61 Buick option

[GLMFAA1]

posted about the Chrysler mod roofs awhile ago, just found this pic of the convertible roof options from Buick

greg

[Kromolly]

You gotta wonder what they were smoking.  ?

[Vietnam Vet67]

You buy the car and get the model in her matching dress!!

[Cowpunk]

The model has a great figure for her late 20s. Props to you , Hon!

[MrObsessive]

Even by the start of the '60's, GM was already thinking "Psychedelic"!  

[Casey]

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/1961-buick-convertible-tops-in-designer-fabrics/

As stated in the article, these never made it any farther than the concept/idea stage, but nothing is stopping you from doing it on a 1:25 scale '61 Buick.

['70 Grande]

My parents had 4 family-room "lounge" chairs in that Black-n-White pattern seen at the right-edge of the photo... my dad's poker-playing buddies would come over on Saturday nights for a "late-in-the-evening" poker match, and after drinking Manhattans for a few hours, they'd say looking at those chairs they were sittin'-in might make 'em puke... pretty sure that happened more than a few times!!!

[Casey]

22 minutes ago, '70 Grande said:

My parents had 4 family-room "lounge" chairs in that Black-n-White pattern seen at the right-edge of the photo.

Houndstooth is still a popular pattern/fabric, and was a '69 Camaro interior fabric option, too. I've seen it on other automotive interiors, too, and IIRC some aftermarket company printed houndstooth pattern decal sheets as well...Scale Motorsport, maybe?

Pictured below, Mark's living room chairs:

 

Regarding that polka dot top, how would you keep a top that white clean? Those polka dots would fade after a few months, too, I bet. No idea what that orange fabric is...?

[JollySipper]

I bet they were trying to figure out ways to make their cars more flashy after losing the fins and such from a couple years prior.......

[hedotwo]

Might work for a display piece if you could find a scale girl figure with a similar dress to go along with it.

[forthlin]

I had a '63 Buick Lesabre convertible back in 1972-73 that had a leopard print top. I wish I still had a picture of it.

[Claude Thibodeau]

For a second, I tought I saw the Wonder Bread Vega funny-car of yore... The livery was inspired by the bread wrapper.

The dots on the Buick look strangely like that...

CT