There’s lots of new finds at the Cohort, but this one posted by channaher caught my eye, given our musings this weekend about how the F-250 Ranger came to be. OK, slapping an SS badge on a Bel Air or Biscayne isn’t quite the same, but let’s just say that folks have been creating their unique variants for quite a long time.
Here’s a closer look at that Bel Air SS rear quarter. And is there a 230 inch six under the hood? Don’t laugh; Super Sports did come with the six standard. Here’s some more fine iron sitting outside Bubba’s East Coast Rods & Customs:
Quite the eclectic mix. That Dodge panel delivery has a strong pull for me.
I know which of these JPC would reach for.
Here’s another fine Dodge hardtop from ten years earlier.
Oooohhh; an Eldorado ragtop (I think it’s a real one). Anything here turn your crank?
Looks like a junkyard show. Maybe some cars did not have damage/rust/missing parts?
The Seville looked clean.
> I know which of these JPC would reach for.
He’s not the only one. A ’65 Polara is right up my alley.
How can you tell a 65 from a 66? I got some good pics of one a while back and couldn’t guess the year. From some reason these Dodges seem rarer than the Chryslers and Plymouths of that era.
Look how the grille pinches in just inboard of the headlights. This gives the opening a sort of barbell shape.
On a ’66 Polara/Monaco, each side extends further toward the center of the hood before it pinches in, as if there are more weights on the barbell.
The Mercury and Chevy in the first photo: long, low, wide and relatively big windows. Oh to be able to be like 1964 again but with safety and reliability.
I’m kind of liking that Chevy Scooby-Doo van and the Mercury, although the wheels on a lot of these are terrible.
Lots of cool old iron there. Tough choice between the Breezeway Merc and rag top Bird, I guess I’ll have to have both. The Fairlane is definitely lust worthy as well though I’m not real into that color.
On a second look it appears that the GM SUV is a GMC Typhoon, definitely something I’d be interested in.
The best car there is the breezeway Merc. The Bel-Air SS? Ha ha ha… yeah, right! Funniest thing I’ve seen on here in a long time and an insult to my avatar!
I hate clones second only to trailer queens!
That is the most random assortment of cars in a show I’ve ever seen! It’s like a project car show (which actually would be interesting to me if there was such a thing). Looking at the first pic I really have an appreciation for the simple box shape of mid 60’s cars. Practical, a good use of space, and great visibility combined with a handsome, trim design. In the others, the Eldorado is a little tacky with the grille but if it were in better shape it might be something to check out. In this lineup I’d walk right past it and the Firebird.
I’m normally a GM guy but that white T-bird is a real looker and probably is my pick. Look how ugly it makes that Toyota minivan behind it look, by the standards of the T-bird’s day it looks like some alien spaceship about to morph.
This isn’t a show, it’s the spillover from Bubba’s shop in the alley behind the AT&T store into the parking lot of the shopping center.
It does look like the craziest car show ever, I wonder what the DJ would play?
I kinda like the “were from the water company ma’am” orange Chevy van.
Definitely the ’62 T-Bird, although the wide whiteys would have to go.
The 62 Thunderbird has the Sports Roadster trim on the front fender but appears not to have the Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels. Another fake?
At second glance, I don’t know if I like the look of that mall sign:
H&R Block Dentist? We can extract your gold fillings to pay your tax bill..
LOL that’s like a sign I see around here, they are so close together it appears to say “Dollar Tree Pizza”.
I’ll take the Merc in the first shot. Always loved those.
+1 Those big slantback Mercuries are growing on me
Put me down for that GMC Typhoon….white wheels and all.
I guess I’m expected to argue again that NO ONE would EVER waste their time switching flippin’ NAMEPLATES and BADGES!
Okay. You got me…mea culpa. You found one car whose owner actually WOULD.
I guess you didn’t see my followup comment to yours on the previous article.
I like that black and white 55 Ford, But I would like a 56 better. Black and White just worked on those 55 56 Fords.
That’s actually a purple.
I’ll take non-DS Sevilles for $100, Alex…
That Breezeway looks good too, but it needs full wheel covers and narrow-band whitewalls stat.
Zero surprise here: ’76 Firebird for me. I do not like the Camaroey nose of the ’76, but I see white interior. Yeah…
#2 would be tough…I like the crunched Mustang, large Mopar and Thunderbird too,