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The Year Is: 1962

The Year Is: 1962 14 members have voted

  1. 1. Which economy car would you choose?

    • Chevrolet Corvair
      21%
      3
    • Volkswagen Type 3
      0%
      0
    • Chevrolet Chevy II Nova
      21%
      3
    • Dodge Lancer
      0%
      0
    • Ford Falcon
      7%
      1
    • Mercury Comet
      7%
      1
    • Oldsmobile Cutlass (F-85, Jetfire, etc)
      21%
      3
    • Plymouth Valiant
      0%
      0
    • Pontiac Tempest
      14%
      2
    • Rambler American
      0%
      0
    • Volkswagen Beetle
      0%
      0
    • Renault Dauphine
      0%
      0
    • Other (Post a pic!)
      7%
      1

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The Year Is: 1962

The year is 1962. You've just graduated High School and you're going to head off to college in the fall. Partly as a graduation present and partly because your current car isn't terribly weatherproof;

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your parents have decided to pay half the cost of a new economy car for you. The question is, which one?

Chevrolet Corvair

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Volkswagen Type 3

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Chevrolet Chevy II Nova

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Dodge Lancer

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Ford Falcon

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Mercury Comet

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Oldsmobile Cutlass

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Plymouth Valiant

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Pontiac Tempest

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Rambler American

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Volkswagen Beetle

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Renault Dauphine

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I know that I am going to be in the minority here, but I am going to say Corvair.

Corvair, followed by Tempest.

chevy II, Olds, Valiant (max wedge exchange after college), corvair (not my fav body style)

Yeah, clete, the 2nd-gen Corvair is a timeless beauty, the first-gen is on par with its contemporaries, just not a knock-out like the 2nd-gen car.

Why you gotta pick on the little Rambler? It's a simple box with a 2013 Fusion grille.

Yikes. Was actually putting my hands on my #1 choice today : Tempest, then the Cutlass.

I'm with Rog tho - go full-size if you want a real car.

Could not find a decent representative ex on Utube.

My buddy has had numerous 2G Corvairs, but I haven't seen one of his running in many years.

However, yes; they do have a unique sound. A combo of raspy & burbly is as best as I can word it.

They sound like six angels sitting on clouds playing the harp in unison.

If ordered with a straight six, three on the tree (and some stealthy option choices) wouldn't this qualify?

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That Nova body line running over the rear wheel arch into the rear bumper is present on Impalas, '00-up. It's subtle on the Impys, as it is not outlined with chrome, but it is there.

Camino...yes...that would qualify...

And I would be dumb enough to drop out of school, drop in a 409, and go racing.....

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Jetfire of course:

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Because there's nothing like it on the road today!

are you serious it says turbo-rocket fluid on there

'62 Tempest is OK... but I'd prefer a '61... or wait for '63.

They were a very well built car for the era...and Ford had a very good reputation as a builder of the "Tin Lizzie" cheap depoendable cars you could drive to work every day.

Thy were the Kia of that era, methinks.

I do like the '63.5 Falcon Sprint and Futura.

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