Epic 30s and 40s coachwork

[hairyben]

judas said:

shirt said:

silly to blame CAD. blame consumers. if people wanted art deco streamliners we would be driving them.

Unfortunately not, safety rules make this sort of design impossible these days

Safety is a constraint to work within much the same as many other constraints designers have always been bound by but it doesn't mean you can't design something lovely, such as the 8c.

The church of fashion and the vapid, lemming like average joe consumer who wants to be told what he likes are whats to blame.

[Citman]

Wasn't just cars...





Bodies by a coachbuilders in Govan, of all places...

[Conscript]

Zad said:

I do, but I'm not a fan of the overly-streamlined ones. I can imagine some PH duffer of the day saying "Hah, cars these days are all starting to look the same". I prefer the earlier part of the era.

What is that? I adore it, the proportions just look right. Want.

I really love some vintage designs. I often think there'd be a market for "new" classic cars; modern driveline, engine and electronics but using vintage bodywork.

[Ace-T]

Conscript said:

What is that? I adore it, the proportions just look right. Want.

I really love some vintage designs. I often think there'd be a market for "new" classic cars; modern driveline, engine and electronics but using vintage bodywork.

Apparently it is one of these:

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/cg/2876/Daimler-Dou...

One of a kind and absolutely beautiful!

[galro]

Ace-T said:

Apparently it is one of these:

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/cg/2876/Daimler-Dou...

One of a kind and absolutely beautiful!

There is a cool four door version too.

[galro]

1938 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 by Giuseppe Aprile.

[to3m]

judas said:

shirt said:

silly to blame CAD. blame consumers. if people wanted art deco streamliners we would be driving them.

Unfortunately not, safety rules make this sort of design impossible these days

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I hear they banned it because the teapot presented too much of a heated fluid spillage risk to the passengers.

[Du1point8]

A replica of this with a meteor or a merlin engine in the front would be epic.

Wonder why no one has ever done something similar?

[MikeT66]

Absolutely agree, dinkel - some amazingly beautiful cars from that era.

The Delahaye was once the property of Diana Dors, I believe.



And without wishing to derail the thread, I love the other designs those decade produced, such as...

[Puddenchucker]

[LaurasOtherHalf]

For all those who say you couldn't build one now....

[Du1point8]

If you are having that you can practically accept this:

[dinkel]

Agreed, both the Aero Mog and Wiesmann are works of art. Shame Wiesmann is out. In 2007 I was at the (original) factory... workshop really:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...



Holy mother another Alfa:



1938 Lancia Astura Coupe Touring

[J4CKO]

I always think the original Mercedes CLS has a hint of art Deco about it.

[lostkiwi]

I think you'd struggle to find anything more beautiful than this:


A one off built by Norman Timbs. Just gorgeous.

[shalmaneser]

robinessex said:

Well, they're bloody well aren't now, that's for sure. I blame CAD myself. A modern take on an 'old' style. Bloody fantastic !!!

Edited by robinessex on Sunday 21st February 10:47

Do you know what CAD does?

I could bang together any of these old car shapes if you wanted.

The reason cars don't look like this any more is because of safety legislation, contemporary styling requirements and aerodynamics.

They do look lovely though!

[Europa1]

That chap at Blastolene puts out some epic looking stuff: https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=img...

[Zad]

Conscript said:

What is that? I adore it, the proportions just look right. Want.

I really love some vintage designs. I often think there'd be a market for "new" classic cars; modern driveline, engine and electronics but using vintage bodywork.

Here is some more information on it: http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/photo/194873,13567...

Twenny-free inch rims innit

Bodywork by Corsica, who were based in the glamorous and exotic environs of Cricklewood. I seem to vaguely remember a PH member whose family had a huge collection, which at the time included this car.

[plasticpig]

Some of my favorites have already been posted. But I have always fancied a Chord 810/812. Compared some of the others posted here they are actually quite affordable.

[ExPat2B]

All these streamliners are blooming lovely, that's for sure, but they are an aerodynamic disaster area - those faired in wheels are the same basic cross section as a lift generating wing. You would need spoilers and winglets to keep them on the ground at modern speeds which would ruin the look.