I REMEMBER when the dealers windows were covered in brown paper until the announced introduction of the new models - I've seen crowds 3-4 deep waiting on the sidewalk for the paper to be removed and the doors opened.
In 1964, I owned a brand new Dodge Dart. I T-boned a 1955 DeSoto. I dented the right front door. The door still opened and closed. The Dart needed a new bumper, headlights, grille, radiator, fan, water pump, hood and left front quarter panel.
Betty Grable and her husband Harry James were in a 1955 car commercial for the new 55 DeSoto, Groucho Marks was in the back seat. Marilyn was not there, she only rode in Cadillacs
I REMEMBER the dealership's windows being covered with brown paper until the announcement date, and different makes were introduced on different dates... That's when automakers had something to show - not the bland, generic 'car' being offered today.
hah yeah shooting wad was not vulgar back then :) The wad was from rifle shooting... when you shot a blank wad... they did use some old time slag a bit in this one
I'll take 2 55 DeSotos: A wagon and a convertible. Notice the car in the showroom was stick shift. Not many were made that way. I've seen only 1 in my lifetime.
Bill Kennedy and Joe Walker got chewed out in the back room because they didn’t sell enough new Desotos. Kennedy stormed off the job and Walker got so mad he stunk up the toilet. Then using extra paper he stopped up the bowl causing it to overflow into the sales floor. The owner ushered Joe out of the building. Because he lost his job his demonstrator car was taken away from him and he had to stand at the bus stop for 50 minutes in a cold driving rain.
@@autochronicles8667 The last Desoto orders were filled with 1961 Chrysler Windsors, which had become the mid-level model with the introduction of the Newport.
