Re: 1955-57 What-If Line-Up

Posted by Mahoning63 On 2010/11/23 16:40:56

Am not a Fifties Ford buff so don't what Ford's studio had on the drawing boards prior to the Predictor, which hit the auto show ciruit around January 1956. Didn't Schmidt come from Ford?

The 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser had a roof like Teague's '53 Balbo, and the 1958 Lincoln looked like a 4-door Predictor in the roof and overall boxiness and proportions.

Did the Predictor-based Packards have the chops to make it, had they been built? I don't know. They seem to be a mix of traditional Packard with some '58 Edsel and Lincoln mixed in. Then again, Cadillac and Chrylser were vying for the biggest fin prize in those days. Where was Detroit's sense of restraint in all this multi-curved windshield mayhem??!!