[Closed] Further to John Kuvakas' post below 16220.2.1.1.1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1

So let's start from scratch and create a new master.

It was a beautiful design.

Yes the 60's were the end of a great era in American automobiles.

David K, I wish you had been of buying age then.

Relatively few customers agreed with your opinion. I was a Chrysler-Plymouth District Manager in 1962, fresh out in the field. Every sale was like pulling teeth.

If it's any consolation Dick, I have a distant cousin who bought a '62 DeSoto Rebel in the RSA...

...and thought it was, and I quote, "beautiful"! For those wondering, the DeSoto Rebel was the very last sedan ever sold as a DeSoto anywhere; it was a rebadged 1962 Dodge Lancer four-door sedan. They kept on selling that same car, the rebadged '62 Lancer, until I think early 1964. I'd love to see one of those done; after all, it WAS the last DeSoto automobile (there were DeSoto trucks in Turkey until very recently). The '62 Dart was also rebadged and brought into South Africa, but in much smaller numbers than the Rebel. It sold somewhat well as the very last car to be called the DeSoto Diplomat.

Here- Here!

For me, the end of the great era came around 1964. Remember the '69 Chevys?

The '69's had those pontoons around the wheel openings. Some even thought it could float. It couldn't.