"Designing" cars when you were a kid

"Designing" cars when you were a kid

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Zad

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12,695 posts

235 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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I'm pretty sure I wasn't alone in this, drawing cars that you lusted after, or where you thought you could do a better job than the manufacturer's own designers. I guess things have moved on, and 17 year olds graduate straight on to Corsas with large amounts of fibreglass and filler, and several inches chopped off the springs.

Anyway, earlier today while rummaging around in my parents' loft, I came across an old A3 sketch book I had as a kid around 1982-1984ish. One of the "designs" I had drawn was for Ford's mythical new Granada (or possibly Mk.6 Cortina given the 4-stud Ghia wheels) 2 door coupé. Every time I see a Barried up Corsa, I'm going to think back to this and sympathise.

Anyway, if you want spoilers, wings, skirts, vents, more spoilers, lamps, deep windows and more spoilers, then here it is. Its probably for the best that the 13 year old that drew this didn't go into automotive styling. I'm still expecting a call from the producers of Chop Shop though...



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storminnorman

2,357 posts

151 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Sweet ride.
I remember having a set of stencils with different designs of car components, so you could choose your own combination to draw a car. That was awesome

StuntmanMike

11,671 posts

150 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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I'd do this, I would design a car, then it's replacement etc.
30 odd years ago, jesus haven't thought about my childhood designs in a long time.

va1o

16,029 posts

206 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Same here, gosh that was a long time ago!

Hrimfaxi

1,036 posts

126 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Nice hehe . Most of my car designs would of been on a maths book.

trashbat

6,005 posts

152 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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I'm 30 years old and I've never drawn anything that neat in my entire life.

aka_kerrly

12,416 posts

209 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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That looks remarkably similar to sketches I did instead of paying attention in French class.

Daston

6,074 posts

202 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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trashbat said:
I'm 30 years old and I've never drawn anything that neat in my entire life.
I was thinking the same thing.

boyse7en

6,671 posts

164 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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I used to that sort of thing (possibly with fewer spoilers)

I took it far too far though, and went on to do it at Uni

trashbat

6,005 posts

152 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Also it seems to me that what you designed there is some kind of 80s-era Mercedes (fk trying to work out which designation), quite possibly several years before they made it.

Fleckers

2,851 posts

200 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Mine always had big engines with super chargers sticking out of the bonnet

Normally in maths French and English lessons

Negative Creep

24,942 posts

226 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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I did an entire range brochure once, but that's long lost to the mists of time (probably for the best). Someone in my primary school apparently sent his design to Toyota, who liked it so much they put it into production

BenRichards89

661 posts

134 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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I'm 24 and still do it!! Only I scan them into Photoshop now to tidy them up...



Edited by BenRichards89 on Thursday 23 October 20:11

Snollygoster

1,538 posts

138 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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As much as I'd love to have, all my drawings ended up a very Postman Pat van if that.

Even this guy can draw better than me.


OldSkoolRS

6,718 posts

178 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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storminnorman said:
Sweet ride.
I remember having a set of stencils with different designs of car components, so you could choose your own combination to draw a car. That was awesome
I can't remember what it was called, but I had something like this too: The stencils were transparent green and you had to move them down and stencil through seemingly random slots to build up the picture. It didn't take long to work out how to mix the front from one to the middle and rear of the others. smile

Prior to that I used to draw a lot of side on views of my own 'designs'in a similar fashion to the one at the top of this thread. I'd add the dash board view in the corner of the page as well (usually with a 150mph speedo hehe). My Dad still has some of them somewhere, oddly one of them looks very much like the Vauxhall Chevette; drawn in the early 1970s before it was launched...

Pints

18,444 posts

193 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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30 years ago mine looked more like fighter jets with wheels than anything you'd actually see on the road. I suppose I could have got a design job at Pagani.

Zad

Original Poster:

12,695 posts

235 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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BenRichards89 said:
I'm 24 and still do it!! Only I scan them into Photoshop now to tidy them up...
Training, skill, experience and good old fashioned talent. That's just cheating that is wink

hehe

shost

825 posts

142 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Wow, that brings back the memories. My dad went on a work trip when I was around 9-10 years old and brought me and my brother one of these each.

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/116108496616233920/Bh...

I used to make loads of designs. Mostly with pop up head lamps as was the style in that era (early 90's). Think I made up my own "brand" etc and made the whole range. Fantastic and I believe the drawings are in a cupboard somewhere waiting to be rediscovered.

mclwanB

600 posts

244 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Somewhere I have a pencil sketch profile of a 4 door BMW i8 drawn c1990!

El Guapo

2,787 posts

189 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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I used to design racing cars as a lad. Colin Bloody Chapman pinched my ground effect idea that I'd come up with when I was about 9 or 10.