1961 PLYMOUTH SUBURGAN SPORT 4-DOOR WAGON, RARE WAGON

[20alphabet]

Aah yes, the easy on the eyes incandescent bulb. Just another example of boiling the frog slowly. Happy New Year and stay healthy, friend. Here's to you and your family and reversing government intrusion so our grandchildren might enjoy the inspiration of automotive design that our grandparents enjoyed.

[55lincoln]

@20alphabet Thanks so much and Happy New Year to you and yours. By the way, not only are the " accepted " curly Q light bulbs that the government dictates you and I use, are more expensive, but have mercury in them? Longer lasting - so what! Energy saving -who cares? The bottom line is that the detached and unrealistic government has no right to demand what kind of light bulbs we use. Security at airports - yes! Taxation with representation -yes! But c'mon, light bulbs??!!

[tomsriv]

@55lincoln The new LED lightbulbs are pretty awesome.

[20alphabet]

During this time cars had personalities that distinguished one model from another, unlike today. Cars were designed by artists and vocationally trained engineers with a pencil and paper, not an accountant, EPA agent, and a computer. The fact is that an average car like a '57 Bel Aire, '65 Mustang, '69 Road Runner are now high-value collectibles. No average car made in the last thirty years will see the same appreciation. Wanna see what can be built with no EPA? Vote Ron Paul!

[55lincoln]

@20alphabet Man, you hit the nail on the head. Cars back then had personalities because there was more freedom in the design rooms and the country as a whole. Chrysler products were always figuring a new way to shape metal as in this Plymouth and you could always tell one make from another. Not today. I don't commit on line to any candidate but agree that government is too intrusive and bloated. Did you load up on incandescent light bulbs? I'll use those till I die.

[65emkay]

Hi Warren, just "discovered" this video of yours which interests me particularly because I am an absolute enthusiast of the '60 version of this wagon as well as the '59 Dodge Royal series or the '59 De Soto Adventurer all with that "impossible" design gone for good... I really enjoy the monitoring of not so popular cars since UTube is saturated with clichès. I've uploaded a video with rare B/W drawings of classics like the prev mentioned Dodge, right here on the tube, feedbk welcome...

[55lincoln]

@65emkay I'm glad you appreciate these 59 - 60 Chrysler products. I certainly do. Yes, and UTube is full of those cliche's. I viewed your car drawings and I thnk they are just fantastic. How long have you done that and how do you draw these? Do you draw them as you actually see them in front of you or from memory?

[peetee1000]

A work of art? I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. As was pointed out, sales for the Plymouths really took a dump with this design. I'm a Mopar man but I call them as I see them. The '61 Chevy was a true piece of styling art. It was a design that the public embraced then and still looks beautiful today. My definition of a work of art is when people still admire it for generations to come.

[55lincoln]

@peetee1000 Yeah, you're right. Eye of the beholder. When these came out I thought they were the ugliest car ever made. But since then, I look at this car and hold it in a different light. True space age design. Now, I consider the 61 Chevy absolutely beautiful. In fact, I owned one. Love that car. In fact, soon I will post a video of a fantastic bubbletop Chevy Impala. And that design will be admired for generations. Thanks very much for your comments regardless of the 61 Plymouth.

[kznte]

Beautiful!!!! This was built back when cars were considered works of art!!!

[55lincoln]

@kznte NOW, they're appreciated as unique car design, i.e. works of art. Back then they were considered too radical, too bizarre. Their low sales numbers prove that but that makes these rare today and even more desireable to obtain. I always admired these forward looking Chrylser products. Thanks for enjoying this Plymouth and commenting.

[donsharp57]

Chrysler cars always had the best and wildest styling, at least at that time thanks to Virgil Exner. Always dared to be different. Just a few short years later, many of their cars would become boxy, plain and boring, which makes me appreciate these beauties even more.

[55lincoln]

@donsharp57 Once Chrysler Corp. rid themselves of Exner, styling went down the toilet. I think this is why space age Chrylser products such as this are gaining popularity and appreciation. I think you hit the nail on the head. Thanks so much for this comment.

[peetee1000]

I was eleven years old when this car was made. I thought it was butt-ugly then and I still think it's butt-ugly now.

[55lincoln]

@peetee1000 You are probably correct in stating this design is ugly especially since sales of this car were low. But I think that the Plymouth stylists were innovative in shaping steel in a unique way and may get more appreciation of avant garde design these days as being typical of a space age car. I appreciate your opinion of this Plymouth and thank you for your comment.

[klassicracer]

Fantastic frontal styling and to me one of the most striking American cars of that era. A very rare car now I would imagine. I believe this was the same model as used in the vintage TV series 'Car 54 Where are You'.

[55lincoln]

@klassicracer The design of this Plymouth has really grown on me. It's so fantastic sixties and space age. And yes, Car 54 Where are You? was a '61 Plymouth. And you can bet that this car is rare. This one is the only '61 I've seen in years. Thanks for enjoying and commenting.

[inkey2]

I am old enought to remember these cars brand new..........It just amazes me that everyone accepted these designs as normal and no big deal..........by todays standards.....these are mobile pieces of modern art

[55lincoln]

@inkey2 I agree with you 100%. They looked unusual when they were new but now 50 something years later, they are modern art. The fifties and sixties car makers experimented in shaping sheet metal in different forms and shapes. Artists do the same in the past and present. Thanks so much for viewing this mobile art and commenting.

[MrDasher01]

A Virgil Exner masterpiece. Thanks for showing this.

[historybuffish]

Outlandish styling and oh, so space age. thanks

[55lincoln]

@historybuffish I think this is an experiment in shaping metal with that wraparound the headlights. Thanks for viewing.