<VV> Corvair v. everyone - Did Chrysler rule "Style Wars" ? 2c worth

[Charles Lee]

The '58 Ford was a gratuitous modification that ruined the beautiful (albeit
ostentatious) finned wonder of the 1957 Fords, especially the Sunliners.

Sticking 4 headlights into what so beautifully housed the single lamps in
1957, and doing the same for the rear lamps, ruined a nice car, just for the
sake of change?

Wasn't it Chrysler that led the way with styling? GM lost a lot changing
from the 55-57 models, which were basically similar, to the 1958, the first
year for the Impala, and a complete re-tooling, followed by the winged
wonder of the 1959 Chevy Batmobile.

So, in three years, GM had three complete tool jobs to do.  Was that because
of Chrysler, keeping in mind that the 58's were being machined when the 57's
were being introduced.
So Chevy (and B-O-P) could see that the 58 models would not compete (image
being everything at that time)

Never mind the Euro-Valiant, but after monumental expenses for all that 1959
re-tooling, they had their checkbooks open, and plunked down more for a
completely radical design!

Glad they did, and whether it was a sound decision or not, someone liked the
Corvair concept, and we all benefited !

OK with me.


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 5:25 PM
To: corvairs at pacifier.com; crawfordrose at msn.com
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair v. Falcon

 
In a message dated 1/3/2009 5:15:07 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
corvairs at pacifier.com writes:

PS - The  Edsel was only built for 3 years. I could probably also come up 
with a  large number of other cars built for less than 5 years or between 
6-9  years.

Lon



Yes, but the Edsel was basically built (depending on the model of Edsel) on

the Ford chassis and body or on the Mercury/small Lincoln chassis and  body.

They didn't have the extensive body tooling and none of the  engine/chassis 
tooling exclusively so could drop the Edsel without incurring the  degree of

financial loss that the Corvair incurred.  
BTW, I thought that the Edsel was FAR better-looking than the '58 Ford OR  
Merc. (Just no accounting for taste, eh?) 
 
Scotty from Hollyweird
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