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In 1949 no less, and styled by Harley Earle. Split window 2 door fastback coupe. Makes one wonder how evolutionary vs revolutionary that particular feature of the '63 was.
There was a '56 Olds dream car with a split rear window that wrapped down the fastback sides very much like a '63 Corvette coupe. Somebody will have a pic to post?
The cay Frankie posted looks like a '39 Chrysler or Dodge. LOVE the styling of pretty much all mid/late '30's cars. Hell, even the VW Beetle had a split rear window until 1955!
Lots of cars had split rear windows, it was the combination of the fastback roof shape - with its tapered ending in particular - and the window on the '49 Cadillac that struck me as being a "familiar" overall design theme.................
The dash on the '36 Studebaker is interesting; I hadn't seen one of those before.
Last edited by tuxnharley; 09-04-2015 at 11:50 AM.
Someone please post a rear quarter view of the '56 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket, tapered fastback roofline and split window, obviously the inspiration for the SWC!
J.C. Whitney sold THOUSANDS of little add-on '48 Caddy-style tailfins including tail lights to people wanting a "touch-of-class" addition to their cars. A neighbor of mine had a nice, good-running '39 Caddy four-door with side-mount spares for decades. (Imagine the car Don Corleone was shot trying to reach)
Not shiny black like the Don's, his car was bright oxidized yellow. The worst thing was those little Caddy tail lights someone grafted to its rear fenders, probably in the Fifties!
there was a '56 olds dream car with a split rear window that wrapped down the fastback sides very much like a '63 corvette coupe. Somebody will have a pic to post?
09-03-2015, 08:12 PM
the original GM split window coupe?
