Where I grew up luxury cars were quite rare and never owned unless 10 years old, so I never grew a taste for them; they were not practical for blue collar workers. Here are the only ones from each manufacturer that I actually like the styling/design of. Strange that I only like 2 of each make, American cars of the '50 to '71 time period I like best.
Great post, Brush! Not surprisingly, the Chryslers are my favorite. That '62 is spectacular! And the 300-Hurst is fantastic, I LOVE the "Fuselage" bodystyle on the big Chryslers. I have that one in 1/43.
Since childhood, I always had a particular fondness for American luxury marques from the 1950's and 1960s, especially Cadillac. I always dreamed of having one. In 1985, I almost bought a triple-white Cadillac Eldorado but I just couldn't quite financially swing it. When I was finally ready to purchase a luxury car two years later, the Eldo had become a drastically downsized, GM cookie-cutter box with questionable build quality. So I decided on the new 1987 Acura Legend V6 luxury sport sedan instead. I'm glad I didn't get the Eldo as I learned years later that the anemic HT4100, V8-6-4 and diesel engines were absolute crap.
Since childhood, I always had a particular fondness for American luxury marques from the 1950's and 1960s, especially Cadillac. I always dreamed of having one. In 1985, I almost bought a triple-white Cadillac Eldorado but I just couldn't quite financially swing it. When I was finally ready to purchase a luxury car two years later, the Eldo had become a drastically downsized, GM cookie-cutter box with questionable build quality. So I decided on the new 1987 Acura Legend V6 luxury sport sedan instead. I'm glad I didn't get the Eldo as I learned years later that the anemic HT4100, V8-6-4 and diesel engines were absolute crap.
I really liked the styling of the circa 1985 Cadillac Eldorado but yes it did have its issues. My brother-in-law has a beautiful one in light blue metallic which was dependable enough but man oh man did those "wire" hubcaps ever flex and make a racket!
