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Rival for SP250 design approval

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Perhaps this 1958 Plymouth Tornado is why the SP250 never found favour in USA :D They didn't want a subdued British design, they wanted something outrageous although I don't think this ever went into production.
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Looks like a cross between the Batmobile and a Catfish!
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Makes you wonder what they were smoking in those days........ :shock:
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Can someone tell me why I actually quite like it?! Would some kind of therapy help? :D
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Phillmore wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:12 am Can someone tell me why I actually quite like it?! Would some kind of therapy help? :D
You're asking for trouble with that comment :D ...

I wouldn't mind driving it around town, though.

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My first thought on the top pictures was that it could take the prize for the ugliest car ever made!

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NickDeAth wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:44 pm My first thought on the top pictures was that it could take the prize for the ugliest car ever made!

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Well, the Tornado was made in 1958 and the Dart got famous for being one of the ugliest cars in USA in 1959:
Wikipedia "The SP250 was launched as the Daimler Dart in April 1959 at the New York Motor Show, where it was unofficially voted as the ugliest car at the show."
so the Tornado must have been liked in USA :)

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I think it was used by Lady Penelope when Parker was washing the Rolls
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I always thought Americans had strange taste! (No offence meant to anybody)

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