I believe that Hawaii is one place where a flamboyant Exner-Chrysler limousine would fit right in. Sun, beaches, laulau, and fins? Why not! And from the looks of things, a few tourist providers thought so back in the day.
The purpose of these limos was obviously not luxury, but mere transport. And if I’m not mistaken, most are probably the product of Armsbruster & Co., recently covered at CC. I honestly would have loved to see some of these finned wonders parading around.
Further reading:
Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Catalina Limousine – Not All Limos Were Fancy
Ironic, that the best known Chrysler limo used in a tropical locale, would be a lowly Plymouth.
Isn’t that the Aspen/Volare from that silly TV show, “Fantasy Island”?
‘Smiles everyone, smiles!’ I believe it was a Volare.
Yes.
“De plane, de plane’!
Ironically, the series started with Jeeps.
Great pics. Henry Kaiser had a resort in Hawaii supported by some awesome pink Jeeps and limos.
Thinking that “Chrysler”, turned traincar, was mass of rattles.
For me, I thought for a second then it was some of the Crown Imperial limos done by Ghia like that one shown in an episode of Mission Impossible. https://www.imcdb.org/v186944.html
I like it although I realize most ‘Forward Look’ MoPars were not very good .
-Nate
Talk about some long fins. From the start at the front door to the tip is probably longer than many vehicles on the road today.
Good observation. The coachmaker had to do some seriously artistic metalbending to shape the middle and rear doors. And nobody would appreciate the work until August 2023!
An earlier generation used MoPar sampans like this DeSoto….
“H’mm.”
It’s great fun to see these, and I’d love to know what it was like to drive one!
Naive question: was it easier, or harder, to s-t-r-e-t-c-h unibody cars like this, compared to body-on-frame types?
Harder, because you’d have to add a bunch of reinforcements to make a unibody stretch that long.