Jive-Bomber submitted a new blog post: Rolling Sculpture = Art Deco Cars Continue reading the Original Blog Post
Talbot lago Delahaye Bugatti Atlantic Chrysler Airflow Muntz Jet?? I think? Edit: No, Chrysler Thunderbolt, had to think about that one Ford! Pierce Arrow Tatra?? Packard Dunno Dunno
The one I thought might be a Tatra is a Stout Scarab, and number 10 is a Peugeot. I had to look them up, didn't have a clue. #11 is still a mystery to me. @Highlander will probably know.
The show was here in Houston for a few months, absolutely stunning. Well worth the price of admission. The Tatra stole the show for me though. So cool to see one up close and personal.
The last one (#11) is the 1937 Dubonnet Hispano-Suiza "Xenia" Coupe. http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/ro...assic-car-gallery-1.2556898?pmSlide=1.2556893
If you click on the link I embedded in the post, it takes you to their website where you can roll over each car for more info. Highlights of "Rolling Sculpture" include: • A one-of-a-kind aluminum-bodied Speedster hand-built for Edsel Ford in 1934 when he was President of Ford Motor Company • A Figoni and Falaschi Delahaye "Salon De Paris" Roadster that was lost in Algeria for decades, then recovered and restored in Switzerland • One of five surviving Stout Scarabs, an aircraft-inspired, beetle-shaped Depression-era precursor of the modern minivan • The legendary Bugatti Aérolithe, a streamlined, magnesium-bodied sports coupe that looks as though Jules Verne designed it • The radical, fully enclosed BMW R7 Concept motorcycle, hidden in a crate in 1935 and discovered 70 years later • The Chrysler Imperial Airflow, inspired by high-speed passenger trains—a car so advanced, it scared the public and nearly put Chrysler out of business • One of three surviving Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrows, the art moderne star of the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress exposition • The last Ruxton of only 96 built, a stunning, low-roofed sedan with an unusual layered paint scheme by interior designer Joseph Urban
nothing better than art deco design........ @Jive-Bomber or for any one else, here is a thread with more cars of that design. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1937-vehicles.1030314/
Art Decco=1934 DeSoto Airflow+Supercharged 2X4 Flathead Straight 8=Bonneville Record Holder Style and Speed
Going thru the pics, I found that each one seems to have different little bits that stand out. It would be hard to chose a favorite, they must be amazing to see up close!
Seems like Art Deco never really goes out of style. Especially when it comes to cars. Stunning examples.
That '38 Delahaye was rolling around my neighborhood a couple of weeks ago....! I don't think any manufacturer made an ugly car from '35-'37.
The Packard is a 1934 1106 LeBaron Coupe. That particular car was purchased new by Joan Blondell in 34. 2 of the LeBaron offerings were on the Super 8 1103 chassis with the 12 installed. The smaller hubs and wheels from the 1103 were retained on both the Speedsters and coupes. 4 Coupes were built, one detroyed by fire but since found and reconstructed some time in the 90s. The interior appointments were as Deco as the coachwork: 2 more bodies were offered by LeBaron, as mentioned above, 1 more on the 1106 chassis as a "Runabout", or what we call a boat tail speedster: The other was on the imposing 1108 V-12 chassis with a 147" wheelbase (the 2 othersmeasured 136"). The LeBaron Sport Phaeton: Coveted by collectors and seldom ever for sale, the 2 open versions have also found life with new coachwork created from original prints and dimensions from the few existing cars. There's 3 speedsters known (one was destroyed overseas in WWII), 3 coupes and (I believe) 4 sport phaetons. There are at least a dozen "new coachwork" versions of the open cars, many very true to their origins in appointments and cratsmanship. Yes, I'm essentially a Packard enthusiast, yet my favorite of all the cars displayed is the Pierce Silver Arrow. Study that car's lines for a moment. A real porthole to the future with no pontoon or "mud guard" style front fenders, no running boards, no exposed spares. It's almost as if H.G. Wells was involved in the design. Awesome topic, thanks 'bomber... Quick edit, a couple more looks at the Silver Arrow and points of interest: Notice the door designed into the body side which opens to expose a single spare. Yes, there was a door on the other side that housed the tools and an air compressor. Rear lamps are as awesome as the rear window(s). Clean, fast, futuristic, would be as at home on a page of Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon as it was during the Century of Progress.
I thought I'd throw another into the mix, and one could call it "art deco by default" maybe (?). This singular automotive wonder was the final attempt at life for Peerless. I'm not certain that it gains a lot of merit for it, but the fact that it was designed by Franklin Hershey at the age of 21 is amazing to me. He also took the lead on it's construction which is all aluminum. Frame, body and fenders, engine block and heads, and the wheels. The lack of clutter surrounded by geometric shapes inside and out place this one right at the top in my mind. What say you? Enjoy...: Something else that amazing, you're looking at a live snapshot of 1931. The car was placed in a room and sealed up within the Peerless manufacturing center when they went into brewing beer, leaving the automobile production behind in 1932. It's accumulated a mere 3800 miles since it was built, the amber glass and real patina giving the casual observer a warmth from within when viewed in person. Note the doors rolling into the roof area. And what about the front fenders? See how all of that was blended together in a seamless fashion? The bright "molding" on the edge of the fenders is, well, the fender. The choice was made to polish that part in lieu of paint. The lines around the windshield that simply disappear before they make it to the cowl. Note as well the interior hardware. It seems fairly large but perhaps delicate at the same time. Does it fit this "deco" topic? I think so, and maybe not by default, maybe "deco lite"...?
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