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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2010-09-25 3:21 PM (#242924 - in reply to #242904)
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Ray's Auto Wrecking in Everett, Wa. looked like that well into the 1990's. Not quite that deep
.... 4, maybe 5 cars high ?

I went by there last winter to see if he was still there - I wanted the trim tags off a 58 Plaza -
and there is no sign the place ever existed ! Buried under an avalanche of tract homes.
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Windsor59
Posted 2010-09-25 3:36 PM (#242926 - in reply to #242924)
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Found this pics at Hemmings some site. It was built at Chrysler 300? Concept car or ....
At people cloth at the back gound the pic from 70´s?

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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2010-09-25 3:43 PM (#242929 - in reply to #242926)
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Looks to have some Imperial lineage in it.
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Windsor59
Posted 2010-09-25 3:57 PM (#242930 - in reply to #242929)
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Imperial has curved side windows are not straight as this
"-Looks to have some Imperial lineage in it. "
Maby it is 60 Imperial roof like you say.

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soiouz
Posted 2010-09-26 9:32 AM (#242993 - in reply to #242880)
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Highball57 - 2010-09-25 9:11 AM

And, that Windsor-wagon, despite showing no rust (NV car) or body damage/deterioration
has a decidedly non-shiny paint job---probably so that it would not reflect the images of
the on-location film crew/lighting, in the background.


d500Neil,

In photos and films, they use "dulling spray" to reduce glare exactly as you surmised.
Look closely at cars in film and you can see many examples of its usage. Directors often
had their crew remove trim items, too; maybe they wanted a "strippo-look" wagon and
purposely de-trimmed the Windsor, then repainted it in a duller hue.

This link is from the Movie Car Database...

TG


I thought the Windsor was intended to be produced without trims on the side, as this pre-production picture shows (from the 1956 ChryCo Annual report):





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D500Jim
Posted 2010-09-27 6:02 AM (#243134 - in reply to #81647)
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1957 Plymouth Belvedere at Northwest Expressway to Loop in Chicago, Illinois

1957 Plymouth Belvedere at Northwest Expressway to Loop in Chicago, Illinois

http://dodge.forwardlook.eu/postcards/plymouth.php

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soiouz
Posted 2010-09-27 9:01 AM (#243142 - in reply to #81647)
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I spot a 1957 Dodge on the left here.

http://cgi.ebay.com/D9632-Canada-Ste-Anne-Beaupre-Zenith-Motel-Post...

This was taken at Zenith Motel, Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada.





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D500Jim
Posted 2010-09-27 10:06 AM (#243148 - in reply to #243142)
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soiouz - 2010-09-27 3:01 PM I spot a 1957 Dodge on the left here. http://cgi.ebay.com/D9632-Canada-Ste-Anne-Beaupre-Zenith-Motel-Post... This was taken at Zenith Motel, Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada.

Thanks David! It is a 1957 Dodge.

The motel is still there. Too bad the sign is not...

 





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soiouz
Posted 2010-09-27 10:15 AM (#243149 - in reply to #243148)
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D500Jim - 2010-09-27 10:06 AM

Thanks David! It is a 1957 Dodge.

The motel is still there. Too bad the sign is not...

 




You're welcome!
Glad to see this motel is still there!


By the way, Jim, did you see my post about the 1958 Dodge Kingsway on the last page of this thread?
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D500Jim
Posted 2010-09-27 10:37 AM (#243150 - in reply to #243149)
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soiouz - 2010-09-27 4:15 PM did you see my post about the 1958 Dodge Kingsway on the last page of this thread?

I did, but did not yet take the time to 'reconsider' (LOL!).

Reason I  did think it is a Regent is because of the paint patern on the rear quarter, as far as it can be seen. The Regent has it low, before the wheel well.

Could it's region of origin maybe be seen b y it's license plate (color)?

 





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D500Jim
Posted 2010-09-27 10:49 AM (#243152 - in reply to #242900)
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soiouz - 2010-09-25 6:22 PM  By the way, did you receive the two emails I sent you regarding some cars that were not correctly identified on your site?

I did not, could you please send it to me again? Maybe PM through the FWDLK forum?

