Correct andy and fintail - the Maserati Kuban - it actually looks better in the metal than the pictures, but SUVs aren't really my thing anyway. Also, at the moment it doesn't qualify as a car with more than 12 produced - see original rules of this site on page one - but as it is going on sale in about two years time I suppose it counts. At least the engine should be interesting thanks to Ferrari...
I was at Frankfurt show on Saturday (never go at the weekend - I had to this year because of work stuff, but it was too busy - usually I have gone on a weekday..)
but I cringe every time I see one thinking of how a perfectly clean classic design has been ruined to make it
That's my take as well. I've yet to see a ccustomized model that actually looked better than the original, although I admire the skills and craftmanship that those customizers have and the ffort they put into it. What really makes me puke though is when someone replaces an older car interior with that velour stuff that looks like it came off a Chevy Celebrity.
Years ago when I was living in Orlando someone had a 4 door Limited like that one. It was a daily driver and parked in the delta area of the airport garage. Never did learn whether it belonged to flight crew or an airport worker. The manager of the Walgreens near my place had a 58 DeSoto 4dr sedan (or 57 four headlight model) as a daily driver as well back then. I had a boring Olds Ciera, but it was appropriate for the Citrus state because it was one huge lemon!
Here is a first shot Foreground on left Green Citroen 2CV Red convertible, possibly Fiat 1200 but boot hinges look wrong Yellow Fiat 500 Dark Green Fiat 1500
Right foreground White Fiat 500 Maroon Fiat 1100 Blue Lancia Appia or Flaiminia (might be another Fiat) Van might be Fiat or Renault (ugly enough to be either)
I would guess about 1960 but do not recognize movie. Given preponderance of Fiats and several looking awfully shiny, is it Product Placement?
I watched it as well and am a little ashamed to admit I kinda liked it.
I liked it as well.
Its a little "chicky" in content but as a freqent traveller it was refreshing to see air travel portrayed as new, fresh and exciting.
I remember the first time I flew - it was 1975 and I was a kid travelling with my family to visit other family in Brazil. It was a big deal and we dressed well. IIRC, it was only a couple of years later that deregulation came in and finally killed the golden age of air travel.
That's Bridget. She is a London based flight attendant that mysteriously "quit" her job and left her secret fiance Dean - the captain of the maiden flight of the Clipper Majestic to London. But it was hinted that she was also working for the US Government as a spy because Pan Am steweardesses could travel the world without question.
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Now, now, shifty. I think "Pan Am" and, to a lesser extent, "The Playboy Club" are imitators of "Mad Men", where a particular era is recreated. I suspect it's a draw to, ahem, a more "mature" audience who may remember those times fondly.
I have been an admirer of "Mad Men" since the beginning - the clothes, the attitudes, the who mentality of the country during the early and middle 60's. The drama portion is a bit cheezy, I will admit (and probably is with the new shows as well), but the stuff they cover in the advertising world is really cool.
I've got "Pan Am" on my DVR and plan on watching it when I have the time. Also, I had a distant relative who worked for Pan Am his whole career - some sort of office job at the Pan Am building (now the Met Life building) in Manhattan.
EDIT: Even though "Mad Men" is set in Manhattan, there are still a few car related scenes. Don buying the Cadillac on a whim, Betty inheriting her dad's Continental when he passes away, the ad team meeting with Honda are all good examples.
I have to say the show is a big disappointment. I came of age in the early 60s and I've had friends who worked for P/A. You could do a lot with those atmospherics but the acting is poor and the casting is worse. They have some kid who looks like he's in college cast as a PanAm captain.
It's no Mad Men, that's for sure. Maybe the should've based the show on Catch Me If You Can.
Now, now, shifty. I think "Pan Am" and, to a lesser extent, "The Playboy Club" are imitators of "Mad Men", where a particular era is recreated. I suspect it's a draw to, ahem, a more "mature" audience who may remember those times fondly.
