1960 polara rag $95,000...?

[bluefury361]

Whos guide is this Will?

It's called "the collector car market review". It seems to follow the market trends pretty closely... changes often so someone is on duty.
The insurance guides, (such as Hagerty), are usually on the high side of values, and NADA and Edmonds are clueless.
Heres a link.... Just click on pricing and follow the menu.

http://www.collectorcarmarket.com/

 

[70NPORT]

Shame on you, thats banning material rigjt there

I'm sorry. As much as I WANT to like it simply b/c its a Dodge.........when I take a look at that front end, I cannot. The final nail are those "eye brows" above the head lights.

I'm gettin' ready to call Earl.

 

[bluefury361]

I'm sorry. As much as I WANT to like it simply b/c its a Dodge.........when I take a look at that front end, I cannot. The final nail are those "eye brows" above the head lights.

Well...... Your not alone. The Exner Forward look style of the early 60's was a tough sell for Chrysler. They could hardly give them away and lost positions in the sales market. They were a love em or hate em design.
I kind of like them, maybe because I was a young mopar nut when they were new. Dad would take us to the Dodge & Plymouth showrooms when the new models were being introduced and we would try to peek through the soaped up windows to get a look at them. I'd get so excited it didn't matter what the cars looked like.

I tried to buy a black & red 61 Fury convertible in 1965 but dad said...NO CONVERTIBLES... you'll die if it rolls over.
Well that car always stuck with me and I finally found another one. It's the only other one I can remember seeing since that one in 65. I'm going to try and drive it home from Tennessee this weekend, weather looks good.

 

[1978 NYB]

I'm sorry. As much as I WANT to like it simply b/c its a Dodge.........when I take a look at that front end, I cannot. The final nail are those "eye brows" above the head lights.

Well...... Your not alone. The Exner Forward look style of the early 60's was a tough sell for Chrysler. They could hardly give them away and lost positions in the sales market. They were a love em or hate em design.
I kind of like them, maybe because I was a young mopar nut when they were new. Dad would take us to the Dodge & Plymouth showrooms when the new models were being introduced and we would try to peek through the soaped up windows to get a look at them. I'd get so excited it didn't matter what the cars looked like.

I tried to buy a black & red 61 Fury convertible in 1965 but dad said...NO CONVERTIBLES... you'll die if it rolls over.
Well that car always stuck with me and I finally found another one. It's the only other one I can remember seeing since that one in 65. I'm going to try and drive it home from Tennessee this weekend, weather looks good.

I like all of Exner's creations. Will, have a safe trip home with the 61. Pictures please, when you get a chance.

 

[70NPORT]

I'm sorry. As much as I WANT to like it simply b/c its a Dodge.........when I take a look at that front end, I cannot. The final nail are those "eye brows" above the head lights.

Well...... Your not alone. The Exner Forward look style of the early 60's was a tough sell for Chrysler. They could hardly give them away and lost positions in the sales market. They were a love em or hate em design.
I kind of like them, maybe because I was a young mopar nut when they were new. Dad would take us to the Dodge & Plymouth showrooms when the new models were being introduced and we would try to peek through the soaped up windows to get a look at them. I'd get so excited it didn't matter what the cars looked like.

I tried to buy a black & red 61 Fury convertible in 1965 but dad said...NO CONVERTIBLES... you'll die if it rolls over.
Well that car always stuck with me and I finally found another one. It's the only other one I can remember seeing since that one in 65. I'm going to try and drive it home from Tennessee this weekend, weather looks good.

I guess it has to grow on you. Exner DID create some rather nice designs to his credit, but this one went off the rails....and into the creek...and sank to the bottom.

Then again, this is a stone cold fuselage guy writing this....no more explanation needed.

 

[polara71]

I guess it has to grow on you. Exner DID create some rather nice designs to his credit, but this one went off the rails....and into the creek...and sank to the bottom.

Damn, your brutal

 

[commando1]

I must be on the same drugs as Virgil then because there isn't one Mopar model between '57 and '62 that I dont see as pure art in every detail.

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[bluefury361]

Damn, your brutal

So was Chrysler...... They booted Exner out the door in 61

 

[cm23uoc]

The 1960 model year was considered quite handsome as far as Dodge was concerned. Together with the similarly designed Darts they had a very good sales result. This was the start though of higher ranked marques in the Chrysler company cutting into their own lower territory, like the Newport into Dodge, the Dart into Plymouth and DeSoto was near dead already.

 

[Greg B.]

I must be on the same drugs as Virgil then because there isn't one Mopar model between '57 and '62 that I dont see as pure art in every detail.

Most of those years are pretty interesting but he went off the rails with the '61 Dodge and especially '61 Plymouth designs. Those were GOOD drugs.

 

[commando1]

You need a new perspective to see the beauty in the 61 Plymouth.
Absolutely stunning in my opinion.
Just as one example:
Look at how a crease line exits out of the headlights and is swept straight back like a jet's trail.
I could go on and on about details of this car. This is car art, man.

 

[Greg B.]

It looks like an angry cross-eyed parakeet to me.

 

[commando1]

Greg, your eye is still untrained to art:

 

[polara71]

It looks like an angry cross-eyed parakeet to me.

Greg, you should take advantage of the Canadian governments generosity and get some glasses.

 

[commando1]

Greg, can you see it now:

 

[70NPORT]

Greg, can you see it now:

I would call that a somewhat "art deco" look, with a little bit of Raymon Lowey thrown in for good measure.

 

[70NPORT]

You need a new perspective to see the beauty in the 61 Plymouth.
Absolutely stunning in my opinion.
Just as one example:
Look at how a crease line exits out of the headlights and is swept straight back like a jet's trail.
I could go on and on about details of this car. This is car art, man.

MMmmm..well, I dunno. There are some sleek lines happening there, BUT that bug caught in the lights face/front end sorta cancels out all the other nice stuff. Still, nice taste.

 

[70NPORT]

I'm a big fan of clear, sober, rational logic and balance, but not of unnecessary encumbrances.....but what the hey, who doesn't know that by now.

 

[1978 NYB]

You need a new perspective to see the beauty in the 61 Plymouth.
Absolutely stunning in my opinion.
Just as one example:
Look at how a crease line exits out of the headlights and is swept straight back like a jet's trail.
I could go on and on about details of this car. This is car art, man.

Just stunning! I've been posting these beauties a lot the last few months.........:thinker:

 

[tbm3fan]

That car is definitely art especially when compared to cars of today. My biggest lament is that so many models, in similar categories, look so much alike you can't tell them apart from a distance. Unlike yesteryear when you knew what you were looking at from 100 feet away. Then there is that high deck lid many use which I don't care for. Followed by the high door line making the drivers window look so small yet giving the illusion the roof is low. Naturally the long hood is extinct given the transverse engine mounting and front wheel drive.