Hello All;
To anyone interested in Virgil Exner's career here
is an article from "Collectible Automobile" I believe. By the way Bill, it was
William E. Newberg, Chrysler's Vice President, not Tex Colbert, that was
behind the 1962 styling disaster. He heard a rumour about G.M shrinking their
wheel bases and demanded a crash program to reduce already established designs.
Fortunately they only did this with the midsize cars, and only pulled minor
facelifts with the full-size cars and A-bodies. Judging by the clay
mock-ups they made most of the 62's would have been ugly even without
Newberg's meddling.(consult the book,The Cars That Never Were, it's a facinating
read) Fortunately they cleaned up the 62' designs considerably for 1963-64
and also expanded the short deck lid theme to the full size cars,
except Imperial.
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport
Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel and other trim
parts.
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