Cars

      Cars of the 60's were critiqued in many ways, even to this day. They were called such as:

1. popular cars

2. cool cars

3. sports cars

4. foreign cars

5. fast cars

6. little cars

7. affordable cars

8. hardtop cars

9. stick shift cars, and

10. two-seater cars...plus

    You may have heard of the cars of the 60's as being actually named muscle cars! This makes reference to them as being:

1. available with stronger or bigger engines, with more horse power

2. able to be a show car or a race car

3. able to withstand the test of time, and

4. generally be in a class of their own...

   In fact, there are car lots that specialize in selling muscle cars only.  Their clientele could be any number of people or groups. But I'd say, it's collectors/buyers, does include younger people who missed out on that era, those whose desire it is to buy their next race car, or those who wish to hold on to it for a while and then take it to a national auction and sell for a profit.

    Many popular rock and roll songs were written with the cars of the 60's in mind. You could say, one complimented the other. The record, the car, benefited each other in sales!

      At the onset of the 60's, and starting middle school, 'no, I was not old enough to drive', but; it was obvious that not all families had cars. Generally, it was those families who lived on a farm, or those in the city who were somewhat 'well to do'.

   When giving it much thought, what parents thought of cars were one thing and cars to kids another. The parents and cars were mostly a thing that could go 'hand-and-hand'. You would see a parent making use of their car in all ways possible. They would use it going back and forth from the county to the city; on trips, or for the farm; unless they had a truck. They would look forward to going to church in it. It was a means of bringing groceries back from a day of shopping. It was literally used everywhere they went. You could see them parked in that 'diagonal manner' at parking spots in small towns throughout.

    Many families really did try to hang-on to the cars that they had during the 40's and 50's. People could be seen on their way to church. It seemed as though just as the 60's; people just could not get used to that trade every year thing as it is today. Older sedans were dominating small town America.

   Thus, the cars that some would think were a bit more heavier, bulky, and made of steel in almost all external areas had been replaced. Now, it was vehicles that may have weighted less, more comfortable seating, better vision, hard plastic in certain areas that used to be steel, and appealing to the younger buyer. The older cars didn't really go from view. From that era to now, many of them became drag racing favorites. If they were one of the smaller in weight models, they had a good chance of becoming cars people would hold on to and 'transform into a 'drag racing vehicle'.

    For all the vehicle cleaners, and such that we have today, some of those products continue to be used in keeping the older cars in the condition that the owners prefer. Little do we realize, that if only then, these modern vehicle polishings, if they were available; how great that would have been to gaze upon these vehicles! 

     Cars of the 1960's began with those that were popular, sleek, and definitely "eye-catching." The 60's also brought in a new way in which we identified with being proud of ownership, and also a bit of bragging rights! The two main players, Ford and Chevrolet assured the buyer of having a recognizable logo on the 60's models. Although the logos may have been modified a bit over the years, we as baby-boomers will always remember how the original logos caught our eye.