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Revival Cars
In the Esquire issue of December 1963, Virgil M. Exner presented the design-suggestions for the "Revival Cars".
Exner took four great names of American automobile history and tried to show how they would look in the mid sixties.
The four names were:
Stutz
For a Stutz-fan this is of course the most interesting
car.
All these pictures are scans of "Renwal"-toys.
"Renwal" produced Exners design suggestions in scale
1:25,
featured as cars of 1966.
The Stutz
production car looked quite different.
Some styling elements were borrowed by other "Revival Cars".
Duesenberg
The Duesenberg design showed the most puristic design
elements of the thirties.
(pictures by Ken Huber)
In 1966 there was a real try to establish a new
Duesenberg, but the design was quite different from the original Exner-Duesenberg
design.
The Stutz production cars borrowed the side-exhausts
and the front design from this car.
Packard
Mercer
The Mercer car was produced on an AC Cobra chassis.
I'm searching pictures to show on my website!!!
Please give me a note when you have seen the car and
have taken some pictures!
Exner presented later also design-suggestions for:
Bugatti
Pierce Arrow
Jordan
These "Revival Cars" were also produced by "Renwal";
unfortunately I don't have the kits.
The Bugatti
design was realised on the last Bugatti chassis.
