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07/01/2022 8:38 pm
'60 Chevrolet, Ford or Plymouth?
Be sure to make your selection.
Of course, please “Reply” to share your comments.
Best yet please rank them
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John Bono
North Jersey
07/01/2022 8:41 pm
This time, I will take the 1960 Chevrolet. To me this was a major improvement over the 1959, which I consider a low point in Chevrolet styling.
John Kuvakas and John Kuvakas reacted
07/01/2022 8:44 pm
Chevy is nicely done for 1960 and gets top billing. This particular Ford is a close second and the Plymouth is way, way back.
07/01/2022 9:00 pm
Ford. One of their best looking IMO. Chevy is a plucked 1959 chicken to me, while Plymouth is playing in the 1950s.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
07/01/2022 9:33 pm
I go with the Chevy today.
'60 Plymouth was an oddball looking car to me. And this is a very un-Ford looking Ford. Take off the badges and you'd never guess it was a Ford.
All 3 of these came back much improved in 1961!
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
07/01/2022 10:39 pm
We're opposites on the '59 and '60 styling. I thought the '59 was a dream, while '60 looked like it was plucked. I'm a big '59 fan. And, I admit it is probably because my very first car was a '59 Impala.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
07/01/2022 10:42 pm
I like all three! But I like the PLYMOUTH the best of the three. The Ford looks great in the top line entry, but its lower end styling looked awful. The Chevy looked better for '59. So PLYMOUTH for me!
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
08/01/2022 12:49 am
I have the Ford and Chevy tied for top.
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
08/01/2022 1:07 am
Ford! I like the Chevy but, to my eye, the Plymouth just looks like they were trying too hard.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
08/01/2022 9:13 am
I went with the Ford. Still had a little tail fin and the nose had a little T-bird flare.
08/01/2022 9:20 am
I went with the Ford. Still had a little tail fin and the nose had a little T-bird flare.
I love the '60 Ford as a top of the line Galaxie Sunliner, but as a stripped down bare-bones model, all I see is a car that was used as Taxi-Cab and they were not attractive at all.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
08/01/2022 9:25 am
1. Chevrolet. The '59 was wildly dramatic but the 1960 was a more coherent nose-to-tail design, and one of my all-time favourites.
2. The Ford takes a close second place. Never quite understood why people thought it "didn't look like a Ford". Because it didn't have round tail lights, or what? A crisp and beautifully balanced shape with the same slightly convex body panels as the '61 Lincolns, giving a solid, smooth look. Terrific.
3. Fun, in a wacky sort of way, but they just over-did it with the fins, making the rear quarters look too deep and ponderous, and that front fender "cut-back" was an adventurous styling touch but a little awkward. It all smacks of desperation.
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
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