Three elegant swoopies from this year's Pebble Beach: Touring bodied Alfa 6C2500 Touring bodied Alfa 8C2900B Graber bodied Jaguar SS100
Hey, I'm for that. Despite these all being '30s European swoopies, they're certainly excellent examples of the type. All are from the re-opening of the Petersen Museum in December '15 (Mercedes, Bugatti, Bentley, Delahaye):
Thanks Buzznut, Looks like a cool thread. This should keep me busy for awhile. Some of the newer members don't realize that some of these neat older threads exist. I drew a sketch of the Jocko 's Streamliner for the F.A.S. this week. And it just looks fast setting still. I try to add a picture with my post if possible. { I just like pictures lol } Ron...
Great thread 50...Perhaps these have been posted...did a bit of a thread search but came up empty so these belong here and also a plug to a dormant older thread that bears many other cool historic pics and history. Of note as I am posting these are the car numbers 777, 666, 671 hmmmm love it Absolutely stunning photograph... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/cws-bonneville-pics-the-wayne-koeppe-collection.795889/ Credit to owners, photographers & original posters
swoop·y (swo͞o′pē) adj. swoop·i·er, swoop·i·est Having smooth flowing curves: "auto dealerships as swoopy and stylish as the cars they sell" (Virginia Postrel). American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Credit to owners, photographers & original posters
I have been through all 27 pages this afternoon. Great , Great cars. Many I had never seen before. What I missed that I thought would be in this group would be the 63 Split Window Corvette. That was a pretty swoopy ride in my estimation.
Swoopy Vettes http://www.davemacdonald.net/gallery/closeups/2014corvettehof.htm Credit to owners, photographers & original posters
A Couple More Curvaceous Masterpieces http://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=16967 Credit to Artists, Owners, Photographers & Original Posters apologies if already posted
The car in question appeared at Santa Maria in 2014 with a new front end, which I find oddly locomotive-looking. I don't know if it's still Jimmy Z, or anything more about it, but I thought this new schnozz was interesting:
Streamliners have been shown several times, although not all are the same as the ones you've shown. See posts #34, 35, 158, & 613. Streamliners really are the prototypes for all swoopy cars; their body designs are deliberately designed for maximum speed. The road cars that I was originally addressing are really just wannabees, borrowing their lines from the real thing. Jim Webb, who built this car, was a classmate of mine at Art Center in 1961. The remarkable thing is that he built this car in fiberglass, by himself, while he was a teenager, and then drove it from his home in the Midwest to Art Center in LA. I believe it was his sole source of transportation! You're right, and I'm surprised too. I just went through the entire thread again, and although the '58 Sting Ray race car has been shown, I didn't see a single production coupe. This one was built by Frank Kurtis for Tommy Lee, pre-WW2. It's powered by a Miller/Offy engine. It's been shown or discussed in posts #318, 339, and 551.
Thats all very interesting swoopy news there 50 and a small world a little too. Thanks its a big thread to run through and its always better with a story...
Holy Swoopy Car Batman This thing has some nice angles... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exclamations_by_Robin Credit to Artists, Owners, Photographers & Original Posters apologies if already posted
Swoopy Beginnings http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/swoopy-cars.543790/#post-6018015 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/norman-e-timbs-custom-buick-streamliner.178451/ Credit to Artists, Owners, Photographers & Original Posters
Damn fine idea Nedd. Certainly fine appearance here. Reminds me of aussie '36 Chev Sloper (salesman's coupe)- only better.
[QUOTE="50Fraud [/QUOTE] Horrid colours and details incorrect here & there. Original '36 Paris Salon car had Jean Bugatti body. H.G Conway has a photo of the original in his classic 'BUGATTI' book.
One Swoop for the Night (even a swoopy fence) Credit to Artists, Owners, Photographers & Original Posters
From Pebble Beach 2016 Top image is a Chabron-bodied Delahaye. Chabron was featured as a coach builder and Delahaye was a featured marque. These three are another featured marque, the Bizzarrini.
It never went into volume production, but Cadillac offered it on special order in 8, 12, and 16-cylinder forms. I saw one parked at the curb, in tired condition, in a low-rent section of Culver City circa 1964. It was at night, and I didn't yet know about the various engine options, so I didn't look for an indication of which engine it had. Tom, are you sure this is the Chapron car? It looks like the Petersen's Figoni-bodied Delahaye. I've never seen this car before. I think it's great (AND swoopy)!
As a docent, you would know better than me, Tony. No, I am not sure, I made an assumption from the fact that the Delahaye and Chapron (thanks for correcting my spelling) were displayed together by the water's edge. I assumed all of those were Chapron. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm glad I found one new to you! The tan Delahaye was very nice as you can see, but I found the grille a bit off-putting. I'll post a front view later.
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