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picture of "new" 58 Parisienne Sport Coupe


Hope I have done this correctly and the pix of our "New" 58 Poncho appears!

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Beautiful car Bob. I've seen it at cruise night and at Norwich but was never able to track down the owner. I'm glad you made it here!

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Agree with Todd, it's a beauty. Does anyone know why 58's were a one year only body style? 59's and 60's were dramatically different. GM usually went with a three year body more or less back then didn't they?

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Perhaps the recession of 58 prompted GM to try a new body style for 59..

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58 poncho fan wrote:

Hope I have done this correctly and the pix of our "New" 58 Poncho appears!



It's funny, but years ago I would NEVER have said there could be nice looking green car.

That car is absolutely beautiful!!! As I age, I learn to never say never...

 



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Found a part answer to my own question on wiki:

The postwar automobile industry became enamoured with the concept of "planned obsolescence", implemented by both technical and styling innovations with a typical 3-year product cycle. In this cycle, a new basic body shell is introduced and then modified for the next two years with minor styling changes. GM, Ford, and Chrysler competed vigorously in this new restyling environment.



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Beautiful car!!! I too, Love the colour combo!!!

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yeah, ive seen the car too, i think i posted pics of it here from a cruise night at Steve Plunketts. You guys should see it in person,i thought i was gonna drool on it!! I also thought that was weird with the 58,59,and 60 body styles being all different. beautifull car.

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73SC wrote:

Agree with Todd, it's a beauty. Does anyone know why 58's were a one year only body style? 59's and 60's were dramatically different. GM usually went with a three year body more or less back then didn't they?




 There was an article about this in Collectible Automobile a while back (there may be a few inaccuracies here, cuz I'm doing this from memory, but this is the basic gist of the story):

The story goes that back in the fall of 1956 some GM stylists were driving by the back lot of the Chrysler factory and saw the new '57 Mopars with their long, low styling and fins reaching to the sky ready to be shipped out to the dealers.  They brought the news back to GM styling and one thing led to another.  The '58s were already locked in and the '59s were due to be restyled '58s, which were taller and rounder than the sleek Mopars.

Back to the drawing board it was... the restyled '58s designs were scrapped and and all-new longer-lower-wider '59s were created.

That's the Coles Notes version.  Of course the story is much longer and much more interesting than I've laid out... smile



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73SC wrote:

Agree with Todd, it's a beauty. Does anyone know why 58's were a one year only body style? 59's and 60's were dramatically different. GM usually went with a three year body more or less back then didn't they?




 There was an article about this in Collectible Automobile a while back (there may be a few inaccuracies here, cuz I'm doing this from memory, but this is the basic gist of the story):

The story goes that back in the fall of 1956 some GM stylists were driving by the back lot of the Chrysler factory and saw the new '57 Mopars with their long, low styling and fins reaching to the sky ready to be shipped out to the dealers.  They brought the news back to GM styling and one thing led to another.  The '58s were already locked in and the '59s were due to be restyled '58s, which were taller and rounder than the sleek Mopars.

Back to the drawing board it was... the restyled '58s designs were scrapped and and all-new longer-lower-wider '59s were created.

That's the Coles Notes version.  Of course the story is much longer and much more interesting than I've laid out... smile



I read the same article.  Basically sylist Mitchell's big break i believe.



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I got some pics that i posted from a car show at the Tillsonburg airport. Believe me the pics just can't do enough justice to seeing this car close up. You know Bob, being in Tillsonburg that makes you eligible for the radio station toursmile

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