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Here's a treat... design art studies for Kaisers that never were produced. by Frank Hershey and Rhys Miller
The Merced, the Fairmont, the Piedmont, the Golden Gate, the Haleakala, the Menehune, the Paneole, and Del Mar
I love these old art pieces... they show how ridiculous designers are... when working on "Future" looks. Ever seen a "Future" car ever get made into production? Me neither. I don't know why they bother after all these decades of ridiculous "design studies" to keep drawing up cars they ought to realize will never be produced.
yeah, I like the art, but not the waste of time in trying to make UGLY stick around and get made into cars.
Look at the top two, there ain't no way that's going to get through the commitees and hit the assembly line.
Reminds me instantly of the other Kaiser design studies I posted 6 years ago http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/07/prototype-kaisers-that-never-made-it.html the Menehune, the Pele, and the Waimea (which was fabbed up into a single custom car)
with the quirk that the Waimea actually was custom fabbed into a car http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-kaiser-aluminum-creation-inspired.html
All of this reminds me that there is now a tumblr for artwork like this http://oldcarrenderings.tumblr.com/
things I didn't know about Volvo, but thanks to CarCrushing.com, I do now
Company founders created Volvo as a separate company within Swedish ball bearing manufacturer SKF in 1915, but wouldn’t begin building cars for another 12-years. In Latin, Volvo translates to “I roll,” which totally makes sense in the context of a ball bearing manufacturer.
the first symbol Volvo adopted was the one we now know as "male" but was formerly known as Iron.
Also, they were the first to establish a factory in North America, at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1958. Like Volvo’s home country of Sweden, Canada is a very cold place with lots of snow. Volvo became known for building cars that performed in well colder climates, the tax incentive offered by Nova Scotia helped too.
Volvo made the 3 point seatbelt, but in order to serve mankind as it is inherently intended to do, Volvo did not hold the patent, but instead shared the development with all car makers, and it's one of the most significant safety innovations in auto history.
Volvo has made the car (P1800) with the most mileage, which had a good bit of publicity in the last couple years: http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/18/irv-gordons-volvo-p1800-has-hit-3-million-miles/
the Volvo Caresto T6 was a one off prototype/concept that is so incredible Hot Rod Magazine named it the Hot Rod of the Year, 2004
image from http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/26/ebay-find-of-the-day-caresto-t6-roadster-2004-hot-rod-of-the-y/#continued
Just a few cool things from http://www.carcrushing.com/13-things-didnt-know-volvo/
the first symbol Volvo adopted was the one we now know as "male" but was formerly known as Iron.
Also, they were the first to establish a factory in North America, at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1958. Like Volvo’s home country of Sweden, Canada is a very cold place with lots of snow. Volvo became known for building cars that performed in well colder climates, the tax incentive offered by Nova Scotia helped too.
Volvo made the 3 point seatbelt, but in order to serve mankind as it is inherently intended to do, Volvo did not hold the patent, but instead shared the development with all car makers, and it's one of the most significant safety innovations in auto history.
Volvo has made the car (P1800) with the most mileage, which had a good bit of publicity in the last couple years: http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/18/irv-gordons-volvo-p1800-has-hit-3-million-miles/
the Volvo Caresto T6 was a one off prototype/concept that is so incredible Hot Rod Magazine named it the Hot Rod of the Year, 2004
Just a few cool things from http://www.carcrushing.com/13-things-didnt-know-volvo/
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