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Post by chuckmost on Sept 8, 2010 18:09:05 GMT -5
 What if, in fact, Packard HAD continued production into the sixties (or even to this day, if you like). What if this fantasy Virgil Exner design had actually BEEN the '60's Packard 1:1 design? If it had been, of course a few would have been given the custom treatment. I think you know where I'm going with this... Hmmmm..... whatcha all think?  |
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Post by zenrat on Sept 8, 2010 18:50:21 GMT -5
Yes. Do it. Even if it's just to get rid of that awfull notchback effort.
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Post by RodBurNeR on Sept 8, 2010 19:28:30 GMT -5
I dunno....don't really care I guess. It was a kit made in the TRaKable times. Long as it's kustom/rod or drag....
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Post by Murphy on Sept 9, 2010 7:05:38 GMT -5
Ohmigod! I forgot about those...it looks like an '83 Cadillac Seville Elegante...   ...the horror...the horror.... |
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Post by RodBurNeR on Sept 9, 2010 10:42:46 GMT -5
oh man you are right Murphy!  |
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Post by chuckmost on Sept 9, 2010 16:43:09 GMT -5
I dunno....don't really care I guess. It was a kit made in the TRaKable times. Long as it's kustom/rod or drag.... Now that's a commited comment!  Hmmm... a '66 Packard Drag Car? That thought had never crossed my mind.... Maybe I'll need to pick up a second kit? |
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Post by RodBurNeR on Sept 9, 2010 22:46:24 GMT -5
yeah it's definately not cool and is ugly as hell....but I can't say it's not TRaKable.
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Post by Bryce on Sept 10, 2010 2:58:00 GMT -5
As an outsider, I feel the need to ask you guys what the hell happened to American automotive styling after 1971? How did something so right become so very, very wrong?
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Post by Kit Karson on Sept 10, 2010 3:05:54 GMT -5
As an outsider, I feel the need to ask you guys what the hell happened to American automotive styling after 1971? How did something so right become so very, very wrong? [glow=red,2,300] Committee$![/glow] |
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Post by chuckmost on Sept 10, 2010 13:59:29 GMT -5
As an outsider, I feel the need to ask you guys what the hell happened to American automotive styling after 1971? How did something so right become so very, very wrong? [glow=red,2,300] Committee$![/glow] What he said. Modern American cars are designed by focus groups and the editors of Good Housekeeping. They're disposable appliances, like a beard trimmer or a microwave oven, with about as much soul as... uh... um...... something without a soul. Like a demon, I guess, only not cool.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2010 16:40:04 GMT -5
As an outsider, I feel the need to ask you guys what the hell happened to American automotive styling after 1971? How did something so right become so very, very wrong? Government regulations, bean counters and the insurance industry. That's what happened. Styling took a back seat.  |
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Post by zenrat on Sept 12, 2010 16:58:59 GMT -5
A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain. — Robert A. Heinlein
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Post by chuckmost on Sept 13, 2010 18:08:13 GMT -5
A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain. — Robert A. Heinlein This Heinlein fellow sounds like a man of my own heart! Wait... saying it like that makes it sound kinda gay...  |
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