<VV> 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt NOT Thunderbird (still no Corvair)

ricknorris at suddenlink.net ricknorris at suddenlink.net
Wed Dec 7 06:36:53 EST 2011


Well, thats the thing about Smitty. He always sugar coats his remarks. Now me on the other hand tries to be serious all the time...!
Seriously!
The Lone Haranguer



---- Wrsssatty at aol.com wrote: 
> Obviously, I can't speak for Smitty but I don't think he meant to type  
> "Thunderbird" but was addressing the thread regarding that 1941 Chrysler  
> Thunderbolt.  AND, IMHO, while he may have erred in typing "Thunderbird",  he 
> was, as they said back in the days when $100 used Corvairs were common,  "right 
> on" about that 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt being unattractive.  Forget  the 
> lightning bolt on the door, the whole car lacks proportion.  And that  color 
> is just plain hideous, especially against the other shade of green in the  
> upholstery!  YECCHHH!  Interesting--maybe; Beautiful?  Definitely  not!
>  
> <Smitty Says; The Thunderbird is a bloated lump with all the styling of  an 
> inverted claw foot bathtub. Even the lightning bolt on the door is  
> stylistically bland and lacks proportion. You guys been admiring the  
> emperor's new clothes too long.>
>  
> So why are we now dragging the Thunderbird into this off-topic discussion  
> over what seems apparently to have been a typo?!  Sheesh!
>  
> ~Bill Stanley
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