Swoopy? Some of you guys must have a different idea of what that is to me. The Goggomobile is about 3 feet long on wheelbarrow wheels. Smooth like a half worn bar of soap, but I don't know about swoopy. A car needs to have some length and fluid flow to be swoopy. IMHO.
Jose85, you have a good feel for this sort of thing, and a good collection of rarely-seen cars of the type. I particularly like this one. Thanks for playing!
Nice, Rick. I believe this one was the 1933 show car, but copies of it were listed as available by Cadillac on (I think) V-16, V-12, and V8 chassis. I haven't found evidence that any were ever built with the smaller engines. I think somewhere between three and six of the V-16s were built and sold. Notice the chrome plated OUTSIDE garnish moldings. Don't think I've ever seen that before.
Don't know if anyone's posted this yet, but here's a Mercedes 130 w rear-engine concept (I would LOVE to flesh this one out in aluminum):
That's one of the two Omohundro-Kurtises, built shortly after the war. Both now belong to Geoff Hacker in Florida.
For that, I've always like the Opal GT (a.k.a. "Poor Man's Vette..") As if I could ever fit into one..
Hi, Rick! Both are outstanding cars, but with apologies to Mr. Brock, the Goat is the more beautiful of the two. I could be very happy with either one, though.
I can get "swoopy" from the C-type Jag -- and especially in that picture. The Silhouette, not so much; it feels more like "future bloop" to me.
This was designed by Porsche for Rosemyer but never built. It was basically a clothed GP Autounion. If any car deserved to be recreated I think this one does and looking at it I think maybe some VW panels could be massaged to connect some of the dots.. Of course it would need a blown V16...
Gotta love the swoop!Many of these cars feature one or both of my favorite automotive design features...wire wheels and fender skirts. Having said that, my contribution will feature neither...but it is the car that made me a gear head That smiling man in the driver's seat is the designer and builder of that car...and my uncle.
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