Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for October 14, 2013

AHHHHHHHHHHHH………

The 57 Desoto is looking pretty bad

Or maybe a 59

I hope that’s not a rectal dipstick!

@ blunebottleThat was MY line :/

He could always flip it for a profit. or he could just sell it on to atomic

Remember the Studebaker Avanti c. 1965? My high school buddy called its styling bold. It was too “radical” for me but it would fit in well today.

“You might feel a little pressure”.

“58 was the first year for dual headlights in the US except for the Cadillacb brougham which was ’57

Chrysler Corp’s answer to the Cadillac … FWIW

it’s all a matter of taste. I much prefer the fins and chrome of the 50s to the Mutant Asian Insect designs of today.

The winner of the award for “the most ugly cars by one manufacturer” has got to be AMC. The Javelin, the Matador, the Gremlin, the Eagle… I sure do miss them, though. I’ll take ugly over boring any day.

for all you newbes yes they made this model

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Those cars were works of art.

’57’s would have only one head light…the ’58’s were the first to have two on each side.

@JPuzzleWhiz, Gotta tell you about the old car I saw Saturday: It was nicely painted yellow with a black top and was the same shape of a 1950 Ford only much smaller. I thought I saw, “Packard” as its factory ID in cursive. I met the owner and he said it was a Panhard, French, 1961. He popped the hood and it revealed a 2 cyl. horizontally opposed, air cooled motor mounted by its exhaust pipes. It had a 4 spd. trans with a steering column shifter with floorboard clutch and brake pedals. Also it was front wheel drive, with rack and pinion steering and independent suspension. He said his only complaints were that the rubber seals around the rear window and trunk had deteriorated, that the electric windshield wipers didn’t work and he couldn’t find out how to operate the horn or if it worked. He was its third owner and said that he could find replacement parts in France at a reasonable price. He said that about 260 were sold in the U.S. and estimated that only 20 were still being driven. I learn something new everyday and that day was a lulu.

Damn good ’toon when you can tell the make of a car… exceptional when you can discern the model!