(first posted 1/21/2016) I was at my local Title Company today and had time to admire this print in their lobby while waiting for a file. It appears to depict College Avenue (Hwy 287) facing North from right about W. Oak Street in Fort Collins, Colorado on a busy weekend day during the holiday season. None of the identifiable businesses in the picture are still in these locations as far as I can tell; Markley Motors at the top right is now a GMC/Buick/Honda dealer several miles further south and Walgreen’s is much further south as well, however the parking layout of this street is still exactly the same. I asked my favorite closer (Kat) how old the picture was and she suggested that I figure it out and let her know…
A couple of weeks ago a reader made a comment bemoaning the lack of interesting cars these days and that everything looks the same, insinuating that in the “old days” the automotive landscape was much more exciting. Well, this picture pretty much illustrates the cross section of vehicles in a town that is fairly average for its time in my opinion. A university town, not located on either coast, but also not located anywhere near the major domestic automotive manufacturing areas this should represent a decent mix but most cars seem fairly unremarkable. Much like the average person these days can’t see much difference between a Camry, Accord, Altima, and Sonata, a lot of these 1960’s or early 1970’s models (and some from the 1950’s) look quite interchangeable as well.
I recognize the VW Squareback at the leading edge as a 1967 model (if I am not mistaken) and see several other VW’s but can’t pin down the year exactly that this was probably taken. But I know the readership here can! So, the question is: What year was this photograph most likely taken? Or, what is the newest model year car that is identifiable? And what else do you all see?
(Update: I’ve started comment threads to ID all of the cars in specific parts of the photograph, so before you comment with your guesses, check out my comments first. PN)
I see a 1967 Chevelle in that center row of parking. That looks like the newest of the lot.
i see a 68 dodge monaco in back and 68 ambassador at sidewalk. 1968?
So now the trick is to ID all the cars. How about we break them up into sections, and I’ll start a comment for each one, and you can add your guesses. This one is for the cars parked on the left (looking at picture), but just to the cross road, starting with the VW 1600 squareback.
1957 Chevy wagon right behind the VW.
Followed by a ’66 Belvedere.
65 or 66 Rambler wagon after the 66 Belvedere, I’ll let someone else put a year to the bug, then a 63 Olds 98, 63 Dodge Dart, 62 Olds 88, and a 62 Comet takes us to the 67 Ambassador.
Beyond the 67 Amby is a 64 Cutlass and a 61 Mercury. Then the Riviera already identified. I’m not good enough with Travelalls to get the year of that one beyond the Riv.
Definitely a 67 Amby. It doesn’t have the side marker lights that became mandatory in 68. The cornbinder is older. My uncle had a 68 Travelall of that generation, but the one in the pic looks to be around a 64, judging by the grill pattern. The Rambler American is the 64-65 version.
I thought the VW squareback was newer, judging by the big front left turn signal, but other things don’t look right for a 70, so more likely that turn signal is a replacement.
The big turn signals of 1970 of which you speak were preceded by a slimmer one like the one pictured for several years (but similar shape to the large ones) and before that came the bullet shaped one.
Squareback has wide side molding which would make it a ’66 or earlier.
White Chevy pickup appears to have a side marker lamp on the front fender, making it a ’68.
The Christmas decorations on the lamp posts make it December 1967.
Squareback, ’57 Chevy, ’66 Belvedere, ’66 Classic, Beetle, ’63 98, Cortina?, ’62 88, ’62/3 Comet, ’67 Ambassador, ’64 Plymouth, ’64 Cutlass, ’61 Mercury, ’66/7 Riviera, Travelall, ’65 Olds, ’61 Olds, ’63 Chevy, ’63 Fairlane wagon, ’59 Ford, ’66/9 American, ’67 Olds, unknown, Beetle, early ’50’s Buick, ’58 Chevy, ’62 Chevy, Beetle, ’65 Olds, ’52/4 Ford. Whew. I’m going with the December ’67 crowd.
Just this side of the International Travelall is a 1969 Mercury Marauder, which is the newest car I can identify unless it is actually a 1966 Buick Riviera.
That’s a Riv. You can see the large turn signal lens inboard of the fender blade. Marauder’s started much lower down and were smaller.
67 AMC Ambassador 4 door parked, mid left side. I’d say 1967, or late fall 66.
I think it is 1968…there are lots of ’67, ’68 models, I’m assuming the new ’69s were still rolling out….
This comment thread is for guessing the line of cars in the street in the lower half of the picture (2 lines of cars).
VW square back, Chevy, Plymouth, AMC, VW, Cadillac, Dodge Dart, Buick, Plymouth, AMC. (From bottom)
13th car back in the main line of cars is a 1967 Buick Riviera.
Left line of cars: possibly a 65 Mercury Comet wagon (stacked headlights), 65 Chev, 65 Fairlane, then something much smaller that looks late-40s/early-50s. Is the last car a Nash?
I spy a 66 Chevy at the front of the line that includes the Ford truck with the white box on the back. There’s a 63 Chevy in the other line of cars.
Newest vehicle I see (possibly…. A mere Curbside Clue**) is the Ford product… White with Black Top… It’s parked on the viewer’s left, 4 spaces towards the viewer from the 58 Chevy Wagon. At first, the car appears to be a 71 LTD, but there’s nothing else that new in the picture leading me to think I’ve misidentified it. A ’68 Mercury, perhaps? All you can see are its **starboard twin headlights.
Left lane; ’65 Ford wagon, ’66 Chevy, ’65 Fairlane, ’59 Pontiac, Volvo 544, ’67/8 GMC, unknown, ’54 Pontiac, ’66 F series, ’55 Rambler. Right lane; ’63 Chevy, unknown, ’65/7 Dodge pickup, ’60/3 Falcon?, ’64 Pontiac, ’64/5 American, ’62 Comet.
Christmas 1967. Looks like a 1968 Dodge Polara way in the back, coming down the street.
I spotted that too. I concur.
Wait, I see that Polara (I always liked those… Don’t know the years of my Mopars very well… Sorry)… Looks like that guy in the smaller car pulled right out in front of him! So Christmas ’67, eh? That might work with my second guess about the 68 Mercury above.
This comment thread is for guessing the cars parked in the upper left half of the picture, behind the white ’65 Chevrolet.
59 or 60 Rambler after the Chevy, followed by a 64 Galaxie. The next one stumps me, then a IH Scout in front of a 63 Chevy wagon.
A few cars farther down and we enter FinLandia, with a 59 Cadillac and a 60 Plymouth, separated by an early Jeep Wagoneer.
It looks like there is something between the 59 Cadillac and the Wagoneer, unless the Wagoneer has a large tail fin!
There is something with a very square roofline two cars after the Wagoneer. Last in line is a VW Bus, can’t tell the year of course.
The owner of the fin is a ’60 Plymouth, but I now realize it’s a wagon on the other side of the Wagoneer. Can’t tell what’s in between the Jeep and the Caddy as it’s mostly obscured.
’65 Chevy, ’60 Rambler wagon, ’64 Galaxie, ’65/6 Mustang?, Scout, ’63 Chevy wagon, several unknowns, medium colored ’68 Chevy/GMC pickup with a white top, 2 or 3 unknowns, ’59 Cadillac, unknown, early Wagoneer, ’60 Plymouth wagon, 1? unknown, ’54 Buick, ’63 Pontiac wagon?, ’65 Pontiac, the rest unknown except for the VW Transporter at the end.
This comment thread is for the cars in the street in the upper half of the picture, heading towards the viewer, starting with another (dark) ’65 Chevy.
Up in the back, a Saab 96, visible between the (Dodge?) pickup with a cap and the Ford.
I am pretty sure that you can see the back end of a mid-60’s International Harvester pickup truck to the left to the Dodge sign. The round tail lights are the basis for my guess, although the rear window doesn’t seem quite right. Wasn’t there also a Dodge pickup that had simple round tail lights too?
Edit- put me down for the 1968 vote.
’65 Chevy, unknown split windshield car, another ’65 Chevy, ’67 Cadillac, ’59 Cadillac, ’59 Chevy, ’62 Buick, unknown, ’64 Dodge wagon, 65/7 Dodge pickup, the rest unknown except for the ’66 Falcon pulling up to the rear of the line.
This comment thread is for guessing all the cars parked in the middle in the upper half of the picture, past the cross street.
