Here is another iteration of the '30s rear-engined teardrop theme, which was recently posted in a Facebook group: 1937 Gougeon This is currently being restored by Geoff Hacker. Interesting article here: https://www.undiscoveredclassics.co...udofm7H9u_-r4gYUbZsM6bLcg5qbw-E4plo4jYho3LBKM
It’s worth preserving as a artifact of the era, but IMO it is one of the ....uhhh....’less attractive’ designs of the period.......and that is saying a lot as the genre generally was stronger on engineering than styling. Ray
That's the Bobby Darin dream car from the 60's. Cinema Modeoff 1960 DiDia 150 Custom Show Car Formerly Owned by Singer Bobby Darin
Did these old death traps really go fast enough to take advantage of the aerodynamic shapes??? Fun thread.
It's a Chenard & Walcker, the Mistral, by Maboussin: Strangely, this aerodynamic experiment did not continue Chenard & Walcker's very early use of "tank" or pontoon bodywork.
That search led me to the French coachbuilders Alin & Liautard, who built some distinctly original coachwork during the late Edwardian era, mostly on Gregoire chassis: Their later work was more conventional, but rather tidy.
Further to my enquiries into pontoon coachwork (see post 323-on) this Lancefield-bodied 1935 Hudson is almost conventional: Lancefield's work on this Hotchkiss is not almost conventional: Similarly, this thread might not be quite the place for a front-engined Tatra, the rear-engined models being plenty weird; I nevertheless like the AFV-like chunkiness of this T75 by Harrington: All stumbled upon on this interesting Russian site.
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