Item Info
Source: Automobile Reference Collection
Notes:
CHRYSLER USED TODAY'S MATERIALS to achieve yesterday's look on the 1978 LeBaron Town and Country station wagon. Engineers selected RIM (reaction injection mold) urethane as the lightweight, cost-feasible plastic compound which simulates the fine wood look of the 1940s custom cars. Chrysler craftsmen worked No. 1 white ash hundreds of hours, planing, honing, sculpturing, and wire-brushing to develop the grain pattern. Silicone, then nickel molds for mass production, reproduced the perfect original wood patterns. The pieces are sprayed with four coats of paint. A final coat of clear polyester urethan adds high lustre finish.
Upper left: Painstaking detail work on white ash stock. Left: Wood lab craftsman measures the patterns. Above: Minute inspection was part of the routine. Right: Finger joints lock horizontal and vertical pieces.
From: Chrysler-Ply. Public Rels., P.O. Box 1919, Detroit, MI 48288
For Release On or After 6 A.M. Thurs., September 8, 1977.
Creation Year: 1977
Tools
- Pan and Zoom
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