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more about #1960 more comments → coupeZ600: Coolness UDMan! Know of anywhere that has video/film of these races? The persh.org link isn't working for me, but that may be all at my end... Thanks! more » TurboBrick [LIGIER]: So that's why they had the Hyper-Pak option! I had no idea about Volvo participating, looks like they were PV's and not Amazons, though. more » Ralph Wiley Is Poised: I wish I had a Holman Moody prepared Studebaker. more » abgwin: Chrysler seriously needs to resurrect the Plymouth Valiant. more » UDMan: I wish Murilee posted these images, so I will. more » Novaload: It's the Three Mopars of the Apocalypse! Run for your life! more » mechimike: As an alternative to crushing them, this would have been a highly fitting (and very jalop-friendly) use for all those CARS victims. Imagine that poor... more » mechimike: Wow...holy body roll there, Batman! Damn this looks like fun. OK, I'll say it- why isn't NASCAR doing this today? They were so attuned to the publi... more » MOPAR-MAN: /6 FTW! I ran mine with the oil lamp burning for a week and it didn't hurt it. It only topped out at 115mph though. I wrote "HEMI" on the back window ... more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Frightening to behold. Probably even more frightening to drive. more » 413wedge: Supercharged Quad 4 fits right in! more » 413wedge: Fender skirts would complete the look! more » OldeEnglishD: Nice find Murilee! more » MushyHeirloom: It's funny how this car looks dowdy and lumpy at certain angles (front quarters, say), but almost sleek from others (side/rear). The incongruous Conti... more » dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity: I'm curious: does the spare wheel go up with the trunk lid when it is open or does it stay down? As usual: nice find Murilee! more » -
#racing
Got Six Cylinders And Uses Them All: NASCAR's Falcons, Valiants, and Corvairs
When we think of NASCAR in the early 60s, we think of big cars. Impalas. Furies. Galaxies. But for two glorious years, Detroit's new compacts took to the tracks in NASCAR-sanctioned events. More » -
#downonthestreet
1960 Rambler American Custom
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's a proto-AMC to remind us of the transience of car companies. More » -
#iceracing
Minnesota, 1960: Corvairs Battle For Ice Racing Supremacy With Caravelles And 356s!
My grandfather was quite the rally and ice-racing fanatic back in the 1950s and 1960s (running mostly Porsche 356s and Saab 93s) and now I've got a couple of his 8mm movies, shot in 1960. More » -
#downonthestreet
1960 Cadillac Sixty-Two Hardtop Coupe
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. The distribution of Cadillac model years seems a bit strange on the island; today's car is our third 1960 Cadillac coupe (after this gold one and this red one), but the rest of the decade of the 1960s isn't represented until we get to 1969 (which is represented by four cars: this one, this one, this one, and this one). Where are all those 1961-68 Cads?
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#downonthestreet
1960 Ford Pickup
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Since it's DOTS Truck Monday, let's have an old Ford! I found this '60 parked just across the street from the '70 Dodge Challenger and the '57 Cadillac, and it's one sharp-looking work truck.
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#projectcarhell
Project Car Hell, Cold War Edition: Dodge Power Wagon Town Wagon or Lada Signet?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! In our last foray into the Burning Garage O'Pain™, the Buick Reatta beat the Olds Troféo by a 53% to 47% poll split. We've had unifying vehicular themes for most of our Hell Challenges recently, but sometimes you need to choose between two totally different eternities- say, one in which St. Helena earwigs colonize your bile ducts, and another in which you are stuck in an Amway PowerPoint presentation 24/7. And, just for fun, we're going Warsaw Pact versus NATO, with one machine from the hottest period of the Cold War and the other from the wild and crazy endgame.
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Project Car Hell, Sorta Famous Edition: Fabio's Lancia or Pauley Perrette's Volvo?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Yesterday, we saw the "Bentley" (actually a Rolls with Bentley grille) beat the "Rolls-Royce" (actually a Vanden Plas Princess with a Rolls grille) in the Choose Your Eternity poll in a 59/41 vote. Today we're going to contemplate the concept of fame. Now, none of us can afford to buy JFK's Continental or the Gremlin from Wayne's World, but that doesn't mean we don't have a shot at a famous car- we just need to aim lower! And today… well, we're aiming really low!
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#downonthestreet
1960 Peugeot 403, With Bonus French Car Poll
The other day I caught a glimpse of a dark blue Volvo Amazon parked just down the street from the '42 Pontiac Torpedo. I didn't have time to photograph it, but since we've had only one Amazon so far in this series, I made a mental note to get back and shoot this rare Swedish gem as soon as I could. Today I returned with my camera, and... holy crap! That's not an Amazon- it's a Peugeot 403! Yes, mere weeks after providing a Citroën GS for us, Alameda has produced another vintage French car for our enjoyment. More » -
#projectcarhell
PCH, Red, White, And Blue Flames Edition: Austin America Or Rambler American?
For the first time, a single car part beat an entire car in a Project Car Hell matchup, according to the results of our most recent Choose Your Eternity poll. Today we're going to celebrate the Fourth of July, but not by getting all liquored up and firing large-caliber handguns into the sky. No, we're going to celebrate our freedoms by sentencing ourselves to years of thankless labor in the garage, on vehicles so patriotic that they're literally named after America. More » -
#chooseyoureternity
Project Car Hell: Citroen CX Prestige or Mercedes-Benz 190 Wagon?
The jaw-droppingly steep price tag, automatic transmission, and ARBOUR GREEN paint of the '56 Jag made it an unassailable Hell Project fortress, giving the XK140 an easy win over the '58 Mercedes-Benz 190 in our last Choose Your Eternity poll. Was it fair to force a Benz to go toe-to-toe with the product of a PCH Superpower? Maybe not... so today we're going to give Germany another shot at unseating a Superpower. And not just any PCH Superpower- we're having another Franco-Prussian rematch! More » -
#chooseyoureternity
PCH, Vintage Racing Hell Edition: 1964 Lotus Elan or 1960 Lancia Flaminia?
Was it fair to pit a stock Mercury Lynx against a Chevette diesel-powered RX-7 in yesterday's Diesel Dilemma Edition Choose Your Eternity poll? Probably not, as the diesel Mazda pounded the daylights out of the badge-engineered Escort. Today we're going to move away from cars that you might consider using as everyday transportation and head into the realm of cars that stick their voracious snouts into your wallet every time they detect the proximity of a race track. That's right, it's Vintage Racing Hell today! Naturally, we'll need to go with PCH Superpowers Britain and Italy for this one, and the decade of the 1960s seems about right to sucker you into believing that these cars aren't so old that parts obtainment will be impossible. Hey, what's 40 or 50 years, right? More »
