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Curbside Classics Archives
1966 Archive
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![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, […] -
![CC reader Rob O. turned me on to what is undoubtedly the ultimate vintage photo CC car-spotting treasure trove. In 1966, artist Ed Ruscha drove along the Sunset Strip in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1965-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photos: A Drive Down Sunset Strip in 1966 (Part 1) – The Google Street View Prequel")
Vintage Photos: A Drive Down Sunset Strip in 1966 (Part 1) – The Google Street View Prequel
Posted on December 20, 2020 | 78 CommentsCC reader Rob O. turned me on to what is undoubtedly the ultimate vintage photo CC car-spotting treasure trove. In 1966, artist Ed Ruscha drove along the Sunset Strip in […] -
![(first posted 12/12/2014) Winter’s chill came early in central Indiana this year, with morning temperatures in the teens by mid November. My stupid Ford Focus cares not about the weather: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/CommandoAds.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Kaiser Jeepster Commando – One Last Hurrah Before Winter")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Kaiser Jeepster Commando – One Last Hurrah Before Winter
Posted on December 12, 2020 | 32 Comments(first posted 12/12/2014) Winter’s chill came early in central Indiana this year, with morning temperatures in the teens by mid November. My stupid Ford Focus cares not about the weather: […] -
![(first posted 11/26/2014) The original generation of the Chevy Corvair certainly never lit the sales charts on fire, at least not by Chevrolet standards. Neither did the Y body compacts […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1965ChevyCorvair50004.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 500 – Double or Nothing!")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 500 – Double or Nothing!
Posted on November 26, 2020 | 136 Comments(first posted 11/26/2014) The original generation of the Chevy Corvair certainly never lit the sales charts on fire, at least not by Chevrolet standards. Neither did the Y body compacts […] -
![(first posted 11/24/2014) Remember the Sixties Continental? Sure you do, even if you, like me, were born long after the Sixties ended. But who could forget such an elegant car? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/aa09-20-2014-111.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic – 1966 Lincoln Continental Coupe – Where Have You Been?!")
Car Show Classic – 1966 Lincoln Continental Coupe – Where Have You Been?!
Posted on November 24, 2020 | 48 Comments(first posted 11/24/2014) Remember the Sixties Continental? Sure you do, even if you, like me, were born long after the Sixties ended. But who could forget such an elegant car? […] -
![(first posted 11/3/2014) While the 1965 Ford has at times been described as “the box that the 1963 Pontiac came in,” I have always liked them. Perhaps because of family […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/aa-5-29-and-5-30-2014-097-800x533.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 – Look Ma, 428 Four-Speed!")
Car Show Classic: 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 – Look Ma, 428 Four-Speed!
Posted on November 3, 2020 | 83 Comments(first posted 11/3/2014) While the 1965 Ford has at times been described as “the box that the 1963 Pontiac came in,” I have always liked them. Perhaps because of family […] -
![(first posted 8/26/2014) Certain cities are inextricably linked to the vehicles their residents made. Everyone who knows cars can pair the Michigan cities of Flint with Buick, Lansing with Oldsmobile […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1965JeepGladiator03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Jeep Gladiator J-2000 – Holy Toledo!")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Jeep Gladiator J-2000 – Holy Toledo!
Posted on August 26, 2020 | 70 Comments(first posted 8/26/2014) Certain cities are inextricably linked to the vehicles their residents made. Everyone who knows cars can pair the Michigan cities of Flint with Buick, Lansing with Oldsmobile […] -
![Over this past winter, my family and I were taking a shortcut through the parking lot of an old service station to get to a store across the road and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1966-Ford-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1966 Ford Custom – The Ravages of Time")
Curbside Outtake: 1966 Ford Custom – The Ravages of Time
Posted on May 12, 2020 | 24 CommentsOver this past winter, my family and I were taking a shortcut through the parking lot of an old service station to get to a store across the road and […] -
![(first posted in 2011) The sixties, that golden decade of American performance cars, had two very distinct eras. The first half was dominated by the full-size bombers with their ever-larger […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/66Galaxie01.bmp "Curbside Classic: 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre – Maybe It Should Have Had 7 Gallons")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre – Maybe It Should Have Had 7 Gallons
Posted on March 17, 2020 | 92 Comments(first posted in 2011) The sixties, that golden decade of American performance cars, had two very distinct eras. The first half was dominated by the full-size bombers with their ever-larger […] -
![When I started at CC I would not have argued that this car was a Chrysler Deadly Sin. But I have gotten to the place where I believe (much as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1971-Chrysler-Newport-Royal-07-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Chrysler Newport Royal – Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #6, The Fuselage Years")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Chrysler Newport Royal – Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #6, The Fuselage Years
Posted on January 22, 2020 | 101 CommentsWhen I started at CC I would not have argued that this car was a Chrysler Deadly Sin. But I have gotten to the place where I believe (much as […] -
![(first posted 11/27/2013) Having been born in the mid-eighties, one might be forgiven for an unfavorable impression of American cars. I’m sure some CC readers in their late twenties and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Newport2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Chrysler Newport – Camelot Comes To Highland Park")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Chrysler Newport – Camelot Comes To Highland Park
Posted on January 9, 2020 | 99 Comments(first posted 11/27/2013) Having been born in the mid-eighties, one might be forgiven for an unfavorable impression of American cars. I’m sure some CC readers in their late twenties and […] -
![(First Posted September 5, 2013) Prolific CC Cohort poster William Rubano found a nice cache of big Generalmobiles. That very clean ’84 Coupe deVille really shows of its boxy, straight […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/GM-Lover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: A GM Lover Lives Here")
Cohort Outtake: A GM Lover Lives Here
Posted on October 1, 2019 | 32 Comments(First Posted September 5, 2013) Prolific CC Cohort poster William Rubano found a nice cache of big Generalmobiles. That very clean ’84 Coupe deVille really shows of its boxy, straight […] -
![I have started looking through some of my oldest pictures, deciding that some of these cars should no longer be forced to wait in the purgatory that is my photo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1970Bronco07Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Ford Bronco – The Dick Clark Of SUVs?")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Ford Bronco – The Dick Clark Of SUVs?
Posted on September 27, 2019 | 28 CommentsI have started looking through some of my oldest pictures, deciding that some of these cars should no longer be forced to wait in the purgatory that is my photo […] -
![We recently took a spin in my imaginary time machine to go back to a Packard dealer of 1958. Today we do not need the time machine because this almost […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1966-Dodge-D100-01-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge D100 – New Old Stock?")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge D100 – New Old Stock?
Posted on September 4, 2019 | 50 CommentsWe recently took a spin in my imaginary time machine to go back to a Packard dealer of 1958. Today we do not need the time machine because this almost […]
