Wagons in vintage Street scenes

Does she come with the car? LOL.

 

She was 1973 Playmate of the year Marilyn Cole

 

Here's the 1969 Aurora II Country Squire Concept Car from above:


I love this wagon! It has a coupe door on the driver's side! So cool! One of my all-time favorites...I would be tempted to recreate this some day!

David

 

Love this one cuz it has a 64 Plymouth.
Has to have been a red car, though it looks a touch pink.
Nice group of pics Tedy.

 

So she'd be like 70 or 80 something now - and by now had more bodywork done on her than the car. These models don't restore very well. Mind you, the cars look good once they've been restored.........

 

She's not that old, she's a 49 model

 

We used to call those "suicide doors"

 

I remember reading a lot about this Ford comcept car from 69/07 or so, but I can't find anything now on the internet about it. I may have even seen it at the LA Auto Show back then. It may have been named 'Berline' or something like that. It was supposed to be a 'model' for a slightly smaller, lighter Ford LTD. It had some interesting features - a small 'engine access door' instead of a full hood; parallelogram door hinges, along with rear-hinged (I think) doors. Anybody have anything on this one?
EDIT: Now I remember about the doors - it was only a 2-door car. The doors were real long, and had the special hinges to allow a wide opening, but still keep the door edge from sticking out to much....

Also, never saw that Aurora II concept. I do remember Mercury having something similar, though. Both were probably built at the same time.

 

Here's the 1964 Aurora Concept Wagon.


This is the '65 Colony Park - George Barris created 1965 Matt Helm movie car for "The Silencers". It uses most of the same layout as the 1964 Aurora.








This 1969 Aurora II is an updated, production-based concept wagon...I like it the best! What a SWANK-MOBILE!
Someday, I'm gonna build me one! Mine will have a true coupe door on the driver's side, instead of just a regular hardtop-style sedan door.



David

Sorry to be hijacking this thread...that Detroit Auto Show photo got me going, and I just couldn't resist. Now back to your regularly scheduled program.