Sweet rides
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Re: Sweet rides
If you like the classic 1963 split window but want something more drive-able, then consider this:
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Re: Sweet rides
Close.
1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket
See for example: https://www.caranddriver.com/flipbook/t ... he-1950s#3
Or search for more: https://www.startpage.com/do/search?q=1 ... den+Rocket
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Re: Sweet rides
↑ I seem to remember (but am far from sure) that for the gfycat tags only the "name" part should be kept. Apparently I'm wrong. :(
Here's the corresponding reddit post:
Here's the corresponding reddit post:
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https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/1812 ... s-city-banAston Martin will make old cars electric so they don’t get banned from cities
The ‘Heritage EV’ program launches next year
Add Aston Martin to the growing list of companies using nostalgia to sell customers on the idea of an electric vehicle future. The British automaker announced this week that it’s starting a “Heritage EV” program where owners of classic Aston Martins can have their cars converted to an all-electric powertrain.
Wouldn’t this be sacrilege, you might ask? That’s an argument for another day. Aston Martin’s starting this program for a very specific reason. Cities around the world, but especially in Europe, have begun to shun internal combustion engines in favor of boosting air quality for residents. If this pattern continues, it raises the question: what good is a classic car if you can’t drive it anywhere?
Aston Martin says the technology for these conversions will be built on “key components” being used to develop the Rapide E, a super-limited all-electric sports car due late next year.
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Re: Sweet rides
Sometimes, I wish we really did live in the future that people in the past thought we would live in.
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Re: Sweet rides
I agree – especially when trying to get on an airplane. :mrgreen:Nyarlathotep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 05, 2019 7:39 am Sometimes, I wish we really did live in the future that people in the past thought we would live in.
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Re: Sweet rides
A prototype armored car from the '40s. Only one ever built. Apparently it broke down all the time and the drivers hated the thing.
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"The Schlörwagen" A prototype aerodynamic rear-engine passenger vehicle developed by Karl Schlör (1911–1997). Wind tunnel tests yielded a drag coefficient of only 0.113. Unveiled at the 1939 Berlin Auto Show, project was shelved with the onset of World War II. Germany, Berlin, 1939.
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Re: Sweet rides
↑ I think we can agree that this excrescence on an otherwise cool car is hideous. :cry:
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Re: Sweet rides
Sounds like a UFO description… :mrgreen:
How about this one:
https://i.imgur.com/WHFwref.jpg
Typically French, you have to rub it daily with garlic to maintain the finish.
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Parking's a real bitch however.
Dipshits.
Unlimited money, but you can't buy brains.
Dipshits.
Unlimited money, but you can't buy brains.
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Re: Sweet rides
Not in the usual sense to be sure. He probably gets out at the nearest corner, or really, with a monster like that, he's getting out in the middle of the block I expect. So, he's managed to dump his own minor inconvenience onto everyone around him.
How charming.
Oh, BTW: Why only one engine? Some dipshit that demented and wealthy I'd have thought would have gone for two or more.
How charming.
Oh, BTW: Why only one engine? Some dipshit that demented and wealthy I'd have thought would have gone for two or more.
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