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Very much reminds me of the 'Duck and Cover' drills we did in grade school in the 50's :biggrin:
She'll crash when dui from a 1.5 litre bottle of Riesling and inadvertently cause a nuclear explosion
 
And behind the Iron Curtain they tried to persuade us that the glorious Soviet army would protect us in an emergency. :eusa_doh:
Here in the UK, we were told that in the event of a nuclear attack, we should hide under the stairs or under a table and paint the windows white...

In the late 70s and 80s we had to endure those dreadful "Protect And Survive" information films on tv every night :(
All of which are now on Youtube of course

Nobody ever suggested hiding in a fridge though...
 
I love the look of those old classic American cars with all the chrome tailfins and sleek lights. Nowadays every car looks almost identical and boring, with no character at all :(

I lament the awful lack of imagination of today's designers. Back in the 50s and 60s, there were so many fabulous design ideas floating around which were exciting and inspiring, unlike today's lookalike parade.

Here's a few nice looking designs from the past, starting with the Lincoln Futura, which became famous for being the basis of the original 1960s Batmobile
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Even better looking than this was the Ford Atmos concept car...
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Not everything that Ford came up with was perfectly thought out though - the Ford Nucleon concept from the late 50s looked really cool, but that weird round thing in the back is a nuclear reactor. Yeah, Ford thought that everybody would be driving around in their own personal Chernobyl - what could possibly go wrong?
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The Plymouth Voyager was a strange one, effectively being two cars in one, with retractable wheels behind that off panel in the middle. It would make an awesome camper though - I could easily fit a kingsize bed in the back of this thing :)
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And finally, my own favorite - the Ferrari Modulo, in my opinion the most beautiful car ever designed. Only one was ever built, for the 1970 motor show, and is now owned by a private collector
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Of ourse these were all concept cars and never made it into production, which I think is a real shame - with the possible exception of the Nucleon of course - nobody wants to see Barb driving around in one of those things :eek:
Another beautiful concept car, the Chrysler Turbine 1963-64. Body by Ghia.
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Of 55 built, 9 survive. Eight are in museums and one is in Jay Leno's private collection.
 
I love the look of those old classic American cars with all the chrome tailfins and sleek lights. Nowadays every car looks almost identical and boring, with no character at all :(

I lament the awful lack of imagination of today's designers. Back in the 50s and 60s, there were so many fabulous design ideas floating around which were exciting and inspiring, unlike today's lookalike parade.

Here's a few nice looking designs from the past, starting with the Lincoln Futura, which became famous for being the basis of the original 1960s Batmobile
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Even better looking than this was the Ford Atmos concept car...
View attachment 1309513

Not everything that Ford came up with was perfectly thought out though - the Ford Nucleon concept from the late 50s looked really cool, but that weird round thing in the back is a nuclear reactor. Yeah, Ford thought that everybody would be driving around in their own personal Chernobyl - what could possibly go wrong?
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The Plymouth Voyager was a strange one, effectively being two cars in one, with retractable wheels behind that off panel in the middle. It would make an awesome camper though - I could easily fit a kingsize bed in the back of this thing :)
View attachment 1309515

And finally, my own favorite - the Ferrari Modulo, in my opinion the most beautiful car ever designed. Only one was ever built, for the 1970 motor show, and is now owned by a private collector
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Of ourse these were all concept cars and never made it into production, which I think is a real shame - with the possible exception of the Nucleon of course - nobody wants to see Barb driving around in one of those things :eek:
I live in the center of the auto world and like you I find very little to like in modern design. The copycat designing is so bad that if you took the badging off it would be almost impossible to tell them apart.
 
I live in the center of the auto world and like you I find very little to like in modern design. The copycat designing is so bad that if you took the badging off it would be almost impossible to tell them apart.
The melted jellybean look, I call it.
More computer design and accounting influence than human input perhaps?
 
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Stout ST-1; Torpedo bomber; built by Stout Metal Airplaine in 1922; US Navy.
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Bristol Braemar; longe range bomber; carrying 6-250 lb bombs; 1918; RAF.
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Focke Wulf F19 (Ente); German experimental "canard" aircraft; built by Rumpler Werke in 1927.

Unfortunately, I was unable to obtain the young ladies' technical data.
 
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Stout ST-1; Torpedo bomber; built by Stout Metal Airplaine in 1922; US Navy.
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Bristol Braemar; longe range bomber; carrying 6-250 lb bombs; 1918; RAF.
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Focke Wulf F19 (Ente); German experimental "canard" aircraft; built by Rumpler Werke in 1927.
She was right, was Tania, an ST-1! :)

She's not just a pretty, um, face! :)
 
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Stout ST-1; Torpedo bomber; built by Stout Metal Airplaine in 1922; US Navy.
1308318-bf8f77b82baecc680c2157cb67d4e233.jpg
Bristol Braemar; longe range bomber; carrying 6-250 lb bombs; 1918; RAF.
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Focke Wulf F19 (Ente); German experimental "canard" aircraft; built by Rumpler Werke in 1927.

Unfortunately, I was unable to obtain the young ladies' technical data.
Luckily I am able to obtain the young lady's data :
Tania Aresti. (U.K.Model)
31 Years old
5ft 5" tall
32B-26-38
Dress Size 8
Shoe Size 5
Mediterranean Ethnicity.
;)
 
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