Honest question… what changed in the 60’s?

[Bill Pritchard]

It's a great question, but one that probably has no single definitive answer. Different people are going to have different opinions, and there's probably not enough bandwidth on this Site to publish them all.

A little more than ten years after the issue of Hot Rod magazine that you pictured, Hot Rod was featuring custom vans, and I thought the world as I knew it had come to an end.

[LetsFNgo]

Originally Posted by Bill Pritchard

It's a great question, but one that probably has no single definitive answer. Different people are going to have different opinions, and there's probably not enough bandwidth on this Site to publish them all.

A little more than ten years after the issue of Hot Rod magazine that you pictured, Hot Rod was featuring custom vans, and I thought the world as I knew it had come to an end.

It’s fascinating reading magazines from the early 70’s because they really believed the new 1975 emissions standards were going to literally mean the end of the automobile. They interview Henry Ford II in one and he discusses how it will put Ford out of business. Gas companies paying for ads telling people that the new no lead gas won’t kill their cars as long as compression isn’t too high. It’s very interesting to read with what we know today.

I just miss the innocence of the early 60’s magazines. The man(George Hurst) put his nephew front and center to say he won’t be the next John Glenn or President, but will be a great American.

[R68GTO]

Agree, lots of factors but I believe if you want to point to one thing that created most of the change is communication technology. It has changed nearly every facet of life for most people.