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21/02/2023 6:12 pm
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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21/02/2023 6:19 pm
In hindsight, as weird as the Plymouth and Dodge cars were of the early 60's, they've grown on me. Today, I find them fun to see at car shows, as they represent the time period perfectly.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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21/02/2023 8:15 pm
George, Like you I have grown to like the 61 Plymouth and Dodge.
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21/02/2023 9:51 pm
George, Like you I have grown to like the 61 Plymouth and Dodge.
LOL, and for me, the '62's too. They are so odd looking that I like them. Not in the beginning, but in hindsight, I'm attracted to their oddness. 
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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21/02/2023 10:49 pm
The '61s, yes, I've always liked. But the '62s are just plain awful, to me.
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
22/02/2023 3:56 am
Back in the day, late '50's, I disliked the entire Chrysler line up, but over time I came to like them the best of the big three [with the exception of '56 Ford & '57 GM]. While in the early '60's I always have and still do dislike most of Chrysler's designs, while loving both Ford & GM styling '61 to '64.
Plymouth: '60 to '64 the only one I liked is the '64.
Dodge: I can take the '60 & '61 & '64
Chrysler: I like the '60 & '61 and love the '62 my favorite.
Plymouth & Dodge designs '62 & '63 i disliked as much as I disliked Olds & Buick designs '58 & '59. I would really enjoy owning any of them but, I would not buy any of the ones I dislike.
22/02/2023 11:13 am
Great video George. Goes to show that we were a Mopar family back in the early sixties. Mom & Day had both a 61 Plymouth Valiant and a 62 Dodge Lancer. Both in Red. My brother when he started to drive had a 62 Dodge Dart, upgraded to a 65 Dodge Dart GT, and Mom & Dad upgraded to a 65 Chrysler Newport. When I started driving my first car was a 68 Dart.
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22/02/2023 3:17 pm
The '61s, yes, I've always liked. But the '62s are just plain awful, to me.
In that "just plain awful" is what their lure is today. At least to me anyway. I look at the '62 Plymouth and Dodge today and I reflect on how they were so wrong, but here we are still remembering them. Sometimes things that weren't perfect, linger longer in our minds than the things that were.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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22/02/2023 3:24 pm
I look at the '62 Plymouth in the same way we notice a young girl who is going through puberty. At age 12 through about 15/16, she's not really attractive, but then BAM! All of sudden when she's 17, 18, and older, she emerges as a beautiful young lady. As was the case with the '62 Plymouth. From it, by 1964/65 was a beautiful and well styled car.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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