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Washing it off:
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A couple close-ups:
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7393 Location: northern germany | THREE HUNDRED - 2012-12-09 4:05 AM 1960fury - 2012-02-22 6:04 PM firedome - 2012-02-22 4:44 PM He was ahead of his time, yup exactly and this is NOT a good thing.... if you love the fifties that is First, this car was rebuilt in the early sixties. Second, this car is very 50's! Also The roofline is! Put down u'r pink lollypop glasses, and get real! lol no. very, VERY anti late fifties/forwardlook plump roofline with a huge fat clumsy C post like on any new car just like the rear glass that looks just like a flat piece. gone is the typical fifties curved wrap around glass, as i said before. just because other cars existed at that time with similar clumsy roofposts does not mean this is a typical fifties design. and the norseman for example you mentioned was a prototype not a real production car. and forwadlook design is NOT (quote) "european" it is as pure mid century america as it gets so if you bring up "european" to suggest something is good it shows you have no clue what you are talking about. its obvious in your post that 1950s design is not your thing. 58 chrysler taillights are a great design, the smaller lense creates a very googie looking boomerang. of course inman managed to uglify this too by de-chroming. and as for exner... the only car he (allegedly) designed ALL by himself was the 60/61 valiant.....  enough said  typical (and unique) fifties are thin graceful almost fragile looking roof posts and lots of chrome and glass (thats why car magazines in the 50s reffered to car roofs as greenhouses) like contemporary architectur, which gives these roofs a light airy look which is no longer present in that "ahead of its time" inman afterbirth. johnny porsche from germany? greetings from flo sid Edited by 1960fury 2012-12-09 10:21 AM | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7393 Location: northern germany | THREE HUNDRED - 2012-12-09 4:05 AM I like the guy with the bootcut Jeans and long hair! That's 70's cool! oh i just read that.... now your post makes sense | ||
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Expert Posts: 2788  Location: USA - KY |  Thanks for the great pic's, Todd! Interesting documentation about a very sharp custom. | ||
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Member Posts: 41 | Yes the norseman was a prototype---So it most likely inspired other designers and Custom Car builders. And as in the first post was written, that maybe Virgil wanted it that way. U said no way. I say it might be possible. Check this car here. The roof, the window. All in the fifties. Which not means that the thin pillars of the other cars don't look better. It is just not right what u pretended, that it looks 70's.... No way! This was also done before. And typical for some luxury cars were roofs and rear windows like that. Even more square. 56 Continental 58 T Bird. not better then those bubbletops in my opinion also, but again, it was there. I also think that Joe Wilhelm wanted to duplicate that exclusive closed convertible look, which it is. Nuff said. http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/concept/56ghia_chrysler_norseman... Of course was the forward look european inspired, as Virgil worked a lot with italian designers, and many of those early prototypes were built there. I don't like 50's Design? Because I don't like those too short 58 lights? Ya right... I collect 50's stuff since 25 years, and I think I know a lot about it, even if I'm not a "Hosenkrempler" anymore. Hmm, got 5 50's cars at the moment, and I hate them Check my Chrysler 300. Maybe the best designed, timeless forward look car. If u can't see european influences, I can't help http://up.picr.de/12740111mw.jpg I wonder what a price for the Inman Chrysler would be...? Edited by THREE HUNDRED 2012-12-10 3:46 AM | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | I don't know, Sid .... he's got a point there. Says he's got 5 fifties cars and hates them. I don't know what to make of that.  | ||
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Location: Under the X in Texas | Doctor DeSoto - 2012-12-10 9:26 AM Where is Clif Inman today ? Can't recall where I read it but I'm quite sure Clif Inman has been deceased for a number of years. What about the "almost clone" custom done in Scandinavia in recent years that was for sale? and where is it today? Edited by StillOutThere 2012-12-10 4:05 PM (custom4.jpg) (custom5.jpg) Attachments ----------------  custom4.jpg (26KB - 416 downloads) custom5.jpg (17KB - 370 downloads) | ||
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Here is the recent photo of "Petri Hälvä Chrysler".. As you can see she already has the Swedish license plate. | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 322 Location: Finland | THREE HUNDRED - 2012-12-12 10:43 AM I have seen another chopped one in the current issue of "Rod and Kulture". Some purple color. Just a small picture. Similar roof. Do you mean this one built by Alex Gambino (Gambino Kustoms) ?
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 322 Location: Finland | THREE HUNDRED - 2012-12-12 10:43 AM And another one from sweden that looks fantastic in white. Has not the convertible style roof, but the more standard which is great also! Very great! And perfect taillilghts! Love also the rounded hood, but I can't be comfortable with that side trim, or was it not finished in the pics? Anyone knows more of this? http://www.mopar55-61.se/Chrysler%20bilar/57/chrysler57_90.htm Rik Hoving`s Custom Car Photo Archive is endless source what comes to custom cars. There you`ll found it under the name "Johan Norlin 1957 Chrysler New Yorker". --> http://public.fotki.com/Rikster/11_car_photos/customcars_i_like/custom_cars_from/johan-norlin-1957-c/ Edited by Fireflite60 2012-12-12 11:50 AM | ||
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Member Posts: 41 | Good to hear. Say cheers from us @Fireflite: Yes I think is is the one. Roof doesn't look like the black one though, like I thought. The white one is just unbelieveable! Roof is perfect. I like both roof versions. Either has it's own flair to it. A chopped FL car is sth. very very hot. The sidetrim makes sense now. Probably not very easy to do, I guess. Edited by THREE HUNDRED 2012-12-13 1:52 AM | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 322 Location: Finland | Hopefully I´m not too much off topic but as there are already good collection of chopped `57 Chryslers I assume that we should not forget the "Golden Sunrise" by John D `Agostino .... Can anyone recall more chopped `57`s? One unfinished was for sale in eBay ~ year ago, I need to check if I´ll find a photo of it... | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | Just ran into this picture here is what is done late 57-58 dual headlights from Chrysler 60-61 Comet rear windshield rounded door edges dropped suspension trim removed inset rear license plate custom grill bars Some interior from a 60 plymouth 58 tail lights frenched chop roof 3 inches and put in a bubble top. other little stuff(antenna) It's pretty much replicating the true advertised pics if you ask me. They were drawn lower and sleeker. Edited by mikes2nd 2016-05-14 8:28 AM (thebal10.jpg) (d1a8383a2fa03b06920e78b94981c8e2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- thebal10.jpg (46KB - 339 downloads) d1a8383a2fa03b06920e78b94981c8e2.jpg (66KB - 320 downloads) | ||
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| FIN-ATIC |
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Regular Posts: 53 Location: Bay Area, California | Here's another (circa 1990) pic of the Inman Chrysler at Rod Powell's shop in Salinas, CA:
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