What has quality and style today

[Mid-fogey]

I'm in love...

The 2000 Buick Blackhawk (Concept).

...I hope they make it!!!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[Camille]

Beosound1. Makes me drool.

Macbook Pro. Also makes me drool.

And of course, something for the road:

 

[jgilbert]

Dwell Magazine

I love that magazine!

 

[imoldfashioned]

The 2003 Buick Blackhawk (Concept).

I'd get a driver's license if I could have one of those--fabulous style!

 

[Spitfire]

The 2003 Buick Blackhawk (Concept).

...clunck...cluuunnncccckkk...
(the sound of my jaw hitting first the table and then the floor)
:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[KilroyCD]

The Buick Blackhawk Concept Car...

Though it's a Buick, I find it quite interesting that the front end (especially the grille) more closely resembles a '40 Ford...

 

[dhermann1]

2003 Buick Blackhawk

That car was meant to be a modern interpretation of Harley Earl's famous Y job of 1938, one of the first concept cars ever. It was built to celebrate Buick's centenial in 2003. (He called it the Y job so as not to call it the X job.) Many Buick fans found it ironic that instead of using the iconic Buick "toothy" grill (introduced to production Buicks in 1942), they used the slightly creepy (in my opinion, anyway, and many others' as well) mustache grill of the somewhat unsuccessful 1939 Buick. I'll post pix tonight so you can compare. But yeah, grill notwithstanding, that baby is very cool.

 

[imoldfashioned]

That car was meant to be a modern interpretation of Harley Earl's famous Y job of 1938, one of the first concept cars ever. It was built to celebrate Buick's centenial in 2003. (He called it the Y job so as not to call it the X job.) Many Buick fans found it ironic that instead of using the iconic Buick "toothy" grill (introduced to production Buicks in 1942), they used the slightly creepy (in my opinion, anyway, and many others' as well) mustache grill of the somewhat unsuccessful 1939 Buick. I'll post pix tonight so you can compare. But yeah, grill notwithstanding, that baby is very cool.

Interesting--thanks for the info dhermann1--I'd love to see additional pictures.

 

[dhermann1]

The Y Job

Here's a shot from PreWarBuick.com of the Y Job:

And here's a 39 Buick. I can't quite look at a 39 Buick without wincing. I just think they're SO ugly. But there are many who love them:

Here's the link that has the whole story. PrewarBuick.com is one of my favorite websites.
http://www.prewarbuick.com/features/why_the_y_job

 

[Sarge]

The Blackhawk concept is not only a looker but she's a real hotrod too.

Blackhawk Specifications:

Fuel Injected 455 CI Buick GS Stage III V8
463 horsepower / 510 lb-ft torque
Wheelbase: 129 inches
Length: 204 inches
Weight: 3600 lb. 50/50 distribution
BFG 295/35ZR 18 295/45ZR18 Fikse 5 spoke wheels 18X10 Baer/Alcan 13.5" drilled brakes
0-60 mph in 4.9 seconds

 

[anon`]

Blackhawk Specifications:

Fuel Injected 455 CI Buick GS Stage III V8
463 horsepower / 510 lb-ft torque
Wheelbase: 129 inches
Length: 204 inches
Weight: 3600 lb. 50/50 distribution
BFG 295/35ZR 18 295/45ZR18 Fikse 5 spoke wheels 18X10 Baer/Alcan 13.5" drilled brakes
0-60 mph in 4.9 seconds

Not too bad, if a bit portly. Almost good enough to make me consider trading in my baby!

It does have that Ford vibe goin' for it, though...

 

[imoldfashioned]

Here's a shot from PreWarBuick.com of the Y Job:

I love the Y's grill with the matching detail on the wheelcovers (I'm sure this isn't the proper name for this car part--sorry, I'm having a braincramp).

Would it be heresy to say that I like the Blackhawk better than either of the two vintage cars? Don't like the color of the Blackhawk though--but they can change that when they make mine

 

[Sarge]

Another cool retro styled concept car is the 2005 Holden EFIJY. With a 480-kilowatt, supercharged six-liter V8 engine they call it a "mobster themed monster".

 

[imoldfashioned]

Another cool retro styled concept car is the 2005 Holden EFIJY. With a 480-kilowatt, supercharged six-liter V8 engine they call it a "mobster themed monster".

That looks like it drove right out of Dick Tracy! And that color I like very much.

 

[BellyTank]

The Jacon Jensen T-1 phone:

We have this 'phone- bought it because it was cheap, on sale.
It isn't a very handy phone- too different from a normal phone to be immediately useful. You can't "hang up", like you can with a "normal" 'phone.

B
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[Matt Deckard]

ka-bump

 

[nobodyspecial]

The Jensen by Rivendell Mountain Works. Simple, elegant and unbelievable comfortable to carry.

Bicycles made by Velo Orange.

Swiss army knives, especially those with alox scales.

 

[shoelessjoe]

Mike Clark & Kathy Jensen's South Creek Ltd Rods & Reels

Imported Jerusalem Oive Wood Reel Seat & Fossilized Amber-Handled Reel w/Silk Line

Brazilian Snakewood Reel Seat & Peerless SC Ltd. Reel

The Patriarch (bottom) & The Progeny

Ditto

... and they really, really work!

 

[Luddite]

Quality and style, you say?

Then I say Playsam toys...

the Dutchtub...

and the Godet Egli Vincent...

 

[Nathan Flowers]

The Brooks B67 bicycle saddle. All leather and steel construction. I ride one every day, though mine is black.