62 Pontiac Flower Car

[bluke1]

as a 'new to coaches' car guy I really appreciate beaing able to eavesdrop on conversations like this. I'm learning alot! And the flower car you posted, Atti, looks great!

[pyro]

How cool is this... Pyro, YOU found a prototype! This is the first ever flower car (their prototype) built by Armbruster & Company in 1962.

Over on Coachbuilt.com they talk about this particular car at length... and describe it perfectly from memories of long ago:



Still a very awesome car and it's whereabouts shared, too bad it's so crusty from the doors back... eesshhh

Im a legend in my own mind. Do these guys know just who in the hell I think I am?

[60Crown]

Russ you just reminded me of this awesome interview from '98 or so.

http://youtu.be/R-0Z9OAa2W8

[R U INJRD]

The 59-60 Cad is definitely a good place to start. One of the ones I find agreeable is the one-off 59 S&S Park Place Caddy flower car with the retractable full soft landau top. A design like that makes more sense to me. But you know good design, Atti, and you know what I am talking about. Some of the flower cars of the 70's and 80's look like they were designed in MS Paint, not Photoshop.

[Psychoholic]

I've seen some decent looking flower cars over the years, it's really a question of taste I suppose. The B-pillar is the huge part that they get wrong.

[R U INJRD]

Actually, the one in question here, cleaned up, is one of the better looking ones I've seen, but in my opinion still doesn't escape the "purpose-built" tractor beam: