On Sat, 25 Jun 2005, Jerry Casper wrote:
Might you be thinking of the Desoto Adventurer? It was a beautiful concept car in '54. Here's a link to some color and black and white shots of it :
http://www.shorey.net/Auto/American/DeSoto/htmltree.html
Page won't load... but this car is definitely 1960's. It's a slant six, and the pushbutton shifter is the same as a 1965 Valiant or Dart.
It's got the Valiant crest logo thingie in "hood ornament" position.
(It's the stupidest www page -- every image file is GARGANTUAN, it takes many minutes to load on my DSL line!)
* horizontal/rectangular tail lights, with plain flat lens * smaller wheels (14's?) * different dash (from what I can tell), trapezoidal guages, Valiant shifter * electric windows
It's not the 54. It's like a customized 53 (well, at least approximately).
It does have the hump in the line over the rear wheels, but more like a Firebird, integrated into the line, rather than a vestige of old style pontoon fenders.