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08/10/2023 6:42 pm
The 1961 Plymouth from Chrysler Corporation and Chief Styling Director Virgil Exner was a beautiful automobile in my view, and, as a kid, I had a cool 1/25 promo of it in white and deep purple ! Here is an advertisement of the great-looking Plymouth coupe for '61 and ....hey .... wait a minute... ???!!!??? .....
08/10/2023 7:29 pm
Much nicer!
08/10/2023 7:45 pm
I would have been okay with the fins added on. I never really cared for it being raped of its fins and then having those flashlights tacked on the sides of the rear fenders. This said, the grill on the '61 to my eyes was drop-dead gorgeous. It was the best looking grill of any car from the Big Three that year.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
Steve Jacobs reacted
08/10/2023 7:50 pm
@georgeschire You and I are on opposite sides of this particular fence, George. I think the grille is much nicer without the glowering brows, but I think I would have been happier sticking with the '61 rear deck.
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Topic starter
08/10/2023 8:32 pm
I like Plymouth cars, so either with or without fins and other features, I still like them ! I would have been even happier if true regular size "S-Series" Plymouths could have been done for real, too.
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Topic starter
08/10/2023 8:49 pm
Hopefully, the tide doesn't come up any higher, or the guy and gal will likely have to swim back to their gorgeous and unique 1961 Plymouth ! 
Steve Jacobs reacted
08/10/2023 10:05 pm
@georgeschire You and I are on opposite sides of this particular fence, George. I think the grille is much nicer without the glowering brows, but I think I would have been happier sticking with the '61 rear deck.
I remember a lot of people didn't like the '61 Plymouth GRILL, so I was in the minority. However attitudes change I guess, because If you look at today's Lexes and Toyota, they have all but copied that Plymouth grill. And again, I like it.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
Steve Jacobs and Charles Rockett reacted
09/10/2023 4:43 am
@georgeschire An interesting comparison. As ever, it's a good job we are not all the same, as life would be so dull!
Steve Jacobs and George Schire reacted
09/10/2023 10:47 am
@georgeschire An interesting comparison. As ever, it's a good job we are not all the same, as life would be so dull!
Yes, we are all different and that is a good thing. Have to admit though, if peace and harmony on earth could be attained if we were all alike. It's an interesting thought.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
Steve Jacobs and Charles Rockett reacted
09/10/2023 10:51 am
You know when I look again at the photo-shopped '61 Plymouth above, I wonder if instead of tacking on the "flashlights" to the side fenders as Plymouth did on the real car, if they'd just have lowered the '60's tail-fin a little. I think it would have been a real attractive rear-end. And again, I love that grill. But then hey, I loved the grill of the '58 Edsel too, and I know I was in the minority on that one as well.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
09/10/2023 11:22 am
I never liked the fins on the 60 Plymouth and IMO they don't do much for the 61 either.
George Schire reacted
09/10/2023 12:26 pm
@georgeschire Experience tells me it would be worse !
On that we'll agree. LOL, if we had to all be alike, I'd probably have to accept having my body all pierced and tattooed, and so many other things that are repulsive about the current generation's belief's, morals and lack there of. So I'm HAPPY we're all different!
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
09/10/2023 12:36 pm
@georgeschire You seem to know a different young generation to me. All the youngsters I come across are very polite and clean living. Perhaps because they're subconsciously aware of the mass surveillance focused upon them, or perhaps just because they're nice people, they're certainly a lot less rowdy than their counterparts in the '70s, that I remember.
09/10/2023 12:42 pm
@georgeschire You seem to know a different young generation to me. All the youngsters I come across are very polite and clean living. Perhaps because they're subconsciously aware of the mass surveillance focused upon them, or perhaps just because they're nice people, they're certainly a lot less rowdy than their counterparts in the '70s, that I remember.
WOW! I wish I was living in your world of perception. Today's youth are a mess! No manners, no discipline, rude, obnoxious, self centered, no morals, no religion, and demanding. At least that is what we're exposed to in the world I'm existing in. Of course there are exceptions, but overall, our world is doomed with what they will be doing to it.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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