file.newsgroup.cars.103015 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Bob Blackshaw)
Subject: Re: Dumbest automotive concepts of all time
In <[email protected]> [email protected] (Dan Day) writes:
>In article [email protected] (James P. Callison) writes:
>>In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Dan Day) writes:
>>>
>>>How about those really ugly fake wheel compartments stuck onto the
>>>trunk or side (or both sides!) of some tacky luxury cars?
>>
>>Some of 'em aren't fake (if you're talking about the Continental kit,
>>named after the Lincoln Continental, the first car to sport one). I
>>personally would _love_ to have a '56 T-Bird with a Continental kit
>>(and the supercharged V-8 :-); that is one of the most beautiful
>>cars ever built, IMHO.
I'd go for a '39 Lincoln Continental if I could find one. Sad part is
that Edsel Ford designed it, and look at the abortion they named after
him. Ain't no justice.
>Okay, I'll admit it looks nice on the T-Bird (as a previous owner
>of 1967 and 1968 Thunderbirds, I'm biased anyway).