OMG - Factory chop and channel!

No wonder roof chopping and channelling never really took off in Europe! This is what was around cheap in the fifties;-) Not really though these were always rare.
Makes a Duesenberg look frumpy!

 

What is that!

 

that thing is sick...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucciali

They even built a twin straight eight car! Two eights side by side. Wow

 

How have I never heard of that before? Amazing!

 

Good thing we didn't know about them. They'd still be in business. Probably under the name of "Instant Rod".

 

The Voisin was also bad ***.....V-16 in this one IIRC

 

Retractable roof on this one

 

That is a beautiful piece of machinery.

Though, I'm not too sure how traditional saying "OMG" in subject ***les is.

 

This one belongs to the adventure-fiction writer, Clive Cussler

 

I think this one is in the Mullens Museum, Aerodyne Coupe'

 

Oh my gosh. We've been saying that for over a hundred years now. It's one of the less offensive expressions these days.

 

1923 Grand Prix Laboratorie....

 

Voisins are cool. I started a thread on them too, but a Bucciali is in another cl*** altogether. Longer, lower, heavier, bigger.

 

I meant abbreviating it. I'm just messin' with ya.

 

The Underslungs were kinda along those lines too.

 

The fender struts look.....well, like an afterthought

 

Voisin car had a lot of aircraft influence, being built by French flying pioneer Gabriel Voisin. He knew how to build cars and airplanes and knew how to live. He ***led his memoirs "Men Women and 10,000 Kites".

 

The wheels and tires in the OP are freaking sweet!

 

Neat stuff, glad you brought these up.

 

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Wait!!! Hold everything!!! It's a 4dr, so it's not traditional!!!

 

My ex father-in-law restored a 30s prototype Bugatti that had a "U16" - 2 straight 8s that turned a common crank. Way eff'n cool it was. Somewhere I have pics, I'll try to find and post

 

I believe they only built three Buc******, this is a replica built in the 1980's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKH6ROD74C0 I always enjoy seeing threads like this on the HAMB, they help add to everyones automobile knowledge. Bob

 

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Opulence.

 

I think I've just realized how they got it so low!!! It's front wheel drive if I'm not mistaken.

 

Stony Smith of Oddball Kustoms built a modern version called the Booch. I found these pics of it on his blog.

 

the booch is rad also! Its amazing the trends is to mimic what was done waaaaay back instead of building something like george jetson would drive

 

The "duck" trim on the side is neat. Steering wheel is on the correct side too!