They
were pure fantasy on wheels, machines designed to make the heart race and the
mind ask, “What If?”
These
1950’s concept cars were automotive art built to attract public attention, test
wild engineering ideas and give motorists a fleeting glimpse down the highway
of tomorrow.
Notice
the license plate on the last car!
1957 Chrysler Diablo
1956 Buick Centurion II
1954 Ford La Tosca
1951 Buick LeSabre
1959 GM Firebird III
1955 Lincoln Futura
1951Buick XP-300
1955 Ford Mystere
1959 Cadillac Cyclone
1954 Oldsmobile Rocket F88
1958 Ford X-2000
1953 Cadillac Ghia Coupe
1955 Lincoln Indianapolis
1957 Mercury D524 (This car was never shown to the public)
1956 Packard Predictor
1952 Chrysler D'Elegance
1954 De Soto Adventurer II
1953 Ford X-100
1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket
1956 Pontiac Club De Mer
Ahh Yes... Jetsons indeed.
9 comments:
Those are cool!
Love,
Janie
Interesting. I lived through this era.
There were a lot of concept cars that were shaped by the emergence of a Bat Mobile.
Many of the designs did come from the batman craze, but what interest me is, the money spent to make these cars. I mean the die cast for the shaping of the metal, the different special things that had to be made to make everything fit. This was a lot of money spent to show off one, or in some cases, a limited number of these awesome machines. Did they even have engines?
Sheet metal on these were hand formed.
Still, a lot of development bucks.
I think sometimes they served the purpose of pointing which way NOT to go.
The 1956 Packard Predictor looks like an Edsel.
The 1953 Cadillac Ghia Coupe like a Jag.
This was cool, thanks.
I LIKE the Cadillac Cyclone. Our neighbors brought home a Studebaker and I never could tell if they were pulling INTO the garage or backing out. Of course that was in the 50's, before I knew my ass from my hand.
Beautiful cars!!! Too bad some of them didn't make it...
I would have driven a 4 and a 10. Those would have been SO cool. What's going on with engineer's now? Oh wait. NO offense to YOU. I am talking about these car makers nowdays. These cars you mentioned in this post are so gnarly. I love them.
FB, I am no engineer. I was an accountant. I'm the one who would have put the kabosh to these cars as too expensive to produce. Instead, now, I would drive any of them for kicks.
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