Let's Figure Out What Kind Of Chrysler They're Talking About In The B-52 Song 'Love Shack' Not the car in the video, what car actually fits what the song says?

It’s pretty definitively summer now, and if the coming of summer doesn’t fill you at least with some residual, school’s-out-tinged joy, then I suppose all I have to offer you is pity. Summer should also mean something else to anyone with a pulse: the 1989 B-52 song “Love Shack.” That song famously references a gigantic Chrysler, and I think it’s time we accurately determined which Chrysler the B-52s are singing about.

So, we know three things about the car that Fred wants to drive you down to the Love Shack in: it’s a Chrysler, it’s as big as a whale, and seats “about 20.”

"...It’s amazing how a car, truck, or van can be an anchor for so many memories..."

That was what struck me-when I thought of that 1964 white Chrysler New Yorker wagon with that red interior, the memories came flooding back.

Ask any guy about their cars...the family car, the one they first drove, their first car of their own...you are sure to get a story!

I first drove my Scoutmaster's pickup truck with a cab, to drive it on the base to my house where I was going to detail it for $7.00. I was thirteen...:) He just handed me the keys.

I got my first formal driving lessons from my Mom in my Dad's 1971 Plymouth Cricket!

When I got my license, my family had a 1972 Chevrolet Greenbriar station wagon that could go 120 mph...I know from experience!

But best of all-I got nearly sole access to a 1966 Dodge van, white roof with desert turquoise sides with a wide white stripe on each side going fore and aft. It had been set up as a camper with a pop up top, and as a 16 1/2 year old with a new license...I had use of it for my own! It was a glorious vehicle for and adolescent boy with a license! It had a slant six, and the automatic shifter protruded from the dashboard. how I loved that van! We had so many good times in it!

Then, as a young sailor, I bought my first car-a 1976 MG Midget that was chartreuse green, which I came to love!

Good times!

Tell us about your cars!

Reminds me of the time

my sister’s HS volleyball team needed a ride home.

Got them all “in” to my dad’s (purple) pinto

I’m not sure how many there were

I wasn’t really counting.

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