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Monday, January 13, 2025
They'll never be allowed to build them with such style again.
Gorgeous. All that chrome, nothing modular, steel dashboards with gauges you could easily swap out and an engine that could be worked on. Go to the dealer and order the car how you wanted it. Now, dealerships are a sad parking lot of cookie-cutter plastic cars & 84-month payments. - WDS
Looks like a 63 or 64? All that Detroit iron, pinnacle of beautiful vehicle art really, and they sculpted them in clay first, thats a lit of work right there in itself, amazed.
I recently watched videos of crash test dummies in newer cars and in old "iron-monsters." The newer cars proved far safer than the older cars because of all sorts of improvements and passenger safety features.
But, you DO have a point there, regardless of the modern safety and efficiency improvements. It would be wildly popular to create some designs where there is at least an ATTEMPT to recapture simplicity, maintainability, and style of past years.
I was 16 years old in 1972. A 61 bubble top was my first car. The drive shaft was so long it had a carrier bearing half way back. Replaced that bearing multiple times. What I wouldn’t give to have been able (and smart enough) to keep that car.
Gorgeous. All that chrome, nothing modular, steel dashboards with gauges you could easily swap out and an engine that could be worked on. Go to the dealer and order the car how you wanted it. Now, dealerships are a sad parking lot of cookie-cutter plastic cars & 84-month payments.
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Looks like a 63 or 64? All that Detroit iron, pinnacle of beautiful vehicle art really, and they sculpted them in clay first, thats a lit of work right there in itself, amazed.
ReplyDeleteNope, that's a 61 Chevy bubbletop. On the left is an Edsel.
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indeed it is, and the best of the series '61-'64
DeleteI recently watched videos of crash test dummies in newer cars and in old "iron-monsters." The newer cars proved far safer than the older cars because of all sorts of improvements and passenger safety features.
ReplyDeleteI'd rather take the risk than live in the nanny state.
DeleteSo, it's "Live Free and Die"? Whatever you choose.
DeleteBut, you DO have a point there, regardless of the modern safety and efficiency improvements. It would be wildly popular to create some designs where there is at least an ATTEMPT to recapture simplicity, maintainability, and style of past years.
ReplyDeleteAmen to that thought!! Maybe if we started a write in to the Car Gods of Motor City?
DeleteI was 16 years old in 1972. A 61 bubble top was my first car. The drive shaft was so long it had a carrier bearing half way back. Replaced that bearing multiple times. What I wouldn’t give to have been able (and smart enough) to keep that car.
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