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Did any of the cars look saveable? I live in Binghamton, 1/2 from there. What town?
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Re: Chaika/GAZ... better looking than Packard? Horrors!
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fintastic!
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Posted on: 2011/8/6 10:27
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Re: Chaika/GAZ... better looking than Packard? Horrors!
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She needs some cosmetics, chrome, but runs great and is one attention getter... you don't see these everyday!
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Re: Chaika/GAZ... better looking than Packard? Horrors!
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Gerd - sorry not to reply readily, I've been away. To answer, Yes! 1957 Lincoln Premiere Landau (ie: 4 dr hardtop). I do accidentally have a rear pic or 2... this is the car that Packard might have shared a body with for '57, had Ford been more agreeable.
IIRC, Frank Cannon usually drove around in a a Mk III and IV, usually to the sound of a French horn, which seemed somehow appropriate to his rather sluggish physical presence, as did the car. Attach file: (45.10 KB)
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Great pic as usual! Always did like them Chicas, er, Chaikas.
This one followed me home recently, wonder if these had any influence down at the Design Bureau? Attach file: (43.74 KB) (43.74 KB)
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Those timeless concept cars by Ghia for Chrysler became the basis for the well known Karmann Ghia a couple of years later. Packard lost design leadership after 1947, but the 55/56s were a nice try, imo.
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Re: If he was a Packard salesman they'd still be making them
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Hilarious!!
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That's an interesting library!
Has anyone reproduced any of the Chaika or ZIL/ZIS sales literature? I'd think there'd be a market for it.
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Hmmmm... the 2nd pic girl's not bad but the "departure in the 1990s" one can "render services to the state" anytime... I may be old, but I'm not THAT old.
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They may have been looking for timelessness, but imo they got clunky and boring instead. The '61-69 Lincoln was what they should have been, or, if not obsessed with geometry, the highly NON geometric, most beautiful full-sized automobiles ever built: the early Fuselage C-Body Mopars of 69-71, the '70 Imperial coupe being the zenith of the breed. I had a '69 Imp and still have 70 and 71 Furys, a convertible and a sedan.
Here's the best Website on the subject (German! these cars are finally being recognized as the masterpieces they are): http://www.fuselage.de The best Forum for Fuselage C body cars (also includes 65-68): http://www.cbodydrydock.com I'm "firedome" on there, my avatar has a pic of my 71. Here's the '70 Attach file: (11.27 KB) (12.28 KB)
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