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[admin]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190076959908&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=009

ugly or fantastic??

I'm in the latter camp

Rick

[buzzy bee]

Fantastic by far!!

[Brian M]

Love it

Can you imagine the designers working on it? Let's go for a ridiculous front grille with as many different chrome parts as we can stick on. Fins on the back - not enough, let's put them on the roof as well!

I admire any manufacturer who comes up with something different, doesn't have to a car I like so long as it tries to buck the current trends.

Does anyone else think the dash is a copy of the Volvo Amazon?

[kaybee]

Hiya Brian, saw a very nice example of the same model Ute, for sale at a local swap meet this past weekend, rust free,straight and solid. They are a neat looking car when they are in good order, unlike that stinker on Epay . These are a mid fifties dress up of an early fifties body, and the dash might pre-date the Volvo a bit, then again, I have no idea what an Amazon is.... so maybe not? These Chrysler's were very popular and also very expensive at the time, still ran the Flathead 6 cyl but were available with a Plymouth 313 V8 as well. Getting a little thin on the ground , but now they are among the cheaper of the available 50's cars, odd,hey?, regards, Col.

[Scotty]

Sorry guys - I find it way too fussy for my taste & I hate the colour.

Of course this is coming from a man who drives a car that many will see as looking just as fussy - I suppose it all comes down to personal preference. At the end of the day that's why we have so many different styles on our roads.

[admin]

hehe yeah thats why I put the Wayfarer Ute link here - its so OTT you either luv it, or hate it!! I don't normally do chintzy stuff, but this thing is so weird (especially to UK eyes) that I think its fab

talking of Amazons and Chrysler, wasn't the young designer of the Amazon inspired by an early 50s Chrysler of some type??

Rick

PS the Amazon I had, twice..