And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Blame it on CAD (computer aided design)--there are only so many ways to decrease the coefficient of friction (air drag AKA streamlining)...Hence, the reason "they all look the same". We lost something when we started to use computers to design the bodies of cars.
Saw a brand new ev from a luxury brand, looked blah, indistinguishable and had no company dna in it. My first thought was they designed it to be drag efficient. I tend to be a very functional man, but I do miss the old razzlemdazzle
The 1900 indicates the displacement. The engine was a DOHC inline 4 producing from 90 to 115hp. The car in the pic has a Zagato body hand built from aluminium sheet. During the '50s many F1 cars had an airscoop on the left. Perhaps the customer requested the same on this car. Al_in_Ottawa
Aha, thanks. I remember working on a friend's jap car, the straight six had intake on passenger side and exhaust on driver side, separating the heat from the incoming air/gas mixture. Unlike my 63 Ford F100 which had a common intake/exhaust manifold on the driver side which always seemed a bit stupid. But anyway, I could see why an offset hood scoop would be used on something like that.
90 hp? Hell, my motorcycle gets more than that. Different times.
I had some Alfas back in the 60's, early 70's when my last one kissed a Maverick. Nothing like this Zagato, though. I still get chill bumps when I see one.
Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS by Zagato from the mid to late '50s.
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There sure were some lovely machine made, years ago. Before everything became like everything else.
ReplyDeleteBlame it on CAD (computer aided design)--there are only so many ways to decrease the coefficient of friction (air drag AKA streamlining)...Hence, the reason "they all look the same". We lost something when we started to use computers to design the bodies of cars.
DeleteSaw a brand new ev from a luxury brand, looked blah, indistinguishable and had no company dna in it. My first thought was they designed it to be drag efficient. I tend to be a very functional man, but I do miss the old razzlemdazzle
DeleteStraight six with carbs on passenger side? Would explain the off-set hood scoop.
ReplyDeleteThe 1900 indicates the displacement. The engine was a DOHC inline 4 producing from 90 to 115hp. The car in the pic has a Zagato body hand built from aluminium sheet. During the '50s many F1 cars had an airscoop on the left. Perhaps the customer requested the same on this car.
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Aha, thanks. I remember working on a friend's jap car, the straight six had intake on passenger side and exhaust on driver side, separating the heat from the incoming air/gas mixture. Unlike my 63 Ford F100 which had a common intake/exhaust manifold on the driver side which always seemed a bit stupid. But anyway, I could see why an offset hood scoop would be used on something like that.
Delete90 hp? Hell, my motorcycle gets more than that. Different times.
I had some Alfas back in the 60's, early 70's when my last one kissed a Maverick. Nothing like this Zagato, though. I still get chill bumps when I see one.
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