Jive-Bomber submitted a new blog post: 1958 Plymouth Cabana - A Space Age Grocery Getter! Continue reading the Original Blog Post
I can definitely see where elements of this car ended up on the '60 Plymouth and '61 Imperial. Never saw it before, but if they want to make a few, I'd drive one.
My first reaction was that is a crazy looking wagon, but it's really only one or two steps crazier than an ordinary 58 Plymouth. We would have really liked the glass roof over the wayback.
Very cool. Although it's a Mopar, I can see some mid year T-Bird accents on the front fenders and some Mercury details in the grill. Also Lincoln suicide doors and Corvette "coves" on the front fenders. Like most concept cars I guess it was crushed.
It always makes me chuckle when I hear people talk about the old days when" all the cars looked different from each other" as compared to now when they all look the same. As has been pointed out you can pick up echos of other cars and brands in this concept car. I think that all the designers that worked on these cars all drank at the same bar after work........... Cool looking grocery getter. That's for sure. Torchie
I believe that around the time that those early 60s Chryslers of questionable styling came out; they hired a bunch of designers away from Ford to take them in a new direction.. Probably a good move as the next few years were seen as a big improvement by most! Dave
Thats a 1960 Edsel front grill if I ever saw one. So were any built ? Was this a clay car or an actual running build ? Is it still around ? Oldmics
Not clay ... but not a running car either. The Cabana “styling mock-up” (steel body, glass, interior, etc.) was built by Carrozzeria Ghia ... and sat on a 124” wheelbase production chassis (without any running gear). The car measured: 216” nose to tail 80” wide 56” tall It’s not known what happened to the 1958 Plymouth Cabana Concept ... it was most likely destroyed.
Jive-Bomber... Cool Thread ! Ghia did such great work during that time period...craftsmanship of the best quality. What a shame this unique "Dream/Concept" , and many others from Chrysler, Ford, GM, AMC, Packard, etc., were scrapped instead of saved. Jonnie www.legends.thewwbc.net
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