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WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985
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55CRL
Posted 2011-03-06 4:09 PM (#263680)
Subject: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985



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Location: Magra, Sweden		The WPC Club Annuaal Meeting in Detroit 1985. This was THE MEET of the century and we had an amazing event at the Proving Grounds showing one car for every year of Chrysler glorious history, from 1924 to date.



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3N57-2729
Posted 2011-03-07 1:05 AM (#263736 - in reply to #263680)
Subject: Re: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985



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Location: Kansas City		Great pictures! Thanks for sharing that great event from the past.
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C-300
Posted 2011-03-07 3:53 PM (#263799 - in reply to #263680)
Subject: RE: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985


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Great pics and a great event. I was behind the wheel of my Toreador Red '58 Belvedere (now in Australia). The car had about 7,500 miles on it at the time.

I had low miles too... I was 17 when the picture was taken.

Aaron Kahlenberg

1959 Fury Jr.
1960 Dodge Polara Station Wagon
1965 Plymouth Valiant 200 Convertible
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sconut1
Posted 2011-03-07 8:41 PM (#263847 - in reply to #263680)
Subject: Re: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985


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Location: Edmonton, Alberta		Great pics! For what it's worth, that Volare listed as a 1979 is actually a 1980 though. Don't want to end on a negative note though... it's great to see these photos!
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RDP
Posted 2011-03-08 10:58 AM (#263915 - in reply to #263680)
Subject: Re: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985



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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2011-03-08 11:43 AM (#263917 - in reply to #263847)
Subject: Re: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985



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sconut1 - 2011-03-08 5:41 PM

Great pics! For what it's worth, that Volare listed as a 1979 is actually a 1980 though. Don't want to end on a negative note though... it's great to see these photos!


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Picking nits, we say. However, in this case, it might be more like picking zits.

Whatever Chrysler made after 1969 is pretty much pus when compared to what
came before.
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d500neil
Posted 2011-03-08 5:03 PM (#263960 - in reply to #263680)
Subject: Re: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985



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Location: bishop, ca		That show area is known as Black Lake, due to its asphalt pavement.

The Turbine 1.jpeg shows the arrival of the Proving Ground's Turbine car, with some honchos inside it.

The T-car arrived while some of the members drove their cars around the high speed test track.

The 67 Dart belonged to Darrel Some-body, from St. Lake City, who always dressed in bronze colors which
matched the appearance of his car.

The factory brought out its first-ever-built Plymouth to the festivities, there, for the Group Photo, as you can
see in the first two of Thord's photos.

Aaron's dad, Sherwood, the WPC President (rank has its privileges) then, got to drive the T-car around
the Black Lake, that day.

I got to sit, and be photographed, in it.

Those WERE the days, my friends....






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Lancer Mike
Posted 2011-03-08 5:25 PM (#263968 - in reply to #263917)
Subject: Re: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985



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Doctor DeSoto - 2011-03-08 9:43 AM
Whatever Chrysler made after 1969 is pretty much pus when compared to what
came before.


The owner of that '31 Imperial would probably say the same about our cars! I like them all, right up to and (especially) that '82 K-car town and country convertible! I have always liked those.
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d500neil
Posted 2011-03-08 5:35 PM (#263973 - in reply to #263680)
Subject: Re: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985



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Location: bishop, ca		The owner of that 31 IMP dual cowl phaeton was one cool dude.

We had a tremendous rain storm 1 (-2) night(s), at the motel (which featured 360-degree parking around it, so that
all-nite bull-sessions occurred as we walked from one car/party to the next one---learning great info about
each car, in the process)....but, the phaeton's owner would not cover his car, and would be seen bailing it out each
morning, saying that getting it and its leather upholstery be rained upon was no big deal, and that it had happened
'many' time before.




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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2011-03-08 10:29 PM (#263997 - in reply to #263968)
Subject: Re: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985



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Lancer Mike - 2011-03-09 2:25 PM

The owner of that '31 Imperial would probably say the same about our cars! I like them all, right up to and (especially) that '82 K-car town and country convertible! I have always liked those.


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Back in my early car days, I heard MANY pre-war car fan (of which, at that time, they FAR
outnumbered fin fans) say exactly that ..... essentially, "WTF do you want with one of THOSE
ugly things?"

Conversely, as a kid I enthusiastically watched the new cars every year, regularly visiting
the dealerships with my other car nut friend and "dreaming" of when we could drive them
ourselves. By 1970, the game was largely over ... body styling got fat and bulbous, big go-
fast was replaced with stickers and decals, engines drowned in emissions hoses and wiring,
interiors lost that "wide open" feel.
Granted, there are some cars made post-70 that are interesting looking in their own right,
but roll a 57 New Yorker up beside one and there simply is no comparison.

I guess it is all what you demand from a car. After 1960, what I want in a car slowly dwindled
to zero.
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sconut1
Posted 2011-03-09 12:39 AM (#264015 - in reply to #263680)
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta		I saw that little T&C convertible too Lancer Mike. They were really neat cars in their day. That '81 Imperial caught my eye as well. I'm told the Imperials were a little tempremental but, the technology in those cars was pretty advanced for their day.
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58 DESOTOS RULE
Posted 2011-03-09 1:45 AM (#264024 - in reply to #264015)
Subject: Re: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985



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Great pictures indeed! That was a great show. I didn't get there in time to attend the meeting at the Chrysler Proving Ground but I did get to see the Cobo Hall car show on Saturday and the banquet in the evening. Great days!

I had a 1982 Dodge 400 2-door in those days that I had purchased new and I went to the show in that. It was a decent enough car although I didn't like the vagueness of the shifter (it was a special order manual box car) I seem to remember reading that Chrysler improved the shift lever in later years.



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55CRL
Posted 2011-03-09 3:40 PM (#264079 - in reply to #263973)
Subject: Re: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985



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d500neil - 2011-03-08 11:35 PM

The owner of that 31 IMP dual cowl phaeton was one cool dude.

We had a tremendous rain storm 1 (-2) night(s), at the motel (which featured 360-degree parking around it, so that
all-nite bull-sessions occurred as we walked from one car/party to the next one---learning great info about
each car, in the process)....but, the phaeton's owner would not cover his car, and would be seen bailing it out each
morning, saying that getting it and its leather upholstery be rained upon was no big deal, and that it had happened
'many' time before.



It was great, no trailer queen, those cars where built to be driven. He drove the 31 Imp from one of the north east states (New Hampshire?) and back again.
And it spent the week in the parking lot with all the other cars.
The Airflow DeSoto did also belong to Chrysler Historical Collection.

This one is also a cool car from the Chrysler fellows, those hotshots seems to have a great time.



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Lancer Mike
Posted 2011-03-09 6:01 PM (#264098 - in reply to #264079)
Subject: Re: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985



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Lancer Mike
Posted 2011-03-09 6:09 PM (#264099 - in reply to #263680)
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Location: The Mile High City		The only car I would have replaced at the Proving Grounds tarmac would be the 300G. I have nothing against the 300G and that is an excellent example, but 1961 should have been represented by the final De Soto! Just a little tip-of-the-hat to a great marque.

Just as if they recreated the event today, you would want 2008(?) to be represented by the last Plymouth.

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sparky7
Posted 2011-03-09 10:22 PM (#264118 - in reply to #264099)
Subject: RE: WPC Club celebrating Chrysler 60 years at Chelsea Proving Grounds 1985


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Check out the serial number tag (inside door) on the Turbine Car . . . just like any of ours!

I wonder what's on it . . . LD5 00XXX ? ?

Sparky
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