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Andrea Doria Victim - 1956 Chrysler Norseman

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Lord Undies:
http://www.carstyling.ru/en/cars.1956_Chrysler_Norseman.html


--- Quote ---On schedule, the completed Norseman was carefully loaded onto the Andrea Doria, a modern and luxurious ocean liner. The Chrysler design team back in Highland Park, Michigan eagerly awaited the car’s arrival. It was July, and the trans-Atlantic trip would deliver the Norseman to the states in plenty of time for the 1957 auto show circuit.

The Norseman never made it. In an accident chalked up to human error, the Andrea Doria collided with a passenger ship, the MV Stockholm, off the coast of Massachusetts . The liner sank within hours, taking all of its cargo to the sea floor. Few Americans ever saw Exner’s clean, nearly chrome-free design at full size. Perhaps, if the Norseman had completed its crossing, the design would have positively impacted Chrysler’s styling as the company dealt inelegantly with the transition from the "fin" to "no-fin" era.
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This comes from a website dedicate to concept cars.  If you are interested in such cars like I am, you will find this very entertaining.

franksolich:
Wow, another maritime disaster.

I'm starting to collect maritime disasters like other people collect postage-stamps.

Chris_:
Another golden oldie from the "juke box" era in American automobiles.......sorta reminds me of a cross between a 56 Desoto, and a Nash sweepback.....

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Chris_:
NOOOOO!!!  :bawl:



 :( *sniff*

Lord Undies:
I don't care what you think, hear, or think you know - Chryslers were the nicest cars of the 1950's.  They had great style, class, creature comforts, and preformance. 

Losing this Norseman concept car is a sad piece of American automotive history.  I wonder what the car looks like today after fifty years on the bottom of the lake?   

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