A few more... 1954 Fiat 8V Turbina, 1955 Ghia "Gilda", 1960 Plymouth XNR, 1972 Italdesign Maserati Boomerang, 1986 Peugeot Proxima, 1990 Chevrolet CERV III.
Hard to beat anything with Italian shapes and american (SBC) horsepower. Imagine driving one of these and actually being able to buy replacement parts to keep it running.
Even if I didn't like this car (and I do, a lot), I'd have to love the jewelry of this interior. It belongs in Ryan's "Hot Rod Communication" thread.
It's unusual to see a car that's designed in this style built as a 2-door model. I can't say that it actually makes my heart beat faster, but I like it better than most of the 4-door cars with this look. This car seems unusually restrained for a Figoni design. It has a lot of jewelry, of course, but the fenders are not the sweeping "through" design used on most F&F cars. I think this rear view, if a little busy with detail, works quite well with the flush-mounted spare. I loved the C4R when it was new, and the design still looks ruggedly handsome. Considering the engine used, I imagine that they're an exciting handful to drive. Do you know how many of the re-issued cars were built? Special thanks to Sylvian and to Rick Finch for bringing many seldom-seen cars to this thread, with spectacular photographs of them all!
I know not "swoopy" but aerodynamic nonetheless. 1973 Corvette Concept equipped with a Wankle Rotary engine (4 rotor!).....LOVE LOVE LOVE this car.....I am also partial to the rotary since I had an older RX-7 a few years ago Its a shame this got shelved..very cool concept
Freestone & Webb built just two coupes in 1952 for Rolls-Royce. This one is all original and still in very nice condition. Swoopy in a heavy sort of way I guess. .
oh yes the 53 Studebaker coupe has always been a favorite of mine then in 2000 at Speedweek talking to Terry Hunt and seeing the Guam Bomb in action love this thread there are many swoopy cars that i like
I've been hesitant to post this Enzo for being too contemporary...but I get a tingly sensation in my pants each time I look at this image.
Saw this last summer at the "Pete" after it had just returned from the upholstery shop...the scent of new leather was ambrosia.
I like this car a lot, and some of the other stillborn Corvette concept cars, too. If this car isn't swoopy, it'll do nicely until something swoopier comes along. I see that they both have split rear windows, but I don't see much else. Sylvian, thanks for another serving of uncommon cars. I think there's a coupe version of this Packard design too, which was also pretty spiffy looking. This is neat. You seldom see a really early Porsche given a top-notch and faithful restoration, rather than a bunch of updates and aftermarket baubles. Beautiful! Enzos don't give me any tingles, but they certainly have an exotic shape. I think the blacked out color scheme on this one gives it extra menace, even if it doesn't need any more.
. Terry Cook's Bugnotti was built and John D'Agostino added a top. It does not have a great turning radius and is near impossible to see out of with the top on... .
This seems to have influenced Alec Issigonis's thinking around the first Morris Mosquito prototypes, which eventually developed into the Series MM Minor:
That's really interesting. I've never seen a picture of the Mosquito before, although I remember that the early Minors had the headlights at the ends of the grille. The Mosquito's front end REALLY looks like a knockoff of the Y-Job!
I was familiar with both, but had never seen them in enough proximity to make the connection. I'd been considering something along the lines of the above Mosquito for my Minor, using MM-style low-light fenders but using the outer shape of Sid Goble's later grille design, which means that I can re-use my "hockey sticks". Given that the production car is 4" wider than the Mosquitoes I might just end up with a swoopy Minor - no mean feat - albeit only from some angles. It was only seeing the Y-Job again while the Minor was on my mind that triggered the association.
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