1959 Chrysler Imperial Convertable
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16 30 October 2023, 00:32
Curtis CadenThank you Spanjaard, Kule and Neuling. For the time period I like this car better than the Cadillac or the Lincoln. I felt I paid way to much for this model when I purchased it. For that reason it sat for many years on the shelf. I finally decided to build it and was surpirsed that it was a "curbside" model. I would have loved to have built the engine for this car, too. I liked the box art but didn't want to add the "laker pipes". Glad you all are enjoying it with me.
30 October 2023, 13:41
Curtis CadenOn October 4, 1957, the U.S.S.R. launched the Sputnik I satellite, and Sputnik II a month later. The United States answered the following January with the launch of its first satellite, Explorer I. In March 1959, NASA, which was not even a year old, sent up the Pioneer IV, the first U.S. probe to escape the Earth's gravity and achieve a heliocentric orbit.
Helping many of the early U.S. vessels escape the bonds of Earth was the Jupiter rocket, which was powered in part by Jupiter missile technology. Where did the Jupiter missile come from? You guessed it-the Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler wasn't about to let this tie to the space program go unnoticed when so much of society had rocket ships on the brain. In fact, one ad for a '59 Imperial Crown Southampton coupe shows a picture of a rocket on the launching pad in the background.
The forward-look models capitalized on the public's captivation with the space program. If you couldn't get into a real rocket ship, one of these was the next best thing. It was big, shiny, and had lots of buttons. What man could resist?
31 October 2023, 13:47