You (all) should know I do appreciate help with identifying very much!!! I kinda know 1957 Dodge - I like to think -, but there's more Forward Look.

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vedette
Posted 2010-09-27 10:56 AM (#243156 - in reply to #243150)
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D500Jim - 2010-09-27 10:37 AM

soiouz - 2010-09-27 4:15 PM did you see my post about the 1958 Dodge Kingsway on the last page of this thread?

I did, but did not yet take the time to 'reconsider' (LOL!).

Reason I  did think it is a Regent is because of the paint patern on the rear quarter, as far as it can be seen. The Regent has it low, before the wheel well.

Could it's region of origin maybe be seen b y it's license plate (color)?

 



Mexican plates,looks like '60-'61 issue http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/NA_MEXI.html





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soiouz
Posted 2010-09-27 11:00 AM (#243157 - in reply to #81647)
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Kingsways came in all the same trim than Plymouths, depending on their level of trim: Custom or Deluxe... The Deluxe had the lower, Savoy trim that we see on this mexican 1958 one in Arizona.

In the FL era, the Kingsway name was not used in Canada, and the Crusader/Regent/Mayfair (Viscount for 1959) were the Canadian models.


You can see it here in this european brochure:





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D500Jim
Posted 2010-09-27 11:16 AM (#243158 - in reply to #243157)
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soiouz - 2010-09-27 5:00 PM Kingsways came in all the same trim than Plymouths, depending on their level of trim: Custom or Deluxe... The Deluxe had the lower, Savoy trim that we see on this mexican 1958 one in Arizona. In the FL era, the Kingsway name was not used in Canada, and the Crusader/Regent/Mayfair (Viscount for 1959) were the Canadian models. You can see it here in this european brochure:

I'm convinced (with the license plate info added too)! And thanks for your PM comments on my web site too, really do appreciate that!



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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2010-09-27 11:31 AM (#243161 - in reply to #243156)
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D500Jim - 2010-09-27 10:37 AM

soiouz - 2010-09-27 4:15 PM did you see my post about the 1958 Dodge Kingsway on the last page of this thread?

I did, but did not yet take the time to 'reconsider' (LOL!).

Reason I  did think it is a Regent is because of the paint patern on the rear quarter, as far as it can be seen. The Regent has it low, before the wheel well.

Could it's region of origin maybe be seen b y it's license plate (color)?

 



Mexican plates,looks like '60-'61 issue http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/NA_MEXI.html



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Also note the roof rack for carrying bales of marijuana over the border !
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SavoyPlaza
Posted 2010-09-27 4:57 PM (#243214 - in reply to #81647)
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And I thought the rack was for outdoor siesta!

That Zenith sign was impressive, it seemed to dwarf the whole motel!

Two more:
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Posted 2010-09-27 8:25 PM (#243243 - in reply to #242926)
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Windsor59 - 2010-09-25 3:36 PM

Found this pics at Hemmings some site. It was built at Chrysler 300? Concept car or ....
At people cloth at the back gound the pic from 70´s?


The tail lights are from a 53/54 mercury. Probably someones kustom job.
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Windsor59
Posted 2010-09-28 2:39 AM (#243276 - in reply to #243243)
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Plymouth 56 STW? and 56 Windsor?

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D500Jim
Posted 2010-09-28 9:07 AM (#243297 - in reply to #81647)
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1958 Dodge Custom Sierra & 1957 Plymouth Savoy at Main Street in Siren, Wisconsin

1958 Dodge Custom Sierra & 1957 Plymouth Savoy at Main Street in Siren, Wisconsin

1958 Dodge Custom Sierra at Main Street in Siren, Wisconsin

(1958 Dodge ForwardLook postcards)

1957 Plymouth Savoy at Main Street in Siren, Wisconsin

(Plymouth ForwardLook postcards)

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SavoyPlaza
Posted 2010-09-28 3:47 PM (#243340 - in reply to #81647)
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"I slip back in time, and I find my feet, down on Main Street"

A few more, the second being Disneyland (with a kool '62 Dart taxi, as well as the '60 Chrysler);
and the third being Los Angeles airport, I believe, correct me if I'm wrong.
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soiouz
Posted 2010-09-28 6:54 PM (#243374 - in reply to #81647)
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Rare 1961 Desoto on this postcard from eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Parisienne-Motel-1277-Taschereau-Blvd-Montreal-...

