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StillOutThere |
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Location: Under the X in Texas | I don't know if this has ever been posted before. I presume it was a factory prototype. The photo caption calls it a '59 Custom Royal Regal Lancer. I like it. (1959-dodge-custom-royal-regal-lancer-prototype_28500423.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 1959-dodge-custom-royal-regal-lancer-prototype_28500423.jpg (27KB - 1199 downloads) | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | StillOutThere - 2010-05-13 12:02 PM . . . I like it. I Love it ! I gotta hear more about this - any other pics ??? | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Great side sweep ! Same old angry clown face ! | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | There's a view of the rear of the same car on page 69 of Collectible Automobile magazine from June 1993. I can scan it later and post it here. | ||
Rebels-59 |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Location: .Norfolk..Mafia.. ,England UK | Doctor DeSoto - 2010-05-13 6:10 PM Great side sweep ! Same old angry clown face ! Careful DOC, there was HALF a positive Remark on a 59 Dodge there.. Hell we may change you yet.. LMAO The Side Sweep sure does look Pretty.. Wonder what other changes would of been made ( like Upholstery / 1 type Engine ETC ) had it gone in to Production,, | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Credit given where credit due. | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | This was, in fact, a prototype model. Nobody's ever seen/heard of the prototype 57 "Stallion" model, huh? Edited by d500neil 2010-05-13 8:41 PM | ||
1960DesotoAdventurer |
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Expert Posts: 3588 Location: Plymouth Spaceport | I love it too! Wish it went into production. I like the 59's angry front,I just wish the fin went all the way back like the '57's instead off curving back underneath. | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | I've never seen any images of the 59 Regal's interior; hard to imagine a nicer interior, though, than the 58 Regal's. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Here are the scans from the Collectible Automobile issue: | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | They painted both halves separately, to check out several color schemes. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | 1960DesotoAdventurer - 2010-05-14 5:55 PM I like the 59's angry front,I just wish the fin went all the way back like the '57's instead off curving back underneath. ************************************************ I am better with the rear than I am with the front. I have always found clowns and puppets creepy. This "face" looks too much like that for my tastes. Kinda like Rachel Welch with the face of Curly or Moe. But I agree, this would have been a neat novelty model. I like the side sweep better than anything they actually sold. | ||
Kenny J. |
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Inactive by user's request Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | Doctor DeSoto - 2010-05-13 8:19 PM I am better with the rear than I am with the front. I have always found clowns and puppets creepy. This "face" looks too much like that for my tastes. Kinda like Rachel Welch with the face of Curly or Moe. Same applies to the '61, which definitely has the face of Larry! K. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | The 61 is something of an enigma ..... frumpy, dumpy, utterly bizarre, but somehow, like a bad itch, impossible to ignore. I would actually own a 61. The 59 to me, is like a 57-58 on acid ... one bad trip ! The 61 stands alone as it's own oddity. The 59 has the other two years to compare it against. I know a lot of people dig that over-exaggerated version of the previous years, but to me, they took it too far. If there had never been a 57 or 58 Dodge as we know them, and the 59 was alone on the pedestal, I might likely think of it like I do the 61 (?). I mean, they are all cool in their own way. Some better than others, but this can be subjective to a person's taste or nostalgic connection. I have no connection to either, but back in the day, the 61 was useless as a parts car and totally WTF?, whereas the 59 was always a disappointment that it wasn't a 58 or 57. Today I like the WTF ? angle, so the 61 has become "cool", ... but the 59 is still no 58 ! Funny you should say that about "Larry". My brother and I have debated for 30 years just what the he!! was going on at Dodge when they gave the green light to that design, and part of it is the front-to-back disconnect between the WTF? fins and the "Larry" face out front ! | ||
1960DesotoAdventurer |
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Expert Posts: 3588 Location: Plymouth Spaceport | Kenny J. - 2010-05-14 12:01 AM Doctor DeSoto - 2010-05-13 8:19 PM I am better with the rear than I am with the front. I have always found clowns and puppets creepy. This "face" looks too much like that for my tastes. Kinda like Rachel Welch with the face of Curly or Moe. Same applies to the '61, which definitely has the face of Larry! K. Ok you wiseguys! which car looks like Moe & Curly then! (curly.jpg) Attachments ---------------- curly.jpg (19KB - 213 downloads) | ||
1960DesotoAdventurer |
