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15/04/2023 4:26 pm
'61, '62 or '63 Chevrolet?
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John Bono
North Jersey
15/04/2023 5:35 pm
Love them all but 63,61,62.
15/04/2023 6:13 pm
Extremely close...'62, 61 then '63.
15/04/2023 6:31 pm
Another toughie! I almost went with the '63 because it was the very first car that I realized might be in the realm of possibility. I was ten when I first saw it. I really liked the design. Oh, yes, I was enamored with the Corvette, Thunderbird, Cadillacs, et al. But, somehow, I realized they were very expensive and, to own one, I might have to wait until I was thirteen or fourteen. But when I sat in a '63 SS and thought, "I could buy this one day, maybe next year, if I mowed enough grass." I was getting $3 a lawn!
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
15/04/2023 6:42 pm
I'm going with the 1961 here, mainly through familiarity. The other two are great also but don't have a family connection.
15/04/2023 7:17 pm
'61 is my favorite followed by the '63. I don't care for the '62 at all.
Steve
Tony Perrone and John Bono reacted
15/04/2023 7:22 pm
63, one of the cooler older kids in the neighborhood had one and that was enough for me. 👀
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
15/04/2023 7:59 pm
Always liked the '62 best of these three. '62, '61, '63.
'60's Chevys in order of my liking: '64, '62, '61, '63, '60] don't care for any other full-size Chevys in the '60's.
What the heck, in the '50's it is the '55, '57, '52, '56, '58, '54, '59 '51, '50, '53.
15/04/2023 8:11 pm
I see that we are all very different on this one. Me? It's the '62 without any hesitation. I've always felt that it, along with the '65 were the two best looking Chevy's of the sixties. I realize the '65 wasn't included in todays "Which One?", just making that comment.
So for TONIGHT, I vote in this order: 1) '62 2) '61 3) '63.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
15/04/2023 10:33 pm
Like them all a lot but the '61 bubble top wins.
16/04/2023 1:42 pm
Now this was another tough choice, I love them all. My great aunt had a '61 (not a SS), my grandmother had a '63 (also not an SS) and my aunt had a '62 hardtop sedan (which I loved-that was the coolest car) the '62 left the biggest imprint on my very young life then (I was 5) I am going with the '62 for today's vote, when I see the three now, I still take more interest in the '62. Tie for the '61 & '63, I can't pick a winner there.
A later discovered fact about the '62. My Uncle Chuck (Aunt Do's husband at the time) worked for Chevrolet and through a local Chevrolet dealership here in Metro-Detroit, ordered the '62 with the 409 package. I remember the badges on the car and my dad used to have photos of the car, engine and paperwork that indicated it. Another part of story is, in '66 when they split up, it was an ugly situation. Aunt Do took the new '66 Buick Riviera they had and hid it in my uncle's garage in Pontiac and the Impala was hidden in our garage for over a year. When things were all settled, dad drove the '62 for a while. I am not sure what happened to that car. My facts may be a bit fuzzy on some things, but I remember that '62 being around for quite some time, as was the Riviera, which my aunt kept until she traded it in on a new '73 Riviera.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
Topic starter
18/04/2023 5:59 pm
Love them all. Long time fan of the '63 so it's #1. Next is the '61 followed closely by the '62.
John Bono
North Jersey