I'd seen that photo before, but never made the DuBonnet connection. That really is a wild combination, with such a formal roof on a very sporting looking lower body. Speaking of DB's inspiration of other designs, I'd suggest that the Cadillac folks looked at that car hard before designing the first-series Seville!
I'm rubbish on comps but someone should post a pic of a 1958 skoda racer....before anyone dismisses it check it out and bear in mind it was built behind the iron curtain with whatever parts they could find
Cool photos. Any museum would envy such a huge diversity. The aerodynamic and innovative design of the car helps it stand out among other concept cars. I also have some like this type of stuff on my PC. I sure will must be next time post here. thanks for this...
There have been a Delahaye or two already, but the Mercedes streamliners are always welcome. They're pretty much the embodiment of "swoopy". Thanks
This may be OT but ever since seeing one in a Bond movie I always thought they were sweet 1967 Toyota 2000 GT
Here is a case in point. Compare the way the designer has wrestled with the fact that this has flat glass that requires specific frame details, to the form-led approach of the above Moal '36.
Another favorite design for me, think it did well enough racing but didn't have much follow up development.
I share your enthusiasm for flat split windshields. The best of them evoke a kind of 1930s airplane feeling, which I find oddly appealing.
Mercury had flat glass through '51. I think that is part of why they are so popular to chop. The flat windshield glass is easy to cut.
I remember looking at the top photo when I was a kid, and thinking "Oh Yea!" That thing looked swoopy in an era of swoop!
Better. The greenhouse on the original is a massive fail, its just wrong. I always liked his "Indy Speedster".
A Bugatti Atlantic Coupe and from New Zealand I think, a custom built along the lines of an Atlantic Coupe.
The driver looks like that guy with the TV Show Wayne Corini. "I hunt down rare cars for a living, and make a $#!7 load of money of them" It must be worth a fortune? T
The grey car is a Devaux. They're from Australia, rather than NZ. And a related tribute car which has been mentioned once in this thread, but I think not pictured yet, is the Chrysler Atlantic designed by Bob Hubbach in 1995:
to me, this car looks too "fat assed" to be considered swoopy. It's on a hotrod rake with a small low front end and to be "Swoopy it needs to have a "proud" front/grill area and then Swoop back and down from there.
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