Carmine
02-05-2007, 07:17 PM
Without getting into a long story, let's just say I recently got one of the most kickass assignments of my career... Said assignment gives me full access to everything in the Chrysler Historical archives.
This includes photographs of styling proposals that never quite made it. I have to control my enthusiasm, rather like when somebody gives you a bag of Hershey's Dark Kisses... I could easily down the whole bag at once.
Anyways.. Whilst flipping through photographs of 66-67 Dodge Dart styling proposals, I can across this one and instantly thought "Roundie!" Check out dem headlights! There was another even more radical version that almost made them look like an early rectangular set.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/Chromacolor2/66Dart.jpg
I gotta think engineering probably killed this idea early on, as I never saw it again in other later photos. Looking at the date on the slide, I wonder if the stylist just bought a new color set and was inspired?
This includes photographs of styling proposals that never quite made it. I have to control my enthusiasm, rather like when somebody gives you a bag of Hershey's Dark Kisses... I could easily down the whole bag at once.
Anyways.. Whilst flipping through photographs of 66-67 Dodge Dart styling proposals, I can across this one and instantly thought "Roundie!" Check out dem headlights! There was another even more radical version that almost made them look like an early rectangular set.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/Chromacolor2/66Dart.jpg
I gotta think engineering probably killed this idea early on, as I never saw it again in other later photos. Looking at the date on the slide, I wonder if the stylist just bought a new color set and was inspired?