This picture is from the movie "It Started with a Kiss" starring Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford.1955 Lincoln Futura. Recognize it yet?
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No?
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How about now? Guess we gotta throw some campy TV characters at it ... Biff? Blam!! Zowwie!!
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sources: https://collectingcars.com/articles/wednesday-one-off-lincoln-futura#, Chris Woodside’s 1955 Lincoln Futura | Undiscovered Classics
The "Wrist-Twist". Never caught on (thankfully .. I assume we'd get used to it, but still seems dangerous). The car is a 1965 Merc Parklane.
Source: In 1965 Ford Introduced the “Wrist Twist” Steering System for Cars
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IIRC, I saw that car at the huge New York City International Car show in 1966. I still have the program from that.first time in my life was this thread today ... and I am old as hell
not many cars shows when I was growing up, plus my Dad was a GM guy and we hung out at the dealer late summer before school started to check out new models
Even better... Elizabeth Montgomery in Gene Whitfield's Reactor custom.