Early obselecence of finned cars/was: 1960 turn signal cancel cam

["clay-deb" <clay-deb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I  have always marveled at how fast the Exner era cars seemed to became
unwanted, worthless, and poked fun at.
 If memory serves me correct my fathers 58 and 60 Plymouth suburban wagons
were somewhat rare oddities even in 1966 and 1971 respectively.
Really not that old of vehicles at the time.
 The 61 Lebaron I lusted after, from local Ford used car lot in 1973  ,might
as well have been a martin spaceship (good analogy huh) for the looks people
would give it. Mind you we are talking about the equivalent of a 1990 car
nowadays in terms of age.  Even factoring in the theory that cars didn't
last as long back then ,and the rarity of the Lebaron, it was weird how a
then twelve year old car seemed so out of place.
 I think that once the fin craze was over ,being seen in a Exner car was
equivalent to today being seen wearing a leisure suit .

                                         Clay Smith (I could have had that
Lebaron for $385 dollars)
                                         67 Crown Coupe
                                         60 Custom




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Kenyon wrote:

Finned cars were shunned as outdated and garish 5 years after that styling
fad went away.  The was a form of cheap construction in comparison to
today's 4-7 year plus life cycle of some cars' styling (crown victoria,
anyone).  Now that they're scarce, everyone loves 'em, but....

I'd say that it's human nature to make things disposable, and that
Imperials are no exception, being items of conspicuous consumption, even
if they did manage to be designed with us here in 2003 in mind regarding
resurrection.





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Kenyon Wills
6o LeBaron - America's Most Carefully Built Car
73 LeBaron - Long Low & Luxurious

San Lorenzo/SF Bay Area

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