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.
Friday, January 3, 2025
The "I've been stung by a bee and I'm allergic" look in car design
That car was first built in 1955, when Detroit was producing some bulbous looking cars too. Six years later the same man styled the Jaguar E-Type. Al_in_Ottawa
" Efficiency yes, style not so much." Much the same with modern architecture. Flat & smooth concrete, steel, and glass in our big buildings, and particle board & sheetrock in our homes.
I had a chance to buy one of these in the early 80s. I made the same good decision as I did when I had the chance to buy two 426 hemi engines about the same time.
(Narrator voice) : He did not, in fact, make a good decision.
I'd bet the ROI of buying all three and holding in storage until today would be way better than owning the S&P500 over the same time period. If you can find a buyer, but that probably wouldn't be a big problem.
I worked on one of those back in the 70s...not fun and the parts were crazy expensive. and if I remember that correctly [I shared the project with another guy] you had to pull the engine out of the BOTTOM of the car....there was a framework preventing pulling it up and out...totally wacked. I did the brakes, my bud pulled the engine...fun car to drive, but you don't want to own one unless you have a good mechanic and tons of extra cash....
When we lived in Japan, my career Air Force officer father ordered one of these beauties and just before we moved back to CONUS, it was delivered to him.
Back then Jag's slogan was "Pace, Space and Grace." It was the preferred gangster get away car and is well represented in the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
I have a Toyota and after owning many different makes of automobiles over the decades, I will never own anything but Toyotas. And since they run extremely well for 200,000 - 300,000 miles, I will not have to own very many of them.
Still way better looking than today's Jags.
ReplyDeleteThat car was first built in 1955, when Detroit was producing some bulbous looking cars too. Six years later the same man styled the Jaguar E-Type.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
open a window, let some air out...
ReplyDeleteCurrent designs mostly look like jelly bean cars and have for years. Efficiency yes, style not so much.
ReplyDelete" Efficiency yes, style not so much."
ReplyDeleteMuch the same with modern architecture. Flat & smooth concrete, steel, and glass in our big buildings, and particle board & sheetrock in our homes.
I had a chance to buy one of these in the early 80s. I made the same good decision as I did when I had the chance to buy two 426 hemi engines about the same time.
ReplyDelete(Narrator voice) : He did not, in fact, make a good decision.
I'd bet the ROI of buying all three and holding in storage until today would be way better than owning the S&P500 over the same time period. If you can find a buyer, but that probably wouldn't be a big problem.
DeleteI worked on one of those back in the 70s...not fun and the parts were crazy expensive. and if I remember that correctly [I shared the project with another guy] you had to pull the engine out of the BOTTOM of the car....there was a framework preventing pulling it up and out...totally wacked. I did the brakes, my bud pulled the engine...fun car to drive, but you don't want to own one unless you have a good mechanic and tons of extra cash....
ReplyDeleteBut if you ARE a good mechanic....woo hoo!
DeleteWhen we lived in Japan, my career Air Force officer father ordered one of these beauties and just before we moved back to CONUS, it was delivered to him.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092379/mediaviewer/rm4285962497
ReplyDeleteThe real star of this show.
Amen! Jag (and Morse) sadly missing in the good 'Lewis' series afterward..
DeleteBack then Jag's slogan was "Pace, Space and Grace." It was the preferred gangster get away car and is well represented in the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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dumb opening caption!- it's apretty style and better then the crap of the last 40 years
ReplyDeleteThankee sir, saved me saying that.
DeleteKaren, he made a joke, so you and andy should sue him.
DeleteRather have a Toyota than one of today's Jags.
ReplyDeleteI have a Toyota and after owning many different makes of automobiles over the decades, I will never own anything but Toyotas. And since they run extremely well for 200,000 - 300,000 miles, I will not have to own very many of them.
DeleteOuuuuuu, pretty!
ReplyDeleteOne of the better looking four door "saloons". Shared a motor with the XKE. Side mirrors way out on the fenders might make this one a Japan resident.
ReplyDeleteEnglish licence plates, not Japanese.
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