Chrysler "613" Concept Car, 1955-1956
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Artifact Overview
In the 1950s, Chrysler Corporation's Advanced Styling Studio remade the carmaker's stodgy image with sleek, smooth lines inspired by jet aircraft. The department, headed by chief stylist Virgil Exner, developed several fully operational concept models. Pictured here is the body of #613, an "idea car" that exemplified Exner's "Forward Look" and influenced much of the styling for Chrysler's 1957 300C.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1955-1956
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
90.1.1741.261
Credit
From the Collections of the Henry Ford. Gift of Virgil M. Exner, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.5 in
Width: 11.25 in
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