January 15, 201214 yr The woman was an accomplished designer. The car was a limited-production, aluminum-bodied sports car. In it's day it saw national exposure. What is it? Edited January 15, 201214 yr by balthazar
January 15, 201214 yr Female designer. Aluminum body. Limited PRODUCTION, not a concept. This is an interesting one.
January 16, 201214 yr I wouldn't call the Chrysler Thunderbolt "limited production" as much as five copies of a concept car.
January 16, 201214 yr Author ^ Therefore the judicial use of the word 'limited'. IMO, building more than 2 is 'limited production', esp if they were sold. Not 'regular', but limited. Kinda like the threshold for a serial killer (more than 2 victims). Of course Hudson, you have ID'd the car correctly. • • • BTW, if anyone cares, the woman is Gloria Vanderbilt. She was 17 yrs old in the above pic. Rather attractive in her early youth. The gentleman bears a strong resemblance to Rock Hudson, but Rock was a year younger than Gloria- guy above doesn't look 16 to me.
January 16, 201214 yr Interesting. This car is a new one on me, but I sure wish the manufacturers would do limited runs of some concepts. There are so many that would be great to see out in the real world.
January 16, 201214 yr I've read about the Thunderbolt..had a lot of interesting details...fully integrated fenders in an era when cars still had separate fenders...hidden headlights, bottom-breather grille design, retractable roof (I think?)...
January 17, 201214 yr Oh man, I was close but no cigar, thinking Newport when I sawr it. Was too scared to answer, for good reason, it turns out. So that's Anderson Cooper's old lady? Roof has to be retractible, it's missing in the photo Balthy originally posted, would they make it simply removable on a concept? Edited January 17, 201214 yr by ocnblu
January 17, 201214 yr Is dude drunk? Srsly tho, NINETEEN FORTY-ONE! Awesome, that Thunderbolt. Edited January 17, 201214 yr by ocnblu
January 24, 201214 yr Author Forgot to detail : the national exposure the Thunderbolt saw was in pacing that year's Indy 500.
January 25, 201214 yr Forgot to detail : the national exposure the Thunderbolt saw was in pacing that year's Indy 500. Wasn't the '41 pace car the Chrysler Newport Dual Cowl?
January 25, 201214 yr Author ^ yeah, you seem to be right. I think some sources mix these 2 cars up together, because I know I saw that somewhere.
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