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and appreciate that time some one at Chrysler said “screw mounting the headlights and taillights IN the body. thats so 1949.”
also Much mustache
You gotta love hoe flush that bumper is mounted, wh ich basically negates the pu r pose of a large metal bumper
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And the fun contradiction, the freestanding headlights hearken back to 1929.
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There were some really cool details on the ‘50's-’60's Imperials. Just look at these taillamps:
Just don’t call it a Chrysler Imperial :)
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The ‘61 “angryface” Fury also had freestanding taillights.
The headlight fairings were *only* extremely weird.
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A mash up of futuristic and past styling
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cool car
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Head of design team “you can’t make anything more aggressive than the 59 Buick”
designer said “hold my beer”
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Head of Fury design: “So, the ‘58 Lincoln. We...?”
Designer: “We fuckin’ like it. Definitely. Needs more weird spindle, though.”
Designer 2: “Yeah. Chrome swooshes, and fuck having dagmars. Need a weird grab-handle doohickey.”
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the Fury is obviously the inspiration for the Lexus Spindle.
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I keep saying that. Mostly in threads where Lightning Zone is posting about it being a good look,
to troll, but that doesn’t make it wrong.
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Virgil Exner and Bill Mitchell both had the same fascination with 1920s and 30s coachbuilt luxury cars, the difference is that GM usually exercised some restraint on Mitchell’s wilder ideas.