1960 big cars

[TC Chris]

For you big-car guys, there was a nice piece on three big 1960 cars, all convertibles: Series 62 Cadillac, Chrysler 300, Lincoln Continental in the July-Aug. '22 Hagerty Drivers Club magazine (No. 4). It's a humorous and affectionate appraisal with photos, shot in that mecca of Midcentury design, Palm Springs, CA. The author calls 'em "fin cars." Here's the last sentence: "If forced to pick a side, reliable machines for reasonable people or tailfinned schmaltz for daydreaming nitwits, we stand proudly with the dreamers who wanted in their cars a taste of the optimistic future." Yay, me too.

Just to be balanced, the same issue had articles on the Lamborghini Countach and old Porsches (can you hear me snoring?). And on the virtues of parts cars. I just woke up.

You might find the magazine at a library.

Chris Campbell