A very interesting car and model ! Reminds one of the Brooks Stevens Valkyrie or perhaps the Gaylord Gladiator.
Oh, I thought you meant this one (by Pathfinder)!!! 🙄Â
BTW, here is a nice site:Â http://www.sporting-reliants.com/Models.htm
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Like Karl, at 1st I thought in the Reliant Scimitar, but after I remembered the Brooke Stevens weird cars. Autocult did a nice job on them...
Keko Romero Sánchez
Cádiz, Spain
http://kekomovil.blogspot.com
Here's some background:
The Scimitar project was sponsored by the Olin Matheson Chemical Corporation and was designed by Brook Stevens Associates and Reutter & Company.
A two-door Scimitar convertible was representative boulevard-type sports car, having a hard top that retracted automatically into the luggage area. A four-door Scimitar town car phaeton could be driven as a fully enclosed formal sedan, a town car with partially retracted roof, or an open convertible with both roofs retracted into the luggage area. The Scimitar station wagon shown here has an automatic sliding roof.
All three models were derived from the same basic design and tooling, using a 1959 Chrysler New Yorker chassis. The body utilized removable aluminum anodized quarter panels for aesthetics and reduced maintenance. The grille bumpers, trim, wheel discs, and many interior treatments are of brushed and anodized aluminum, substantially reducing vehicle weight. The car´s name was derived from the shape of a scimitar, a saber with a curved blade.
The three Scimitar models were exhibited first at the 1959 Geneva Auto Show, then at the 1961 International Automobile Show in New York.
I think I'm not going to jump at this one. It's a curiosity more than a concept car IMO. But interesting. . .Â




