Deco Deliveries

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I think I recall this from a movie scene.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

Fiat 600D Multipla MPV Classic / LHD / 1963

 

[3fingers]

I'd rather drive that Fiat than a Smart.

 

[BobHufford]

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

1956 Buick Centurion Concept Car

I don't think it works, even in a concept-car way, but am still glad the out-there attempt was made.

 

[BobHufford]

1941 Brooks Stevens Western Flyer Motorhome.

 

[Fading Fast]

⇧ Now, that's a fin.

 

[Zombie_61]

1956 Buick Centurion Concept Car
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I don't think it works, even in a concept-car way, but am still glad the out-there attempt was made.

Maybe not, but it's more visually interesting than the re-badged cookie-cutter lead sled that bore the name Centurion from 1971-73:

Concept cars are an interesting...uh, concept...to me. The designers are allowed to let their imaginations run a little wild, the companies present them in a "Here's what we could produce if money, technology, and public safety weren't a concern" way, and if the car actually goes into production it's rarely even close to the original concept. They're a tease--fun to look at, but the odds are slim that you'll ever own one.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

1941 Brooks Stevens Western Flyer Motorhome.

⇧ Now, that's a fin.

Must be a Pontiac. First thing I thought of.

 

[GHT]

Fiat 600D Multipla MPV Classic / LHD / 1963
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There's a car like that at The Goodwood Revival. If you have never heard of the event, just Google the name. It's a bit like The Fedora Lounge Weekender, but with whistles and bells.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motorin...val-2013-Fiat-600D-Multipla-Mario-review.html

Maybe not, but it's more visually interesting than the re-badged cookie-cutter lead sled that bore the name Centurion from 1971-73:

Concept cars are an interesting...uh, concept...to me. The designers are allowed to let their imaginations run a little wild, the companies present them in a "Here's what we could produce if money, technology, and public safety weren't a concern" way, and if the car actually goes into production it's rarely even close to the original concept. They're a tease--fun to look at, but the odds are slim that you'll ever own one.

The difference between concept and reality sometimes blurs. Ford designers were given carte blanche to design a car that had every conceivable gizmo, what they came up with cost Ford dearly. I blame Bob Hope, when asked what he thought of it he replied: "It looks like it's sucking a lemon."

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Maybe not, but it's more visually interesting than the re-badged cookie-cutter lead sled that bore the name Centurion from 1971-73:

Concept cars are an interesting...uh, concept...to me. The designers are allowed to let their imaginations run a little wild, the companies present them in a "Here's what we could produce if money, technology, and public safety weren't a concern" way, and if the car actually goes into production it's rarely even close to the original concept. They're a tease--fun to look at, but the odds are slim that you'll ever own one.

Back in the era of the 1950 - 1961 Motorama shows by GM, design concept cars were mostly never meant to go into production. GM executives ended up driving & owning most of them once they came off the motorama show circuit. The cars could eventually be resold to dealers & private individuals by their executive owners. Today most design concept cars don't actually run & when GM is finished with those that do run most are crushed due to product liability. Or they go into a GM museum.

 

[GHT]

A laundry van:

A service bus and a tram:

The shelter where you would wait, sometimes forever, then two came along together:

A Talbot Lago car:

And for the, go anywhere, whenever you like, art deco style:

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

The Landliner.

Rob

 

[David Conwill]

1956 Buick Centurion Concept Car
View attachment 158748
I don't think it works, even in a concept-car way, but am still glad the out-there attempt was made.

I've never been a fan of the styling, but I have to admit this race-car version is pretty darned cool

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[BobHufford]

Used trucks...