That motel is gone now..





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Posted 2010-09-28 6:56 PM (#243376 - in reply to #243142)
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soiouz - 2010-09-27 9:01 AM

I spot a 1957 Dodge on the left here.

http://cgi.ebay.com/D9632-Canada-Ste-Anne-Beaupre-Zenith-Motel-Post...

This was taken at Zenith Motel, Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada.



Taken on the same day, from the other side of the street:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1950-Eats-Zenith-Motel-Bilodeau-Ste-Anne-Beaupr...





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Ray Bell
Posted 2010-09-28 7:03 PM (#243379 - in reply to #81647)
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This thread continues to turn up amazing stuff... SavoyPlaza, where is the race car shot taken?
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Posted 2010-09-29 4:38 PM (#243529 - in reply to #243379)
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Dodge 58? SPRENGER'S LAKEVIEW MOTEL O-nek-a-ma Mich



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Posted 2010-09-29 4:58 PM (#243544 - in reply to #81647)
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Windsor59 - 2010-09-29 4:38 PM

Dodge 58? SPRENGER'S LAKEVIEW MOTEL O-nek-a-ma Mich



Wow!! That's a rare 1958 regal Lancer!




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SavoyPlaza
Posted 2010-09-30 7:50 AM (#243663 - in reply to #81647)
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I'm sorry, Ray, I don't have a location for that photo.

Those are some great postcards, David, but I'm not 100% that's a '61 DeSoto, I can't pick out the side trim that well. If you could ask the gentleman to please move his Ford, we'd have a better look-see.

Here's two more, the first is me and Julio down by the schoolyard, with Sister Mary Candlestick.
The next features a superlative '61 Plymouth at Viagra Falls.
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Posted 2010-09-30 8:08 AM (#243665 - in reply to #81647)
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Well, would you like to know?

I can readily post that pic and the former race car pic elsewhere and get definitive answers on both, I'm sure.
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Posted 2010-09-30 8:44 AM (#243669 - in reply to #81647)
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While we're looking for locations..., does anybody know where this photo of a 1958 Dodge at a Speedee Mart is taken?

 





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Posted 2010-09-30 8:48 AM (#243670 - in reply to #81647)
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And what sporty car that is parked in front of the shop on the left...

And that 2-door leftover from the forties!
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Posted 2010-09-30 10:03 AM (#243676 - in reply to #81647)
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My favourite combination: 1957 Dodge with an Airstream travel trailer!
And ther are other Forward Look cars also.
From the book “Airstream, The History Of The Land Yacht”, by Bryan Burkhart and David Hunt.




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Posted 2010-09-30 10:56 AM (#243688 - in reply to #81647)
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From a 1957 insurance advertisement that I clipped out of an old magazine. Pretty recognizable lines.

 

 

 



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A vintage postcard I snagged off fleaBay last night of the Tampa airport

 

 

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From a 1957 insurance advertisement that I clipped out of an old magazine. Pretty recognizable lines.

 

 

 



The car's not bad, either.

K.
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A vintage postcard I snagged off fleaBay last night of the Tampa airport

 

 



I once owned a '56 Olds Holiday 98. The two Olds in this photo appear to be 88s. Love the Plymouth sedan and that now retro control tower.

K.
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Kenny J. - 2010-09-30 11:30 AM

I once owned a '56 Olds Holiday 98. The two Olds in this photo appear to be 88s. Love the Plymouth sedan and that now retro control tower. K.

 

I took my first airline flight during the winter of 1971 aboard Eastern (The Wings Of Man they used to advertise) to Tampa, Florida to see my grandparents. I was 11 but wasn't aware of the fact that Florida had a warmer climate that didn't include snow. Needless to say, I was utterly amazed when we stepped off the airplane that day! Then there was the overhead train that ran from the terminal to the parking garage...



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Posted 2010-10-01 4:28 AM (#243822 - in reply to #242926)
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Windsor59 - 2010-09-25 2:36 PM Found this pics at Hemmings some site. It was built at Chrysler 300? Concept car or ....

