Solved - NEH 1112: 1959 concept sketch for 1962 DeSoto by John Samsen

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Carnut

June 08, 2011, 06:25:37 AM Last Edit: June 22, 2011, 11:36:38 AM by Carnut
What's this, by whom?
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knightfan26917

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June 11, 2011, 03:28:24 PM
NO idea once again, but I kinda like it....



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Carnut

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June 22, 2011, 05:42:03 AM
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Aaron65

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June 22, 2011, 07:33:26 AM
1962 DeSoto sketch by John Samsen, done in 1959...

Carnut

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June 22, 2011, 08:52:37 AM
Quote from: Aaron65 on June 22, 2011, 07:33:26 AM
1962 DeSoto sketch by John Samsen, done in 1959...

Exactly!
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Well done and congratulations.
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woodinsight

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June 22, 2011, 09:04:16 AM
Hey there Aaron65,
Congratulations on reaching the Pro level  :applause:

Otto Puzzell

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June 22, 2011, 12:04:41 PM
Quote from: Carnut on June 22, 2011, 08:52:37 AM
Quote from: Aaron65 on June 22, 2011, 07:33:26 AM
1962 DeSoto sketch by John Samsen, done in 1959...

Exactly!
And that's the last Expert puzzle you'll be answering because you're a 100 percent Pro now!
Well done and congratulations.

Way to go, Aaron65

Promoted!

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Ray B.

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June 23, 2011, 05:53:31 PM
I believe that we already had a puzzle with a clay model based on this design but in convertible body style.
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=4091.0
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Carnut

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June 23, 2011, 05:56:28 PM
Quote from: Ray B. on June 23, 2011, 05:53:31 PM
I believe that we already had a puzzle with a clay model based on this design but in convertible body style.
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=4091.0

And according to PJ it was by Virgil Exner!
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Otto Puzzell

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June 24, 2011, 03:09:35 AM
Carnut's closed car has coved fender eyebrows front and rear. The clay model in the other puzzle I posted has them on the rear only. Probably one of dozen of variations on a similar theme.

Just as Raymond Loewy headed the design team for the '53 Studebaker - which coincidentally was largely drawn by Exner - and Bob Nixon drew the 1968 Javelin and AMX while part of Dick Teague's team at AMC, the head of the design studio often had their name associated with cars designed largely by others. That's true of other arts, as well. How many great orchestra's are best known by the name of their conductors? Never mind that the virtuoso's on every instrument had practiced their craft for years to make beautiful music.

I expect Samsen's sketches were selected by Exner and the Chrysler brass as a design to develop further. That's an unfortunate development, as that was one of the darker period of Chrysler design, IMO.
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