Deco Deliveries

[Zombie_61]

Beautiful photos. I really love the sense of STYLE.
nowadays, functionality, cost-cutting, and a misplaced desire to be postmodern has made everything BORING. (Well, almost everything.)

I agree. Over the last four to five decades (at least) in an effort to achieve better fuel economy, cars have become more and more aerodynamic and streamlined to the point that they've not only achieved a rather boring "wedge" shape, but they look almost exactly like each other and it's getting more and more difficult to tell one manufacturer's car from another. By necessity individuality has been "bred" out of the modern automobile, and now they're all about as exciting as a saucer of tap water. Say what you will about the not-particularly-attractive Edsel, at least it stood out and you could easily find one in a parking lot.

 

[BobHufford]

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

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First known diversity illustration.

 

[Zombie_61]

First known diversity illustration.

I was thinking "Popemobile".

 

[BobHufford]

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Jonckheere Coupe

Rob

 

[BobHufford]

1941 Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet fire truck.

 

[BobHufford]

 

[Frunobulax]

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Looks like an early version of the popemobile.

 

[BobHufford]

 

[David Conwill]

We are in the process of reviving our Deco Delivery (actually a 1936 Chevrolet panel truck) at work!

 

[BobHufford]

 

[BobHufford]

1936 version of a GMC Futurliner.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

1923

 

[Zombie_61]

1923

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Wow, and I thought my dearly departed pickup truck had the aerodynamics of a shoe box.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

 

[BobHufford]

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This could start a whole new subset.

I like this 1930s Spartan 7W Executive (made in Tulsa) in the late 1930s.