The Chrysler custom pictured above was featured in a 4-page article in the October 1958 issue of Motor Life magazine.  The car also appeared on the cover of the mag.

Here are some facts from the article:  The car was commissioned by Harry Dundore of Baltimore, Maryland, and built by Gordon Vann of Berkeley, California.  The car's styling was inspired by a single side view of a Ghia design.  A Chrysler 300C chassis was used, and lowered 5 inches.  Most of the body was fabricated from aluminum.  '57 Plymouth convertible doors were used, but re-skinned.  The back glass was a '57 Plymouth windshield turned upside down.  Taillights were '54 Mercury.  Moldings around the grille and headlights were formed from copper and chrome plated.  The interior had four bucket seats upholstered in white leather.  Stewart-Warner gages were used on the dash.  The car took 13 months to build, at a cost of $11,700!



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Posted 2010-10-01 6:07 AM (#243823 - in reply to #243822)
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Windsor59 - 2010-09-25 2:36 PM Found this pics at Hemmings some site. It was built at Chrysler 300? Concept car or ....

The Chrysler custom pictured above was featured in a 4-page article in the October 1958 issue of Motor Life magazine.  The car also appeared on the cover of the mag.

Here are some facts from the article:  The car was commissioned by Harry Dundore of Baltimore, Maryland, and built by Gordon Vann of Berkeley, California.  The car's styling was inspired by a single side view of a Ghia design.  A Chrysler 300C chassis was used, and lowered 5 inches.  Most of the body was fabricated from aluminum.  '57 Plymouth convertible doors were used, but re-skinned.  The back glass was a '57 Plymouth windshield turned upside down.  Taillights were '54 Mercury.  Moldings around the grille and headlights were formed from copper and chrome plated.  The interior had four bucket seats upholstered in white leather.  Stewart-Warner gages were used on the dash.  The car took 13 months to build, at a cost of $11,700!



Thanks Brain for all informations. Funny they: "The back glass was a '57 Plymouth windshield turned upside down" now I can see it.

I read at your magazine front side Windsor X-3. Can you tell more abouth it and any pics?

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Posted 2010-10-01 7:24 AM (#243831 - in reply to #243823)
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Windsor59 - 2010-10-01 5:07 AM I read at your magazine front side Windsor X-3. Can you tell more abouth it and any pics?

There is only a brief editor's note saying that Chrysler cancelled the Windsor X-3 after the magazine's cover had already gone to the presses.  So information about the X-3 was removed at the last minute... 

 

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Posted 2010-10-01 7:44 AM (#243835 - in reply to #243831)
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OK I has see a pic in a Book Chrysler 75 years? and X-3 was a Windsor with a big/fast engie?
Have any here that pic from the book or ather pics and history abouth X-3

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Posted 2010-10-01 11:13 AM (#243858 - in reply to #81647)
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Regarding those racing Sporty Cars posted by SavoyPlaza, the blue one on this page carrying No 12 is a Maserati 250, raced by Connell, it's pictured at Montgomery. I'm fairly sure that this would have been a 4-cylinder 2.5-litre car of about 1956/7.

The other one, back a page, is a Lister Bristol. Listers were built in Britain and many used Jaguar engines, but some had the 2-litre Bristol six that came from BMW's pre-war 328. I was fooled into thinking it was a V8-engined Lister, but the Bristol engine had three carburettors sitting atop the six (inlet ports right in the middle of the top of the head!) and had the exhausts on the right. Driver was Bob Colombosian, it's taken at Thompson Raceway.

The photos are apparently by Dave Nicholas and are at a site called barcboys.com
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Posted 2010-10-01 1:35 PM (#243869 - in reply to #81647)
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Regarding the Chrysler custom... what ever became of it? The photos of it on the top of this page (26) definitely look like they were taken in the mid to late 70s.

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Posted 2010-10-01 3:49 PM (#243882 - in reply to #243869)
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djMikulec - 2010-10-01 12:35 PM Regarding the Chrysler custom... what ever became of it? The photos of it on the top of this page (26) definitely look like they were taken in the mid to late 70s.

