The Car of 1980
This is what Jack Charipar, director of Plymouth's product-planning team, imagined in 1961 that cars would look like in 1980. Source: Newsweek - Jan 23, 1961.
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I'm STILL waiting for my flying car! And while we're at it, Where's my jet pack, And I could really use Rosie the Robot maid/housekeeper! :lol: :coolsmile:
Posted by Tyrusguy on 08/09/14 at 08:04 AM
He got the plastic tires right and the new stuff is smaller than the old stuff for sure. Roadboats are gone.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 08/09/14 at 09:18 AM
I've heard of transparent aluminum, but not steel.
Posted by BMN on 08/09/14 at 10:55 AM
Nothing like anything in the '80s that's for sure.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 08/09/14 at 10:19 PM
Most of us are too young to remember what the '61 & '62 Plymouths looked like. but I do.
The tail lights were like the rendering, the headlights in pods ? Chrysler Imperial.
The roof contour? '71-'73 Buick Riviera.
Not ALL the land yachts are gone OR forgotten.
The tail lights were like the rendering, the headlights in pods ? Chrysler Imperial.
The roof contour? '71-'73 Buick Riviera.
Not ALL the land yachts are gone OR forgotten.
Posted by John on 08/10/14 at 12:48 AM
I remember....
I owned a '61 LaSabre for a while and Pop drove 225s. My 1st car was a '39 Plymouth, the 2ed was a '51 Plymouth with the pushbutton tranny.
I owned a '61 LaSabre for a while and Pop drove 225s. My 1st car was a '39 Plymouth, the 2ed was a '51 Plymouth with the pushbutton tranny.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 08/10/14 at 01:34 AM
He couldn't have imagined just how boring car styling would become...
Posted by Dave Plechaty on 08/29/14 at 05:28 AM
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Category: 1960s | Cars | Yesterday’s Tomorrows