car design thread

Good point about which design came first. I was thinking more about the engine placement and how front engine race cars were falling out of favour. The success at LeMans the following year would reinforce that idea.
Still there was the reluctance to use the race car motor placement (behind the seats) in a V12 street car.

 

for a design...head and shoulders above the rest

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Even the wheels (Borranis?) are perfect.

 

As 'old school' as Borrani's are, I still love them on certain Ferraris. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

Those GTB 14 inch wheels look tiny but they do fit the scale of the car.
The first car looks like a tame version of a Tom Meade special!

 

The brakes on my 488 are larger than the wheels on that 275!!!

 

That is Hugh Ruthven's Fantuzzi bodied car. He has owned it a long, long time. Not a Tom Meade creation.

 

I think even Buick even had Borranis (wires) on it's Skylark in '53.

 

Yes they did!

 

More likely Kelsy Hayes than Borrani.

 

Probably

 

Hugh Ruthven now that is a name I have not heard in years! Thanks for that id there Jeff K !!!

 

The photos were taken at the ‘13 FCA Annual mtg.

 

From Wiki:
On relocating, it (Borrani) changed it's name to Costruzioni Meccaniche Rho S.p.A. (1955), at a time when 1/10 of the annual volume of about 1,500 wheels were for Ferrari racing cars; motorcycles such as Moto-Guzzi were other uses. Prototype cars such as the 1953 Buick Skylark are other examples.

 

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But, checking, the 'Limited Production' 1953 Roadmaster Skylark had Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels, not Borrani, like the prototype.

 

That's what i like, someone that does their research!!!

 

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Just FYI The Ford GT was done in clay. Lots of it and lots of differing models. Took clays and made CAD surfaces from that.

 

Volvo Polestar......not bad........for a Volvo
Seems to have some Aston Martin in its' DNA.
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https://www.designboom.com/technology/polestar-one-electric-car-10-18-2017/

 

Polestar sounds like a strippers name

 

Looks an awful lot like a Swedish Mustang to me.

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https://www.formtrends.com/meet-designers-volvo-concept-coupe/?utm_content=buffer92080&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Volvo Concept Coupe

 

Art Center/Clemson Mini project
http://cardesignnews.com/articles/college-exhibition/2017/10/art-center-and-clemson-university-reimagine-the-mini

 

Where is the Mini DNA??? Looks like a generic blob.

 

High hood and trunk with a tiny greenhouse and big wheels seem to be a consistent theme. The overhang front and rear is rather tidy. It should have been white!