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage C&D Road Research Report: 1964 VW 1500 S (Type 3) – The Beetle Grows Up, For Better or For Worse")
Vintage C&D Road Research Report: 1964 VW 1500 S (Type 3) – The Beetle Grows Up, For Better or For Worse
Posted on August 14, 2024 | 27 Comments(first posted 8/14/2018) C&D got a hold of a Canadian-market VW 1500 S notchback sedan, and put it through the paces. The result is a bit predictable, as […] -
![(first posted 8/11/2018) The VW Type 3 (1500/1600) came out in Europe in 1962, but was not sold in the US, VW’s by far largest and most profitable […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CD-April-1964-001-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage 1964 C&D Feature: The Volkswagen 1500 (Type3) Story – Forbidden Fruit in the US for VW Lovers")
Vintage 1964 C&D Feature: The Volkswagen 1500 (Type3) Story – Forbidden Fruit in the US for VW Lovers
Posted on August 11, 2024 | 32 Comments(first posted 8/11/2018) The VW Type 3 (1500/1600) came out in Europe in 1962, but was not sold in the US, VW’s by far largest and most profitable […] -
![Folks often tend to remember Car & Driver as cynical and anti-Detroit; actually that was all-too often not the case. Case in point: the AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler: they were a lot […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sc-10.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1969 AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler – AMC Pulls A Fast One On Us")
Vintage Review: 1969 AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler – AMC Pulls A Fast One On Us
Posted on August 5, 2024 | 12 CommentsFolks often tend to remember Car & Driver as cynical and anti-Detroit; actually that was all-too often not the case. Case in point: the AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler: they were a lot […] -
![If anyone had even dreamed in 1968 that the new C3 Corvette would be built for fifteen years, they would have been dismissed as an LSD-addled nut job. At the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/C3-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1968 Corvette 427 – “All Of The Virtues And Vices Of American Technology”")
Vintage Review: 1968 Corvette 427 – “All Of The Virtues And Vices Of American Technology”
Posted on July 30, 2024 | 14 CommentsIf anyone had even dreamed in 1968 that the new C3 Corvette would be built for fifteen years, they would have been dismissed as an LSD-addled nut job. At the […] -
![Chrysler kicked off the classic muscle car era of the mid-’60s with their downsized ’62 Plymouth and Dodge when they dropped in their new high-output Max Wedge 413 V8 in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sfury-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury 426-S – Chrysler’s GTO But Without Pontiac’s Marketing Savvy")
Vintage Review: 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury 426-S – Chrysler’s GTO But Without Pontiac’s Marketing Savvy
Posted on July 15, 2024 | 22 CommentsChrysler kicked off the classic muscle car era of the mid-’60s with their downsized ’62 Plymouth and Dodge when they dropped in their new high-output Max Wedge 413 V8 in […] -
![(first posted 6/25/2018, updated 6/24/24 with the full text of the review) Here it is, the Car and Driver review of the ultimate ringer in the form of a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/pontiac-gto-1964-CD-photo-584008-s-986x603.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car & Driver Review: 1964 Pontiac GTO – The Ultimate Ringer")
Vintage Car & Driver Review: 1964 Pontiac GTO – The Ultimate Ringer
Posted on June 25, 2024 | 36 Comments(first posted 6/25/2018, updated 6/24/24 with the full text of the review) Here it is, the Car and Driver review of the ultimate ringer in the form of a […] -
![Corvair lovers may endlessly debate their preferences for either the gen1 (1960-1964) or the gen2 (1965-1969), but one thing is for certain: the 1964 was the best of the first […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/co-13-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1964 Corvair Monza 110 HP, 4-Speed – Now Even More Of A “Poor Man’s Porsche” – And Finally An Explanation For Its Handling Exoneration By NHTSA")
Vintage Review: 1964 Corvair Monza 110 HP, 4-Speed – Now Even More Of A “Poor Man’s Porsche” – And Finally An Explanation For Its Handling Exoneration By NHTSA
Posted on June 17, 2024 | 22 CommentsCorvair lovers may endlessly debate their preferences for either the gen1 (1960-1964) or the gen2 (1965-1969), but one thing is for certain: the 1964 was the best of the first […] -