Not me - I'm a child of the late 70's and early 80's. I just like the whole formality of the 60's - back when men were men, martinis were drunk like Red Bulls and Christina Hendricks would be my secretary. Yeah - I said secretary.
Now, now, shifty. I think "Pan Am" and, to a lesser extent, "The Playboy Club" are imitators of "Mad Men", where a particular era is recreated. I suspect it's a draw to, ahem, a more "mature" audience who may remember those times fondly.
Not me - I'm a child of the late 70's and early 80's. I just like the whole formality of the 60's - back when men were men, martinis were drunk like Red Bulls and Christina Hendricks would be my secretary. Yeah - I said secretary.
Me, too (born in '63) .. this was the era that my mom and dad became parents (sister was born in '67). However, I think the attention to detail - every detail - is part of what makes the show so successful. Wardrobe, set design, character behavior, etc. It's kinda cool that they've woven in real companies - Lucky Strike, Utz chips - in with some fictional companies as customers of the ad agency.
Heck, even the BBC has created their own retro show - "The Hour" - about a BBC radio show from the 50's.
EDIT - Christina Hendricks has a small, but dramatic, role in the new movie "Drive". Gotta keep the posts on topic.
In the late 60s we'd drive an hour to Memphis to shop and hit the big city. Often we'd go to the airport just to watch the jets take off. Must have had an impact because my sister went to work for UAL in the early 70s. Kitchen Privileges is a good memoir that touches on the short career of Mary Higgins Clark (she had to quit flying as a Pan Am stew because she got married).
Can't ever remember driving up to Memphis to look at new cars in the showroom and the most exotic one I remember seeing as a kid was a Porsche. MGs were somewhat common, if a bit exotic.
Not a thunderbolt, which is the only thing vaguely like this I could imagine being worth big $$.
No custom I thought would ever go for this kind of coin, so must be some super rare, holy grail factory car (with aftermarket wheels and side exhaust?)
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Will be a hit with the idle class for which a supercharged RR Sport/X6M/G AMG etc just isn't enough bad taste.
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Not quite that bad - I was thinking Infiniti FX, but I'd be surprised if Inifiniti would show that much styling restraint!
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I was at Frankfurt show on Saturday (never go at the weekend - I had to this year because of work stuff, but it was too busy - usually I have gone on a weekday..)
That's my take as well. I've yet to see a ccustomized model that actually looked better than the original, although I admire the skills and craftmanship that those customizers have and the ffort they put into it. What really makes me puke though is when someone replaces an older car interior with that velour stuff that looks like it came off a Chevy Celebrity.
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Here is a first shot
Foreground on left Green Citroen 2CV
Red convertible, possibly Fiat 1200 but boot hinges look wrong
Yellow Fiat 500
Dark Green Fiat 1500
Right foreground White Fiat 500
Maroon Fiat 1100
Blue Lancia Appia or Flaiminia (might be another Fiat)
Van might be Fiat or Renault (ugly enough to be either)
I would guess about 1960 but do not recognize movie. Given preponderance of Fiats and several looking awfully shiny, is it Product Placement?
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The blue car is a Lancia Flaminia, in front of it is another Lancia, a black Fulvia Berlina.
The grey van is a Citroen H.
The still is from the new TV series PanAm and indeed does represent a Roman street in 1`960.
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I watched the show the other night and IIRC, it was Rome 1962.
Considering how hard the producers worked on the details of the cabins, uniforms, et al I hope they are as tight with the street scenes.
Its a little "chicky" in content but as a freqent traveller it was refreshing to see air travel portrayed as new, fresh and exciting.
Nowadays I always get stuck next to a guy in sweatpants and flip-flops carrying a sack of Taco Bell.
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I liked it as well.
Its a little "chicky" in content but as a freqent traveller it was refreshing to see air travel portrayed as new, fresh and exciting.
I remember the first time I flew - it was 1975 and I was a kid travelling with my family to visit other family in Brazil. It was a big deal and we dressed well. IIRC, it was only a couple of years later that deregulation came in and finally killed the golden age of air travel.
