Obviously a styling buck, this study was an attempt to incorporate upcoming 5 mph bumpers into a car's design without hanging a huge chromed slab to the front. The production car that debuted after this and many other styling proposals were built - some of them quite attractive and striking - looked nothing like this, thank goodness. But the car introduced was nonetheless derided by critics for its appearance.
ID the make and model this was a styling proposal for. Know what it is?
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Pontiac Firebird?
Sure looks like a Monte Carlo to my eyes......
Along Abingdon's lines, I would suggest by the wheels (which look very Pontiac) that it was a proposal for the Grand Am.
Not a Firebird, a Grand Am, or a Monte Carlo
YIKES! :o
Sure does look GM-ish to me.
So it must be a Ford. Torino, perhaps? ???
Not a Torino
I'm back to Pontiac....Grand Prix?
pontiac banshee?
I'm gonna say early '70's Cadillac Eldorado styling buck...that rear fender line suggests it.
Dan
Not a Grand Prix., Banshee or Eldorado
Tatra? ;D
Either that or the 1976 Belchfire 3000....... 8)
Not a Tatra or a Belchfire
OK, OK, OK. Its time to play 20 Questions.
Is it a General Motors design?
Nope.
Well, See? NOW where getting somewhere! :D
I'll bet it's a Chrysler styling proposal for the Dodge Diplomat or Chrysler LeBaron.
Dan
Not a Dodge Diplomat or Chrysler LeBaron.
This car was a proposed replacement of an existing model, versus a yet-to-be-introduced car.
Dodge Charger?
Dan
Not a Charger.
Ford Mustang.
what about a Monte Carlo? The rear looks similar.
Quote from: Rich on January 02, 2007, 11:11:11 AM
Ford Mustang.
Bingo!
In the late 1960's / early 1970's, Ford spent countless man-hours on a variety of proposals to replace the venerable and highly-successful Ford Mustang. Styling proposals were trotted out in large numbers, and included swoopy italianesque designs with light greenhouses, a few predictable updates on earlier themes, and some truly awful examples like this one which, amazingly, wasn't ripped off the drawing board and burned.
I believe, MG, that places me in the rank of "expert."
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAH.
My world is so small.
Heck - you both already have the prized AutoPuzzles Admin Chevron! You can't do any better than that! ;D
Quote from: KarnUtz on January 02, 2007, 01:47:54 PM
Heck - you both already have the prized AutoPuzzles Admin Chevron! You can't do any better than that! ;D
'xactly.
I am truly humbled by my underachievement.
Thank you all for your indifference.
Quote from: Rich on January 02, 2007, 02:24:16 PM
I am truly humbled by my underachievement.
Thank you all for your indifference.
What have you done now? :ranton: