BMW. they were crappy in the 50s and early 60s…went to being cool in the late 60s, 70s, and 80s….now back to being crap again.
Category Archives: art
Porsche museum collages.
I love the mash-up collages made on the Carfreax site—–here are some they posted from the Porsche Museum. You can see more at the link below.
SOURCE: http://www.carfreax.com/carfreax/2011/07/porsche-museum.html
1972/euro sedans.
A new feature on IEDEI, i’m just gonna pick a random year and find different cars from different marques—to compare how differently companies were moving with their directions…many of these were designs these brands had JUST introduced. From the ugly Alfa Romeo Giulia to the progressive BMW E12 and Saab 99 to the bizarrely futuristic NSU Ro80—-1972 was full of ‘interesting’ european sedans.
1972
Mercedes-Benz S-Class (116 Series):
BMW E12 5-series:
Audi 100 LS:
Volvo 144
Saab 99:
NSU Ro80:
Alfa Romeo Giulia:
ad of the day. Junior Z.
easily one of my favourite Alfas——still!
foto of the day. GT3.
Tagged countryside, photos, porsche 911 gt3, wallpaper, white, woods
slow week.
I started a new job towards the end of last week—-and my time has been quite consumed over the past week. Apologies for little to no IEDEI updates. To make it up to you, here is a megapost with plenty of things which have been consuming my daydreams all week.
cheers—Syed
foto of the day. 26m.
Maserati 26M from the 1931 French Grand Prix.
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Audi @ Spa.
i’m loving these videos. beautifully made and a nice tribute to their first win there with the R8 LMS.
got these videos from the great Colla Verglas!
racing livery art.
my friend Bradley over at Automobiliac recently went to the Pebble Beach Concours and Monterey Historic races—-and took some great livery-only photographs.
click on the ‘full gallery’ in his post to see all the pics:
http://www.automobiliac.com/automobiliac/2011/9/1/monterey-historics-in-the-abstract.html
a few of my favourites from his gallery–
foto of the day. Bellett.
One of my favourite vintage japanese cars from one of my favourite vintage japanese brands, the Isuzu Bellett:
photo taken by: Bruce Upton
Lancia logos.
I love automotive logos, and the following is the original sketch sheet of logo proposals for the Lancia marque. As you can see, the 1st one in the 2nd row is closest to the current logo, however until at least 1929, the 2nd one in the 1st row was used as the logo. This original sketch sheet was drawn by Count Biscaretti of Ruffia, who was involved with early Lancias and Vincenzo Lancia
drawings by Count Biscaretti, from 1911:
source of original sketch: http://www.currypotproductions.com/LanciaHistory-100.htm
foto of the day. RS 2.6.
The 150hp, Ford Capri RS 2.6
foto of the day. 911R.
To me, bar none, the greatest 911 in history if the 911R. No other 911 even comes close. The “pretender” to the throne is the Carrera RS—-so here’s a beautiful picture with a 911R in the foreground, and a Carrera RS (edit: I actually think that is an RS-R, not an RS) in the background.
photographer: Willem De Zeeuw
art of the day. vintage Elite manual.
I respect most Lotus models, but don’t really love them—-except the original Elite! what a car.
This is a vintage Lotus Elite manual.
source: ocmp
btw, here’s another nice vintage Advertisement for the ELITE.
joined at the hip/evolution.
Mercedes-Benz 220S Coupe:
Mercedes Benz E-Class Coupe (2011)
Bugatti Type 252.
photo by Laurent Duchene (note: this is probably a replica, as the original car doesn’t have wire wheels)
This has to be my new favourite historical Bugatti. Produced only as a prototype between 1957 and 1962, it was the ‘last’ Bugatti proposed by the original Bugatti company before it was sold and shut down for many years. Apparently the car was proposed several times looking for investors to put it into proper production, however it never happened; apparently one ONE actual car exists, however the internet is flooded with photos of replicas. The actual car is kept in French car museum.
I wish they would have made this car….it reminds me in many ways of the Porsche 550 in its size and purity of form. Obviously it would have been more expensive than a 550 if it were produced, but it would have been lovely to see more of these around. Not much information found online about the car—so much of its story has been kept low key.
more pics, gathered over time and some from mycarblog.org
(these are pics of the ORIGINAL car, belonging to the french museum in Mulhouse)
brochure of the day. Bonneville.
the original brochure for the Triumph Bonneville from 1959. Badass.
link with waaaay too much information for a motorcycle novice such as myself! ha!
http://1959triumphbonneville.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-quest-to-prove-or-disprove-existence.html
Oldtimer GP.
my mate Christian Keller posted these great photos from the Oldtimer GP at the Nurburgring, and you can find many other great photos HERE at his Flickr link:
art of the day. stratos zero.
my friend Xander Walker really does some great artwork, as previously seen on this blog—-so here is his most recent art print with the legendary Bertone Stratos Zero Concept. Each print is $60 and ltd. edition of 50 prints.
foto of the day. 300SL
Mercedes-Benz 300SL winning at Le Mans in 1952…
foto of the day. Type 64.
arguably the first Porsche developed as the VW “Aerocoupe” by Dr. Porsche shown here in 1939.
foto of the day. Islero.
I’ve always loved the Miura and the Espada, but the 3rd classic Lamborghini which i’ve always loved is the Islero. Arguably rarer than the other 2 (only 225 Isleros were made), completely underappreciated, and in my opinion easily one of the coolest cars made in the 60s. why? because it may be the most understated Lamborghini ever made—-with classic coupe lines designed by (unknown at the time) Mario Marazzi, handsome & unique profile, one-of-a-kind taillights, and much improved driving dynamics to 350 and 400gt. The Islero never really caught on as it was overshadowed by the Espada at the time, however I think it’s a damn shame—-as this is truly the gentleman’s Lamborghini. Supposedly Ferrucio was more involved with this car’s development than any other Lamborghini which came out under his name…
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