That's Bridget. She is a London based flight attendant that mysteriously "quit" her job and left her secret fiance Dean - the captain of the maiden flight of the Clipper Majestic to London. But it was hinted that she was also working for the US Government as a spy because Pan Am steweardesses could travel the world without question.
I can't believe I just typed that. :sick:
Now, now, shifty. I think "Pan Am" and, to a lesser extent, "The Playboy Club" are imitators of "Mad Men", where a particular era is recreated. I suspect it's a draw to, ahem, a more "mature" audience who may remember those times fondly.
I have been an admirer of "Mad Men" since the beginning - the clothes, the attitudes, the who mentality of the country during the early and middle 60's. The drama portion is a bit cheezy, I will admit (and probably is with the new shows as well), but the stuff they cover in the advertising world is really cool.
I've got "Pan Am" on my DVR and plan on watching it when I have the time. Also, I had a distant relative who worked for Pan Am his whole career - some sort of office job at the Pan Am building (now the Met Life building) in Manhattan.
EDIT: Even though "Mad Men" is set in Manhattan, there are still a few car related scenes. Don buying the Cadillac on a whim, Betty inheriting her dad's Continental when he passes away, the ad team meeting with Honda are all good examples.
My wife watches. I noticed Chaz Bono and Nancy Grace on there and I had to run out of the room.
Start posting that stuff on here and I have to call FOUL.
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Got that on my TiVO, hoping it's an interesting show? Kinda my dad's era, he was an early frequent flyer.
It's no Mad Men, that's for sure. Maybe the should've based the show on Catch Me If You Can.
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Sorry, I can't watch any of those Dancing/Skating/Idol/X Factor shows.
Not me - I'm a child of the late 70's and early 80's. I just like the whole formality of the 60's - back when men were men, martinis were drunk like Red Bulls and Christina Hendricks would be my secretary. Yeah - I said secretary.
Not me - I'm a child of the late 70's and early 80's. I just like the whole formality of the 60's - back when men were men, martinis were drunk like Red Bulls and Christina Hendricks would be my secretary. Yeah - I said secretary.
Me, too (born in '63) .. this was the era that my mom and dad became parents (sister was born in '67). However, I think the attention to detail - every detail - is part of what makes the show so successful. Wardrobe, set design, character behavior, etc. It's kinda cool that they've woven in real companies - Lucky Strike, Utz chips - in with some fictional companies as customers of the ad agency.
Heck, even the BBC has created their own retro show - "The Hour" - about a BBC radio show from the 50's.
EDIT - Christina Hendricks has a small, but dramatic, role in the new movie "Drive". Gotta keep the posts on topic.
:P
In the late 60s we'd drive an hour to Memphis to shop and hit the big city. Often we'd go to the airport just to watch the jets take off. Must have had an impact because my sister went to work for UAL in the early 70s. Kitchen Privileges is a good memoir that touches on the short career of Mary Higgins Clark (she had to quit flying as a Pan Am stew because she got married).
Can't ever remember driving up to Memphis to look at new cars in the showroom and the most exotic one I remember seeing as a kid was a Porsche. MGs were somewhat common, if a bit exotic.
"Ford said the Ford Explorer Lego version was created by 22 designers and weighs 2,654 pounds. It is supported by a 768-pound interior aluminum base."
Time lapse video of the creation at the link:
Ford Targets Preschoolers With Lego Explorer and Driving School (Inside Line)
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Not a thunderbolt, which is the only thing vaguely like this I could imagine being worth big $$.
No custom I thought would ever go for this kind of coin, so must be some super rare, holy grail factory car (with aftermarket wheels and side exhaust?)
is it otherwise a '64 Fairlane?
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1964 Ford Fairlane 500 Commands $700,000 at Auction (Inside Line)
Camaro ZL what?
It does the quarter mile in about 2 weeks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWdurGzAIUg&feature=player_embedded
ZL1 is slightly quicker.
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Bud's commentary was classic!
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