Poll: Which 60? (9/25/2025)

@carsman1958 There is nothing cohesive about the Dodge “styling”,  looks to me like a lot of random bad ideas chosen from a dart board. The weird bad ideas from GM styling of that era look like they were put together with some thought making for an excellent weirdness. Look at the couple passing by the thing, trying hard not to look at it, as if they would turn to pillars of salt. Scary stuff! My conspiracy theory for today is that GM and Ford supplied cars for ‘Leave it to Beaver’ so kids would be so traumatized that they would never do drugs or buy Chrysler products!

I’m pretty sure that last one got mixed in by accident, that’s ‘The Jetsons’ car.

@bob-jackman The plain Pontiac for 1960 just never got me excited. Actually, I never cared for the 1960 Dodge either but today I would much rather arrive at a cars and coffee event in the Dodge. I guarantee the Dodge would draw a crowd while the Pontiac might draw a yawn.

You definitely make a good point here Bob.  That's is exactly how I would react seeing both of these cars at a show....even though I would much prefer to own the Pontiac.

@kevins "Gee Wally...is that turquoise thing a bird or a Fury?"

@jack-dodds I’ve always been a fan of the ‘60 Pontiac, especially the Ventura. Our family had one when I was about 11, and I loved the red, tri-color interior and the clean, sleek exterior styling. It was a 180 from the ‘59 but I like them both equally, just in different ways. The eight lugs and tri-power are icing on the Bonnie’s cake!

A like to see a Dodge today at a show, but they were over-wrought with a way-to-busy style. GM started their theme of a cleaner look and a simpler style with the 1960 model year, and Pontiac makes that statement very well. The 50s were the 50s and the 60s needed to be different, Pontiac accomplishes that theme whereas the Dodge is trapped in the past.

The Dodge has too much going on. I'm loving the '60 Pontiac, much more refined than the '59 that most here seem to favor.

Gents, thanks for your responses!