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Yes Bill and that is What Model A cars should be, FUN ! Wayne
Fun at a Car Show Today
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Yes Bill and that is What Model A cars should be, FUN ! Wayne
SeaSlugs
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Agreed, pre 1975 cars had character and style and were true forms of art. Then the government stepped in and safety this emissions that (thanks Nader...). So now with strict emissions, fuel economy, and safety standards (both occupant and pedestrian) there is only a handful of strong shapes thus every car must conform to such shapes. Take the egg - amazingly strong shape even tho it is a fragile egg. Cant have wrap around windshields/rear windows anymore or Z pillar bodies etc. Even legit chrome bumpers on a car would be refreshing. So long are the days of HEY lets stuff a v8 in a Gremlin because we can not because we should mentality.
I can count on one hand the modern/new cars that I actually like and only because they remind me so much of their old counter parts. Dodge Challenger, 2006 era mustang, 14-15 silverados (looks like a modern version of the 70-80's silverados with the square wheel arches and rather boxy shape). The 16 F150 isnt bad looking either.
I think we can at least agree interiors of the last 4 years or so are HUGELY improved over from like 1995-mid 2000's nothing like light grey plastic and vinyl everywhere!
But the rest? Meh, just 14-17 feet of boring generic car painted white, silver, black or blue...
Dont even get me started on those cross over suv things... You want a generic box there you go and there is like 40 of them!
Alright I'm done haha.
C26Pinelake
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Maybe that's why a kid jumped in my Lucy yesterday at a car show on his own accord.He scratched the apron on the way in
...I guess if others let a free for all go on it makes it okay for every car on the show field.. There are civil ways to take interest in these old cars with respect, dignity, conversation.
Mitch. Can we please see a picture of the ( damage ) scratch? Wayne
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C26Pinelake
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Contrary to what your feelings are, I have a 2016 Cadillac Luxury Sport SUV / SRX and let me assure you I gave never been in a nicer vehicle but this was not to get you started. Wayne
mhsprecher
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It's funny how impressions are made, but the first old car that I ever saw was a late teens or early 20's Buick that belonged to a friend of my father's. It was still his daily driver in the mid 50's. I never forgot that car and it probably sparked my interest in antique cars, so anything we can do to imprint these memories early is a good thing.
On the generic designs of modern cars, particularly SUVs, I was noting in a parking lot two of these parked next to each other, one a Nissan and another import and they were so similar you could barely tell them apart. Dan Neil, one of my favorite automotive writers, had a review of the new Cadillac SUV in the Wall St. Journal on Saturday and he addressed this particular point. Manufacturers have a price point, size and space target they are trying to meet, and with global sourcing and a global market, they all end up about the same. My 2013 Ford Focus does not look like the typical econobox, which I am thankful for. To many eyes, though, most people probably think that all late 20's and early 30's cars look the same, too.
On the generic designs of modern cars, particularly SUVs, I was noting in a parking lot two of these parked next to each other, one a Nissan and another import and they were so similar you could barely tell them apart. Dan Neil, one of my favorite automotive writers, had a review of the new Cadillac SUV in the Wall St. Journal on Saturday and he addressed this particular point. Manufacturers have a price point, size and space target they are trying to meet, and with global sourcing and a global market, they all end up about the same. My 2013 Ford Focus does not look like the typical econobox, which I am thankful for. To many eyes, though, most people probably think that all late 20's and early 30's cars look the same, too.
H. L. Chauvin
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If we think back, many of us can recognize almost "all" vintage manufactured cars that we "saw" from about age 12 to about 20.
While traveling on back roads, (prior to interstate highways), and on summer vacations in the late 1940's through mid 1950's we occasionally saw 1920's & 1930's cars parked in front of stores in rural areas.
As a kid, they all resembled one another with flat windshields, running boards, open fenders etc., however, I always asked my Dad to identify each one by make, model, & year.
I never could understand at that time "why" he recognized each car ..... he was born in 1902.
While traveling on back roads, (prior to interstate highways), and on summer vacations in the late 1940's through mid 1950's we occasionally saw 1920's & 1930's cars parked in front of stores in rural areas.
As a kid, they all resembled one another with flat windshields, running boards, open fenders etc., however, I always asked my Dad to identify each one by make, model, & year.
I never could understand at that time "why" he recognized each car ..... he was born in 1902.