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George29 said:
I like the colour of the car. The yellow touch on the grille and calipers work well, although I think the tyre writing and GT4 logo are steps too far.
Don't like the carbon or drug dealer windows. I think it would look better with the original grille and bonnet.
That's positively a charm offensive for George! I think he is dead right on the grille, I'll let you swap it for mine, purely as a favour you understand.... Don't like the carbon or drug dealer windows. I think it would look better with the original grille and bonnet.
I couldn't help notice the OCD, lining the tyres up an' all
Oh, and before I forget. That's a great colour car.
KF, thanks for posting your finished beauty. The colour of your car is really really nice.
Congratulations
There's a context here that I think could be said, you are in America. We are over the pond is a society where historically we are very conservation and "dressed down" (unlike some other more fun cousins in Europe like Italian's who often have great dress sense and charasma). American car design has from the 50's been part of the country's shared drive for Space and beyond, there was a sense in the car design of speed and futurism. Later becoming American Muscle vehicles. I think in the past we in England often looked to the US vehicles with a sense of wishfulness at the glamour and flamboyance in the vehicle design. We often incorporated US details but with much more toned down appearance into the British designs.
IMHO your car represents the perfect American Dream. Full of speed and visual language that it will consume the road as it drives. If Top Gear USA test drove it they would go nuts with excitement!
Congratulations
There's a context here that I think could be said, you are in America. We are over the pond is a society where historically we are very conservation and "dressed down" (unlike some other more fun cousins in Europe like Italian's who often have great dress sense and charasma). American car design has from the 50's been part of the country's shared drive for Space and beyond, there was a sense in the car design of speed and futurism. Later becoming American Muscle vehicles. I think in the past we in England often looked to the US vehicles with a sense of wishfulness at the glamour and flamboyance in the vehicle design. We often incorporated US details but with much more toned down appearance into the British designs.
IMHO your car represents the perfect American Dream. Full of speed and visual language that it will consume the road as it drives. If Top Gear USA test drove it they would go nuts with excitement!
W1111AM said:
I think in the past we in England often looked to the US vehicles with a sense of wishfulness at the glamour and flamboyance in the vehicle design.
What glamour is there in American car design?! 
Most American cars are so vulgar and ostentatious. Would you honestly expect someone to arrive to a glamourous event in a Corvette or Mustang etc?
KarlFranz said:
divetheworld said:
I couldn't help notice the OCD, lining the tyres up an' all
I'm sure that was just a coincidence. 
George29 said:
What glamour is there in American car design?!
Most American cars are so vulgar and ostentatious. Would you honestly expect someone to arrive to a glamourous event in a Corvette or Mustang etc?
Yup, can definitely imagine turning up in a corvette. Wouldn't describe this as vulgar. Most American cars are so vulgar and ostentatious. Would you honestly expect someone to arrive to a glamourous event in a Corvette or Mustang etc?
And that Steve McQueen, he wasn't very glamorous was he?
George29 said:
Id describe both of them as vulgar.
Fair enough. I think from that era there are some great looking American cars which stopped roughly mid 70's, sadly the newer mustang and corvette are rather ugly and I agree are not very glamorous. I'd rather have an e-type or a DB5 but I agree with w1111am that 50s - probably early 70s US car design was aped by others. There are exceptions which the Americans stole such as the cobra, but in general I would say the trend was the other way.Anyway I'm derailing this topic. How the heck do you keep your garage that clean?! My kitchen is dirtier.
Edited by V8Andrew on Thursday 5th March 10:18
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