Well, of course it was a failure year. Have you seen a 1959 Chevrolet?
eep:Compared to earlier cars there was a certain "sameness" to Detroit's offerings, rather akin to the "sameness" that prevailed around 1920, and was followed by the styling explosion of the latter part of the decade.
Well, there was an awful lot of cheap, tacky modern furniture produced in the post-war years, along with a lot of equally cheap and equally tacky "Duncan Phyfe", "Colonial" and "French Provincial". Then of course back in the 'thirties we had all of that cheap "Waterfall" furniture with it's elaborate Photofinishes, and in the 'Twenties the boxcars full of chintzy "Borax" furniture which was inflicted upon the public by the folks in Grand Rapids. Every period of furniture had its dross, which tends not to survive. Unfortunately a fair amount of the bad stuff from the post-war years yet survives to sully the image of that period's interior design. We all have to remember that where "Atomic Modern" is concerned there is a great difference between Korvettes and Heywood-Wakefield, just as there was between Bambergers and Ludwig Bauman in 1915
A Classic car can be anything from the fastest most glamourous model such as a Bugatti tourer to something small and almost insignificant such as the orignal Morris/Austin Mini's and the Volkswagen beetle. They sold millions of Mini's and beetles so there must be something of the enduring style and appeal for the models to have stayed in production for so long. The original Mini shape lasted much longer than the Riley and Woolsley versions so which one is the classic and which one is just an old car. As to the Bugatti, they were made in so few numbers there were not really enough to go round and even the price of these cars made the millionaires of the time think twice before buying. Yes the odd one turns up in a scrap yard but even in the 40 and 50s most were heading to the rich collectors.Well, "Classic Car" is really a rather specific moniker, referring to those machines of special distinction made between (as I recall) 1924 and the start of the Second World War, to wit: http://www.classiccarclub.org/grand_classics/approved_classics.html
Well, of course it was a failure year. Have you seen a 1959 Chevrolet?
) the cars should really have been old 40s crocks surely.
John Lofgren Monkey Boots Shinki Horsebuttt - $1,136 The classic monkey boot silhouette in an incredibly rich Shinki russet horse leather. 
Grant Stone Diesel Boot Dark Olive Chromexcel - $395 Goodyear welted, Horween Chromexcel, classic good looks. 
Schott 568 Vandals Jacket - $1,250 The classic Perfecto motorcycle jacket, in a very special limited-edition Schott double rider style. 
A Classic car can be anything from the fastest most glamourous model such as a Bugatti tourer to something small and almost insignificant such as the orignal Morris/Austin MinPi's and the Volkswagen beetle. They sold millions of Mini's and beetles so there must be something of the enduring style and appeal for the models to have stayed in production for so long. The original Mini shape lasted much longer than the Riley and Woolsley versions so which one is the classic and which one is just an old car. As to the Bugatti, they were made in so few numbers there were not really enough to go round and even the price of these cars made the millionaires of the time think twice before buying. Yes the odd one turns up in a scrap yard but even in the 40 and 50s most were heading to the rich collectors.
Ah the 1959 Chevrolet, yes I have seen lots of them. I first saw one of these at the age of around 4. I probably had every version made of the Corgi Toys Impala model, a four door flat top, or 4 window sedan as it is probably better known. And I loved it. The first real one I saw came roaring around my street around 1970 with a bunch of long haired bikers hanging out of the windows(I knew they were bikers as they had a 'Patch' of a popular local bike gang imitating the look of the Hells Angels.
Funny though, the episode of Happy Days, featuring the Demolition Derby also had a few featured getting pretty beat up by Fonzie and his girl. Thinking, this series was set in the 1960s to mid 1960s, the cars would only have been a few years old(Richie still looked young
I love old cars by the way, and old bikes as I have a BSA. But really I would claim my Suzuki Hayabusa is more of a classic than my ploddy old BSA 650 any day.
Especially the ones nicknamed Christine!
