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Showing posts with label Brooks Stevens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brooks Stevens. Show all posts
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Brooks Stevens and the 1959 Scimitar prototypes that promoted aluminum
0 comments Posted by st at 2:44 PM
Two of the different models, the below was the inspriation for the Studebaker Wagonaire
Three Scimitar vehicles were designed and developed to suggest functional and decorative applications for aluminum use in automobiles. The Scimitar project was sponsored by the Olin Matheson Chemical Corporation and was designed by Brook Stevens Associates and Reutter & Company.A two-door Scimitar convertible was representative boulevard-type sports car, having a hard top that retracted automatically into the luggage area. A four-door Scimitar town car phaeton could be driven as a fully enclosed formal sedan, a town car with partially retracted roof, or an open convertible with both roofs retracted into the luggage area. The Scimitar station wagon shown here has an automatic sliding roof.
All three models were derived from the same basic design and tooling, using a 1959 Chrysler New Yorker chassis. The body utilized removable aluminum anodized quarter panels for aesthetics and reduced maintenance. The grille bumpers, trim, wheel discs, and many interior treatments are of brushed and anodized aluminum, substantially reducing vehicle weight. The car´s name was derived from the shape of a scimitar, a saber with a curved blade.
The three Scimitar models were exhibited first at the 1959 Geneva Auto Show, then at the 1961 International Automobile Show in New York.
Found on http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/ where some really cool stuff shows up
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
On the road in the mid 1930's, from Beirut to Baghdad, by way of Damascus, reminded me of the 1937 D-35 Jungle Caravan of Commander Gatti http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/09/extraordinary-designer-of-automotive.html
The above was designed by Brooks Stevens, its a 1936 Zephyr Land Yacht
The above is a Curtiss Aerocar trailer. I'd like to see a photo of the rig in the trunk of the car towing it. It reminded me of http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/rare-trailer-and-pulling-car-combo.html
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Cool Rv's, 2 because they melded a vehicle and a trailer into one
0 comments Posted by st at 9:31 AM
http://shawnstussy.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html#5045406272543677438 the 1938 Turtle by Roy Hunt. The wrap around windshields are even cooler, and the nice slope to the front is very good looking, as well as the 30's grill. This one had me recalling http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/03/finally-found-out-what-story-is-on-this.html
via http://rockindownthehighway.blogspot.com/ is this Diamond T "Doodlebug" fuel tanker from the 30's
Ain't that the cutest! Maybe it was an Airstream Bambi? Mixed with a VW bus I think
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