PhilA wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:40 pm Because from the twenties through to the sixties the manufacturers could build a base on which to dump this year's outer body panels, and tell the consumer what they wanted.
By the seventies they were telling the public they wanted some seriously ugly vehicles based upon older technology, and the old recipe no longer fit the bill.
Volkswagen played no small part in the demise of that.
My ideal car collection would feature a lot of US stuff. '62/63 Continental hardtop, A Coupe DeVille from the year before, that Cord, the first year of the Toronado. '65 Riviera, '49 Cadillac Sedanette and even a '71/72 LTD, Galaxie or even a Custom 500 - and most definitely a 70-72 E body Mopar although I prefer the Challenger to the Barracuda.