Lord have Mercy. How BMW ruined the Elvis 507
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Lord have Mercy. How BMW ruined the Elvis 507
Of all the cars to completely rebuild to perfection, wiping away all traces of history. The workmanship is astounding, but......
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Re: Lord have Mercy. How BMW ruined the Elvis 507
That's just vandalism.
It's like gutting an old house and painting it in magnolia emulsion.
I don't like the fake patina trend in, say, the VW world but this had proper patina and probably a story to tell.
It's like gutting an old house and painting it in magnolia emulsion.
I don't like the fake patina trend in, say, the VW world but this had proper patina and probably a story to tell.
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Re: Lord have Mercy. How BMW ruined the Elvis 507
Every exterior panel new apparently. The last bit at Pebble Beach or some other godawful spectre of wealthy preening wankers....shudder
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Re: Lord have Mercy. How BMW ruined the Elvis 507
But why?
I was always under the impression that the people in that market wanted cars with a bit of patina or whatever whereas now it could be any 507 that had been restored or a toolroom copy (is that the correct phrase for a specific type of replica?).
I was always under the impression that the people in that market wanted cars with a bit of patina or whatever whereas now it could be any 507 that had been restored or a toolroom copy (is that the correct phrase for a specific type of replica?).
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Re: Lord have Mercy. How BMW ruined the Elvis 507
They won't stop until the last cool car has been made into a soulless shadow of its former self.
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Fair enough, I guess that it's all about image nowadays and everything has to be perfect, in their eyes.
Is it middle Eastern rugs that have to have a deliberate error as only God does perfection?
Is it middle Eastern rugs that have to have a deliberate error as only God does perfection?
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I would like to piss on these people.
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Re: Lord have Mercy. How BMW ruined the Elvis 507
Apparently a lot of Germans like that sort of thing. Chuck them to a bunch of teddy boys instead. This just fuels my argument that only British rock and roll fans know how to properly preserve the legacy.
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
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So they don't have a sense of decency. Is nothing sacred any more?
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Re: Lord have Mercy. How BMW ruined the Elvis 507
I've been to an event in Munich that featured 'the German Elvis' Peter Kraus despite actually being Austrian.mercrocker wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 9:25 pm Apparently a lot of Germans like that sort of thing. Chuck them to a bunch of teddy boys instead. This just fuels my argument that only British rock and roll fans know how to properly preserve the legacy.
The same event had Simply Red.
I kid you not:
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