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Solved - NEH 4071: 'Car of 1980' by Jack Charipar of Plymouth - 1961
« on: May 07, 2015, 07:55:21 AM »
What's this a drawing for and who was responsible for it - for 1 point?:

Remember - solving puzzles using 'Google Search by Image' is BANNED on AutoPuzzles!
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2015, 06:20:56 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2015, 03:45:30 PM »
American ?
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2015, 06:44:10 PM »
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2015, 07:24:45 PM »
1956 centurion?
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2015, 12:47:54 AM »
With the headlight pods ......... Chrysler product?
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2015, 05:36:09 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 27, 2015, 07:24:45 PM
1956 centurion?

No..

Quote from: mymokke on May 28, 2015, 12:47:54 AM
With the headlight pods ......... Chrysler product?

Yes, though not for the Chrysler marque itself..
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2015, 06:54:48 AM »
Was this one of Virgil Exner's more tasteless fantasies?
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2015, 07:39:18 AM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on May 28, 2015, 06:54:48 AM
Was this one of Virgil Exner's more tasteless fantasies?

It's not one of his, no.
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2015, 03:25:36 PM »
De Soto ?
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2015, 10:12:14 PM »
Plymouth? there's something vaguely Valiantesque about it, especially the rear quarter and trunk line.
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2015, 04:28:34 AM »
Well spotted!
Plymouth it is.
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2015, 03:49:25 PM »
Barracuda ?
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2015, 06:52:29 PM »
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2015, 08:34:57 AM »
Quote from: mymokke on May 28, 2015, 10:12:14 PM
Plymouth? there's something vaguely Valiantesque about it, especially the rear quarter and trunk line.

Just an off-Puzzle comment: I owned one of these Valiants in 1968, a 1961 model with its silky 170 Slant Six engine and Torqueflite transmission with pushbutton control. It was incredibly smooth, comfortable and economical and cruised easily at 90mph. After fitting 175 section radial tyres, it handled well and held the road securely, but its downsides were the pathetic drum brakes (it was always a gamble as to which wheel would lock up first in an emergency stop) and poor headlights. Very roomy inside and as one drove it, it was always a pleasure to look over the broad bonnet and wingtops. I still miss it! :'(
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2015, 04:45:57 AM »
It might have been designed by the same bloke as the puzzle car.  There are strong similarities, as there are to the Barracuda too which no doubt he was involved with as well.
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2015, 06:46:12 AM »
A John Samsen flight of fancy.......?
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2015, 07:49:39 AM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on June 01, 2015, 06:46:12 AM
A John Samsen flight of fancy.......?

Not him, no.  In fact looking at my files to refresh my memory I don't think it was done by an actual stylist there!
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2015, 09:57:03 PM »
Found it! Not actually a car but an idea of what cars would look like in 1980! Presented to Newsweek in 1961 by Plymouth product-planning manager Jack Charipar.
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Re: NEH 4071
« Reply #19 on: June 02, 2015, 04:23:52 AM »
Quote from: mymokke on June 01, 2015, 09:57:03 PM
Found it! Not actually a car but an idea of what cars would look like in 1980! Presented to Newsweek in 1961 by Plymouth product-planning manager Jack Charipar.

Exactly!
Well done.

As ever, his prediction of its appearance was a bit wide of the mark, but some of the other ideas were more accurate if not exactly right..
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Re: Solved - NEH 4071: 'Car of 1980' by Jack Charipar of Plymouth - 1961
« Reply #20 on: June 02, 2015, 07:50:40 AM »
I would never have thought this was one of those 'expert predictions'. Jack got nothing right for 1980 (except the plastic grille) and as for the styling, he was way out. Whilst the 1980 Chev Impala or Caprice was a handsome and restrained, if generic, 3-box design, it happily lacked every gimmicky fold, every splash of chrome and every un-aerodynamic addendum of the drawing. All I can say is, "Phew!" ;D   ;D
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Re: Solved - NEH 4071: 'Car of 1980' by Jack Charipar of Plymouth - 1961
« Reply #21 on: June 02, 2015, 09:38:59 AM »
Yes, he seemed to be assuming styling wouldn't move on at all, though some of his ideas have been sort-of developed, like the semi-transparent roof letting in varying amounts of sunshine, or the self-coloured body doing away with the need for paint.  Neither have exactly caught on but have been tried and investigated.
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