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Wow
Great thread!!

 

1955 Cadillac Eldorado prototype ''truck'' conversion package....

 

1955 LaSalle roadster prototype....

 

1951 Studebaker "Manta Ray" prototype....it's all about the liftoff !!!

 

1948 Chevrolet "Cadet"

 

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=717697

 

Whoever ditched those SUPER UGLY "snorkles" on the hood top deserves a medal those were terrible.

 

whoa! truck prototypes, who'd a thunk it. and then the photoshopping too, an interesting read.

 

the 'manta ray' reminds me of the lesabre, my first introduction into how damn cool concept cars are:







i always hoped I would own it by some crazy lucky chance, ha

 

One of one, here's a Buick prototype I saw at a show today.




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thats one cool buick ^ !

 

here's an olds starfire


i think one sold at a barret jackson auction in the last few years

and the golden rocket, I love the side profile:

 

I think this chrysler speaks volumes in terms of where concept design and the kustom world intersect:



most notably the grille and headlight treatment, absence of trim and ornaments

 

woops forgot to end with a GM



my wife said I wasnt allowed to do this, so i'm mostly using the silver arrow concept as inspiration for my longterm ideas. i might have to use a veto.

 

i wouldnt mind driving around in a bubble, as daily driving a classic wasn't attention grabbing enough

 

Ditto for that falconesque iteration.
Here's one that (I assume) never made it off the drawing board.



56 astra gnome

 

as the owner of a 64 impala these are pretty neat photos. I wish I could see more photos of the in between clay and production process because from what I found on this particular site, the 64 was not a pretty concept, but came out very nicely in the end.

 

i like to imagine I would have been employed doing clay or drawings for GM if I'd lived back then. if cars were today what folks back then thought they would be, I could see myself doing this kind of work now. too bad the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, happened to automobile design.

 

58 and 59 designs:

 

1960

 

and 1961





















I would say in this case the concept was cooler (much unlike the progression of the 64 posted above)

 

I liberated these impala photos from the lay-it-low forum. someone on uploaded them from photobucket (six14life) after scanning them from some book.

http://www.layitlow.com/forums/12-lowrider-general/126167-cool-classic-impala-prototype-pics-2.html

 

too lazy to find better quality. always thought this 58 show car was cool.

 

On one of my Michigan trips I met a gentleman who was a GM model maker and worked on the 1958 Chevy. He told me the original body design was more of a continuation of the Tri-Five cars. The big changes were not planned until the 1959 model year. During his work those 58 designs did get changed for things like dual headlights which Ford and Mopar had already started and other body changes which is probably why it became a one of year and still one of my favorites.
It would be interesting to see what the original 58 Chevy designs might have been.

 

still a favorite 59 cadillac starlight by pininfarina. dont even know if i've already posted it haha...



which was much prettier than the 59 loewy designed coupe de ville here:

 

the very cool avanti drawings:









this roof!!!



I never liked the avanti very much, the process was excellent though

 

anyone know the story on this?

 

life goals, even that screen door

 

54 and 56 merc, so kustom