54 Chevy right there on the near end of that group.
’54 Chevy, ’59 Pontiac wagon, unknown white car, black ’66/7 Belvedere, unknown, ’63 Chevy, light colored ’62 Rambler, dark colored ’60 Chevy, unknown, white ’57 Chevy, 2 unknowns, light colored ’67 Chevelle, unknown, black and white ’57 Buick, dark colored and white ’65? Mercury Breezeway sedan, ’58/9 Chevy pickup, ’65 Fairlane, 3 or 4 unknowns, light colored ’59 Ford, ’63/6 Chevy pickup, early Corvair pulling out, several unknowns, medium colored ’63 Chevy wagon, the last one appears to be a ’61 Rambler wagon.
And this comment thread is for guessing all the cars in the upper right hand corner, driving away or parked.
The white parked truck (Behind the camper) looks like an early 60s Chevrolet
The first parked car on the left is a ’66 Fury, then a ’67 F series and the rest a too blurry. I do see a Beetle and perhaps a VW bus in there. In the left lane of the street in the foreground the first car is unknown, then a ’65 Chevy, and across the street is a ’64 Galaxie wagon. In the right lane is a ’65 Pontiac, ’65/6 Ford, unknown pickup (’56 Ford?), ’62 Dodge?, and the others across the street are too far away. The first parked car on the right is a ’58/60 Thunderbird, unknown, ’65/6 Electra, ’63 Chevy wagon, the rest unknown except for the ’60/6 Chevy pickup on the end.
A very interesting old photo. I can look at this type of stuff for hours. It does seem unusual to me that there is no sign of snow in December in Fort Collins.
No we don’t get too much snow here actually and December is hit or miss, usually more after New Year’s. But even then it tends to melt/evaporate fairly fast, usually the snow is fairly dry and powdery, not like the East Coast or the Sierras.
Seems like a kind of warm spell too though, not too many hats and hands seem to be bare too. Just coats.
I spent a couple of years in Fort Collins. The front range of the Rockies warms up fairly quickly after a snow, so snow doesn’t last long. Chinook winds.
I’d say late 67 as well. That Dodge looks to be a 68. There is the aforementioned 67 Chevelle, the 67 AMC Ambassador and what is either a 67or 68 Chevy pickup as the newest vehicles in the photo.
Most of the kids riding in these cars probably weren’t wearing seat belts. Also 3 people in the front seat, something you don’t see very often today.
December 1967?
Guess I’m a old fogey, but compared to today, all those cars look way more interesting to me. Gotta remember I have 18 myself that range from a 70 Maverick built 09/16/69 to a 94 Taurus Built 04/94. In fact only 2 of my cars are later than 79. 88 Taurus is the other one.
I vote Christmastime 1967.
I would have to say a 1968
I say 1967, and I spot a ’55 Nash Rambler behind the Ford truck in the first traffic lane.
We can also play the “oldest car” game. In the row of parked cars starting at the bottom, near the top a ’52 Buick appears to be entering or exiting a space. Can anyone find anything older?
It’s striking how few foreign cars there are, also. Besides the SAAB already mentioned, and Volkswagens (I see the squareback, a bus and a couple of bugs) the only other foreinger I see is the dark-colored car coming toward us from the *very* top of the photo. It’s quite far off but I wonder if that might be a Toyota Corona?
There’s a Volvo 544 with one-piece windshield in front of the “new” Chevy or GMC truck in the street, in the lower half.
“It’s striking how few foreign cars there are”
This was probably typical of what you would see in a lot of places in the U.S. in the mid-to-late ’60s, especially away from the coasts or large metropolitan areas, between the end of the 1958-60 import boom and the start of the Japanese invasion. The domestics had over 90% of the market, with Volkswagen the only foreign manufacturer with a truly major presence. If this picture was taken in 1967, the Japanese invasion was already well underway on the West Coast, but hadn’t yet spread in a big way to many other areas of the country.
All I can say is that the Studebaker dealer in Fort Collins had been singularly unsuccessful.
I noticed that too….
Very nice !~ .
Lots of oldies I remember well in there .
FWIW , the Chevy trucks from ’67 ~ ’69 only had reflectors in the fenders , they got illuminated in the 1970 model year .
My guess is also 1968 .
-Nate
I would guess no later than 1968. Someone already mentioned the Polara that is directly behind what looks like a 2-dr Corvair pulling out from the center parking spaces. . .
Ok, I’m going to say 1971. Top rectangle 1971 Cadillac, bottom rectangle 1971 Ford Galaxie. Doesn’t explain why there are no 1969/70 cars in this pic but what the hey… all in the name of fun.
