who thinks cars of yesteryear say 60's 70's 80's were better looking on the out side i kno the dash wass was c

Answer 1

i do. but id go further back than that. i like 70's model cadillacs, but nothin better an sexier than a 1949 mercury leadsled or a 1949 fast back!

Answer 2

The people who hanker after older cars aren't those same drivers who drove them . Who nowadays would be prepared to put up with a car that starts rusting as soon as you drive it out of the showroom?
I refer to the "Motor" Road Test book of 1969, particularly at the test for the Morris 1300, a fairly typical small car of the period.
The top speed was 92m.p.h., the 0-60 time was 17.4 seconds, and the overall petrol consumption was 28.5m.p.g.
There were 4 chassis lubrication points which had to be greased every 3000 miles and the car required a service every 3000 miles.
I remember people telling me that they had had to "decoke" ( decarbonise) the engine before they went on holiday which involved removing the cylinder-head, scraping out the carbon, and grinding-in the valves. They would then have to re-assemble it.
At that time, if you were looking to buy a second-hand car, it would be off-putting if it had done 50,000 miles as it would have reached more than half it's expected life.
The reliability, economy, performance, comfort, equipment as standard,and longevity of modern cars would only have been a dream.
Even small diesel cars these days would have a superior perfomance and would give a fuel consumption of around 50m.p.g. At least cars come equipped with a radio which would have be an extra in 1969.
The older cars may look pretty in a museum but I doubt if anyone nowadays would buy one from new

Answer 3

Yes they were unique each had a different flavor according to a persons individualized tastes...

it gave a wide variety... Some had lots of chrome while others had hardly any...

it offered people more choices of what they wanted in nearly every way...

more interior fabrics and interior options more paint options and stripe options etc.

vs the newer cars which look so much the same with rare exceptions like the Retro Mustang, the PT Cruiser, the Prowler, the Retro T-Bird, the Retro Camaro (proposed) the 2008 Dodge Challengers ...

but other than these few most newer cars are cookie cutter types that look so much alike you have to look at the Make and Model badging to know what it is even...

Walt

Answer 4

I work on modern cars, to me they are just lumps of tin with 4 wheels and an engine. Theres no character to them, they all look the same to me, they are full of pointless gadgets and technology and when they go wrong (they frequently do) they cost an arm and a leg to put right. My old motor starts, stops turns corners etc with no problems at all. And it hardly ever goes wrong. If it does you can usually get it going again with a hammer. The only thing all this modern crap has going for it is crash safety. Give me a 70's brit Ford any day! Old cars look better from any angle and are so much cooler. When i passed my test, the in car for younguns was a mk2 Escort or mk1 Fiesta, nowadays the car of choice is some horrible Corsa or Saxo VTR. I know which i'd go for!

Answer 5

Cars were better looking up until the late 70's when design was given over to computerised energy efficiency.

The Triumph Herald would have disintegrated in a wind tunnel...but it did achieve a certain style for the ordinary motorist to avail themselves off.

Someone pointed out to me the other day that the new Vauxhall/Opels are chromy!...Once was a time when a car could be described by it's shape!

Anyone recall the Triumph Mayflower?...a razor edged saloon?

Answer 6

Going further than that the Ford V8 Pilot was the epitome of Art Deco. Leather seats, walnut dashboard and large enough to hold a dance in. Sadly never owned one but travelled in one when I was a kid.Can smell the leather now.

Answer 7

I prefer older cars eg ford cortina mark3 and Anglia the first mini's i hate the new ones. the Morris minor and the oxford.
I think designers in those days could design without any parameters to contend with eg aero, fuel economy, safety etc.
I think that is why cars look so bland today.

Answer 8

They were AWFUL!! Apart from the simplicity to work on them I think they were ugly, uncomfortable and unreliable. Having owned several this is my opinion. I can never understand anyone wanting to own a 'classic' car for these reasons.

Answer 9

1962-1966 Cortina Mk1 I got 1

Love em!

Answer 10

My car of cars (UK) Triumph Mayflower or Austin Princess 1950's