One for Budgie
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 12:14 pm
Here you go Budge you like Falcons this one would give you the best of both worlds.
The 1955 Chrysler Falcon show car was an “Idea Car” of the Forward Look line of show cars. Conceived between 1952 & 1953 by Virgil Exner, it was completed in 1954 as a 1955-56 show car. The various design studies and development of this car can be seen in the photos taken of the styling model and in the handmade model presented to Virgil Exner by Ghia. Oddly enough this model is in the Exner collection at the Henry Ford Museum. It is interesting to note that Ford ended up using the Falcon name for its new compact sedan in 1960 and is still used to this day in Australia. Falcon sounds more like a sports car than a compact sedan. This sleek two seat “sport roadster” could have given Thunderbird and Corvette a run for their money.
The 1955 Chrysler Falcon show car was an “Idea Car” of the Forward Look line of show cars. Conceived between 1952 & 1953 by Virgil Exner, it was completed in 1954 as a 1955-56 show car. The various design studies and development of this car can be seen in the photos taken of the styling model and in the handmade model presented to Virgil Exner by Ghia. Oddly enough this model is in the Exner collection at the Henry Ford Museum. It is interesting to note that Ford ended up using the Falcon name for its new compact sedan in 1960 and is still used to this day in Australia. Falcon sounds more like a sports car than a compact sedan. This sleek two seat “sport roadster” could have given Thunderbird and Corvette a run for their money.
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