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Chrysler Flight Sweep I and II Ghia - Idea Cars make the tail fin presentable at Chrysler

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Created on April 24, 2012

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Stefan Fritschi

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Chrysler Flight Sweep I (1955) - Heck mit Tayler und Mogelgard

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Chrysler Flight Sweep I (1955) - gestreckte, elegante Linienführung

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Chrysler Flight Sweep I (1955) - offen, super-elegant

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Chrysler Flight Sweep I (1955) - Interieur der offenen Version

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Chrysler Flight Sweep I (1955) - modernistisches Interieur mit Dame

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Chrysler Flight Sweep I (1955) - Heckpartie des Konzeptfahrzeugs

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Chrysler Flight Sweep I (1955) - geschlossen mit Hardtop

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Chrysler Flight Sweep I (1955) - auch im Interieur finden sich viele neue Ideen

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Chrysler Flight Sweep I (1955) - Interieur und Einstieg in das Konzeptfahrzeug

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Chrysler Flight Sweep I (1955) - Rückbank mit gutem Zugang

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Chrysler Flight Sweep II (1955) - elegant präsentierte Silhouette

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Chrysler Flight Sweep II (1955) - gestrecktes Coupé mit Heckflossen

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Chrysler Flight Sweep II (1955) - Ansicht des Nachfolgers des Flight Sweep I von schräg hinten

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Summary

In 1955, the Flight Sweep I convertible and the Flight Sweep II hardtop version of the Chrysler concept car series were presented to the public. A DeSoto production vehicle served as the basis, but the body and interior were completely new. With these vehicles, Chrysler also approached the tail fin. This article describes the two vehicles and their impact on Chrysler's automobile design, illustrated with pictures and the brochure from the time.

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Further development of the "Pure Automobile" into the "Forward Look": Flight Sweep I and II 1955
Tail fins also on Chrysler
Four-seater convertible in white/red
Hardtop coupé in black/turquoise
Unusually voluminous center console
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Virgil Exner 's pioneering ideas influenced US automotive design more than almost anyone else before him - and this in turn was all too often the inspiration for European designers. However, in the 1950s it was the other way around. Chrysler boss K. T. Keller allowed the styling department to build so-called "Idea Cars" at Ghia Turin, independently and far away from the daily development routine in Detroit. These were heavily influenced by the Italians, although it was repeatedly emphasized that the designs were created in the Detroit studio and shipped to Europe as 3/8 scale plaster models. Either way, the results were very impressive and brought a whole new impetus to Chrysler design

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