I didn't go through all 21 pages so this may have been mentioned before, but the 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 has always been my fantasy:
Hey, This Alfa 8C 2300 has a very interesting history, aside from being very ''swoopy'' & fun to look at! Originaly bodied by Viotti, the body was later removed, and an open type body placed upon the chassis. In the last ten years, the original Viotti body was relocated, restored together with the chassis and has been on the show scean ever since. " Life ain't no Disney movie "
. 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe * * This is not one of the three original Atlantic Coupes (Mullin, Lauren, Torrota). This one is a beautifully built replica using period Bugatti chassis, engine & components. .
Hey, It's been said that John Blatchley ( Head designer at Rolls Royce & Bentley ) took some hits from the designing community for taking design inspiration from General Motors Arte & Colour via the Cadillac studio circa 1948. No denial that a 1948 Cadillac Sedanette is '' swoopy'', but these Bentley R Types were all aluminum under the paint, no filler or hi-build, here! You couldn't say that about most of the GMs or the Italian coachbuilt "swoopy'' designs of this era. " Meanwhyle, back aboard The Tainted Pork "
A friend of mine that lives in Arizona was very lucky to have obtained the prototype C4R that the Cunningham Co. reissued in the late 1990's. The Cunningham Co. went to great lengths to make this car a period correct copy even down to the internal components in the 1952-54 331ci Chrysler Firepower engine and Weber carburetors. This car was one of a few American cars that did well against the Europeans.
This one is not so bad, probably because the approach is well thought through, given the chassis, but conservative. Many coachbuilt bodies of that era were downright ugly, though. Coachbuilders struggled with radiators cantilevered out two feet ahead of the front wheels, and many of their efforts at the time consequently had a short, ungainly look. It was the result of early experiments at Rolls-Royce, the theory being that projecting the mass of the engine as far forwards as was practical could increase polar inertia in pitch, effectively producing weight for spring-frequency purposes out of thin air. The result was comfortable enough but not at first beautiful. It needed the American car of the '50s to generate an appropriate idiom for a long car on a short wheelbase. And of course lots of polar inertia in pitch meant lots of polar inertia in yaw, which is another tin of worms entirely. The work of Bertone, I suspect, based on the Bertone-designed contemporary four-door having much the same sort of look.
I'm sure you're like me, there are several different cars you'd like to own...If I had to narrow it down to just one, THIS would be it.....The 250 GTO it is the embodiment of everything I feel a sports car should be, beautiful graceful lines, high performance and a rich racing history.
Rick, I think we've come to the same conclusion: the 250 GTO is THE most desirable car of all time. Quick, let's buy a couple before a bunch of other people catch on and drive the price up!
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