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Expert Posts: 3588 Location: Plymouth Spaceport | Doctor DeSoto - 2010-05-14 2:27 AM The 61 is something of an enigma ..... frumpy, dumpy, utterly bizarre, but somehow, like a bad itch, impossible to ignore. I would actually own a 61. The 59 to me, is like a 57-58 on acid ... one bad trip ! The 61 stands alone as it's own oddity. The 59 has the other two years to compare it against. I know a lot of people dig that over-exaggerated version of the previous years, but to me, they took it too far. If there had never been a 57 or 58 Dodge as we know them, and the 59 was alone on the pedestal, I might likely think of it like I do the 61 (?). I mean, they are all cool in their own way. Some better than others, but this can be subjective to a person's taste or nostalgic connection. I have no connection to either, but back in the day, the 61 was useless as a parts car and totally WTF?, whereas the 59 was always a disappointment that it wasn't a 58 or 57. Today I like the WTF ? angle, so the 61 has become "cool", ... but the 59 is still no 58 ! Funny you should say that about "Larry". My brother and I have debated for 30 years just what the he!! was going on at Dodge when they gave the green light to that design, and part of it is the front-to-back disconnect between the WTF? fins and the "Larry" face out front ! I'm not a huge fan of the 1961 Dodge front grille,but I kind of like the reverse fins especially on the Polara where the lights come out of a torpedo tube,and I would'nt mind owning one if I got the chance,the two door hardtop is my favorite. As for the 1959's I have to admit I really like them,especially the front end! they have so much character. I used to have a 1959 Coronet years ago,and miss it very much. But you are right,for some people the front end was too much and I remember a mother pulling her kids away from it quickly while she was crossing the street as though she was scared of the front end...Chrysler made some very agressive front ends. Mine had the speed minder and the mirror matic which were odd options on the coronet. The Indi-color speedometer was cool too! Edited by 1960DesotoAdventurer 2010-05-14 4:28 PM | ||
1960DesotoAdventurer |
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Expert Posts: 3588 Location: Plymouth Spaceport | The V shaped trunk emblem on the 1959 Regal is great too! | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | I think that there's a central trunk molding, with a gold dingle-berry on it, too. There probably was some real discussion about where/whether to relocate the quarter panel chevrons. Altho no one at the Corp asked for my 9-y.o. advice on this car's appearance, I have to believe that saner heads prevailed, and that the consensus agreement was that this car was just an over-gilded 'lily' !! My favorite description of the 58 Generic Motors' appearance was that their "chrome appeared to be ladled-on with a trowel". That's kinda-what this poor 59's appearance resembles, to me. | ||
mogge65 |
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Expert Posts: 1295 Location: Nasco , SWEDEN | Funny how this car have slipped through without any further notice.......... it´s beatyful, We NEED more info from you guy´s! There is a newly started thread on chrysler "Dartline" were we try to put all info we found on that particular model! let´s do the same with this thread and with this Dodge model! Edited by mogge65 2010-05-16 12:55 PM | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Morgan, THIS Dodge model never left the Styling Studio (under its own power). | ||
mogge65 |
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Expert Posts: 1295 Location: Nasco , SWEDEN | Thank´s Neil! I was beginning to doubt my own knowledge about Mopar, huh god darn that was scary anyway her´s some canadian stuff Edited by mogge65 2010-05-16 4:22 PM (canada..jpg) (canada....jpg) (canada...jpg) (canada.jpg) Attachments ---------------- canada..jpg (234KB - 204 downloads) canada....jpg (239KB - 250 downloads) canada...jpg (215KB - 282 downloads) canada.jpg (114KB - 242 downloads) | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Kinda makes you wonder: which-came-first-----probably the Regal treatment, which was decided to be applied on the CAN-cars. You can't be 'Regal', in 1959, but you can BE (in-) a Viscount! | ||
1960DesotoAdventurer |
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Expert Posts: 3588 Location: Plymouth Spaceport | So I see no one is going to assign the two remaining Stooges a forward look model! Edited by 1960DesotoAdventurer 2010-05-16 4:56 PM | ||
Chrycoman |
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Expert Posts: 1819 Location: Vancouver, BC | d500neil - 2010-05-16 1:27 PM Kinda makes you wonder: which-came-first-----probably the Regal treatment, which was decided to be applied on the CAN-cars. You can't be 'Regal', in 1959, but you can BE (in-) a Viscount! Since the 1959 Dodge Regal was a mid-year model and the Canadian 1959 Dodge was on the market six months before the Regal was to be, I think you have the cart before the horse. Also, compare the side trim on the Canadian Dodges with the side trim of the 1959 Plymouth. The Dodge side trim was the same as the Plymouth, with the exception of the front fender treatment on the Viscount due to the higher wheel opening on the Dodge. And the DeSoto Diplomat Custom used the same trim as the Dodge. (1959 dodge vis sd 33.jpg) (1959 plymouth fury hc1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 1959 dodge vis sd 33.jpg (110KB - 495 downloads) 1959 plymouth fury hc1.jpg (79KB - 264 downloads) | ||
B/G 61 |
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Expert Posts: 2612 Location: Parts Unknown | 1960DesotoAdventurer - 2010-05-16 4:55 PM So I see no one is going to assign the two remaining Stooges a forward look model! I hope you're not forgetting Shemp or Curly Joe Mr. John Samsen's imput would be nice on this '59 . . . (hint, hint) | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | here is the back picture... attached so it is saved (59Dodge-small.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 59Dodge-small.jpg (244KB - 152 downloads) | ||
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