1965 and older - Whats your most favorite GM cars and why?

Alright - lets hear from the H.A.M.B. masses...
Whats your Favorite GM vehicles from 1965 back - as early as you want...
It can be for styling reasons, technology, powertrain, whatever reason.
If you could buy 100 of the most significant GM vehicles from 1965 back, what would be on the list (ya don't need to put all 100 in your reply, but if you really have 100 - pm me)...

 

mine are as follows-
1954 chevy 210 2 door
1958 chevy biscayne 2 door (my dad's first car)
1957 chevy apache pickup
and last, 1959 cadillac convertible.

 

1961 Olds-doesn't get any better than this car for me from GM......
1959 Olds
1959 Impala
1963-5 Riviera
1957 Chevy

 

57 Pontiac Safari
1961 Pontiac Safari

 

Thats a hard one...
mine are;
the 1959 impala
1958 impala convertible
1929 cadillac model 70 v16 police car
1953 sedan delivery
1959 eldorado
1954 corvette
1961 olds
1939 chevrolet
this could be a really long list

 

X2
61 Olds. Beautiful car.

 

'59 Pontiac - first 389, first wide-track, and how many cars had two pair of tailfins?

It would be hard to pick from to choose, though, I'd probably end up with a good 25 or 30 cars anyways, mostly 55-60 and 37-40 and mostly Pontiac, Buick and Oldsmobile. With a couple 49-52's thrown in for good measure.

 

Mine is a 1938 Chevy 2dr Sedan. I have owned it since 1978 but time to let it go. Too many cars and projects. It's in the classified section. I don't drive it much any more since I bought the 40 Pickup.


And no, I don't need to ask my wife!

 

49-52 chevy
50 olds coupe
57 chevy conv
57 olds
65 gto
65 caddy
41 caddy

 

59 impala. - I love the styling. My all time fav car
64 gto - ushered in a new era for hot rods
55 chevy 210 - never will forget american graffiti
64 chevelle - so much fun with a 327 & 4 speed
54 chevy 210 - lowered and flaked is the way to go
40-41 chevy - wow what a car

most chevy/pontiacs in the 50's I love. Also early 60's chevy are fun too

 

1. 55 Chevy Nomad 283 auto a/c
2. 57 Corvette 283 4spd
3. 58 Chevy Impala Hardtop 348 4spd
4. 64 Chevy Impala SS, 409 4spd
5. 54 Chevy BelAir 2door Hardtop
6. 51 Chevy 2door hardtop
7. 38 Chevy rumble seat Coupe
8. 65 Chevy Impala SS Station Wagon 427 auto a/c
9. 63 Pontiac GTO
10. 64 Pontiac Grand Prix
11. 58 Pontiac Bonneville
12. 37 Pontiac 4door Sedan
13. 36 Olds Coach
14. 41 Olds Sedan
15. 47 Olds Sedanette
16. 56 Olds 4door Hardtop
17. 64 Olds 4door hardtop
18. 51 Pontiac Station Wagon
19. 49 Olds Station Wagon
50. 57 Cad Coupe De Ville
the list goes on and on...

 

Mostly for styling reasons...

61 Cad cpe deville

61 Chev bubble top (have one)

54 Bel Air sedan or HT

57 Eldorado Brougham (that car took balls to build/market)

65 Riviera

41 Buick Roadmaster cpe (although I've never seen one)

41 Cad Model 62 cpe

32 Cad V-16 Fleetwood sedan

57 Olds 2dr HT

59 El Camino

This could go on and on

 

my picks

55 chev
56 chev
57 chev
58 chev
63 vette split window
62 chev 409 4spd

 

49-65 PU's
53 deluxe
64 caddy
65 malibu
59 Impala
61 Impala
62 Impala
64 Impala
64 Riviera
and on and on and on....................

 

I have a hard time picking favorites, but a short list would include:

'63 Pontiac GP

'64 Catalina

'Tri 5 Nomad and Safari wagons

'66 Pontac Bonneville convert (the only one on the list I've ever actually had!)

Brian

 

1) 58 Chevy Impala Rag Top
Went to the prom in one a long time ago.

2) 59 Chevy Impala Rag Top
Cool fins!

3) 55-59 Buick Rag Top
Not sure why but I just think they're cool.

4) Any Rag Top!
Because it's a RAG TOP!!

 

'64 Z16 Chevelle
'63 Split-Window
63-5 Riv
30-5 Cars/Trucks/Yes

 

GTO did not appear until '64

 

Tri 5's 2doors and Wagons
53-65 Vettes
58-64 Impala's 2doors and Wagons
49-65 Caddy's Coupes
62-65 Nova's 2 doors and Wagons
64-65 Chevelle's 2 doors and wagons
59-65 ElCamino's
30's-65 all Trucks
64-65 Rivi's (love the 65's)

 

1941 kanardly sport coupe

 

I'm going to keep this non-Chevy to avoid monotony for everyone's sake.

Dependability
1) '64 Buick Electra & Wildcats-First year for Turbo400 trans so you've got basically a maintenene free, bullitproof combination, to a certain extent of course.
2) '53 Buick Hardtop (bigger bodied V8 models with a manual trans only) - The year was a first for hydraulic lifters, 12V electrical, very dependable car even by today's standards.

Styling
1) '58 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty-This is the 4-dr hardtop model with the entire lower rear quarter panel covered by a huge chrome or stainless panel.
2) '59 Buick Electra hardtop or convertible.

 

I haven't heard of the kanardly for quite some time now. I know there are more of them out there than any one manufacture has made.

 

well theone model i have owned frequently is the rolls kanardly

 

in no particular order:

37 chevy coupe

32 chevy coupe

39 buick 2-dr sedan

64 gto

any chrome bumper corvette

any 1st generation riviera

61 impala

55 - 57 caddy

 

1. '65 Chevelle (for obvious reasons)
2. '63 Riv
3. '56 Chevy 210
4. '34 Chevy 3 window coupe
5. '61 Olds 88
6. '59 El Camino
7. '62 Bel Air bubbletop
8. '61 Buick Invicta
9. Any solid axle 'Vette
10. '62 Pontiac Catalina

 

61 Impala bubbletop
61 Buick Invicta
55 Chevy business coupe
58 Impala
61 or 62 belair wagon

 

65 Chevy Biscayne...obligatory big block under the hood and delete plates in the dash....I love the lines and the trim....lots of "one year" stuff on that car.

I have countless other favorites too. But the ones I like the most, are the ones I own.

 

Still love the lines of the first hot rod I ever bought 20 years ago.
1962 Impala

 

I like the '59 lineup from GM, Buick, Impala, Caddy, Bonneville, ect. They were (supposedly) a reaction to Virgil Exner's new '57 Mopar designs and they displayed the most fins and futuristic styling that GM ever put out.

I also like the 42-48 Chevy Fleetline Aerosedans, especially the 42 and 46, very smooth, futuristic styling for the time.

 

My favorites list - I may be a little biased toward Chevy....

61 Impala Bubbletop (have one)
62 Biscayne or Bel Air 2 dr sedan (brother has one) (dad had one)
65 El Camino (had one)
59 El Camino (will get one eventually)
47 Chevy (grandpa had one)
55 Chevy (any style will do)
60-66 Chevy or GMC pickup
60 Cadillac
59 Buicks (I dont know why either)