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Here is an excerpt of the article on fuselage Chryslers mentioned above: Your next car: The Great New Chrysler. That was the claim on the cover of the impressively sized catalog for the marque’s all-new 1969 models. For more than 1 million Americans over the next five years, a Chrysler was...

By delaying his own mini-car, Townsend also is leaving himself the option of not producing one at all. If the other U.S. auto makers fail to compete effectively with the imports, or if the small-car fad suddenly fades, Townsend could cancel his mini-car and emerge with a pretty wide smile. If...

A finicky public Lynn Townsend today faces a challenge that differs greatly from the one he faced and overcame during the early Sixties. When he took over, the auto makers were about to enjoy some prosperous years. Sales increased from 6,577,000 cars in 1960 to 9,582,000 in 1969, and Townsend...

It remains to be seen whether the recent changes at Chrysler have added strength and depth to top management. Virgil Boyd, who had been president of the company since January, 1967, was planning to retire when he reached the age of sixty, in July, 1972. Seven years older than Townsend, he had no...

It was made even tougher by the failure of Chrysler's computerized ordering and scheduling system. During the 1968 model year, each of Chrysler's forty-two regional sales offices had used a simple keyboard unit; orders from the dealers were recorded on these units, and the information, including...

Chrysler not only had missed the turn in consumer sentiment, it also failed to design its big cars attractively. It was unable to draw its share even of those buyers who were willing to buy big cars. The public had a lot of disparaging things to say about Chrysler's new cars, and their comments...

Before the 1969 model year, Townsend had enjoyed a string of exhilarating triumphs. Since 1962 the company had increased its share of the U.S. auto market annually at the expense of its competitors. During the 1968 model year, Chrysler's market penetration had risen to 18.9 percent of the U.S...

Townsend also introduced flexibility to the company's production schedules. When an economy-minded public began drifting away from big cars and toward small ones early in the 1969 model year, Chrysler found itself locked into producing too many of the former and too few of the latter. Two of its...

This is an article from Fortune from April 1970 about Chrysler Corp. and its economic situation. It's a lengthy read, but I found it interesting nonetheless, especially for Fuselage addicts. The paragraphs that are more interesting in that respect are in blue so you can skip directly to them...

sorry, wrong section.

Thank you for your warm welcome! I'm not even sure if I have a photo of my car. Probably hidden somewhere. It was a beater, not a show car. Green two-door hardtop w/ green interior.

I am a big fan of the fusleage C-bodies. Currently I don't own one but I once had a 1969 Fury III w/ 383 engine which was a great car. I hope to meet fellow enthusiasts here. Location: New York, NY