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Forward look was that of any production Chrysler product, model year 1955 until the end of Exners career with Chrysler. There are not many photographs of Exner, he wasnt realy photo-genic, he had a Unibrow. What made him distictive was that he designed cars that were plug-ugly, and was paid for
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I have found citable material which casts doubt on the reliability and/or adequacy of this account of Exner's work with
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I'm glad to have been of any help. Your recent changes have fixed all the above, good stuff! I agree that more pictures might improve things further, but, as you mention, it's difficult to get hold of photos with suitable licenses.
458:(Page 247) ". . .the postwar model which made Loewy super-famous, remade Studebaker's image and ultimately became the orthodox postwar shape was not entirely Loewy's work. the principal designer creator was Virgil M Exner".
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Thanks for your help & advice, Matt. I'll try to expand on why he's famous and his affect on the auto industry. Some pictures might help, but I'm a little copyright paranoid about anything I didn't photograph myself.
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