What's this a sketch for, from when and by whom - for 1 point?:
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Buick Le Sabre
Proposal for modelyear 1960
Design: Syd Mead
Quote from: hermanoto on August 14, 2013, 03:00:31 AM
Buick Le Sabre
Proposal for modelyear 1960
Design: Syd Mead
Wrong on all counts I'm afraid!
De Soto ?
The painting is of a De Soto Concept from 1960 by John Samsen
Quote from: Lofotleif on August 14, 2013, 10:12:04 AM
The painting is of a De Soto Concept from 1960 by John Samsen
That's right.
The caption on the picture actually says it's a 1965 sketch for a 1968 De Soto but that is clearly wrong..
The sketch is dated by John Samsen in the bottom right and I think it says 12th November 1959, so you're not far off with 1960.. At first I thought it said 1955 and the caption was a decade out, but I don't think it looks quite as early as 1955. But if anyone knows better...
According to information I found, from an old interview with John Samsen, this particular proposal drawing was done by him, in 1955, as a proposal for the 1959 DeSoto.
Quote from: 4popoid on August 14, 2013, 12:33:39 PM
According to information I found, from an old interview with John Samsen, this particular proposal drawing was done by him, in 1955, as a proposal for the 1959 DeSoto.
Thanks. That's almost what I had it filed as (1955 drawing for a 1958 model) but looking very closely I thought that maybe his date in the bottom right, that I originally thought said '55', did in fact read '59', so I changed my mind!
I'll change it back again..!