Once upon a time when I was young, foolhardy and far too young to drive I fancied one of these. A giant boisterous cruiser.
Classic and Vintage cars have always been something I have appreciated
my entire life but lately they keep me up at night. They call and tempt me I am flushed with compelling desire and its all about chrome, head or tail lights,
streamlining and paintwork. Dashboards and instrumentation feature
heavily. I imagine the luxurious interior, the possibility of pinhole vinyl, leather quilting, mahogany inlays or a faux timber veneer its all good as long as its not rigid formed plastic like the cars of today. I really should avoid car shows and put blinkers on while I
drive.
Sexy tail lights, like fluttering lashes to me.
Check out this loveliness!
Faux timber 70's dash inlay....
ahhh and check the tail.
Now while my expectation may have not been met I did love my first car...
Ahh she handled like a
giant majestic tank, slow and heavy on the ground, ahh the 3 on the tree
gear lever, ahh the huge square red leather seats, the stunning
mahogany dash - she was a gentle wide beaut! After much time and money
though the 1965 Humber Vogue had to make room for a very practical substitute and
so its been ever since.
Now call it madness but I have a thoroughly divided and intense band of focus it involves the following.
The small fugly car. The kind of car I never really understood - they
made me snigger Escorts, Cortinas, Datsuns etc. I didnt get the guys
that loved them in the 80's dropped an oversized or rotary engine in
them spent a fortune on wheels and pimped them, I thought they were
small comical cars - a tall woman unfolding from an acorn of a car...not
me.
I have actually seen cars like this with roll cages and racing harnesses namely in the northern suburbs but really as a concept what's with that? Where are you going? Whats going on? I simply did not get it at all. Please don't mention Calder
please or use the word 'Drag' as in racing - cringe shudder.
But now my cynicism has waned and I see an
altogether design before me. This genre of car to me is a unique and
fascinating anomaly - they are actually quite cool. Now I must state
however my preference is for cars on their original state...strictly
production line. I like the Venetians, original interiors and colours.
Note the 'Fastback'!
Look at this dignified 1963 Cortina the grill and lines are quite beautiful for a compact car, they are seriously starting to fascinate me.
Moving right along...
Recently I met and made visual and tactile love to Mr Chrysler Imperial
All it took was one look...
'Hi I'm Chrysler Imperial, pleased to meet you'...
swoon. Sounds like a really sexy guys name. Where
do I start? Long, lean, streamlined, flamboyant yet elegant and
tasteful, like a really classic suit design. I love the badges, I love
the chrome, I love the lines of theses vehicles. The little boy in this image with me was a delight to chat to. His grandfather owns the car I was so happy to experience this machine it was truly magnificent. I better go lay down.
