Epic 30s and 40s coachwork

[Major Fallout]

Or you could just man up and drive them.

[robinessex]

shalmaneser said:

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!

Yes I do ! Having worked with it for the past 25yrs. Legislation doesn't 'produce' ugly cars. They can end up out of proportion a bit though.

[Frankthered]

Love the Alfas. Also love the Auburn.

[dinkel]

ExPat2B said:

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.

Relax. Stick to 80 mph and be beautiful.

[rohrl]

1938 4 1/4 litre Bentleys in Coupé and Roadster form. Bodies designed by Georges Paulin for Carrosserie Pourtout for customer André Embiricos.

[swisstoni]

It's taken me until later life to start to appreciate the cars of this, and earlier eras. Before, I used to write them off as before my time and just something I didn't understand.
I'll be listening to Radio 3 next.

[ClockworkCupcake]

shirt said:

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

Right.... because it is so cheap and easy to go out and buy an Art Deco streamliner, isn't it.

[ClockworkCupcake]

Some gorgeous pics there. Keep them coming!

I'm a huge fan of the Streamline Moderne movement so these are right up my street.

[john2443]

lostkiwi said:

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


A one off built by Norman Timbs. Just gorgeous.

Yes!, err, and, err, but, err, well, err, have the put the windscreen on the wrong end!

[ClockworkCupcake]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Some are and some aren't.

For example, the Morgan and Wiesmann production cars are production cars.

[lostkiwi]

john2443 said:

lostkiwi said:

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


A one off built by Norman Timbs. Just gorgeous.

Yes!, err, and, err, but, err, well, err, have the put the windscreen on the wrong end!

It has a straight 8 engine behind the passengers, all built on a tubular steel chassis with hydraulics to open the rear to access the engine and transmission.

A quick write up of the story here:
http://www.legendarycollectorcars.com/featured-veh...

Edited by lostkiwi on Tuesday 23 February 13:31

[shirt]

ClockworkCupcake said:

shirt said:

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

Right.... because it is so cheap and easy to go out and buy an Art Deco streamliner, isn't it.

ok so perhaps i didnt explain properly.

its fking stupid to blame CAD. better? CAD is a program, it doesn't design anything.

if consumer tastes meant streamlined cars were wanted, manufacturers would design then [using CAD].

[ClockworkCupcake]

shirt said:

if consumer tastes meant streamlined cars were wanted, manufacturers would design then [using CAD].

And yet this thread exists and people are saying how much they love these designs. That doesn't mean that the market is viable for cars like this, but also it doesn't invalidate the opinions of the people posting on this thread.

Your argument appears to be that this thread should be closed and custom car makers like Chip Foose, Rick Dore, Gas Monkey Garage, and the like should shut up shop because you have spoken and decreed that if there were a demand for these cars then all the mainstream manufacturers would be making them.

[ClockworkCupcake]

Anyway, less talk, more cars...

These are Rick Dore ones. You may have seen him on the Discovery TV Show "Extreme Hoarders"

Edited by ClockworkCupcake on Tuesday 23 February 14:31

[LordGrover]

Johnny Onion was still trying up until (fairly) recently.

[swisstoni]

General Motors made 12 of these Futurliners to all roll into town and act as a mobile exhibition. Must have been some sight.

[shirt]

ClockworkCupcake said:

Your argument appears to be that this thread should be closed and custom car makers like Chip Foose, Rick Dore, Gas Monkey Garage, and the like should shut up shop because you have spoken and decreed that if there were a demand for these cars then all the mainstream manufacturers would be making them.

now where did i say that? i sense a cyclical argument coming on.

ClockworkCupcake said:

thread winner for me so far

[ClockworkCupcake]

shirt said:

now where did i said that? i sense a cyclical argument coming on.

Ok, my mistake. Lets just drop it and move on rather than derailing a rather wonderful thread.

shirt said:

thread winner for me so far

[J4CKO]

They were still doing swoopy for a reasonable price in Bradford of all paces into the fifties,

[Riley Blue]

Not often you see such cars being used, this was at Mallory Park in June 2012.