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The Cool, odd and unusual car pics thread...
balthazar replied to A Horse With No Name's topic in The Lounge
The BMW (bttm of post #184) reminded me of the Javelin's roof spoiler, so I went looking. The javelin's is factory, is BMWs, and who had it first? I still think the AMX/2 is about the most beautiful sports car design ever: -
The Cool, odd and unusual car pics thread...
balthazar replied to A Horse With No Name's topic in The Lounge
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Cadillac News: Spying: Cadillac CTS In Europe
balthazar replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
NOT easy to engineer a 4-pass 2-dr when everything is getting tighter & tighter. Change things to being a 2-seater and it's an instant niche vehicle. -
In looking at the 2 pics Roger posted- I like the drawing, and mostly what swings the needle for me is the large rims; changes the proportions. The photo is a straight-up match to the drawing (rim size aside), but somehow the front end is too busy, too 'assembled' rather than 'carved from a solid', and the needle swings back the other way for me.
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See, my belief is it wouldn't work as shown - but it IS just a drawing. Here- the inboard 'cut' seems to go right thru any sort of typical steering linkage...
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^ C'mon ocn; you know the whole hybrid thing is about not MPG.
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I get what you mean; maybe they would work as shown. Note the production Tuckers had incredible track : 64/65, or more than Pontiac ever did (63/64)
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Cadillac News: Spying: Cadillac CTS In Europe
balthazar replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
I'd be down with that, except those rims. I know they echo the '70s rim design, but I've never liked either one. -
Poor Maria Schriver must've really fallen on hard times since the divorce; she's driving a circa 40-yr old mail jeep.
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Drawing does 'romanticize' things a bit, but obviously the fenders turn. I believe 'productionalized', there would be larger gaps inboard of the fenders. If I could build it looking 'tight' like above, I'd settle for a 80' turning circle.
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That one & the below are obviously close in the gestation period. I tell you straight up as a car enthusiast, the below is about as perfectly wonderful a design as I can think of. Long, low, wide... streamlined & fully-radiused, with money unlimited I would have this built before anything else :
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I need to amend my post above. I believe it's #1051 that's not officially tallied in with the others (not the prototype), and that's where the "51/47" numbers come from. Club site shows 1051 as a courtesy, but not the convert or any of the repros. I believe I read Ida has built either 2 or 3 Tuckers to date, plus has been working on a full-scale version of one of the pre-prototype designs, this one :
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^ I was never sure I liked that execution... C-pillar is reminding me of that mini minicoupecoupe thing. I kinda like the roof treatment here.
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Those 2 characters lines on the sides are fighting with each other; Hatfield & McCoy style.
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I found the user guide to the adapter- it has DIP switches you can set for different resolutions. With the 'native res' spec for the HANNS being 1280x1024, I am going to try the DIP setting for 'multi-res - up to 1920 x 1080). Only higher choice is G3 multi-res - 1600 x 1200. DIP switches 7 thru 10 adjust 'sync mode', but I have no idea what that is. Default setting is 'separate'- trying that too. EDIT :: IT WORKS!
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"native resolution" on the HANNS JC199D monitor is 1280 x 1024. I reset the PRAM 2 more times on the G3, but the default rez on it is, I believe 800 x 600. I had 2 in-line adaptors with the previous monitor, but 1 was brand-specific (Viewsonic), so I don't think that's related. I've seen suggestions that some CRT monitors have internal PRAMs and how to reset, but this is a flat screen. It does have separate power & VGA cords, if that matters. Other things I've seen suggested are to replace the G3's internal battery, and the suggestion there was 4-5 years. Mine has never been replaced, but I don't have reason to believe that's involved in this problem, anyway.
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Well, I met up with the seller, got the HANNS for $45, bought a SVGA<>SVGA cable, but the monitor is displaying an 'out of range' message on a black screen. online scuttlebutt says the resolution range the G3 is sending it is outside the monitor's range (G3 has a wide variety of settings). Doing the 'reset PRAM' deal gets an 'analog' bar, screen goes grey, 'happy MAC' icon appears, then desktop pattern while it boots, but then it goes back to the black/'out of range' message before the booting is even 20% done. Reset the PRAM twice, same result. I need the machine to fully boot so I can access the resolution settings.....
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The Cool, odd and unusual car pics thread...
balthazar replied to A Horse With No Name's topic in The Lounge
I'm gonna have to call those mismatched wheel wells an industrial gaff. Those ferraris are nice, they have good proportions, they're just kinda bland/generic, IMO. To each his own. -
On the net too, of course : http://www.robidaconcepts.com/
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Roger- I was wondering when you were going to pop in here. I've seen #1024 at Gast, plus the convert @ Hershey, plus the first car Ida built (dark blue) when it was @ Lead East. Officially that's only 1 Tucker, I guess. Olds, check > Rob Ida Concepts < on FB.
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If one spend a few grand (replaced the TorqueTube with an open driveshaft and slide a GearVenders OD unit in); sure.
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Design is just so damned spot-on. It's only the 'romance' that keeps it from being mentioned along with the Corvette & Riviera when Mitchell's portfolio is talked about.
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I liked my Buick's CVT...
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Cadillac News: Spying: Cadillac CTS In Europe
balthazar replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
^ This is what I've said since talk first began about the 3G CTS; it's ALREADY the perfect size to go against the 5/E siblings. It should not grow in size externally at all. -
Could not find a decent representative ex on Utube. My buddy has had numerous 2G Corvairs, but I haven't seen one of his running in many years. However, yes; they do have a unique sound. A combo of raspy & burbly is as best as I can word it.
