THE CARS OF 1960 EXPLAIN WHY YOUR GRANDPARENTS DRIVE DIFFERENTLY: OK, I get why they were underpowered. But take a look at the dull-as-dishwater 1960 Ford Falcon atop this new Popular Mechanics post. What explains Detroit’s awful styling lacuna in the early 1960s – the era of Rat Pack swank and JFK’s optimistic New Frontier – coming after the gorgeous giant tailfins of the late ’50s and before the exuberant muscle cars of the late ‘60s?