Transportation

Transportation in 1960s

During the 1960s there were 3 major vehicle manufacturers Ford, GM, and Chrysler. The companies haven't only built cars and vans but they also have made trucks and SUVs, and that is what I'm going to tell you about now. ** Ford  1966 Ford Bronco ** ** The bronco was unique because of it being cheap small alternative four-wheel-drive vehicle to the Jeep. That's the reason it was so popular for that decade on top of being something you would not see many of them. ** **The Mustang during the 1960s era had nine different styles and performance ranges to choose from for the 1969 model year they ranged from the standard coupe: $2618 style to the GT500 convertible: $5027 also they had the boss 302 or the boss 429 styles to choose from, the boss 302 and 429 meant they had a choice of engines which were a 302 cubic inch or 429 cubic inch engine. The production numbers for the Mustang during that year ranged from 504 for the deluxe with bench seats to 118,613 for the standard coupe. What made the Mustang so popular for the 1960s was the fact that it was a very small and light car with such big engine choices; they were also geared toward the first time car buyers, women and etc. **  (GeneralMotors) Chevrolet **The Chevrolet Suburban was a unique vehicle for its time as well as the bronco was because of the four doors, because there was no four-door trucks around back then, like the suburban that was a large full size vehicle that was four-wheel-drive. **
 * 1969 Ford Mustang **

(GeneralMotors) Chevrolet Camero The Chevrolet Camaro just like the Ford Mustang was a cheap affordable car for the first time car buyer and that is why was so popular, also later just like the Mustang to Camaro got bigger engines such as: the 302 that was exclusive to the Camaro Z-28 and 427 that were in the Yanko Cameros.

General Motors (Dodge and Jeep divisions of the Chrysler Corp.) Dodge Power Wagon **The Dodge Power Wagon was also a popular truck because of it being four-wheel-drive, but at first it was a military truck, it eventually came to be a civilian truck as well. **

Jeep CJ5 (Civilian Jeep) **One model of Jeep in the 1960's that was popular was the Jeep CJ5, it was popular because there wasn't many vehicles like it, one of the only vehicles that was compareible was the Ford Bronco and like the Dodge Power Wagon the Jeep brand saw millitary use then it eventually a civilian vehicle.**