'41 Chrysler Newport Dual Cowl Phaeton

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 12/09/2015 at 12:30 • Filed to: None

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By !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Pictured one was up for auction a while back.

BringBackTheCommodore > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/09/2015 at 12:44

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It would be interesting to see a 300C set up like that.

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/09/2015 at 14:07

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That is outstanding. Why the dual cowl phaeton went out of style is beyond me. They are excellent

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 12/09/2015 at 14:12

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Something ultra classy about tandem separate convertible tops, absolutely. To exist, they kind of require a body that works with a phaeton top in the first place, though, and a split passenger compartment so that Jeeves has his own roof. Considering that the last car to even have a real phaeton top was the Jeepster, I can’t imagine the wealthy were clamoring for one after the 40s... If they were, it would have been news to Rolls, makers of the Corniche and nothing more involved in a convertible vein.

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/09/2015 at 14:15

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I suppose you are correct. At the very least they could bring back four door convertibles then.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 12/09/2015 at 14:18

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I think the mistake might be to assume that a dual-cowl only works for a luxury car. Put a feature like that on the right kind of retro gimmick car, and it might actually sell. It actually would make the structural engineering of a four-door convertible to modern standards much easier.