Not sure those are ’71s, very hard to see much of the car. Given the ubiquity of the fullsize Chevy and Ford in those days it is interesting their newest identifiable models in the pic are ’65s and ’66s. That leads me to guess early ’67.
I have to disagree. The lower one is a 1967 big Olds. The upper one is not readily identifiable (yet) to me.
One thing I’ve learned from these old US city photos: there’s always a healthy number of quite new cars in them. If this was 1971, the utter lack of 69/70 cars just wouldn’t be a reality.
Xmas 1967, for sure. A couple of new ’68s seals the deal. They’re just in the right amount for that time of year.
Olds looks about right. Dang… pigeons didn’t get all het up over my cat.
I would say the upper one is a ’59 Oldsmobile. Oldsmobile’s and Chevrolet’s seem to be well represented here.
That’s the best I came up with too.
Not exactly pertinent, but some nice downtown F.C. pictures across the years selectable here:
http://history.fcgov.com/archive/thenandnow/oldtown.php
very cool historical photos – loved the South College 100 block 1955 photo of the military parade
Just one quick comment on the point of ‘see old cars all looked the same too’.
While this is certainly true of any era as styles and trends are followed, I’d still argue that there was still greater diversity when it came to imports vs. domestics including drivetrain and design philosophy (no confusing any Chevy with a VW or Renault in 1968) but today the difference between the two is in many cases negligible (Ford Focus vs. Hyundai whatever vs. VW Jetta).
This is not a bad or good thing, just that there were probably more oddball or unusual or different choices available then in a sea of sameness.
A high-end model that no one here has touched yet —
6th from bottom — 1963 Olds 98, “6 window” 4-dr. sedan.
I don’t care much for the body style, and not very many of them were produced.
But, I notice these b/c my dad had the 98 4-dr. hardtop (pillarless) variety, which was infinitely more attractive.
1963 Olds 98 Town Sedan. 11,053 built.
Well, of 60’s cars, I see some 1965-66 Impala, 60’s Ford Fairlanes/Mercury Meteors, and a 60’s VW Squareback.
The 65 Impala was Chevy’s best selling brand model ever, so quite a few of those in the pic… They look to be new.
While the Fords look a few years old.
The VW was in production from 1961-73… But, I doubt this pic was from anywhere in the 70’s, at all.
We would a new 2nd gen Camaro, Pinto or Hornet or Gremlin… These cars were pretty popular around/after 1970-1971.
We would even see a Datsun 1200 or Toyota Corolla or two… Which I don’t see any, so this pic predates 1968.
I think this pic is from 1966… Or 1967, the latest. Although, I’m leaning more towards 1966.
I’m old enough to remember when streets looked like this … well, in my hometown there would have been more imports, mostly VWs, an MG or Triumph or two, maybe a 404 … but I think there’s far more automotive C diversity now. More models, more makes, trucks/SUVs/minivans etc. And while we can passionately discuss the turn signals on a Squareback or the marker lights on a Chevy truck, back in 1967 the average person was just as clueless about Chevy vs Oldsmobile then as many of us are about Elantras and Optimas today. Although I think that most ten year old boys of 1967 had PhD’s in car-spotting. Not so true now.
I’m mostly seeing light colored license plates. Colorado used white plates in odd number years, so combined with the Christmas decorations, my thought would be somewhere between Nov ’67 & Jan ’68.
It seems safe to say that this is a typical American Main Street around 1967. The strange thing is, even with a magnifying glass, I don’t see a single Mustang.
A couple of cars in the upper right of the photo make me wanna say ’69 or ’70… I’m gonna go with early ’69 on this. Lots of ’65-’66 Impalas here. Go figure.
That jumped out at me as well – the market dominance of the big Chevy in the mid ’60s is demonstrated very well in this photo.
Another fort Collins resident here, I usually try to spot the places you choose for your car reviews. It threw me off to see old town square as a diagonal street.
Hey that’s great! Did I stump you with any yet? I believe about ten of my COAL’s were done here. So far 🙂
The picture featured here hangs in the lobby of North American Title on Boardwalk…
the 4th car from the VW bug looks like a 68 rambler Ambassador.
