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art of the day. A210.
Automobiliac had posted all sorts of wonderful Elf card scans last year, and this Alpine A210 diagram was from the backside of the scan you can find on the link above! Make sure you check out search his site for all the other Elf card scans…which are great.
foto of the day. TT.
The more time that passes by, the fonder i become of the stubby little badass that is the NSU TT.
src: davydutchy
Detroit Auto Show: vintage photo archives
Before the days of saturated bloggers filling up the press days of modern Auto Shows, we often forget that only serious journalists were really taking photos and writing up the major international auto shows. Before digital cameras, blogging, websites, etc—–these photos were mainly issued in newspapers and magazines, and hence we don’t see a lot of vintage auto show photos.
Car & Driver have posted a huge archive of Detroit Auto Show photos and they really are fantastic. They range through many years, and show how cars were displayed in a different time! Very cool. Make sure you check out the link at the bottom to look through the entire archive they have up on their site:
1926
1966
1932
1978
1975
1967
1985
1967
1965
check out the archive here: Car & Driver
1970 Vauxhall SRV.
This thing is beautifully swoopy! Don’t be fooled—it is a 4 door as well. Surely nobody ever did another 4-door with the aerodynamics of this bad boy ever again. electric air suspension, state of the art adjustable aerodynamics, adjustable interior (with fixed seats!). Amazing how ahead of its time this Vauxhall concept was. If only Vauxhall could have come even close to manufacturing something as lovely.
check out this insane interior!
Here’s a great quick video tour done by Jon Quirk (photographer of a couple photos above) of the concept; which fortunately still exists!
src: jonQuirk, lotusEspritTurbo
foto of the day. M63
The magnificent Alpine M63
src: unknown.
Elan +2S
The Lotus Elan—-a car i love, but largely ignore. I have to say….this 2+2 is beautiful with a much nicer roofline than the original Elan, IMO—-and very nicely appointed interior. It’s on sale…..for only $40k! Come on and buy it….you only live once.
This car is completely restored and is a 1971. Follow the link at the bottom for more info:
the car is on sale at Hyman Ltd.
interior of the day. Boomerang.
Look at that dash cluster and the steering wheel! WOW.
from the 1972 Maserati Boomerang Concept (ItalDesign)
src: carstyling
foto of the day. Bonnet.
the 1962 Rene Bonnet Djet—-mid-engined (one of the first mid-engined production cars, along with the 550 spider), and essentially what would evolve into Matra Djet afterwards. Mid engined and super cool.
Interestingly enough, Matra (plastics/industrial company) was not even involved with this car as it was developed, however supposedly bought Bonnet in 1963/1964 after Rene Bonnet (developer of the Djet and race car driver) hit financial trouble— and then Matra evolved the Djet into a street going sports car.
This beautiful photograph was taken by Dirk De Jager
src: supercars.net
Pininfarina NSU Ro 80 Concept
This is the 1971 Pininfarina NSU Ro 80 Concept, shown with a working rotary engine debut’d at the 1971 Torino Motor Show in Italy. This thing looks way ahead of its time for 1971, in fact I see shades of future cars in its design; Aston Martin Lagonda, 1980’s Cadillac Deville, 1980s Oldsmobiles—-but NSU was dissolved into the modern day Audi after 1977, when the last Ro 80 was sold.
This Pininfarina design points towards how a super modern and ahead-of-its-time car like the original Ro 80 may have evolved if NSU had continued. Obviously Audi do have some nostalgia for this idea, as the Pininfarina NSU Ro 80 concept is currently stored within the Audi Museum in Ingolstadt.
srcs: madle, carStyling,
brochure of the day. SM
How beautiful are the funky 70s photos in this brochure of the exquisite 1973 Citroen SM!?
src: lovxlr8
ad of the day. “styling so hairy….”
I think my Detroit roots are catching up with me these days—-as i’ve been thinking more and more about cars like the AMC Javelin. I’ve always found the design of the Javelin to be….well…..challenging. While there’s no denying that the Mark Donahue Trans-Am Javelins looked incredible….the street version has always been challenging! All in all though, i think it’s a tremendously unique design. Very appropriate for its era. Look at those wheel arch bulges!
You have to love a car whose ad calls its styling “hairy”!
src: hugo90
foto of the day. Studio GT
What is it? it is the 1968 Neri & Bonacini Studio GT Duo Litri
The excellent Automobiliac site introduced me to this unknown gorgeous wonder yesterday! I was taken aback by how such a beautiful car could be made and be completely unknown to the world!!! Bradley alludes to this being like a “Mini Miura” and yes I very much agree….there’s a lot of wonderful going on here, especially with a Lancia Fulvia V4 stuck inside as the source of power….if you haven’t heard a Fulvia V4 before, you must do so!
This one seems to be roaming around the Greenwich Concours—-why didn’t I see this last time I was there!?
More pics and info at Automobilac
photo src: supercars
the first quattro rally car.
Octane has taken some cool photos of the first rally spec 1980 Ur quattro prototype rally car….although the car needs more dirt on it!
src: more pics and read the great write-up about the car at Octane
EA 276: 1969 VW Golf (MK1) prototype.
I remember seeing a photo of this ages ago…but just saw it again after a long time. I find it interesting how the rear side view seems to have inspired the Peugeot 205 in many ways. I also find it interesting that the front end design presented here in 1969 seems way ahead of its time! As a whole though, I think it’s safe to say that the proper MK1 Golf which presented itself a few years later is a much more cohesive, proportional design than this one is. This 1969 prototype is also FWD, front-engined as the production MK1 would be…
This car is currently stored at the VW Museum in Wolfsburg, Germany
src: historyOfCars
Montreal in the Jungle.
I think i’ve mentioned this many times before….but the Alfa Romeo Montreal is just so cool. Epic cool. The Montreal pictured here just looks mint…want, bad.
These are some great shots taken by Stoelen7 who also runs a very nice blog entitled Steininge
Homevideo: 1967 European delivery of a Porsche 912.
This is such a fantastic home video, of a man named George taking a trip to Stuttgart to pick up his (then new) Porsche 912 from the factory! The authenticity of this video is just great. George is seemingly still an active member of the 912 community and still has his 912—-45 years later. He states it has 175k miles on it and that it was a daily driver for 15 years.
Thanks to Dan for the tip on this video:
Head here to read George’s words about taking this delivery 45 years ago HERE
the video:
spotted. 505.
i love these. i almost never see these. i drive about 3 hours a day— and today i saw a Peugeot 505.
Vintage Porsche factory pics.
These are beautiful, taken in 1972. I happened to stumble across these as I was searching for the source for a different Porsche factory photo I had posted a long time ago. Happy accident!
src: cinelliguy
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