When cars were Art (part 2)
Aug 25, 2019 13:15:49 #
These are additional photos to the ten posted last week. More next week.
Aug 25, 2019 13:18:23 #
Rich475 wrote:
These are additional photos to the ten posted last week. More next week.
Rich, Thanks for sharing. Agree with you 100 Percent.The 1939 Delahaye was my favorite. If it is the same car I knew the shop that restored it.
http://rcexotics.homestead.com/Delindex.html
Aug 25, 2019 13:21:50 #
Rich475 wrote:
These are additional photos to the ten posted last week. More next week.
WOW! Pretty cool rides. I will look forward to the next batch. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Aug 25, 2019 13:31:29 #
Rich475 wrote:
These are additional photos to the ten posted last week. More next week.
Wow that is beautiful.
Those were when cars were actually automobiles that made a real statement instead of all looking exactly alike from Porches to Hyundai SUVs that you cannot tell the difference looking at them.
Aug 25, 2019 15:08:35 #
Aug 26, 2019 05:24:29 #
alawry
Loc: Timaru New Zealand
Love the Allard; when I was a kid there was one, does the model "Palm Beach" sound right? Parked under a tree for ages but long since dissapeared.
Pinin Farina a fascinating designer, I must learn more about him. In this country we had Austin Farina and Morris Oxford with Farina body styling and i read that his designs were not only pleasing and neat, but actually easy to fabricate, unlike some other designers who had wonderful designs but impractical for mass production. I love all these cars, and look foward to more.
Pinin Farina a fascinating designer, I must learn more about him. In this country we had Austin Farina and Morris Oxford with Farina body styling and i read that his designs were not only pleasing and neat, but actually easy to fabricate, unlike some other designers who had wonderful designs but impractical for mass production. I love all these cars, and look foward to more.
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Aug 26, 2019 11:48:22 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Wow that is beautiful.
Those were when cars were actually automobiles that made a real statement instead of all looking exactly alike from Porches to Hyundai SUVs that you cannot tell the difference looking at them.
Those were when cars were actually automobiles that made a real statement instead of all looking exactly alike from Porches to Hyundai SUVs that you cannot tell the difference looking at them.
I agree that the cars made before safety and mileage concerns are far and away the most beautiful, the newer cars, while apparently cut from cookie cutters are far better and safer than those beauties from yesteryear. I grew up in the fifties and back then, cars were designed by designers. Nowadays, engineering principles are the primary criteria for a car's design...Coefficient of Drag, crash-worthiness, resistance to rollover, etc. I recall reading an article where the 1959 Chevy Impala (my personal favorite) was tested in an offset crash with a late model Chevy Malibu. The Malibu owner would have sustained a broken ankle. The Impala driver would have died with the engine in his lap. In this case, art has been sacrificed for safety.
Aug 26, 2019 14:17:26 #
Aug 26, 2019 20:33:16 #
Wow Rich, reminds me of a book I have called “Rolling Sculpture”. Thanks.
Aug 26, 2019 23:00:10 #
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