Cool "Car Art" Illustrations
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1971 Goat, backdrop the Cote d'Azur (French Riviera). Entitled the Road to Eze. Eze is a real city on the Riviera in between Nice [been to Nice once for a bean counter conference] and Monte Carlo.
I dont recall a view like Fitz & Kaufman did, but thats definitely the Riviera, like this contemporary stock photo near Nice. You can see the rugged beaches, winding roads, orange-roof buildings, palm trees, etc. of the Riviera behind the Goat
TANGENT
Keep driving east on you get to Monte Carlo (been there as a tourist). Sharp-eyed Bond movie goers (Brosnan Bond meets Onatop there at the baccarat table in Golden Eye) may recognize this joint.
The Monte Carlo Casino -- really spectacular place .. the architecture I mean (I aint a gambler).
I dont recall a view like Fitz & Kaufman did, but thats definitely the Riviera, like this contemporary stock photo near Nice. You can see the rugged beaches, winding roads, orange-roof buildings, palm trees, etc. of the Riviera behind the Goat
TANGENT
Keep driving east on you get to Monte Carlo (been there as a tourist). Sharp-eyed Bond movie goers (Brosnan Bond meets Onatop there at the baccarat table in Golden Eye) may recognize this joint.
The Monte Carlo Casino -- really spectacular place .. the architecture I mean (I aint a gambler).
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1970 Trans Am
1968 Pontiac Executive Safari. Rockin' the eight lugs, with the cowboy in the foreground on a phone?
1959 Bonneville.
Fins and an available 389, 3x2V .. in 1959!
Plus, the 1959's were the THIRD straight year of "majors" (BIG model changes that disappeared in the cookie cutter era of late 70's and really bad in the 80's) Plus, this was the year the "wide-track", split grille Ponchos were born.
source: 1959 Pontiac Bonneville Base | Hagerty Valuation Tools
The 1959 Pontiacs were perhaps the most radical year-to-year overhaul conducted in Detroit in the 1950s.
It was even more amazing, considering that the 1958 models were a complete change from the 1957s, and nothing was carried over to 1959.
The new Bonneville was wild, with “Strato-Star” styling, lower and longer bodies, split grilles, twin-fin rear fenders, and a 40 percent increase in glass area due to a huge windshield and flat-top roofs on the Vista pillarless sedans.
The track was increased five inches for a “wide-track” stance which would be advertised for years.
Fins and an available 389, 3x2V .. in 1959!
Plus, the 1959's were the THIRD straight year of "majors" (BIG model changes that disappeared in the cookie cutter era of late 70's and really bad in the 80's) Plus, this was the year the "wide-track", split grille Ponchos were born.
source: 1959 Pontiac Bonneville Base | Hagerty Valuation Tools
The 1959 Pontiacs were perhaps the most radical year-to-year overhaul conducted in Detroit in the 1950s.
It was even more amazing, considering that the 1958 models were a complete change from the 1957s, and nothing was carried over to 1959.
The new Bonneville was wild, with “Strato-Star” styling, lower and longer bodies, split grilles, twin-fin rear fenders, and a 40 percent increase in glass area due to a huge windshield and flat-top roofs on the Vista pillarless sedans.
The track was increased five inches for a “wide-track” stance which would be advertised for years.
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1961 Catalina, with Georgetown section of Wash. DC. (I flew Mr. Pegman around and cant find the location today) as the backdrop -- although the spire (upper middle of illustration could be stylized version of St. John's Church -- if so, car is on "O" street, which in turn has these residences (one of many such streets though in Georgetown).
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Don't remember where these came from, but saved in iPhoto
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Besides being a Mopar fan, 1979 -1985 Cadillac Eldorados were my family daily drivers, had 4 of them, one 79 one 83 and two 85s.
Sevilles were the 4 door versions of the eldo-seville line, interesting design, but a little clumsy looking.
Until I found this illustration.
Actually contemplated building this one, but reality (you can guess who) set in.
Sevilles were the 4 door versions of the eldo-seville line, interesting design, but a little clumsy looking.
Until I found this illustration.
Actually contemplated building this one, but reality (you can guess who) set in.
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I think these are also illustrations.
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diggin' the "bustle-back" Seville. Controversial at the time, still polarizing today .. but I loved 'em.
Word at the General was our Highland Park (Michigan) brothers picked up on the Seville's design cues in the Y/M Imp.
All of us in the Big Three apparently got our inspiration from the '46 RR Silver Wraith.
source: Showdown: Which Bustleback Was The Best?
Word at the General was our Highland Park (Michigan) brothers picked up on the Seville's design cues in the Y/M Imp.
All of us in the Big Three apparently got our inspiration from the '46 RR Silver Wraith.
source: Showdown: Which Bustleback Was The Best?
Don't remember where these came from, but saved in iPhoto
I know I recognized this place .. though I havent been there in couple decades. The "staircase" at the Design Center in Warren MI (at the GM Tech Center) -- I pretty sure the building/staircase is still there, historic Eero Saaranan architectural design
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Old Man with a Hat
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Old Man with a Hat
