The Dark Wob

John F wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2019 6:42 pm

Junkman wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2019 6:33 pm

John F wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 3:06 pm I usually think Citroens look like a pile of spraints, but I really like the styling of those Traction Avants.

The what?

Is that not a FWD pre-war Citroen? I'm not a licker of frog things, usually.

Yes it is. But what styling does it have?

Ah, I see.

Lower, flatter shape than its contemporaries due to monocoque rather than ladder chassis construction, I suppose.

Yeah, but what styling does it have?

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Here's a stylish little thing with a bit of stealth disability camping going on.

Traction Avant only looks like it's styled as everything else they made was even worse

Yesterday afternoon, I decided to take a short walk from my office to Greggs for lunch and was rewarded with spotting these two:

205 looks more dated than the Cortina. Ford did a good job there.

Yeah, mid-sixties designs have worn very well. The motoring equivalent of Georgian architecture - just looks right.

Mid 60s designs were when cars were designed as cars with enough technology to work & nowt else.