History Automotive Weirdness

. Beer shot out my nose on this one

 

Ain't enough condiments in the world to fix that.

 

Might not have happened if he'd been wearing a condiment to start with.

 

Well, there ya go. No good ever came from bumping gators.

 

This is what happens when you buy a"hotrod" from Wish

 

A somewhat awkward advance towards full-width bodywork, 1930 Stutz rebodied in 1938 by Adolph Schneider of New York:

 

Oooof ! . . . Well that was rather unfortunate, wasn't it. And somewhere underneath all that there's a Stutz.

Looks like it was designed by a committee that started at the front and by the time they got to the taillights they discovered that they'd run out of money and/or ideas.

 

Looks like it was designed for a Fire or Police Chief by someone who designs trucks and emergency equipment! Better in red or black n white?

 

This is where Checker got their idea for taillights.

 

The taillights are uncharacteristically prominent for the era. Designers were either frank or discreet about taillights at the time; as a rule they didn't celebrate taillights.

 

Maybe he was tired of having to have the rear end repaired every week?

 

Perhaps a more forthright embrace of the full-width idea would have been better:

though the high tail makes it look rather pickup-like. With a lower tail and a gentler curve to the rear deck:

Still satisfyingly weird, but visually a lot more comfortable.

 

I'm thinking that the original 1930 version probably looked much better.

 

Needs a big wing in the back to help celebrate those tail lights.

 

Just when you think you have seen about everything Mustang related...

 

By the headlights it my have given birth to Christine... no wonder it wanted to killed everyone.

 

I have some questions... LOTS of them.

 

Well I don’t know how else to sneak a Mustang onto the hamb...

 

What a steaming pile!
*edit* - the wheels suck, too.

 

Needs to go back to R&D.

 

Yeah, and those fugly front wheels..... Make me wonna puke!....

 

^Shortened 210 '56 wagoon, no top so the clowns can jump out quickly?
Shorty tri fives are so wrong!

 

I came across this article, written after my last serious enquiries into early pontoon bodywork, which was why I missed it. The most charming weirdness in it must be the work of the coachbuilder Guillaume Busson:

More, from other sources:


To a lover of automotive weirdness this Rolls Royce is an utter delight:

 

I believe these three are for sale right now as a group.

 

They were auctioned in Oct for $14.8 mil. Are they for sale again?

 

I may have heard the news late. Probably the same sale as you mention.

 

Great article, thanks for posting.

 

Altered wheelbase cab over coupe ?

 

Runs just over 9 (minutes) in the 1/4 mile.