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[Nachodaddy]

When I was a kid, I thought most of the late 50s early 60s Chryslers were weird looking. Now I think they’re cool in their weirdness.

Exactly! In 1959 all of Detroit decided the best way to sell more cars was to make them look like something out of a science-fiction outer-space movie, with huge fins, jet intakes, lots of chrome and spinners on the hubcaps. They were just learning how to make good wheels, so hubcaps were still required to do the job of dressing up the wheels. By 1963 that had pretty much run it's course and then the Mustang and a few others came along and helped restore a small bit of sanity to the industry again. Mopar got into some pretty good racing engines and cars in the early sixties and did real well until everyone else caught up and blew past them again in the early seventies.
That's what happens when you let the bean-counters and guys in plaid suits and white shoes (Herb Tarlek) run the car company.