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Art & Inspiration Swoopy cars

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by 50Fraud, Dec 25, 2010.

  1. I kind of like it. It reminds me of a Navion and/or Ercoupe canopy. I like the back part the best- that's why I posted that shot.
     
  2. DrJ
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    to me, this car looks too "fat assed" to be considered swoopy.
    It's on a hotrod rake with a small low front end and to be "Swoopy it needs to have a "proud" front/grill area and then Swoop back and down from there.
     
  3. rick finch
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    Bit of a stretch, but it has some elements of swoop...

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  4. rick finch
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  5. slammed
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    [​IMG] D-Cup swoopy.
     
  6. buckd
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    swoopy frankie.jpg here's my sloper BUCKD:)
     
  7. superleggera
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    one day if I ever get time, I will post the thousand plus images I have of the restoration of the Alfa 8C2900B coupe on my website. This is from Nov '07 before the bumpers were rebuilt, trim recreated and numerous other details attended to before it went to paint. Fantastic car and no reason to ever go back to Pebble Beach for myself ever after that day...

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  8. falcongeorge
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    Oh HELL YES! One of my all-time favorite cars.
     
  9. 50Fraud
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    It was shown back in posts 139 and 142, but I certainly don't mind looking at it again. It was a cool car than GM should have built.
     
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  11. bigern007
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    They don't come much swoopier than this !!!

    The furriners are definately beautiful ,but good old North American customs can and do match them " swoop for swoop"
     
  12. some really beautiful vintage car(s) here ...

    something that you dont see very often nowadays ....
     
  13. rick finch
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    '38 Lancia Astura IV Cabriolet...

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  14. rick finch
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    '63 Chevrolet Corvair by Bertone...

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  15. Bigcheese327
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    You win.
     
  16. rick finch
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    Hahaha you give up too easy.:D There are lots more cars to post.
     
  17. Bigcheese327
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    No way, I can't see liking a swoopy one more than that.

    And some of these have had a swoop only a mother could love.
     
  18. White05GT
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    Anymore info on this car? Really dig the way it looks.
     
  19. DocWatson
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    Is it just me or does that look like a Jensen Interceptor and a Ferrari's love child?

    Doc.
     
  20. 50Fraud
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    Lancias and Farina designs of the '30s (often one and the same) were especially elegant swoopies. The French were right in there, too; this style of Delahaye knocks me right out:

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    I think I've already posted the second image in this thread. I am not ashamed.
     
  21. 50Fraud
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    It's not entirely accidental that my own current project has a little of the same vibe.

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  23. falcongeorge
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    I was thinking more like an e-type and a citroen...Interesting picture, that...:D
     
  24. falcongeorge
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    I have a hunch I know which '40 you were looking at...;)
     
  25. 50Fraud
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    There are a lot of cars that have had an influence on the shape of my '40 -- the Ralph Jilek Ford and the Glen Hooker '40 Merc (both were Valley Custom builds) probably more than the others. Is that what you meant?
     
  26. rick finch
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    '37 Delage D8 120S...

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  27. rick finch
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    '37 Bentley Embiricos...

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  29. rick finch
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    BMW 328 Mille Miglia...

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