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- Mike W. on Vintage Autocar Road Test: 1964 Cadillac Coupe De Ville – “Somewhat Costly Motoring One-Upmanship”
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1966 Archive
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Vintage Road Test Review: 1966 Chevrolet Caprice – What’ll She Do At Trade-In Time?
Posted on January 30, 2025 | 30 CommentsAs CC readers may recall, Road Test magazine, published from 1964 to 1981, positioned itself as a more objective alternative to advertising-supported enthusiast magazines like Motor Trend or Car […] -
An Orlando Cruise-In: 1960s Econolines, 1980s Toyotas and Much More
Posted on December 13, 2024 | 21 CommentsTwice this year I have visited Orlando with my family. Orlando is a nice place, with both trips being for professional gatherings for them, although Hurricane Milton axed a […] -
Vintage Motor Trend Review: 1966 Chevy II Nova SS 327 With Powerglide – Mild-Mannered Commuter Muscle
Posted on December 9, 2024 | 14 CommentsWhen we think of the mid-’60s Chevrolet Chevy II/Nova today, we tend to envision either a mousy schoolteacher’s car or a GTO-eating sleeper armed with the rare, ultra-hot L79 SBC […] -
Curbside Classic: 1966 Mercury Monterey and the Indian Summer of the Full Sized Convertible
Posted on November 24, 2024 | 81 Comments(first posted 11/3/2011) The second half of the 1960s was the last point in time full sized convertibles had any relevance in the American market. A short five years later […] -
1966 Buick Wildcat Great Dale House Car – Woah, Nelly!
Posted on November 6, 2024 | 33 Comments(first posted 10/18/2018) Perusing Craigslist as I am wont to do, I was stopped in my virtual tracks by this offering and figured it had to be […] -
Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge Coronet 500 – This B-Body Earns an ‘A’
Posted on May 6, 2024 | 68 Comments(first posted 4/2/2013) The year 1966 was an exciting time in the American intermediate-car market, with each of the Big Three serving up a fresh, new model. At the time, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – Personal Luxury, Oldsmobile Style
Posted on April 29, 2024 | 136 Comments(first posted 3/14/2014) It has been a tough winter in Indianapolis. We are very near to a seasonal snowfall record and have had some extreme cold to go with it. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1966 Pontiac Star Chief Executive – Executive Privilege
Posted on April 16, 2024 | 91 Comments(first posted 5/21/2013) If you look and listen, you can almost hear the late night television commercial: “Hey, folks, Honest Abe here at Honest Abe’s Used Car Emporium, Tire Shop, […] -
CCCCC Part 3 (1966 -1967): 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – America’s Love Supreme Starts Here
Posted on February 14, 2024 | 54 Comments(first posted 3/17/2011) We’ve given both Ford (with its 1965 LTD) and Pontiac (with its 1964 Brougham) lots of props for being pioneers of the Great Brougham Epoch. But Oldsmobile […] -
COAL: 1966 Ford Country Sedan — Ten Years Is Too Long To Wait
Posted on February 7, 2024 | 20 CommentsWith our Pontiac gone, it appeared we were in dire transportation straits in the fall of 1972. But surprisingly, we had a utility infielder waiting in the transportation dugout. […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Mercury Edition
Posted on June 1, 2023 | 80 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 […]