RUMCars Forum
General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: Barry on June 19, 2014, 06:31:56 am
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Have we seen this one before?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/273509457813/
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Yep it must have been in a RUM magazine article I think
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surprising how big it looks up against those people.
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I thought the same have they been especially selected :)
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Still not quite as big as it looked in those advertising drawings (for example http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/entries/3610/Allard_Clipper_347cc_1954_Ad.jpg ). That aside, many of the curves are actually quite attractive, in a "swoopy" way.
I just can't understand where the line came from for the cut-out at the rear wheels - it bears no relation to the shape of the wing, to the flow of the car, or to the shape - or position - of the wheel!
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Its official, people were just tiny in the 1950's! ;D
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Still not quite as big as it looked in those advertising drawings (for example http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/entries/3610/Allard_Clipper_347cc_1954_Ad.jpg ). That aside, many of the curves are actually quite attractive, in a "swoopy" way.
I just can't understand where the line came from for the cut-out at the rear wheels - it bears no relation to the shape of the wing, to the flow of the car, or to the shape - or position - of the wheel!
I think given the name, it's a nautical reference, if you think of the various curves on the car as the swell of waves seen side-on. Of course it could be something to do with making the bodywork then finding you couldn't take the rear wheels off.