It looks like the elephant man of automobiles. -- Z~

A rare angle of this most bizarre car. I was always curious how it looked from behind. Thanks, André. -- Z~

I remember when this one was in all the buff magazines of the day. Aren't we glad that car design didn't go this way. It makes today's high-butt, high-waist, gun-slit windows, huge wheels, skinny tires look seem almost elegant by comparison. max "André Ritzinger" > wrote...

On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:31:03 -0700, "Paddy's Pig" > wrote: DeSoto and Plymouth 1935 offered the slant back also. The DeSoto used the Airstream 4dr sedan fast backs for fleet taxi's, but the bustle trunk outsold the fast backs overall. >>"Rich" > wrote...

That's very pretty but it would have looked even nicer if they'd painted the area behind the grille in black or silver so the grille decoration didn't look so much of an afterthought. Of course, in those days black wasn't ubiquitous like it is today so maybe this did look better to the 196x...

Doby

I'm always surprised when I see one of these, especially the early 1800 cc model. It really was an anachronism even the day it was announced but it has a lot of charm. But only the British could have made such a thing. Still, it had a proper top, wind up side windows, independent transverse...

"Zinc" > wrote in message ... Ye Gads --- I go my whole life and never even know this thing exists, then I stumble over the green one at the Rose Bowl a few weeks ago --- and now you've found another one! Great shots...

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:38:36 -0500, Vlad > wrote: >>This is the GLS model. I bought a fire engine red Simca 1000. BIG mistake. I >>should have spent the extra $100 and gotten the Deluxe model with better >>seats. The 1000 model had the worst car seats ever designed by the mind of...

On 12 Jul 2009 12:46:48 GMT, (rob) wrote: Nasty looking weather. Was this one of the storms that delayed the NASA shuttle launch ?

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:59:58 -0400, "Vintage" > wrote: >>Any ideas on this old car? >> I found a Pope and a Rambler with similar fronts. Both in the 1902-4 era. The Rambler even had a screen type front. Both were left hand drive. Unfortunately, neither were exactly like this one and...

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:24:24 -0400, "rob" > wrote: >>Publish date: Jul 2, 2009 >>Source: Motor Age >> >> >> >>Tire dealers across the U.S. today will start selling the world’s first >>orange oil-infused passenger car tire, Yokohama Tire Corporation’s dB Super >>E-spec™, which is...

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On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:43:49 -0700, "Paddy's Pig" > wrote: >>I found this somewhere. No idea who the author was. >> Ech ! Sacrilege !