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

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  1. ModernLou

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    #9076 ModernLou, Oct 21, 2019
    Funny, but not even close...the '65 El Camino was wide and the overall proportions of the front very nice. The only reason the "spindle" shape exists is to fit around the headlights.

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    Scrounging around for El Camino parts?
     
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    #9084 jm2, Oct 21, 2019
    Now you’re being way too logical.
     
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    #9085 Tenney, Oct 22, 2019
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    #9087 jm2, Oct 22, 2019
    I guess I beg to differ.
    Repeating myself: Coolest. Car. Ever. IMVHO ;)
     
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    #9088 Continental AutoSports, Oct 22, 2019
    And I agree, awesome car, absolutely love it, but it's a horrible design.
     
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    I also picked up this awesome book of automotive fine art :)D) and a couple new mugs! I talked to one of the designers from the book, Ken Vendley, and he was saying that when he was in school (1960) everyone wanted to be Syd Mead, who was about a year ahead of him. I told him that everyone in my class (1988) wanted to be Syd Mead also. He seemed surprised by this! Image Unavailable, Please Login
     
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    #9090 jm2, Oct 22, 2019
    I also bought that book.
    It is great!
     
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    #9091 energy88, Oct 22, 2019
    Speaking of Syd Mead, just had to post these three:

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    Nice looking El Camino for the 21st Centrury.

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    Reminds me of a Riviera.

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    This last one is for certain people who can't stand big wheels! :D
     
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    #9092 jm2, Oct 22, 2019
    Syd Mead & the Pontiac illustrations from Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman were the 'bible' for rendering/illustrations for a generation of designers.
    https://fitz-art.com
     
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    #9093 energy88, Oct 22, 2019
    Does anyone know if an art critic has ever attempted to quantify on a percentage basis how much exaggeration is typically seen in these illustrations? Looks to me like the widths may be pushing 7% wider than life. For example, this Pontiac looks like it could seat 4 across in the front seat. :eek:

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    #9094 tritone, Oct 22, 2019
    I guess it had to happen someday, but I don't think I would want to be the one putting this out there for all to see (**** on)......
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    Give the guy credit for trying? Or not........:cool:
     
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    #9095 jm2, Oct 22, 2019
    In several conversations I had with Mr. Fitzpatrick he said they ‘cheated’ them till they looked good. Don’t know if they ever had a mathematical formula.
     
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    #9096 Qvb, Oct 22, 2019
    That is a strangely horrible Photoshop job (meaning the quality of PS, not the quality of the design) Besides that, he ruined the car. I'm not too up on American cars from the seventies, but that rear fender is off of some Pontiac. And touching the roofline of the Daytona is a huge mistake.
     
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    #9097 anunakki, Oct 22, 2019
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    #9098 tritone, Oct 22, 2019
    Big day today for retro designs of famous and 'beloved' supercars of yore.....
    The new Alfa Montreal Vision concept.......
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    For the most part more successful than the "Daytona" concept, but still a bit OTT for my taste......I'll take a nicely kept original, thank you!

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    Side note: I still recall tootling along the autostrada between Milano and the Swiss border in a rented 8 pax Ford van full of high school kids on a European tour back in 1972; after a lengthy buildup, I finally got up enough speed to pass a lorry on a slight uphill stretch; only to see madly flashing lights coming up behind me shockingly quickly. As I pulled back into the right lane a bright lime green Montreal screamed past at what I assumed to be 200kph.....the kids in the back just about freaked out, most had never even seen a car going that fast, let alone one turning probably 7500 rpms!
    Ah, youth......(theirs & mine.........)
     
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    #9099 Qvb, Oct 23, 2019
    They took all the cool things about a Montreal and threw them away. Reminds me of this- Image Unavailable, Please Login
    Am I being overly negative today? I don't think so :D
     
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