See Bobby Ewing's post here: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2010/09/07/from-the-hemmings-nation-flickr-pool-non-ghia-ghia-chrysler/

 

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Posted 2010-10-01 4:14 PM (#243885 - in reply to #243835)
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Windsor59 - 2010-10-01 6:44 AM OK I has see a pic in a Book Chrysler 75 years? and X-3 was a Windsor with a big/fast engie? Have any here that pic from the book or ather pics and history abouth X-3

Joakim, now you have got me curious about the Windsor X-3!  Maybe this topic should have its own thread?

Here is a description from the October 1958 issue of Popular Science magazine (page 119): "Chrysler makes news with a fourth model-- the Windsor X-3, to be made in red and white or red and black two-tone bodies only.  This has a high-performance 383-cu.in. engine with two four-barrel carbs."

The October 1991 issue of Collectible Automobile contained a history of the 1957-1959 Chryslers.  Regarding the '59 models, author Richard Langworth wrote:  "Planned, but hastily withdrawn, were a 300-like Windsor 'X3' convertible and hardtop coupe with deluxe interiors and 350 bhp (the idea would resurface in 1962's 'non-letter' 300 series)..."  

Sorry, I cannot find a photo of the X-3.  Any photos of the X-3 would presumably be of a prototype, since the model did not go into production.

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Windsor59
Posted 2010-10-02 2:19 PM (#243973 - in reply to #81647)
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Thanks for all informations G-Force abouth X - 3. Maby some days I built "one" clone 2ht. I try to found more info after yours. We have a FL guy here FL site ho write Chrysler at 50s-60s.
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soiouz
Posted 2010-10-04 8:33 AM (#244149 - in reply to #81647)
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I have this issue of the magazine at home too, and if you look closely, you'll see that the cover page's car is a 1959 Plymouth Sport Fury 4 door hardtop!! I wonder how many were built and why they decided to make the Sport Fury only in Convertible and 2dr hadtp in the end..






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Windsor59
Posted 2010-10-04 10:17 AM (#244157 - in reply to #244149)
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soiouz - 2010-10-04 8:33 AM

I have this issue of the magazine at home too, and if you look closely, you'll see that the cover page's car is a 1959 Plymouth Sport Fury 4 door hardtop!! I wonder how many were built and why they decided to make the Sport Fury only in Convertible and 2dr hadtp in the end..

You have right It is a Sport Fury 4 ht. That does not exist or is the Sport Fury at image left? or perhaps more .....?:o

i must look after this magazine at Ebay or..

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D500Jim
Posted 2010-10-05 9:02 AM (#244273 - in reply to #242626)
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soiouz - 2010-09-24 12:18 PM This one is on eBay now: Redlands CA/Colton Avenue & Orange Street

Thanks David! And others, for letting me 'win' this auction. So, here it is:
1957 Dodge Coronet with a striking deviant color patern at Colton Avenue & Orange Street in Redlands, California

1957 Dodge Coronet at Colton Avenue & Orange Street in Redlands, California

(1957 Dodge ForwardLook postcards)

Giggle Street View seems to be out of order – at least, here with our network – so, for now you can't see how it's now.

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Posted 2010-10-05 5:06 PM (#244337 - in reply to #81647)
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A 1961 Dodge at Woodstock in 1969.



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58 DESOTOS RULE
Posted 2010-10-05 5:51 PM (#244341 - in reply to #244337)
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55BlueHeron - 2010-10-05 4:06 PM A 1961 Dodge at Woodstock in 1969.

Never mind the concert, what about that CAR?!? That is SO cool - it's like that motorcycle that Fonda drove in Easy Rider.

(The wheel covers though look wrong; correct me if I'm mistaken but they look like 58 Plymouth covers. Is this a genuine photo from 1969 or from that recent movie about Woodstock?)



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SavoyPlaza
Posted 2010-10-06 7:44 AM (#244413 - in reply to #81647)
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Cool woodstock photo, check out dude's bell-bottoms!

Jim, the '58 Dodge at the Speedee Mart, I would guess Florida or California, because of the palms and the yellow tags. Although I'm not 100% if there were 7/11 stores in FLA back then. If I had to put money on it, I'd go with Florida, though.

Here are two more oldies.
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