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Curbside Classics Archives
1966 Archive
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![Photos courtesy of Andrew Tewes. (Update: This model was wrongly identified when this post was first published. The text has been updated). A good number of my hipster students have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PXL_20231001_011615165.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: 1966 Mercury Park Lane Convertible – The Coolness Of Mr. Square")
CC Outtakes: 1966 Mercury Park Lane Convertible – The Coolness Of Mr. Square
Posted on October 4, 2023 | 15 CommentsPhotos courtesy of Andrew Tewes. (Update: This model was wrongly identified when this post was first published. The text has been updated). A good number of my hipster students have […] -
![(first posted 8/16/2017) Brougham fever was virulent in 1966 at Ford, and the results speak for themselves. Who needs rear side windows anyway? Despite the fact that switching […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CC-333-007.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1966 Thunderbird Town Landau – The T Bird Comes Down With Brougham Fever")
CC Capsule: 1966 Thunderbird Town Landau – The T Bird Comes Down With Brougham Fever
Posted on August 16, 2023 | 56 Comments(first posted 8/16/2017) Brougham fever was virulent in 1966 at Ford, and the results speak for themselves. Who needs rear side windows anyway? Despite the fact that switching […] -
![(first posted 6/22/2017) Welcome to the Buick Edition of our journey into shockingly low volume production cars produced between 1946 and 1995. As always, car models whose production is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1985-Buick-Electra-T-Type-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Buick Edition")
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Buick Edition
Posted on June 22, 2023 | 106 Comments(first posted 6/22/2017) Welcome to the Buick Edition of our journey into shockingly low volume production cars produced between 1946 and 1995. As always, car models whose production is […] -
![(Originally published 25 May 2017) Welcome to the Mercury Edition of this ongoing series exploring low volume production cars. As usual, we are looking at those models built between 1946 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1946-Mercury.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Mercury Edition")
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Mercury Edition
Posted on June 1, 2023 | 79 Comments(Originally published 25 May 2017) Welcome to the Mercury Edition of this ongoing series exploring low volume production cars. As usual, we are looking at those models built between 1946 […] -
![(Originally published May 3, 2013) It is May in Indianapolis (again). Last year, we featured a retrospective look at some of the Official Pace Cars used at the annual Indianapolis […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1969CamaroPaceCar06-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 5 1965-1969)")
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 5 1965-1969)
Posted on May 24, 2023 | 39 Comments(Originally published May 3, 2013) It is May in Indianapolis (again). Last year, we featured a retrospective look at some of the Official Pace Cars used at the annual Indianapolis […] -
![(first posted 4/18/2012) Since 1958, the Impala had been Chevrolet’s top of the line model. When Ford added the luxurious LTD package to the Galaxie 500 for the 1965 model […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/i-3-31-2012-006.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Chevrolet Caprice – Chevy Joins The Great Brougham Epoch")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Chevrolet Caprice – Chevy Joins The Great Brougham Epoch
Posted on February 16, 2023 | 109 Comments(first posted 4/18/2012) Since 1958, the Impala had been Chevrolet’s top of the line model. When Ford added the luxurious LTD package to the Galaxie 500 for the 1965 model […] -
![(first posted 6/11/2012) Paul Niedermeyer and I have occasionally described ourselves as yin and yang when it comes to Curbside Classics. So, when Paul the Yin brought us a 1967 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1966PontiacGTO3-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Pontiac GTO – A Goat or a Mule?")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Pontiac GTO – A Goat or a Mule?
Posted on October 18, 2022 | 119 Comments(first posted 6/11/2012) Paul Niedermeyer and I have occasionally described ourselves as yin and yang when it comes to Curbside Classics. So, when Paul the Yin brought us a 1967 […] -
![(First posted at CC on 2/23/2013) This article by David Saunders first ran in 2010 at the old site and was the first guest submission for a Curbside Classic. As […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/emebv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Envoy Epic – An Epic Find, And An Epic Beginning")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Envoy Epic – An Epic Find, And An Epic Beginning
Posted on January 10, 2022 | 51 Comments(First posted at CC on 2/23/2013) This article by David Saunders first ran in 2010 at the old site and was the first guest submission for a Curbside Classic. As […] -
![I recently came across a small trove of junkyard Ramblers in a short period of time and have become completely smitten with them, especially in wagon format and even more […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_4993.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1963 Rambler Classic Six 770 Cross Country Wagon")
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1963 Rambler Classic Six 770 Cross Country Wagon
Posted on August 16, 2021 | 45 CommentsI recently came across a small trove of junkyard Ramblers in a short period of time and have become completely smitten with them, especially in wagon format and even more […] -
![Since its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_0063-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri")
CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri
Posted on June 30, 2021 | 16 CommentsSince its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […] -
![(first posted 7/9/2012) Call it what you may, but this rather handsome convertible was one of the nails in the coffin of American Motors. How could something this good […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AMC-1966-amby-conv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 AMC Ambassador 990 Convertible – Abernethy’s Asinine Assumption")
Curbside Classic: 1966 AMC Ambassador 990 Convertible – Abernethy’s Asinine Assumption
Posted on June 12, 2021 | 61 Comments(first posted 7/9/2012) Call it what you may, but this rather handsome convertible was one of the nails in the coffin of American Motors. How could something this good […] -
![(first posted 6/9/2015) Has the simple use of a single, duplicated letter ever done more to elevate a pedestrian car into a formidable force of nature than sticking an “S” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Chevrolet-1966-Impala-SS-conv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Chevrolet Impala SS Convertible – Holding Steady in Capricious Times")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Chevrolet Impala SS Convertible – Holding Steady in Capricious Times
Posted on June 9, 2021 | 102 Comments(first posted 6/9/2015) Has the simple use of a single, duplicated letter ever done more to elevate a pedestrian car into a formidable force of nature than sticking an “S” […] -
![A couple of weeks ago when viewing the ’66 Chrysler Newport Town Sedan, Aaron65 commented that it’d be hard to go wrong with anything from ’65 or ’66 and thinking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_1597.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1966 Mercury Park Lane Four Door Hardtop")
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1966 Mercury Park Lane Four Door Hardtop
Posted on May 5, 2021 | 73 CommentsA couple of weeks ago when viewing the ’66 Chrysler Newport Town Sedan, Aaron65 commented that it’d be hard to go wrong with anything from ’65 or ’66 and thinking […] -
![Today’s selection from the heirloom shelf is a delightful 1966 Chrysler Newport Town Sedan, from bang in the middle of my own favorite era of Chrysler design. Looking strong but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_5587-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1966 Chrysler Newport Town Sedan")
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1966 Chrysler Newport Town Sedan
Posted on April 22, 2021 | 35 CommentsToday’s selection from the heirloom shelf is a delightful 1966 Chrysler Newport Town Sedan, from bang in the middle of my own favorite era of Chrysler design. Looking strong but […] -
![Part 1 was just the warm-up act to Ed Ruscha’s drives up and down Sunset Boulevard. I find these very engrossing, so here’s the second of three parts from 1966, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/21.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photos: A Drive Down The Sunset Strip, 1966, Part 2. – More Exotics This Time")
Vintage Photos: A Drive Down The Sunset Strip, 1966, Part 2. – More Exotics This Time
Posted on January 8, 2021 | 44 CommentsPart 1 was just the warm-up act to Ed Ruscha’s drives up and down Sunset Boulevard. I find these very engrossing, so here’s the second of three parts from 1966, […]
