MORE random pics......

[URY914]

[URY914]

[Danny_Ocean]

Hey! I've got one of those in my garage, too...

Originally Posted by cashflyer

[legion]

[varmint]

i'll usualy defend nascar, but sometimes... it's just too easy to make fun of.

[legion]

[911Rob]

Please I beg you...... can we just quit posting and reposting the tattied pinheads? Please!!!

[Hendog]

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Hendog

Wasn't one of these aboard the Andria Doria when she went down???

[Dottore]

Originally Posted by 911Rob

Please I beg you...... can we just quit posting and reposting the tattied pinheads? Please!!!

Agreed!

BTW Mr. Suswap man, I might be your part-time neighbour real soon. Toes in the water and all that. And I might just invite young slow toady up for the weekend. So get ready to lock up your daughters - and be careful about all this 'carpe diem' type advice you dish out to these randy youngsters.

Obligatory pic of ashtray pilfered from one of my favourite bars is attached:

[Hendog]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Wasn't one of these aboard the Andria Doria when she went down???

I knew nothing of the Andria Doria until now...my quick search on the net didn't come up with this model of car on that ship. But I now know something of the Andria Doria. My day is complete

[Danny_Ocean]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Wasn't one of these aboard the Andria Doria when she went down???

Nope...it was a "Norseman" CV that went down with the ship...

Chrysler Norseman

The Chrysler Norseman was a concept car built in 1956. It was a four-seat coupe. Although designed by Chrysler Corporation's stylists, actual construction was contracted out to the Italian coach-building firm of Ghia. Ghia already had experience in the construction of low-volume vehicles and one-off prototypes. (It had built the very successful Lincoln Futura concept the previous year.) It took Ghia's craftsmen well over a year to build the complex Norseman.

Chrysler wanted a fully drivable vehicle, not just a rolling mockup, so all normal systems for the powertrain, braking, suspension, etc. had to be installed. Much more difficult to fabricate was its unusual cantilevered roof, which was secured to the body only at the rear C pillars. There were no side pillars, and at the front the roof rested only lightly on a fully frameless windshield. There was a power sunroof as well, an advanced feature at the time, and difficult to integrate into a slender roof structure with no stuctural support at the front. The door glass was also ventless (having no small vent window at the front), a styling theme that would become popular some ten years later.

The car was to be a featured attraction of Chrysler's auto show exhibit for 1957 and was shipped by Ghia to New York City in July 1956. The car was booked on the ill-fated liner SS Andrea Doria, which was involved in a collision off the coast of Massachusetts and sank, with the loss of fifty lives and all its cargo.

The Norseman, as a result, was never shown to the public and was never seen by most of the stylists who worked on it. It is well known to automotive historians, however, via photographs and specifications. Chrysler never used the cantilevered roof design in any subsequent vehicle.

[Danny_Ocean]

Originally Posted by Hendog

I knew nothing of the Andria Doria until now...my quick search on the net didn't come up with this model of car on that ship. But I now know something of the Andria Doria. My day is complete

How 'bout the SS Morro Castle?

[kach22i]

Flaker_Man
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=20897
PHOTOS:
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/aircra...s/aerosans.html




Some video at this site as well as description and photos:
http://www.tupolev.ru/English/Show.asp?SectionID=79

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