For Gary

[detmatt]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blast_of_the_past/6186357135/

no need to thank me Gary!

 

[commando1]

For shame, Matt. That's the equivalent of bringing a kid who's scared shitless of clowns blindfolded into the circus.

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[polara71]

Nice photo (s) Dont be scared Gary ....

 

[1978 NYB]

That's a very cool picture!

 

[Big_John]

That just became the new wallpaper for my laptop!

 

[polara71]

Yeah, hadda save it

 

[detmatt]

What, no "thanks" for the o.p.???
There are some very kool pics on that link, I'd like to see a similar album for the '60s and '70s.

 

[70NPORT]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blast_of_the_past/6186357135/

no need to thank me Gary!

A slew of Exner fish cars. Nice.
At some point I think I will sit down and write a manifesto explaining exactly why exner fish cars with eyebrows are little more than gross expressions of wretched excess, from the tire stem up.

 

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[polara71]

Thats one of the best

 

[commando1]

Runner up

 

[Ripinator]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blast_of_the_past/6186357135/

no need to thank me Gary!

Well. . . I'll certainly thank you for posting that link. I just spent the last half hour looking at those old photos. Not only great cars, but also many people from that time (Elvis, Buddy Holly, James Dean, Roy Orbison (only shot I ever saw of him without dark sun glasses), and of course the great Bo Diddly.

 

[detmatt]

Those are both stunning Stan.

 

[commando1]

Imagine an 8 - 9 year old kid seeing the first ads for them....
You can't duplicate that reaction today unless it's in a computer game.
Tragic. All the best stuff is fake now.

 

[cm23uoc]

Runner up

Somebody back in the day said to this one it's the best Chevy Ford ever built. I agree and I like it for that reason as I prefere the GM design over the more formal Ford in general.

 

[bluefury361]

1960 & 61 were two of the best years of automotive design. Stepping out of the lavishly chrome laden designs of the 50's, almost every American auto manufacturer produced extremely attractive designs, full of character and self identy.

Besides the design & style, the powerful multi carburated engines were becomming common place in most car lines besides the high end luxury models. These years were really when the high performance supercars took hold, way before a GTO or Mustang was thought of.

 

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[polara71]

I can only think of Fast times at Ridgemont High with that Buick

 

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