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In article <mbZgh.76552$hn.11436@edtnps82>,
Max wrote:

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Man, I love eccentric car design.

Dave

So do I. I've always been fond of cars that were designed to a different
beat, usually by a strong individual engineer who had his own idea of what a
car should be like. Tatra was definitely one of those. So was Lancia. And
in the USA, Hudson and Nash to a certain extent. Then there were such
individual designs as Tucker, Porsche, Voisin, Panhard, Citroën, Jowett, and
the early Saab, just to mention a few. It's a shame that nowadays there
doesn't seem to be room for that kind of individuality.

max

"Dave Moorman" > wrote in message
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> In article <mbZgh.76552$hn.11436@edtnps82>,
> Max wrote:
>
>> begin 644 1948 Tatra slvr-rVr=mx=.jpg
>> [Image]
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>> end
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> Man, I love eccentric car design.
>
> Dave

In article <cH7hh.75899$rv4.61500@edtnps90>,
"MagisterMax" > wrote:

> So do I. I've always been fond of cars that were designed to a different
> beat, usually by a strong individual engineer who had his own idea of what a
> car should be like. Tatra was definitely one of those. So was Lancia. And
> in the USA, Hudson and Nash to a certain extent. Then there were such
> individual designs as Tucker, Porsche, Voisin, Panhard, Citroën, Jowett, and
> the early Saab, just to mention a few. It's a shame that nowadays there
> doesn't seem to be room for that kind of individuality.
>
> max

When a technology is new, people try out all kinds of things with it -
with diesel electric locos, the Baldwin Centipede comes to mind. 96
brake shoes - high maintenance! As the technology matures, you get
machines that perform very well and reliably - our 1999 Avalon has
168,000 miles on it and it's humming right along. However, there's
nothing creative or eccentric about an Avalon!

Dave