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19/10/2024 12:56 pm
1961 Plymouth Asimmetrica Roadster by Ghia
https://engineerine.com/classiccars/1961-plymouth-asimmetrica-roadster-by-ghia/
John Bono
North Jersey
19/10/2024 1:05 pm
What a Valiant styling exercise! Other than the hood bulge and a couple tiny other issues, it's SHARP!
19/10/2024 5:47 pm
An interesting design. But, I always felt Exner was reaching a bit at this stage of his illustrious career. Here's an interesting article on this car.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
19/10/2024 10:36 pm
Looks like a great example of the "design by a committee" look. I'd love to have an accurate model of it.
20/10/2024 12:19 am
20/10/2024 8:25 am
John, I agree with your thoughts about Exner at this stage of his career with Chrysler which time proved to be true.
20/10/2024 8:43 am
@geoff-jowett +1 I agree about the "design by committee" styling. It looks like a complete "Dodge plodge" of styling ideas cobbled together.
20/10/2024 10:33 am
Considering that it was introduced in early 1961 but designed in 1960 and is supposedly a production-ready derivative of the XNR, which was designed in 1958-59, it's not a collection of design themes, but most likely their origin. Its influence didn't really show up until 1962
Here's the XNR
The Assimetrica
62 Dodge and Plymouth
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
20/10/2024 1:05 pm
Good point JK....the design cues are certainly evident in the '62 Dodge and Plymouth....and of course the Valiant.
This post was modified 1 year ago by Jack Dodds