60s car question (drivers, BMW, formula, Mustang)

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by reed303

In 1960 the first of the new Compact cars to compete with the likes of the VW Beetle were:
Ford Falcon
Chevy Corvair & Chevy II (Nova was a trim line of Chevy II, I owned a '62)
Plymouth Valiant (later replaced by Volare)
Dodge Lancer ( Dart was a more midsized car, owned a '66)
Chrysler had no economy model (in the US anyway)
Studebaker Lark
Rambler was a Make under AMC, with the Rambler American its first "compact" in 1958

I also owned a '66 Dart (GT V-8). It was classified as a large compact or just "compact." The Dodge Coronet (and Charger) for '66 was mid-sized.

[Tek_Freek]

Originally Posted by somebodyfromnc

Wouldn't the Valiant have been Plymouth's variant of the Dart?

My nephew's girlfriend called them, "Ugly, but neat."

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by Tek_Freek

My nephew's girlfriend called them, "Ugly, but neat."

The '60-'62 did have odd styling, however, I think the '63 and later had quite good styling. Especially the '66 and later.

[exhdo1]

Originally Posted by JaxRhapsody

Plymouth Duster and chrysler had no version. Valiant is Dodge and I think the Savoy is plymouths version.

Valiant was a Plymouth since 1959. In 1970 Plymouth introduced the Plymouth Valiant Duster (1 year only). Valiant remained a model until 1976 and it was replaced by the Volare and Aspen. Valiant was always a "A" body, Dart could be a "A,B or C" body depending on what year it is.

[ram2]

Originally Posted by JaxRhapsody

I want a Mavrick.

What about a Maverick Grabber from the early 70s?

[easy62]

Originally Posted by ram2

What about a Maverick Grabber from the early 70s?

My x mother in law had a Maverick with a inline 6 and a 3 on the tree i loved driving that car. A 3 on the tree is so simple to use he’ll any manual is easy to drive.

[unit731]

Originally Posted by ram2

What about a Maverick Grabber from the early 70s?

Visited a Ford dealership when these first came out. New $1,995.00 for the base model.

What a piece of garbage. Ford at it's worst. Junk. Rust buckets too.

[duster1979]

The Chrysler Corporation's compact offering to answer the Nova, Falcon, et al, were the Dodge Dart (later Aspen) and Plymouth Valiant (later Volaré) and their derivatives. The Dart had several performance offerings while the Valiant was more of a granny/student car, although the first- and second-generation Barracudas (1964-1/2-1969) were based on the Valiant platform.

[easy62]

Originally Posted by duster1979

The Chrysler Corporation's compact offering to answer the Nova, Falcon, et al, were the Dodge Dart (later Aspen) and Plymouth Valiant (later Volaré) and their derivatives. The Dart had several performance offerings while the Valiant was more of a granny/student car, although the first- and second-generation Barracudas (1964-1/2-1969) were based on the Valiant platform.

I had the fastback volare 2 door with a 318 nice ridding car even had the thin white wall tires and hubcaps. Was working for Chrysler so they took the cheap car payments out of your check a little each week. We got paid weekly back in the early 80’s.

[victimofGM]

Originally Posted by easy62

I had the fastback volare 2 door with a 318 nice ridding car even had the thin white wall tires and hubcaps. Was working for Chrysler so they took the cheap car payments out of your check a little each week. We got paid weekly back in the early 80’s.

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