Ok, bear with me...a couple nights ago was pretty dead at work as Seattle was quite literally beating a dead horse..
Three J-cars existed: Mirada, Imperial, and 2nd Gen Cordoba.
It was known at first that originally, Mirada was supposed to be Magnum before someone in corporate thought the car did a disservice to the name. Cordoba was supposed to be a Plymouth, and Imperial was considered as a new Chrysler called "LaScala" (glad they ducked that bullet.)
Picturing this isn't too hard. Give the Mirada the hideaway headlights from the Mirada Magnum concept and keep most of the vinyl tops off of it. The Imperial would just need "CHRYSLER" across the bridge of the grill and a name change. But the Plymouth, I have a difficult time looking at the Cordoba and going "That's it!".
So I think a little bit, and two images come to mind:
1. Eliminate any Chrysler badging. Use this roofline, sans vinyl and opera lights:
View attachment 4982
Upgrade the running gear to LRE/KitCar specs. Congratulations, you have your 1980 Plymouth Fury.
Now...the fun...
2. Using a nose design based on the upcoming 1982 Dodge Daytona..:
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...the Imperial's roofline and quarter windows, and you can call it whatever you like.
The sad part is that I have lists like this for pretty much every car I come across. Builds, "what-if"s, potential next-generation ideas, etc.
1. Eliminate "CHRYSLER" off the Cordoba grille. Use the roofline pictured below, just no vinyl top or opera lights:
Three J-cars existed: Mirada, Imperial, and 2nd Gen Cordoba.
It was known at first that originally, Mirada was supposed to be Magnum before someone in corporate thought the car did a disservice to the name. Cordoba was supposed to be a Plymouth, and Imperial was considered as a new Chrysler called "LaScala" (glad they ducked that bullet.)
Picturing this isn't too hard. Give the Mirada the hideaway headlights from the Mirada Magnum concept and keep most of the vinyl tops off of it. The Imperial would just need "CHRYSLER" across the bridge of the grill and a name change. But the Plymouth, I have a difficult time looking at the Cordoba and going "That's it!".
So I think a little bit, and two images come to mind:
1. Eliminate any Chrysler badging. Use this roofline, sans vinyl and opera lights:
View attachment 4982
Upgrade the running gear to LRE/KitCar specs. Congratulations, you have your 1980 Plymouth Fury.
Now...the fun...
2. Using a nose design based on the upcoming 1982 Dodge Daytona..:
View attachment 4983
...the Imperial's roofline and quarter windows, and you can call it whatever you like.
The sad part is that I have lists like this for pretty much every car I come across. Builds, "what-if"s, potential next-generation ideas, etc.
1. Eliminate "CHRYSLER" off the Cordoba grille. Use the roofline pictured below, just no vinyl top or opera lights: