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Discussion in 'Creative Arts' started by jm2, Oct 19, 2012.

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  1. 330 4HL

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    I am always lost when a manufacturer outs frowny faces on things or droopy eyes.

    If people aren't attracted to people with frowny faces and people aren't making their faces and eyes look droopy... You probably should design a car to look droopy.
     
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    I cannot STAND the droopy eyes thing. It's so weird.

    "Hey, even our design thinks it sucks!"
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    "Fix your mascara, bro!"
     
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    ROLLS WACKY CONVERTIBLE TOP Someone's hot some 'splainin' to do....

    Here's a mystery wrapped up inside an enigma about the new Rolls 3-off (a one off plus two copies) , the boat tail
    They say it had a temporary lift off top
    Maybe that's the one that uses sailboat-like fasteners at the rear like the Porsche Boxster
    But then some other story said they have a temporary- in -place top for sitting in place while it's raining
    So why not put the top up? Does this car still have a regular convertible top? Why does it look like it has two convertible tops?Maybe I don't understand 'cause I don't buy cars like this for $28 million...
    From the side the rear half looks Fiat 124 roadster

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    New Konigsegg Gemera, 4-seater hyper car, hybrid ice/electric. Better looking than many other recent hyper-cars? (and wtf is a hyper-car?)
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    What a mess:
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    The McLaren Arthur car does something similar with the open C-pillar and it just looks messy.
     
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    I've dealt with Mr. Cumberford many times over the years. :rolleyes:
     
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    I heard a different version of Cumberford leaving GM. He was run out after pulling a stunt with Stan Mott to put a Ford banner in the reflecting pool in time for a GM Board of Directors presentation.

    The article has way too much of the PR version of "walk on water" tone to it.
     
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    That’s only the 1/2 of it.
    Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
     
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    Lol, was he the Sketch Monkey of your time? :)
     
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    Wayyy before my time!
    He was at GM in the ‘50’s, I started 20 yrs later.
     
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    Sketch Monkey is the Sketch Monkey of John's time.
     
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    Now you're talkin' :D
     
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    I read Cumberford often while he was writing for Automobile and was always impressed by the overly high opinion he held of himself.

    For a man so critical of others' work, he had a remarkably thin portfolio of built work. He is generally credited with the Intermeccanica Griffith, although in one of the discussions I had many years ago with Frank Reisner after he returned to Vancouver (in an attempt convince him to re-boot that car and add it to the 356 cab he had then recently introduced), he left me with the impression that Franco Scaglione also had a reasonable claim. If memory serves, I believe he penned an Automobile piece in which he also contended to have played a large part in the design of the Fitch Phoenix initiated by Coby Whitmore. So, if we add in that pastiche (the tulipwood Hispano and the Squire drophead come to mind) of pre-war cars, his "Martinique" rounds out the count at 3 as far as I am aware.

    I'm not convinced he rates the rep he seems to have compiled...
     
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    I know, I was just joking around. :)

    Besides, Sketch Monkey is timeless and all encompassing. ;)
     
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    Bingo!
    I too always read his reviews just because. He was entertaining & amusing at times.

    This is all I will add to the conversation:
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    You could/should do what the Sketchmonkey does.
    You certainly have the credentials!
     
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    Speaking of which, here's his take on the new Ford Maverick
     
  23. Qvb

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    This story seems appropriate here-
    Many years ago, Alias produced an animation of a car driving up a driveway, to show off some new animation tools or something. They obviously did not involve a car designer in creating the car for the animation, as the cars A-pillars were angled outwards! The car looked ridiculous, and made the whole effort into a negative for the company, as no one in automotive design could even pay attention to the animation as they were stuck bewildered by the "car".
     
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