Re: [FWDLK] Never-say-NEVER (smoking-CAR!)

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keep in mind that early Factory publicity photos were often airbrushed 
and/or staged with stuff that never made it to production.
Ray
On Jan 17, 2006, at 11:59 PM, eastern sierra Adj Services wrote:

> WOW; we all talk about O.E.M. anomalies, but actual,  honest-to-Mopar,
> examples/evidence
> of same are  RARE......
>
> I should re-find it, & enclose it, but, if you will log on to the FWDLK
> website's display-listing of Forwardlook cars, on Epay, & check out the
> newer-pages, under 57 Dodge, you will find an
> historical photo, taken : "Sept 57"      [!!!!---extremely
> early-production ] of the rear end of a 57 Dodge.
>
> The car has BOTH a trunk "V" emblem, AND "black-painted" back-of-fin
> plate.
>
> What's so interesting, is that Coros "DID NOT"
> have "V" trunk-emblems, on them [that emblem did NOT designate a V/8
> engine ] , but ONLY Coros had  black painted back-of-fin plates.
>
> Royals (& CRL's ) had bright-finish anodized aluminum  back-of-fin
> plates, AND the triunk "V" emblems.
>
> So, what IS this car??? A Coro w/the "V" trunk emblem [probably], or a
> Roy/CRL w/BLACK
> back-of-fin plates???
>
> Rene Kroeger tells a story of his having worked @ a Dodge dealership, 
> in
> 59, & seeing a new-
> model 59 D500 with a D500 emblem, mounted on the TRUNK (a la 57 -58);
> can't remember if that car also had the emblems, on the fins, too, but,
> Rene has no pics of that car......just the story.
>
> But, "here" is a PHOTO of a factory anomaly!!!
>
> Neil Vedder
>
>
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