Can imagine they are, or were really memorable in personBlack5 !
The design alone is wonderful, but then it has thewhole two-tone thing going at the same time. ..Pretty awesome !
Just found this 1960-1964 Dodge Phoenix for you... 🙂
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Can imagine they are, or were really memorable in personBlack5 !
The design alone is wonderful, but then it has thewhole two-tone thing going at the same time. ..Pretty awesome !
Just found this 1960-1964 Dodge Phoenix for you... 🙂
Oh cool sir, insanely cool actually ! 😮We had a 1966 Ford Thunderbird that would have crushed anything in its path...
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😉Got one from a few years later here... 🙂
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It’s interesting to compare these and it’s obvious to see that Australian production in the 60’s was still rooted in 50’s design language. I believe the FB Holden was based on a 55/56 Chevrolet design?
Black5 !
whole two-tone thing going at the same time. ..Pretty awesome !
Just found this 1960-1964 Dodge Phoenix for you...
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It didn’t take long before Australian manufacturers started developing their own designs from scratch. Eventually they got pretty good at it, especially the local Ford design team which was world class at one stage...
SOoO many watches SOoO little time...
I think you are right on about the design connection with that 55/56 design
Black5.
But yeah, it is terrific not only see the similarities, but also thosedifferences like you are pointing out.
I honestly love how you guysreally added in your own flavor with designing. You really did create such
an incredibly cool, and unique style.
Always wished we would have seen your cars over here !
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No offense meant Tom, but I cannot condone people taking a classic car and doing what is show in that last photo (even though it looks CG)
It's like the people taking 1970s and 1980s BMW horizontal twin motorcycles, sawing off bits and pieces and turning them into "Café Racers". It was never meant to be as such. Worst of all, soon there will be none of the original ones left, or so few that they will be astronomically priced.
Granted, tuners have always existed, but the likes of ABT, Koenig and even Saleen took modern cars and modified them, not classics.
It's like the people taking 1970s and 1980s BMW horizontal twin motorcycles, sawing off bits and pieces and turning them into "Café Racers". It was never meant to be as such. Worst of all, soon there will be none of the original ones left, or so few that they will be astronomically priced.
Granted, tuners have always existed, but the likes of ABT, Koenig and even Saleen took modern cars and modified them, not classics.
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No offense taken of course Hector. 😉🙂I actually agree with what you
are saying, but I got taken in by that color I think, and just cool look of
the car. 😊But yeah, it's true when you take a classic, and change it,
then the classic is gone right?! 😦..Whether it's a car, motorcycle, or
even a watch actually.
What would actually be cool, is if this car above, and others cars like
it. Along with those motorcycles, were homages (like with watches
once again). 😉That way you could experience the look of a classic,
but the car, or motorcycle would actually be a brand new creation.
And any classic would be spared sir.
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Pretty sure I've shared this before, and I'll do it again anyway. My dream land yacht is a 1964 Lincoln Continental with a white exterior and red interior. If I could really have it my way, I'd covert it to electric just for extra fun.
The version I own, bought for me years ago:
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A version I'd love to own!
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The version I own, bought for me years ago:
A version I'd love to own!
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Cool. You don’t see many white ones. I’m a big fan of the Lincoln’s also.Pretty sure I've shared this before, and I'll do it again anyway. My dream land yacht is a 1964 Lincoln Continental with a white exterior and red interior. If I could really have it my way, I'd covert it to electric just for extra fun.
The version I own, bought for me years ago:
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A version I'd love to own!
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And look at what I just found! A shop converting a '64 to electric! OMG! I'm not getting any work done for the next little bit...
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