Devoted Chrysler product enthusiasts, my Dad decided to upgrade from our four-door 1956 Firedome DeSoto and bought a used swoopy, two-door 1957 Imperial. Yellow it was, with gunsight tail light rings and faux spare tire cover trunk lid. He was very proud of it until there were transmission problems. Still a Chrysler devotee, he replaced it with a sensible four-door 1961 Chrysler Newport. Later, he would again scratch that personal luxury car itch with a used, swoopy two-door 1960 Chrysler New Yorker, again with a faux spare tire cover trunk lid. The long fins made it look like it could fly, and with the 413 sucking premium through a four-barrel and letting spent gasses out through dual exhausts, it was indeed a low flying object.
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