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Re: Straight Forward Age Poll
From a 55+ person:
When I could finally afford my first new car in 1964/65, I considered a new 1964 Galaxie convertible, a new 1965 Chevy Impala SS hardtop, and a used 1964 Corvette (360/327). Wound up buying a new 1965 Corvette (300/327). (Never, never should have sold that car.)
There was quite a split among the guys. One group bought nothing but GM "quick" cars, while the other group was into British sports cars (MGs and Healeys). Very few of the guys bought late 50's and 60's Fords mainly because, while the factory souped up Fords were very quick, the average Ford wasn't as quick as its GM competition. After the 49/54 era, nobody, and I mean nobody, bought a Mercury.
Some of the more daring guys started buying MoPar's hotrods in 1963 (413 wedge and street Hemis). One of the guys, a dentist's son (of course), had a 289 Cobra. Shocked the heck out of a lot of Corvette drivers in street racing.
I gotta be truthful, but the only TBirds cruising the avenue back were driven by girls. Even most of the early Mustangs were female driven, but that seemed to change when Ford dropped the hypo 289 into the 66 Mustang and the 390 into the 1967. Also, Steve McQueen and Bullitt did an awful lot to get the Mustang accepted by the dragstrip crowd.
Ah, the good old days.
From a 55+ person:
When I could finally afford my first new car in 1964/65, I considered a new 1964 Galaxie convertible, a new 1965 Chevy Impala SS hardtop, and a used 1964 Corvette (360/327). Wound up buying a new 1965 Corvette (300/327). (Never, never should have sold that car.)
There was quite a split among the guys. One group bought nothing but GM "quick" cars, while the other group was into British sports cars (MGs and Healeys). Very few of the guys bought late 50's and 60's Fords mainly because, while the factory souped up Fords were very quick, the average Ford wasn't as quick as its GM competition. After the 49/54 era, nobody, and I mean nobody, bought a Mercury.
Some of the more daring guys started buying MoPar's hotrods in 1963 (413 wedge and street Hemis). One of the guys, a dentist's son (of course), had a 289 Cobra. Shocked the heck out of a lot of Corvette drivers in street racing.
I gotta be truthful, but the only TBirds cruising the avenue back were driven by girls. Even most of the early Mustangs were female driven, but that seemed to change when Ford dropped the hypo 289 into the 66 Mustang and the 390 into the 1967. Also, Steve McQueen and Bullitt did an awful lot to get the Mustang accepted by the dragstrip crowd.
Ah, the good old days.
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