History One-year only body styles, or "WTF were they thinking?

1932 Plymouth PB. Produced for 7 months- 02/04/1932 through 09/27/1932. Body, engine, frame, all for this model only.

 

One of the best looking cars ever built

 

I made my own for my 64 .. and have sold about 30 or so sets to keep these cars alive

 

58 was probably one of gms best styling years

 

wow

 

A one year only nightmare, the '65 fairlane even had one year only motor mounts. Car fought me every step of the way for parts. Ended up letting or go for yet another one year only....

 

The next one year only was much cooler.

 

still you got to admit it is a good looking car, I have always liked station wagons.

 

Yes, the Parklane is a nice looking wagon, for sure. But the Nomad is superb. The Parklane looks like an ambulance by comparison.

 

The 67 Marlin was the prettiest Marlin (65-66 look the same). It was built on the longer Ambassador wheelbase instead of the Classic like the 65-66 models. The new body style helped, but the increased wheelbase gave it a much sleeker form than the hunched up shorter version. Unfortunately they didn't sell well and the Marlin was dropped after 67.

 

when mom visited the olds showroom with dad and saw the '59, she looked at the salesman and said, "well, it looks like they used what chrome that was left over from 1958!"

 

You don't want it to go bad!

 

I can't imagine that they had any leftover from the 58 Buick!

 

You've got to be kidding!....

 

Nope.
Killer ride.
GM knocked 58 out of the park for styling. Much better than 57

 

Broke The Mold...

 

"Broke the Mold" . . .'cause they'd fell behind the rest of the market.

 

41 Ford, what were they thinking!

 

One of my favorites
Great looking ride

Much cooler than a 32

 

What were they thinking? -- 1942 Ford!

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=28155

Mmmmmmmm
The 42s might look better than the 40s

 

Another amazing 58

 

1958 was the WORST year for every car and 1956 was the BEST year for them.

 

58 was the high water mark for all of em
Especially gm

 

@anthony myrick had the right answer!

 

Eh....as the owner of both a 53 bel air and a 54 210 they're extremely similar. Fenders, front bumper, splash pan and grill are the main differences. Especially if determined a bit. After I deck the 54 only way you'd be able to tell the difference between that trunk and the one on my 53 is the color. Actually quite a few parts that I kept "stock" but replaced on my 53 were actually off 54s

 

All this talk about 58, and not one mention of the 58 Ford, with its quad headlights and intake scoop. Then on to 59…I like 59 Fords, but they were NOT an improvement over 58. At least the 60 Ford Starliner roof got reused in 61, and on the Edsel

 

Chrysler products had terrific styling in 57 and 58. Pretty much the same cars both years with trim changes. The Fords of those years also looked good. GM not so much in 58 although I like the Pontiacs and Chevrolets that year. Only my opinion.

 

My favorite 1957-59 MoPar,,

 

I think the ‘61 Pontiac full sized line was a one year only body style.