Cool Old Cars Two

[robinc]

The site software limited how much I could post in one thread so had to do a second.

1959 Buick 2 Door Convertible

1959 Chevrolet Impala 2Dr hardtop

1959 Edsel Citation

1959 Ford Thunderbird Convertible

1959 Mercury Colony Park Country Cruiser

1959 Mercury Four Door Hardtop

1960 Chevrolet Corvair

1960 Chevrolet Impala Four Door Hardtop

1960 Chrysler Valiant

1960 De Soto Fireflite

1960 Dodge Dart Pioneer

1960 Dodge Polara Matador

1960 Crown Imperial Convertible

1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V Four Door Landau

1960 Mercury Colony Park Country Cruiser

1960 Plymouth Fury

 

[YamadudeXS650C]

not getting them, here.
Maybe its the winter weather playing havoc?

 

[robinc]

Na. just me being lazy. see first post.....sigh... will edit in a bit,.

 

[robinc]

Hopefully they're here now. Man, why can't it be easy cut and paste.....lol.

 

[azman857]

My friend's Dad had an Impala like that. At the local car show there's always a convertible hardtop (usually a Ford) there.

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

Which one(s) had the push-button transmission selector?

 

[Jim]

Which one(s) had the push-button transmission selector?

Wasn't it Plymouth that did that?

 

[robinc]

Wasn't it Plymouth that did that?

I had a buddy that had an old Plymouth with push buttons.

 

[Jim]

I seem to remember old Caddy's havin' push buttons too.

 

[Meddy]

Which one(s) had the push-button transmission selector?

Valiant had them here in Australia up to around 1965 from memory.

 

[YamadudeXS650C]

I love that era !... when cars were cabin cruisers and they had living rooms inside.
I'm actually partial to the station wagons. I had 3 Chevy Caprice Classics, extended versions, the kind they made hearses out of.
In fact, one had been a hearse. They made great tow cars.
Like the 60 Chevy a lot, too.

 

[MaxPete]

I think the Edsel had a push button transmission - along with a lot of other electrical gear. Aside from the Odd-ball styling of the front grill (journalists charitably referred to it as a “horse collar”) one of the Edsel’s key difficulties was keeping all those electrical systems working with the technologies of the day. The electromechanical relays and winky wiring were simply a nightmare.

 

[YamadudeXS650C]

I could talk for an hour about station wagons, but I'll just say that they make the best camping vehicles.
This is from late 80's, Mount Desert Island, Maine, my favorite place to camp:

They have an illustrious camping heritage, as you know.

 

[59Tebo]

You could fit most of the small cars of today in the trunks of some of those road yachts! And screw the anti-lock brakes, air bags, collision avoidance technology, let alone electronic ignition. Maintenance of these beasts required MECHANICS, not computer geeks (no slam to the computer geeks out there). Alas, they would soon be extinct. Replaced by the downfall of mankind: The '70s!

 

[gggGary]

C'mon Tebo it's rose colored glasses ON time. Had a 61 Impala convertible, paid $75 for it in about 1971 and drove it 2 years, LOL

 

[Stardust83]

Valiant had them here in Australia up to around 1965 from memory.

yep, I had a push button automatic - slant 6 - great engine!

 

[Scripto VU]

I am also a wagon guy. I bought this 1955 Pontiac Safari in 1970 for $175 , one of 3760 ( very similar to Nomad )

I totally restored it, engine, trans, body etc. I still own it ! I call it my La Bamba wagon. 48 years and counting.

 

[Mailman]

Ha! You keep them coming Robin!
When I was a kid my folks had a 1960 Plymouth Valiant with the giant tail fins, an enormous oval steering wheel , a space age looking dash, and .....the push button transmission in the dash ( the buttons to the left of the steering wheel) it was a boat, with drum brakes.

 

[azman857]

I like that dash. Reminds me of "The Jetsons".

 

[YamadudeXS650C]

The sun came out yesterday, and I just had to do something about the cabin fever, so I braved the treacherous roads down the 70 mile stretch to Norwich, NY, to the Northeast Auto Museum. After 2 1/2 hours, I still hadn't seen all of them.

Favorites, at the top of my list this '55 Studebaker President Speedster

...and the Avanti next to it

a '57 Ford Skyliner in the lobby

a 61 Dodge Dart

This Triumph 250 in the bike display

and they have Syracuse leatherworker (check out the seat) Frank Westfall's 1930 Henderson KJ Streamliner one-off concept bike he had restored.