Word: chryslers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tried out during his Philadelphia trip a specially designed seven-passenger Chrysler Crown Imperial that provides protection against the elements and still gives the public an unrestricted view. The center supports had been removed from the limousine, giving it the clean look of a hardtop convertible, the rear seats were pushed forward, and a sliding roof installed, so that Ike, standing on a platform, was plainly visible to 25,000 cheering Philadelphians who lined the streets...
...Poll. To find out what the public wants in the car of tomorrow, Chrysler Corp. put on display in its main Manhattan showroom three custom-made dream cars (Falcon, Flight Sweep I and II), fitted out with such futurisms as roofed headlights, curved window glass, external dual exhausts, control panel on a pedestal sandwiched between bucket seats, padded doors, and carpets fused over foam rubber. None of the supercars is a production prototype: Chrysler hopes to whet appetites for its 1956 cars and, by eavesdropping on car fans, to pick out salable features for its 1957 and 1958 models...
...many an auto buyer is getting in over his head, e.g., the $58-a-week Boston clerk who is struggling to pay $50 a month for a Buick Special. Says a Cleveland Chrysler dealer: "With production what it is, we've had to reach down into the lower quality credit to keep sales moving. Now we have to use credit as an inducement, and this gets us into deals nobody would take a chance on before...
...auto industry, production and sales are pushing to new records. For the first six months, Chrysler reported earnings of $70 million, the highest in its history; Ford and G.M. were also pushing ahead. Overall retail sales in June soared to a $15.9 billion monthly rate, $1 billion higher than last year. In July, for the third month in a row, construction posted a record with $3.9 billion worth of new building. After the C.I.O.'s hefty wage increases, overall steel prices jumped 6.3%, a full ½% more than expected, with the chance of another ½% boost this fall when...
...Secretary of the Air Force" stationery, Talbott had written many letters to get business for Mulligan & Co. from firms with defense contracts: Chrysler Corp., Olin Industries Inc., Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp., Avco Manufacturing...