CSC75 - Swingin' Sixties [ENTRIES OPEN]

[titleguy1]

CSC75 - SWINGIN' SIXTIES. DAVALOS DESIGN CHALLENGE 1962

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CSC 75 - The swingin’ sixties

Design a 2 or 4 door Davalos sedan for the year 1962. Davalos has only had 1 family car lineup, the full-size Sycamore, which will continue production into the 1960s - you can choose to design the next-generation full-size Sycamore or you can experiment with mid-size and compact models. The American brand has gained a reputation for conservative, understated design, but would like to break out of their stoic image with a flashy design that’ll attract customers to showrooms and help define other Davalos designs throughout the 1960s.

Vehicle Rules:
Model/Trim: 1962
Body Style: 2 or 4 door sedan
Wheelbase: OPEN
ATS: FREE
DRIVETRAIN: FREE
ENGINEERING: NOT JUDGED
INTERIORS: NOT JUDGED

Submission Guidelines:
MODELS & FAMILY NAMES: CSC75 - username
TRIM & VARIANT NAMES: CSC75 - username
Submissions: please send to me via forum DMS, post an ad in this forum with a photo
Submissions open: April 24, 2026
Submissions close: May 15, 2026

Vehicle References

1959 Davalos Sycamore

1962 Plymouth Savoy

1962 Chevrolet Bel Air

1960 Plymouth Valiant

1959 Pontiac XP-92 Prototype

1961 Pontiac Astra Concept

1958-1959 Chevrolet Concepts

'58 Chevrolet XP-722(?)

'59 Chevrolet Concept

1961 Cadillac Pininfarina Jacqueline Coupe Show Car

1959 Ford Clay Models

World References

Climatron - St. Louis, Missouri

Chemosphere - Los Angeles, California

Space Needle - Seattle, Washington

Congress Hall - Berlin

Changelog

None ATM!

[Knugcab]

Woho, finally a CSC that feels interesting to join for me, it was a while ago last time.

[l0jli]

So just to clarify should it be luxurious or more like a base model? To get a general direction.

[titleguy1]

Davalos is a mainstream mass-market company that’s operating in the same price range as Ford, Plymouth, Chevrolet, Pontiac, etc. Like any company, they have premium aspirations but still want to appeal within the affordable price range.

[abg7]

@titleguy1

you can choose to design the next-generation full-size Sycamore or you can experiment with mid-size and compact models

In the latter case, the resulting car will serve as a cheaper, smaller complement to the next Sycamore.

[titleguy1]

Entries are now open!

Feel free to fill out these newspaper clippings with your entries.

[l0jli]

Would you also have a picture or shape for the Logo or is it just Davalos written out? Thx:)

[titleguy1]

Here’s the logo

[l0jli]

I know i’m late but would it be okay to take the coupe version of this body, since it just has a better roofline? Because i would still consider this a plausible option( given that only styling matters), and its not all that different?

[titleguy1]

Styling is the only thing being judged this challenge, you may use any body you’d like. There are of course very small or very large bodies that I personally would think don’t fit the brief but I don’t want to limit the creativity of entrants.

[l0jli]

Davalon Sycamore

Dear Staff of Davalos,

I would like to present my approach for a new Fullsize Davalon Model for the 60s to arrive. It presents modern styling in an elegant manner.

…Some smart text here…

I have enclosed several images of my design to showcase its styling from all angles. I hope you find this look as sharp and ready for the future as I do.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Respectfully yours, l0jli

[Prium]

DAVALOS “MERCURE” CONCEPT

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The evolution of Davalos’ archetypical design, with a new and daring approach that will set the design cues for the brand for the next decade!

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Gallery

[Capri78]

1962 Davalos Clearwater ‘Styling Concept’

Personal luxury style, in a smaller size.

[Rise_Comics]

Davalos Sycamore by Studio Bizarro

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A bold new look for a bold new era

A style to envy, yet still within reach

Like nothing else on the road

How it looks in daylight

Note: Interior is currently in a mockup stage, and will be revised in the production model.

[Ch_Flash]

Davalos Hunter C

1962

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Gallery

[abg7]

Making something based on the '63 Road Runner/Coronet-style body set look like a Euro-inspired proposal has resulted in your best builds, period.

[titleguy1]

REMINDER!

Entries are closing this Friday, May 15th, at 23:59 EST. I have only received 3 entries so far from the following people:
@l0jli
@Capri78
@Rise_Comics

The following people have posted an ad, but have not submitted a .car file to met yet:
@Prium
@Ch_Flash

I’m open to extending the deadline.

• Keep deadline as-is
• Extend deadline 2 weeks

[l0jli]

Maybe wait a bit still, often People are cutting it close? You could still ask abou an extension in a few days.