... that looked like this LaSalle C-Hawk would you buy one (if you could, of course)?
http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/photo/6 ... photo.aspx
My uncle used to have a real '39 LaSalle and this one is every bit as gorgeous as that one must have been when new.
Everything has been jellybeans or wedgybeans for so long it makes me wonder if current ideas of "style" aren't a little too ... efficient.
If they built cars ...
If they built cars ...
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Are they actually going to build it? It looks great. probably cost a fortune, though.
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Probably not. But if they did, it would. The mechanical underpinnings are the same as the Caddy coupe (560 HP engine and all that) so if it is make in limited numbers expect it would be at least that expensive.Heinrad wrote:Are they actually going to build it? It looks great. probably cost a fortune, though.
Aside: I'm not sure how they resolve using factory forms for the original '39 LaSalle's coachwork (and end up with the same lines) with modern materials but they apparently used them (at least according to Autoweek).
Without a doubt the '39 LaSalle is one of my favorite Harley Earl designs. My fave from the other American giant, Virgil Exner, has to be 1953s GS (link). The '54 is pretty too (link) but had more parts bin parts.
Cliffy, apparently somewhat of a fellow cynic, would love the story behind the lovely GS ... according to an old Car And Driver story I've got somewhere around here it was a plain old New Yorker under the skin but with its flawless, hand formed Italian coachwork (they hammered smallish sheets of steel in the courtyard and wielded them together) the price for one in '53 was a then staggering $10K!
PS: I hate it when I find so manie typods to edit!
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