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1966 Archive
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![(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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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 | 53 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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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 | 74 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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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 […]
