Concept cars of the 50's.....

[fwi]

Land Yachts...........back when cars had personality.



Cars that never made it to production

THE 1954 OLDS DIDN’T MAKE IT BUT WAS AUCTIONED OFF FOR $6,000,000.00 IN ARIZONA BY BARRETT JACKSON.

They were pure fantasy on wheels, machines designed to make the heart race and the mind ask, "What if?"

These 1950s concept cars were automotive art built to attract public attention,
test wild engineering ideas and give motorists a fleeting glimpse down the highway of tomorrow.

1957 CHRYSLER DIABLO

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1956 BUICK CENTURION II

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1954 FORD LA TOSCA

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1951 BUICK LeSABRE

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1959 GM FIREBIRD III

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1955 LINCOLN FUTURA

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1951 BUICK XP-300

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1955 FORD MYSTERE

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1959 CADILLAC CYCLONE

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1954 OLDSMOBILE ROCKET F88

1958 FORD X-2000

> 1953 CADILLAC GHIA COUPE

> 1955 LINCOLN INDIANAPOLIS

> 195? MERCURY D524
> This car was never shown to the public.

> 1952 CHRYSLER D'ELEGANCE

> 1954 DE SOTO ADVENTURER II

> 1953 FORD X-100

> 1956 PACKARD PREDICTOR

> 1956 OLDSMOBILE GOLDEN ROCKET

> 1956 PONTIAC CLUB DE MER

 

[Car Nut]

Those are cool, thanks for sharing.

 

[SimDog]

I'm liking that Buick Centurion II

 

[Ironbuilt]

Thanks for sharing. Wish they made that 1952 Chrysler D'Elegance.

 

[DODGER]

1954 Plymouth Belmont concept car

 

[JB400]

No one remembers the Norseman. Sunk before it got to sail

 

[Photon440]

No one remembers the Norseman. Sunk before it got to sail

We covered that in the shipwreck thread. https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/shipwrecks.133029/page-2#post-910703342

 

[Richard Cranium]

Cool, but so many look cartoonish today. Case in point....

 

[mtbase]

Way Coool!

"What if" indeed

Thanks ( I saved them all)

 

[davek]

chrysler 300

 

[Lefty71]

Was stumbling about the interwebs today, no clue how I ended up here;
https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/ Try typing " CONCEPT " in the search box. I definately saw some of the cars you posted here. I though I even saw a guy sketching that Chrysler... cool stuff, found some manufacturers billboards from back in the day, then of course I searched a few of my own cars. I was amazed at the old timey photos they had. Worth a look. HTH, Lefty71

 

[Mike67]

Hmmmm. I knew George Barris designed the Batmobile on a Continental platform....I always thought he came up with the headlights and cockpit....I guess that's not exactly true...

 

[Ranger16]

back when cars had personality.

Truer words where never spoken!

 

[slimt]

BTW.. this was suppose to be built for sales in 1956.. but Kaiser didnt make it..

 

[slimt]

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

Those are all so cool

 

[GetX'd]

I could dig that 53 Cadillac myself. Sweet ride