![This is a somewhat different Road Test from previous vintage ones. In practice, it is more of a long-term test rather than a typical review of the new ’66 Ford […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/d1eca61b7d0bf9378d88e4920b8842ba.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage CL Road Test: 1966 Ford Ranchero With 289 V8 – “A Delightfully Capable, Nimble And Responsive Vehicle”")
Vintage CL Road Test: 1966 Ford Ranchero With 289 V8 – “A Delightfully Capable, Nimble And Responsive Vehicle”
Posted on June 16, 2024 | 12 CommentsThis is a somewhat different Road Test from previous vintage ones. In practice, it is more of a long-term test rather than a typical review of the new ’66 Ford […] -
![Don’t let the title fool you: the Ford 427 V8 with a single four-barrel carb may have been rated at 410 hp by the factory, but by the time Holman […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/na-1-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Road Test: 1963 Ford Galaxie 427 NASCAR Stock Car – “Wild Bursts of Speed…Unbelievable Massive Four-Wheel Drifts”")
Vintage Road Test: 1963 Ford Galaxie 427 NASCAR Stock Car – “Wild Bursts of Speed…Unbelievable Massive Four-Wheel Drifts”
Posted on June 2, 2024 | 15 CommentsDon’t let the title fool you: the Ford 427 V8 with a single four-barrel carb may have been rated at 410 hp by the factory, but by the time Holman […] -
![The 1964 Fairlane is widely considered to be the most attractive of the first generation (1962-1965). That’s undoubtedly in part due to its losing its rear finlets, which were getting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSC_0529-2.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage M/T Road Test: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe – 289 V8, Four Speed And Good To Go")
Vintage M/T Road Test: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe – 289 V8, Four Speed And Good To Go
Posted on May 19, 2024 | 19 CommentsThe 1964 Fairlane is widely considered to be the most attractive of the first generation (1962-1965). That’s undoubtedly in part due to its losing its rear finlets, which were getting […] -
![(first posted 5/11/2018) Back in 1966, General Motors was riding high, and one of the drivers of that success was the effectiveness of the corporation’s upmarket brands like Buick, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MT0566-Electra-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1966 Buick Electra 225 – GM Banks A “Deuce-And-A-Quarter”")
Vintage Review: 1966 Buick Electra 225 – GM Banks A “Deuce-And-A-Quarter”
Posted on May 11, 2024 | 68 Comments(first posted 5/11/2018) Back in 1966, General Motors was riding high, and one of the drivers of that success was the effectiveness of the corporation’s upmarket brands like Buick, […] -
![(first posted 5/3/2018) Earlier this week, Paul reran a post featuring a long-forgotten staple of the American Middle/Upper-Middle Class driveway. It was great to see that old Olds […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MT0366-Dynamic88-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1966 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 – “Like A Solid Citizen”")
Vintage Review: 1966 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 – “Like A Solid Citizen”
Posted on May 3, 2024 | 55 Comments(first posted 5/3/2018) Earlier this week, Paul reran a post featuring a long-forgotten staple of the American Middle/Upper-Middle Class driveway. It was great to see that old Olds […] -
![(first posted 4/12/2018) The Japanese automakers were rapidly growing in the late 1960s, and one of the key secrets to their success was continuous improvement. In 1968, Datsun […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CD0468-Datsun-PL510-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1968 Datsun PL510 – April 1968 Car and Driver Road Test")
Vintage Review: 1968 Datsun PL510 – April 1968 Car and Driver Road Test
Posted on April 13, 2024 | 23 Comments(first posted 4/12/2018) The Japanese automakers were rapidly growing in the late 1960s, and one of the key secrets to their success was continuous improvement. In 1968, Datsun […] -
![(first posted 4/11/2018) David E. Davis Jr. penned this tribute to the BMW 2002 in the April 1968 issue of Car and Driver, allowing him to accomplish […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CD0468-BMW2002-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1968 BMW 2002 – Car and Driver’s David E. Davis Picks Favorites")
Vintage Review: 1968 BMW 2002 – Car and Driver’s David E. Davis Picks Favorites
Posted on April 12, 2024 | 37 Comments(first posted 4/11/2018) David E. Davis Jr. penned this tribute to the BMW 2002 in the April 1968 issue of Car and Driver, allowing him to accomplish […]