Without hauling out any books to look up grill details and other miniscule clues, I’m voting for December 1966. This is based on the vast majority of vehicles are 66 or earlier, with a smattering of 67’s as you would expect to see early in the 67 model year. I haven’t seen anything I could say is definitely a 68. If it was late 67, I would expect to see more 67’s and several 68’s. Considering that GM, Ford and Mopar all came out with new, easily identifiable intermediates for 1968, it would be amazing to me that in a sampling of cars this large, that none would show up if it is the 68 model year.
As someone mentioned already, perhaps this is an oddball sample because it is amazing to me that there are no Mustangs that can be seen in this photo! Perhaps they weren’t popular in Northern Colorado? Perhaps that goes along with there not being any convertibles, which would also be generally unusual in this era. There also looks to be a larger than normal number of trucks here.
If we could clearly see some of the inventory at the Dodge dealer, there would be no question. Great photo, thanks for posting!
The Mustangs that I recall from 1965 and 1966 were usually second cars, or cars for the kids. This looks like a busy Christmas shopping day, and it appears that everyone who had a big car drove it instead.
I noticed the lack of Mustangs as well, and for such a popular car, I found that VERY odd. Since the ’66 Impala (or lesser Chevy) and all the ’65 Chevys that can be seen, you’d think there’s be a Mustang or three, considering the picture is, at the very least, December 1966, based on the 67 Chevelle that was spotted by someone (It’s white in the center parking lot bookended on the nearside by the 54 Chevy). Where are all the Mustangs? – I think you hit the nail on the head Dave with your summation. With the “Christmas Shopping” and the lack of trunk space, a ‘stang of that era would not provide that much room for presents. They probably did not have slick features like rear seats that folded down to create a big pass thru like on my 2007. ;o)
Every ’60s Mustang I knew as a very young kid was the second car or a kids car. The neighbors across the street had a ’65 Impala wagon as a companion for their ’66 Mustang. There was no way Mr. Koskin was going to drive Mrs. Koskin shopping in the Mustang.
The early Mustang coupes definitely did not have pass through rear seats. I honestly can’t remember how big the early Mustang coupe trunk was. I was thinking they might be rather shallow, but I can’t recall. Certainly not a Ford deep well trunk like in the big Fords.
Because more than likely Mrs. Koskin told Mr. Koskin no way am I going to be seen at the shopping center in YOUR Mustang.
Early Mustangs were noted for small trunks, but they weren’t all that small. Living on dirt roads in a climate with lots of rain, a friend/neighbor had a ’66. He would take the trunk lid off, put in one or two 55 gallon barrels, depending on what he needed to do, fill them with water for traction and go. Quite successfully I might add. Amazing what 500-800/??? pounds in back of the rear axle will do for traction.
Anyone spotted a Studebaker? Amazing how quickly Larks disappeared from the roads once they quit the business. They became nearly worthless as trade-ins, even low-end used car dealers didn’t want to take them.
I haven’t read any other comments yet, so I’ll try my hand at dating this photo. I could not verify that the VW Squareback is a 1967 model, but there is a newly restyled 1967 AMC Ambassador sedan nine cars up from the Squareback. There is a person crossing the intersection just in front of a 1954 Chevy 4 door sedan. The tenth car up from that ’54 appears to be a 1967 Chevelle nosing out. It appears to possibly be an SS. So, my guess is Christmas 1966.
I didn’t think Fort Collins had that many cars – or people, especially back then!
Late 1966 is my guess and, for me, it is so refreshing not to see a Japanese car in the pic.
Blurring my eyes and scrolling past the first few comment entries, I see a lot of 67, 65 etc. I was going to answer 1968 based on what I guess to be a 1968 Impala that is show-room fresh and clean looking at least compared to that dirty white four door opposite to it.
Also, my inner cheeky self wanted to say 2014 with some production company with a huge budget (and patience) for creating retro scenes such as this until it was mentioned that most of the stores don’t exist any more. I suppose the hypothetical production company could recreate the missing stores, but I digress.
Anyway, what I really want to comment on is how these days it is really noticeable how an old car’s exhaust smells. It’s almost enough to give me a headache and also is enough of a prompt for me to hit the recirc. button outside of the realm of following a smoke belching ground exhaust diesel 5-ton. I couldn’t imagine being a part of that pre-emissions driving environment after being used to the relatively smell free driving environment of today. As a child of the late 70’s growing up through the 80s, I’m familiar with the idea of “one getting used to the smell” and it largely not being an issue, but now even thinking of a world where leaded gas and catalytic converterless vehicles were everywhere is giving me a small headache. As much as I find the above picture fascinating, it is making me a little ill. Maybe I should counteract with Google images of a bunch of Volts and Priuses (ok fine, plural Prii).
