3798j wroteJust a guess:Make?...Year?
'60 Oldmobile.
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'60 Oldmobile.
sygazelle wroteIt is a '60 but it's not an Olds.Just a guess:
'60 Oldmobile.
3798j wroteWell, I know it's not a Buick or a Chevy, so by deduction, the only other car that makes sense is a '60 Pontiac. Frankly, I'd forgotten about the Pontiac brand. They had great cars on the '60s, including the one in your post, all of the GTOs and LeMans, and some of their full size cars were very stylish as I recall.It is a '60 but it's not an Olds.
sygazelle wroteA 1960 Pontiac Catalina it is...and another "bubbletop" too.Well, I know it's not a Buick or a Chevy, so by deduction, the only other car that makes sense is a '60 Pontiac. Frankly, I'd forgotten about the Pontiac brand. They had great cars on the '60s, including the one in your post, all of the GTOs and LeMans, and some of their full size cars were very stylish as I recall.
3798j wroteI know but I'm not certain of the year. I don't see an air vent by her leg so I'm guessing its the first year of this production model.Make, model, year...(love the gloves she's wearing)
Great vintage photo.
3798j wroteMaybe a 1956 Ford Thunderbird.Make, model, year...(love the gloves she's wearing)
3.0L wroteSo close.Maybe a 1956 Ford Thunderbird.
sygazelle wroteWith the absence of the air vent on the kick panel...you're right, 1955 Ford Thunderbird.I know but I'm not certain of the year. I don't see an air vent by her leg so I'm guessing its the first year of this production model.
Great vintage photo.
3798j wroteThey added the air vent in '56 so since I didn't see it, I was thinking '55.With the absence of the air vent on the kick panel...you're right, 1955 Ford Thunderbird.
The '57 dash was different so I knew is wasn't a '57.
To this day, I wish Ford had reintroduced the two seat Thunderbird with fins like the '57. I think it would have been a huge hit for them instead of a huge flop. They had a chance to create something iconic.
SpeedBuggy wroteYes! IMO possibly the ugliest design of the 60's.61 Plymouth Savoy?
3798j wroteYes it is.Yes! IMO possibly the ugliest design of the 60's.
On a side note, A unique feature of Chrysler Corporation vehicles, including Plymouth Savoy, Belvedere, and Fury models utilized a push-button automatic transmission gear selector located on the left-hand side of the dashboard from 1956 through 1964.
My grandfather and my mom both had early 60's Chrysler product cars with that feature.
SpeedBuggy wroteI took my first driving test in a 1963 Plymouth wagon that had push-button automatic.On a side note, A unique feature of Chrysler Corporation vehicles, including Plymouth Savoy, Belvedere, and Fury models utilized a push-button automatic transmission gear selector located on the left-hand side of the dashboard from 1956 through 1964.
My grandfather and my mom both had early 60's Chrysler product cars with that feature.
SpeedBuggy wroteIn 1957, our neighbor brought home a 1957 Plymouth Fury. I was just 8 at the time but I'll never forget all the dads going on and on about the push button gear selector on the left side of the steering wheel. I was already a GM guy so I coudn't understand what all the fuss was about!Yes it is.
On a side note, A unique feature of Chrysler Corporation vehicles, including Plymouth Savoy, Belvedere, and Fury models utilized a push-button automatic transmission gear selector located on the left-hand side of the dashboard from 1956 through 1964.
My grandfather and my mom both had early 60's Chrysler product cars with that feature.
3798j wroteThank you for telling it like it is (or was). I was going to comment about how ugly that car is an how it set my mind against Chrysler products in general, but then I thought, beauty is in the eye of the beholder so I let it go. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Here's a question: How can the design team think it was okay to share this design with the executives? A larger question: How did the executives ever approve this horrible mess?Yes! IMO possibly the ugliest design of the 60's.
3798j wroteI'm having one of those moments. Just today, I was driving home from seeing a friend in the hospital in Vallejo, California and my wife points out a classic car in a driveway. She knows I love them so she is always on the lookout. Anyway, I get home and see the post of this '61 Plymouth. I think, that looks just like the car my wife pointed out today. What are the odds?Make, model, year?
So, I figured that car I saw today had been sitting in place in that driveway for quite some time so maybe, just maybe, Google street view has a photo of it.
Well, here it is.
Llarry wroteCoincidentally, my first drive was also behind the wheel of the family's '63 Plymouth.I took my first driving test in a 1963 Plymouth wagon that had push-button automatic.
sygazelle wroteMuch has been written about what Chrysler's chief designer, Virgil Exner, negative view of the '61 Plymouth's ..."plucked chicken" look. Chrysler executives felt the company stayed with his favored jet age finned look and that the public had moved from it. The results were a late, last minute, altered (finless), awkward look.Thank you for telling it like it is (or was). I was going to comment about how ugly that car is an how it set my mind against Chrysler products in general, but then I thought, beauty is in the eye of the beholder so I let it go. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Here's a question: How can the design team think it was okay to share this design with the executives? A larger question: How did the executives ever approve this horrible mess?
3798j wroteJust wonderin' if ol' Virgil Exner knew Chis Bangled. No need to respond. I'm only kidding.... or am I?Much has been written about what Chrysler's chief designer, Virgil Exner, negative view of the '61 Plymouth's ..."plucked chicken" look. Chrysler executives felt the company stayed with his favored jet age finned look and that the public had moved from it. The results were a late, last minute, altered (finless), awkward look.
