HarleyEarl

Front view of the Imperial, I like that roof detail. This car had some nifty options like self-dimming headlights, self-dimming rearview mirror and swivel front seats...

Hey Balthazar, sir. I have to agree with you, I like the clean exterior styling of the '61 Lincoln, but as you say, the interior, maybe too minimalistic. Which got me to thinking, maybe designs like the '61 Lincoln were the beginning of the end for purely American design. Oh man, some of the great details in the '60s interiors. Surprisingly Cadillacs of the era were fairly restrained in their dash design. I believe that Lincoln dash photo is a '60. If you look at the exterior shot, you can see the top of the 4 pod cluster. Because I'm such a GM fan, I sometimes overlook other makes that did some great stuff. With this thread, I thought it was a nice opportunity to hilight some of that.

Europa

When I read your post, Blu, I almost got a bit emotional. Sure, they are just cars form another period. But they represent so much about American (and Canadian) culture. It's not just nostalgia. Like you said, it's about a way of life that has slipped away.

Ya, a little. The American dream. What once was and could be again. And heck, I just love looking at these cars. They are rolling sculpture. Only Americans could do cars like this. They were futuristic, optomistic, fresh, modern, lively...American.

Interiors & Dashes: Imperial: Lincoln:

Model T

Just a look back at distinctly American luxury in 1960. People the world over aspired to these cars. Some of their options are just now becoming mainstream. Here's the Cadillac, Imperial and Lincoln.

furball

John Holmes I mean Wartburg.

ho ho ho

Well, thank you, 68 for keeping me in line. I have never been confused by any of your posts, typos or not.

Coker (tires)

marker? personel?....do you mean personal st? BMW?...lower end cars? Accuras?...do you mean Acuras? Copies of GP? I'm so confused.

Audi TT

cream

wet

I've noticed lately, I'm choosing several Pontiacs for my signature. Didn't realize it was becoming a trend for me. Some subliminal thing? Given the bad news of late.

love

I'm a fan of the Vanillaroma too. There used to be coconut scented ones, another favorite....I'd mix the Vanillaroma and Coconut....made me hungary.

For the transportation of carnival ride equipment.

For transporting of missiles to the silo.

How about a corndog air freshener?

Totally agree about the brand autonomy. To me, that alone was the downfall of GM. GM cars became marketing exercises instead of actually being different. And the marketing wasn't even that good.