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Topic starter
23/06/2021 9:35 pm
'61 Buick or Desoto?
Be sure to make your selection. Of course, please “Reply” to share your comments.
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John Bono
North Jersey
23/06/2021 9:54 pm
I can't believe it. For the first time, I voted "no interest in this selection". With the exception of the '61 Chevrolet, I was not the least bit interest in they styling of any of their '61 cars. And the DeSoto, which sadly was their last year, looked just odd with that strange grille arrangement. I'd have taken any other '61 from Chrysler Corp. before I would choose the DeSoto.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
24/06/2021 12:08 am
Buick by a nose..... Pinnochio's nose. The DeSoto deserved a better finale than a 60 Lincolnesque grille/headlight treatment capped off with a unibrow.
24/06/2021 12:29 am
@georgeschire: It is laughable, how opposite we are. 1961 one of my favorite styling years for GM & Ford, lost interest in Chrysler until '65.
GENERALLY my preferences in Cars.
1948 - 1954 Hudson
1949 - 1956 FoMoCo
1957 GMC
1957 - 1959 CC
1961 - 1964 GMC
1961 - 1969 FoMoCo
1965 - 1971 CC
1967 - 1971 AMC
George how close/far apart are we?
24/06/2021 3:22 am
The DeSoto is seldom seen, but I see this four door hardtop motoring around the city from time to time.
24/06/2021 5:59 am
Buick, primarily because of its hardtop's styling.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
24/06/2021 6:48 am
@georgeschire: It is laughable, how opposite we are. 1961 one of my favorite styling years for GM & Ford, lost interest in Chrysler until '65.
GENERALLY my preferences in Cars.
1948 - 1954 Hudson
1949 - 1956 FoMoCo
1957 GMC
1957 - 1959 CC
1961 - 1964 GMC
1961 - 1969 FoMoCo
1965 - 1971 CC
1967 - 1971 AMC
George how close/far apart are we?
Having different likes and viewpoints of various cars is what generates stimulating conversations. To answer your question of how close I am with your preference in cars, here is how we compare. I like:
1948 - 1954 Hudson
1940 - 1960, 1962 - 1964 Ford
1949 - 1958, 1960 Mercury
1949 - 1956 Lincoln
1953 - 1959 GMC (with the exception of 1959 Cadillac), 1962 - 1964 GMC
1955, 1961 - 1965 Chrysler Corp. (with the exception of 1961 DeSoto)
Fun thing is, with your likes and my likes we can have exciting conversation I'm sure.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
24/06/2021 1:06 pm
At this point, DeSoto had ceased being either delightful or delovely. It wasn't only merely dead, it really was most sincerely dead. 😉
Topic starter
24/06/2021 6:14 pm
Buick without a doubt. A sad ending for DeSoto which only a few years earlier was a standout.
John Bono
North Jersey
