Phil Patterson writes: Yeah, this is interesting, I have wondered since I was a
kid if fins would ever make a comeback on new cars, hopefully a little safer
then
the ones on a 59 Cadillac. A friend I knew when I was a kid almost put out an
eye
on deVille convertible when he wrecked his bicycle into the rear not watching
where he was going. Not a problem with Mopar fins, they were never pointed back
in that fashion. Question is, with the aerodynamic styling of these days, what
current car would look good with fins? A cloud car like a Breeze or Cirrus
would
look ungainly, but they might not look too bad on a 300 M. The Copperhead dream
car has a small fin running up the middle of the trunk, but it isn't hardly tall
enough for a true fin. That car is supposed to be on the market sometime around
2004 or so, depending on Chrysler-Daimler's whims and fancy. Everything that is
old usually becomes new again , at least where fashion is concerned. But I got
to
admit, at least for me, a finned car in the show room would have a lot better
chance of getting bought then some of the plain lumps of dough they have on
wheels now. I've seen the new T-Bird that is supposed to be out and all I can
say
it is looks generic, if it had a little more of the 57 T-Bird styling, then
maybe
it wouldn't look like just another econo convertible. Oh well, it's a ford, I
probably wouldn't buy one anyway. PS: I know they call it Daimler-Chrysler, but
C
always came before D in my alphabet.
Ray Glassel wrote:
> howdy yall, im very interested in this whole convertible conversation goin on
> and josh jsut mentioned something i have been wondering about. has anyone
> seen the new power wagon concept (Production???) truck? i havent heard much
> about it other than it will be powered by a 6cyl cummins. i wonder why
> everyone is goin back to there roots as far as the "big three" go. chryco
> with the pt crusier and the power wagon, dont forget the ply. prowler factory
> hot rod. even pontiac is bringing back the gto and ive heard rumors of dodge
> bringing back a charger?!?!? these new cars interest me very much and
> allthough its not exactly fwdlook related i beleive it should bring up some
> interesting conversation...
> ray
> 1960 dodge matador (77 dodge truck soon as well!!)
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