It’s way overdue to pay our respects to the CC Cohort that keeps posting terrific new CC shots from around the world. Please do pay the Flickr site a visit, and keep them coming. We’ll start with this Chevelle Laguna Type S-3 (what where they smoking?).
We’ve all been bemoaning the scarcity of Colonnades on the street, but it’s been eons since I’ve seen one of the legendary Lagunas. It was the classic case of Chevy aping Pontiac: when Pontiac did the new smaller ’69 GP, Chevy had to have a version (’70 Monte Carlo). And when Pontiac developed the sof tnose for the ’73 Grand Am, Chevy had to have its version: the Laguna Type S-3. It was a flop, not surprisingly.
Here’s a 1956 Studebaker Powerhawk, the first year of the Hawks. The Powerhawk was the mid-level, with the smaller 259 CID V8. The Flight Hawk had the six, and the Silver Hawk got the new 289 V8. Nice catch, by carnivalofsorts13.
And another car that’s getting very hard to find; a 1975 Chrysler New Yorker. This regally handsome shot by dave_7.
And bringing up the rear, literally, a delightfully plump ’53 Chevy Bel Air, by Davo.
Thanks for a fun romp through all the fab shots. I tend to pick ones of cars I haven’t yet found, but keep them coming.
All nice. That 1975 New Yorker looks so much more stately than the R-body CC that Paul found.
1953 Bel Airs always make me think of Ray Stevens and the music video for his song “Mississippi Squirel Revival.” The opening shot has a beautiful red 53 Bel Air (which is the perfect car for the video.)
I believe those “soft noses” were the first attempts to improve the looks of the beam bumpers that appeared in the mid-70’s to meet 5 mph requirements. Not too many years later (’82?) I had a Cavalier Type 10 with a similar nose.
The Laguna wasn’t a Me Too! thing at all. The Chevelle Laguna had the “soft” nose in 73 at the same time as Grand Am, it was just a bit more conservative in 73 and 74. 75 and 76 slant noses were alleged to be for the Stock Car guys but there’s no real proof.
When I went fiberglass on my 73 I had to cut up the Laguna nose, that thing was anything but soft! Under the 3/16 Urethane coating there was a heavy steel shell, that thing had to be close to 250lbs alone.