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The 59 Oldsmobile and Pontiac have the GM styling feature of the flat roof Vista top with wrap-around windshield and wrap-around rear window on thin pillars, great for visibility, except that roof design would not meet rollover safety standards today ! Had an aunt that owned a 59 Olds Holiday 2 door coupe(Holiday was the term used by Olds for all their hardtop models), built like a tank with the looks of a rocket ship. Those great looking cars had fine interiors and dazzling dashboards, but sad to say they were death traps. -Rj
My grand farher died in 1963 and his black Pontiac Parisienne 1959 was given to my dad. it was a very confortable car for the time but 3 years later, while on a trip after a rain fall, my mom on the passenger side felt the carpet bursting up when we hit water. The floor was so rusted that she could see the road under her while lifting the carpet. In those times the cars weren't rotected for the rust. With my uncle George who is a mecanic dad and him jusg welded some steel sheets to cover it.
The last picture looks like a photo. The others are by artists, drawn to make the cars look several feet wider than they actually are. The second one, in particular, boasting about "wide track", looks about 9 feet wide, which would be too wide to fit in many garages.
The Cougar was a beauty, built to compete with the Mustang, Camaro, and Firebird and others, but was a step above in styling, inside and out. There's enough chrome on the front to require heavy duty shocks due to the weight(LOL). The dashboard layout during those days was always reviewed favorably by the car magazines. Ford gave the the 1964 Thunderbird our first view of sequential tail lights and debuted them on the 1967 Coug', which really wowed this kid at 19. Then the Shelby GT500 got them in 1968 and Chrysler added them to their 1969 Imperial. The Mustang has carried on with this design element since 2010. I still get a little verklempt when I follow one and watch it turn the corner.
The front of the Mercury Cougar reminds me of the Ford Taurus XL my father bought around the same time. Its design was les sportive of course, being more of a family sort. But I remember how proud my parents were to own such a large American car back in the days, reflecting their social status. A vanity that extended to me as I still remember the childish proudness it has felt when, in front of the astonished eyes of my friends, my father - with his very British look - dropped me off at school, opening the rear door to let me out. LoL! Thank you for this souvenir. Laurent
The 59 Oldsmobile and Pontiac have the GM styling feature of the flat roof Vista top with wrap-around windshield and wrap-around rear window on thin pillars, great for visibility, except that roof design would not meet rollover safety standards today !
ReplyDeleteHad an aunt that owned a 59 Olds Holiday 2 door coupe(Holiday was the term used by Olds for all their hardtop models), built like a tank with the looks of a rocket ship.
Those great looking cars had fine interiors and dazzling dashboards, but sad to say they were death traps.
-Rj
My grand farher died in 1963 and his black Pontiac Parisienne 1959 was given to my dad. it was a very confortable car for the time but 3 years later, while on a trip after a rain fall, my mom on the passenger side felt the carpet bursting up when we hit water.
ReplyDeleteThe floor was so rusted that she could see the road under her while lifting the carpet.
In those times the cars weren't rotected for the rust.
With my uncle George who is a mecanic dad and him jusg welded some steel sheets to cover it.
The last picture looks like a photo. The others are by artists, drawn to make the cars look several feet wider than they actually are. The second one, in particular, boasting about "wide track", looks about 9 feet wide, which would be too wide to fit in many garages.
ReplyDeleteUnashamed Male - Or on the street!
DeleteThe Cougar was a beauty, built to compete with the Mustang, Camaro, and Firebird and others, but was a step above in styling, inside and out. There's enough chrome on the front to require heavy duty shocks due to the weight(LOL). The dashboard layout during those days was always reviewed favorably by the car magazines. Ford gave the the 1964 Thunderbird our first view of sequential tail lights and debuted them on the 1967 Coug', which really wowed this kid at 19. Then the Shelby GT500 got them in 1968 and Chrysler added them to their 1969 Imperial. The Mustang has carried on with this design element since 2010. I still get a little verklempt when I follow one and watch it turn the corner.
ReplyDeleteThe front of the Mercury Cougar reminds me of the Ford Taurus XL my father bought around the same time. Its design was les sportive of course, being more of a family sort. But I remember how proud my parents were to own such a large American car back in the days, reflecting their social status. A vanity that extended to me as I still remember the childish proudness it has felt when, in front of the astonished eyes of my friends, my father - with his very British look - dropped me off at school, opening the rear door to let me out. LoL!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this souvenir.
Laurent
Laurent - You are very welcome.
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