I don’t see a ’68 Impala… in fact, I don’t see a ’67 in this photo. Lots of ’65(s) and that one ’66 Chevy coming down the road leading the pack in the lower portion of the photo. (My dad had a 66 and a 68, so I know all the Impalas of that era).
The 67 Chevelle as someone stated above (and perhaps a 67 Polara) would indicate December of 1966… But then where are the ’67 Impalas? A 65 Chevelle and a 66 look VERY similar… I am not sure about the Polara near the top center being cut off by the smaller car pulling out.
Yeah, December 1966, due to the lack of later Impalas… which was the Camry or Accord popularity wise in those days – but then, if THAT’s the case, why isn’t there a 67 Impala?… December 1965 maybe?
Again, not a Mustang to be seen… weird for December 1966, even if they were ‘second cars’ and not the choice for Christmas Shoppers… Surely there’s a young guy buying a nice gift for his girlfriend in that picture. You don’t need much trunk space for THAT. ;o)
This exercise has been FUN! – Thanks Jim Klein!
Good point, I’ve thought of that myself before about old cars. I’ve had a love for classic cars from the 30′ through 70’s since I was a kid in the 80’s, but obviously I’m too young to have ever experienced traffic with large numbers of pre emissions cars. In fact I’ve generally had an idolization of the past and many fantasies about how life would be better or more interesting or less aggravating if I could have lived in an earlier era. My condition is getting worse, too, because 21st century society is getting so dysfunctional in so many ways.
Then I think about details like that, and how bad the air must have been around heavy traffic and it reminds me that maybe living in the 2010’s might not be that bad. Of course, back in the 60’s, you could always cover up the exhaust smell with a cigarette!
It had it’s moments but in the main I prefer things now .
-Nate
put me down for Dec 1970, they were still using those decorations when I moved there in 1983….
I was going to guess late 1968 as well.
I am not the poster who commented that all cars look the same today. From my perspective they do, but with a key catch:
My frame of reference for “cars” is the 1980s, the moment when I was first recognizing and identifying cars probably occurred some time in 1986 or 1987.
Compared to either the era in this picture, and today, the 1980s presented an extremely diverse palate of cars on the road for young mind to take in. There were still plenty of huge 1970s cars, and many many downsized box body big cars, on the road. But there were also trucks, the early SUVS (Suburban, Cherokee, Wagoneer), Caravan minivans, little import hatchbacks, the X, J, and H body GM cars, the Fox Fords, the Taurii, the Germans.
There was literally every kind of style imaginable on the road then. In that context, today pales in comparison. But so does 1968. 1975-1995 or so was kind of a golden era of automotive diversity.
This is like the Zapruder film. OK, 11th car in the squareback line looks like my 65 Skylark 2-door.
Wasn’t there a federal rule passed in ’68 that new cars had to have turn indicators viewable from the side? Thus many cars post 68 would have little lights on the side of the fender next to forward/backwards facing turn indicator. I’m looking but I will say Dec 1967 based on that little fact and the ’68 cars had not infiltrated the market yet.
One of my hobbies is hat inventories for street scenes in modern American cities. I am struck that most of the men I see in this image are wearing hats. This leads me to offer my observation that in most American cities (at least those south of Colorado) men in street scenes of this sort would have been bare headed in the late 1960s. FWIW.
Well, there’s a pretty sharp line on that, before versus after 1-1-68. Most of those hats you see in photos older than that wouldn’t meet the new Fedora Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
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I imagine 1967
There is a ’59 Pontiac S/W in that picture, I’d like to have that.
Lots of Fedora’s, No Mustangs. This must have been a retirement community.
Without seeing as much detail as some, I’m guessing ’68. Maybe ’67. VW went to the big bumpers in ’68, so the squareback in the foreground is pre ’68. Some of what I perceive to be big Chevys look as late as ’67. More older cars from the 50s and maybe even 40s than I would have expected, or remembered from that era. I wasn’t a car guy in Jr High, which is what i would have been in, though into dirt bikes, but by 67 or 68 cars from the 50s were pretty much gone. Except for 55-57 Chevys. Or old VW bugs.