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12/03/2025 2:30 pm
These are a couple of color images of the gorgeous Chrysler 4-door coupe in the 1940's. Artists renditions were used much more in those days and could place automobiles in wonderful settings that could sometimes be almost magical.
13/03/2025 3:09 am
what a line "fresh beauty growing out of scientific efficiency"! Love the old car adds, thanks Mike
Topic starter
13/03/2025 5:04 am
Thanks, Geoff ! They are both such beautiful automobiles !
Both cars have blackwall tires but I think they each may have white trim rings, too.
That big Chrysler 4-door sedan at the top features a gentleman with a hat driving around 3 lovely ladies while the car is somehow brilliantly lit up on the inside ! Perhaps not so ideal for night vision but there seems to be no one else on the street and maybe they will be parking pretty soon to discuss current events in the world ...... 
13/03/2025 5:55 am
Great old ads. The illustrations make them look as long as battleships.
Topic starter
13/03/2025 9:34 am
Lol, you almost had to wear a captain's hat just to helm one of these beautiful giants ! 
Jack Dodds and Tony Perrone reacted
13/03/2025 9:50 am
Lol, you almost had to wear a captain's hat just to helm one of these beautiful giants !
I'm ready to go Cruisin'!!
13/03/2025 12:38 pm
Artistic license. Make them look longer and wider.
18/03/2025 10:52 am
These are a couple of color images of the gorgeous Chrysler 4-door coupe in the 1940's. Artists renditions were used much more in those days and could place automobiles in wonderful settings that could sometimes be almost magical.
One thing about those period artist renditions is the distortion that makes the car longer and lower. Artistic license encouraged by the car makers.
Geoff Jowett and Tony Perrone reacted
18/03/2025 12:59 pm
I personally believe that the big, beautiful Chrysler makes for a truly amazing diecast!
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18/03/2025 1:12 pm
It certainly does make for a magnificent diecast replica automobile. Very nice !
And it is true that artist's advertising renditions can alter proportions and make a car look a certain favorable way. Although actually, even photographs can be taken or staged in such a way that seems to present something in a positive manner that might not strictly appear that particular manner out in the real world.
Geoff Jowett and Tony Perrone reacted
18/03/2025 1:22 pm
The illustrators take liberties, no doubt. And convertibles appear longer than the coupes but not so much as the four door cars that they want to sell to families with children. A Chrysler drop-top:
Topic starter
18/03/2025 1:31 pm
Seeing the actual automobile in person at an automobile show or in the dealers window may show the "artistic license" perhaps taken. But the thrill of actually standing next to the real thing is still unmatched that no artist could probably really capture !
Geoff Jowett and Tony Perrone reacted
18/03/2025 2:17 pm
True, true, true! OR; owning it!Seeing the actual automobile in person at an automobile show or in the dealers window may show the "artistic license" perhaps taken. But the thrill of actually standing next to the real thing is still unmatched that no artist could probably really capture !
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29/03/2025 6:32 am
Growing up, my uncle bought new a black 1947 Chrysler Windsor 4-door sedan. It had Fluid Drive, a semi-automatic transmission.
Love the ad of course.
John Bono
North Jersey
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