Projectile-shaped chrome strips in front and horizontal strakes in the rear put the Olds in the race for most be-chromed body side panels. The dip in the waistline behind the door was an especially nice touch, not soon to be repeated.
Some models had white roofs with matching white insets on the front fender, previewing the men's haberdashery white belt/white shoes look that became known as the "Full Cleveland."
Big coupes like this one, projecting affluence but astonishingly inefficient in their use of interior space, have all but disappeared from the portfolios of American manufacturers.
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