Classics dwarfed by moderns
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Holy cow, is that a Mazda REPU ^^^ ? Now, there's a rare beast!
and in a similar vein, I can play this game in-house... although arguably neither of mine are classics... or both are. Anyway, the newer one is nearest the camera (in case you needed telling, lol), and although there's actually only eight manufacturing years between them -'85 and '93 - the blue one was very firmly a Seventies design and the red one was the Japanese getting ahead of the game and looking toward the new Millennium!
and in a similar vein, I can play this game in-house... although arguably neither of mine are classics... or both are. Anyway, the newer one is nearest the camera (in case you needed telling, lol), and although there's actually only eight manufacturing years between them -'85 and '93 - the blue one was very firmly a Seventies design and the red one was the Japanese getting ahead of the game and looking toward the new Millennium!
Nik da Greek said:
Holy cow, is that a Mazda REPU ^^^ ? Now, there's a rare beast!
and in a similar vein, I can play this game in-house... although arguably neither of mine are classics... or both are. Anyway, the newer one is nearest the camera (in case you needed telling, lol), and although there's actually only eight manufacturing years between them -'85 and '93 - the blue one was very firmly a Seventies design and the red one was the Japanese getting ahead of the game and looking toward the new Millennium!
Again though, the size difference has been distorted to a degree by the fact that one car is closer to the camera than the other.and in a similar vein, I can play this game in-house... although arguably neither of mine are classics... or both are. Anyway, the newer one is nearest the camera (in case you needed telling, lol), and although there's actually only eight manufacturing years between them -'85 and '93 - the blue one was very firmly a Seventies design and the red one was the Japanese getting ahead of the game and looking toward the new Millennium!
MK1 Mazda RX7 Dimensions:
Wheelbase: 2,420 mm
Length: 4,285 mm
Width: 1,675 mm
Height: 1,260 mm
MK6 Mazda RX7 dimensions:
Wheelbase: 2,425 mm
Length: 4,285 mm
Width: 1,760 mm
Height: 1,230 mm
So the only real difference between the two cars is that the newer car is 85mm wider.
Okay, that's over 3 inches wider which is a fair amount, but it's hardly "dwarfing" the old car based on those statistics.
Dand E Lion said:
I know the thread is Classics dwarfed by Moderns, and that's as you would expect, but this surprised me...
That's 1920's, 1930's, 1950's, 1970's and 2000's - not as much difference as you would have thought, with perspective (and shabby parking!) taken into account.
I suspect that the thing here is that limos for the 'well heeled' will always have been quite large and so less need/ability for them to grow over the yearsThat's 1920's, 1930's, 1950's, 1970's and 2000's - not as much difference as you would have thought, with perspective (and shabby parking!) taken into account.
4rephill said:
Nik da Greek said:
Holy cow, is that a Mazda REPU ^^^ ? Now, there's a rare beast!
and in a similar vein, I can play this game in-house... although arguably neither of mine are classics... or both are. Anyway, the newer one is nearest the camera (in case you needed telling, lol), and although there's actually only eight manufacturing years between them -'85 and '93 - the blue one was very firmly a Seventies design and the red one was the Japanese getting ahead of the game and looking toward the new Millennium!
Again though, the size difference has been distorted to a degree by the fact that one car is closer to the camera than the other.and in a similar vein, I can play this game in-house... although arguably neither of mine are classics... or both are. Anyway, the newer one is nearest the camera (in case you needed telling, lol), and although there's actually only eight manufacturing years between them -'85 and '93 - the blue one was very firmly a Seventies design and the red one was the Japanese getting ahead of the game and looking toward the new Millennium!
MK1 Mazda RX7 Dimensions:
Wheelbase: 2,420 mm
Length: 4,285 mm
Width: 1,675 mm
Height: 1,260 mm
MK6 Mazda RX7 dimensions:
Wheelbase: 2,425 mm
Length: 4,285 mm
Width: 1,760 mm
Height: 1,230 mm
So the only real difference between the two cars is that the newer car is 85mm wider.
Okay, that's over 3 inches wider which is a fair amount, but it's hardly "dwarfing" the old car based on those statistics.
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