AJ’s Car of the Day: 1962 Ford Falcon Squire Wagon

AJ’s Car of the Day: 1962 Ford Falcon Squire Wagon

Car: Ford Falcon Squire Station Wagon Year: 1962 What makes it special: Penned under Ford’s then general manager Robert S. McNamara, the Falcon was developed with parts sourced from the company’s existing bin in order to keep costs as low as possible. FoMoCo also focused on reducing ownership costs. They also developed several body styles…

AJ’s Car of the Day: 1963 Chevrolet C2 Corvette Stingray Split-Window Coupe

AJ’s Car of the Day: 1963 Chevrolet C2 Corvette Stingray Split-Window Coupe

Car: Chevrolet Corvette C-2 Stingray Split-Window Coupe Year: 1963 What makes it special: The newly designed 1963 Corvette was flashy, muscular and powerful. The radical exterior styling was purposeful, with peaked fenders, long nose and a short, bobbed tail. It’s quad-headlights were now hidden, the first to do so since the 1936-37 Cords and the…

AJ’s Car of the Day: 1964 Oldsmobile Cutlass 2-Door Hardtop

AJ’s Car of the Day: 1964 Oldsmobile Cutlass 2-Door Hardtop

Car: Oldsmobile Cutlass 2-Door Hardtop Year: 1964 What makes it special: Cutlass was produced by General Motors’ Oldsmobile division between 1961 and 1999. At its introduction, Cutlass was Oldsmobile’s smallest model beginning as a unibody compact car, but saw its greatest success as a body-on-frame intermediate. Introduced as the top trim level in Oldsmobile’s compact F-85 line, the Cutlass evolved into a series of its…

AJ’s Car of the Day: 1961 Pontiac Catalina Convertible

AJ’s Car of the Day: 1961 Pontiac Catalina Convertible

Car: Pontiac Catalina Convertible Year: 1961 What makes it special: Catalina was part of Pontiac‘s  full-sized line from 1950 to 1981. Initially, the name was used strictly to denote hardtop body styles, first appearing in the 1950 Chieftain Eight and DeLuxe Eight lines. In 1959, the Catalina became a separate model, as the “entry-level” full-size Pontiac. The 1961…

AJ’s Car of the Day: 1961 Nash Metropolitan

AJ’s Car of the Day: 1961 Nash Metropolitan

Car: Nash Metropolitan Year: 1961 What makes it special: Nash’s Metropolitan was sold from 1953 to 1961. It conformed both economy and subcompact car. In today’s terminology the Metropolitan is a “subcompact”, but that category had not yet come into use when the car was built. At that time, it was variously categorized, for example as a “small…