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The biggest reason for a one year styling of the 58s was what the GM stylist saw at Chrysler in 1956. The are many stories that Chuck Jorden, Bill Mitchel and many of the GM staff peeked thru the fence and saw the forward looking cars that Virgil Exner designed.
The 3 year cycle that GM had - all of the 58s were set in stone, the 59s were still on the drawing board. The 59's were completely re-designed. The 58 Chevy was the cleanest of the chrome cars, it got progressively worse with Pontiac, Olds and Buick. BTW, It was essentially the end of the era of Harley Earl.
Exner's era would end a few years later because he couldn't get past fins on cars.
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Jim
1983 944n/a
2003 Mercedes CLK 500 - totaled. Sanwiched on the Kennedy Expressway
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