NPTim Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPTim Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 This is one nasty bastard. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 2 hours ago, NPTim said: This is one nasty bastard. Trade in value $ 0 THAT is really nasty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmidt Meister Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Supposedly, these are vinyl wraps ... I guess it might give you a chance to get in a few 'sleeper' races ... or it might keep your ride from being stolen ... idk. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmidt Meister Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Somebody drove this to a Volkswagen show ... I mean it is a VW ... almost. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Schmidt Meister Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 1938 Monarch Sno-Motor 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tous Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 At first glace, one would conclude that only the French can make an automobile that ugly, but Fiat managed to out-ugly the French. 4 hours ago, Eric said: 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 15, 2022 Administrators Share Posted August 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, tous said: At first glace, one would conclude that only the French can make an automobile that ugly, but Fiat managed to out-ugly the French. Yep, the Eyetalians pulled it off this time, didn't they? Fiat has made quite a few bizarre vehicles over the decades, but they have made some beautiful ones too. This ain't one of them. If Stewie, from Family Guy was an Italian car, this is the one he would be, with a disproportionately wide face and a bit gay. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 6 hours ago, Eric said: Yep, the Eyetalians pulled it off this time, didn't they? Fiat has made quite a few bizarre vehicles over the decades, but they have made some beautiful ones too. This ain't one of them. If Stewie, from Family Guy was an Italian car, this is the one he would be, with a disproportionately wide face and a bit gay. Is being “a bit gay” anything like being “a bit pregnant”? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Administrators Eric Posted August 15, 2022 Administrators Share Posted August 15, 2022 8 hours ago, railfancwb said: Is being “a bit gay” anything like being “a bit pregnant”? I guess that depends on which bit is gay. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tous Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 14 hours ago, Eric said: That looks Fordish. It has to be from the mid-1950s when everything had a space or supersonic aircraft theme. Hate the headers coming out of the fenders. Hate the pasted on scoops on the rear quarter even more. And ... it's orange. Bertone or Ghia? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 20, 2022 Administrators Share Posted August 20, 2022 37 minutes ago, tous said: That looks Fordish. It has to be from the mid-1950s when everything had a space or supersonic aircraft theme. Hate the headers coming out of the fenders. Hate the pasted on scoops on the rear quarter even more. And ... it's orange. Bertone or Ghia? I don't know. That is a Lincoln that could drive me to drinking though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 I did some research. The designer of the orange weirdness was Carrozzeria Boano, a feller i have never heard of. If we think about it, the 1950s must have been a wonderful time for automobile designers, especially the Italians. Lots of work, few constraints. Just go crazy, paisan. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 20, 2022 Administrators Share Posted August 20, 2022 8 minutes ago, tous said: I did some research. The designer of the orange weirdness was Carrozzeria Boano, a feller i have never heard of. If we think about it, the 1950s must have been a wonderful time for automobile designers, especially the Italians. Lots of work, few constraints. Just go crazy, paisan. Yeah, that was true then of designers and engineers in a lot of fields. Huge technological advances were made in the war and even in most of the conquered countries, the fifties became a time of optimism and abundance. Anything seemed possible. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Indeed. The post-war and early space exploration era must have been danged exciting for engineers, especially electrical engineers. They went from tubes and sockets to transistors, wired chassis to printed circuit boards and even the beginnings of integrated circuit technology. It must have seemed like their whole world and everything that they knew was suddenly turned upside down. Didn't seem to stop anyone from making ugly automobiles, though. Side note. When I enrolled in college in 1968 and declared my major as chemical engineering, all of the university big-wigs told me that there was no future in engineering or science; everything had been discovered, everything had been designed and built. My best option was the business, medical or law school. I stopped listening to experts about then and haven't believed them since. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 On 8/15/2022 at 6:40 AM, railfancwb said: Is being “a bit gay” anything like being “a bit pregnant”? With a bit of monkeypox. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 On 8/13/2022 at 6:50 PM, Schmidt Meister said: Somebody drove this to a Volkswagen show ... I mean it is a VW ... almost. Many, MANY years ago I "built" a few Dune buggys using the "frame" (floor) of a VW and a fiberglass body There were about 20 bolts attaching the body to the floor....I lifted right off....The floor was then cut and shortened by 12" IIRC......... Great fun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 10 hours ago, NPTim said: Kinda' WISHFULL THINKING ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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