How about beautiful things?

[motion]

I've always admired the Italians, and their love / worship of beautiful things. I have to say that for the most part, our American culture is missing that, with the exception of our admiration of beautiful people.

[kaisen]

Or not

[romad]

I believe there are already a couple of threads that address this...just saying

[Superman]

I've been thinking of getting an F1 car, for use on snow and ice.

[tchanson]

Originally Posted by kaisen

Or not

+1








Tim

[Zeke]

Well, I'm not a big fan of Frank Gehry, so your point rests well with me.

[mjohnson]

Originally Posted by motion

I've always admired the Italians, and their love / worship of beautiful things. I have to say that for the most part, our American culture is missing that, with the exception of our admiration of beautiful people.

Beautiful - and a challenge to best that image. Just the fact that the angles don't get there makes it very dynamic.

That and the black stripe that stops at the rear tire...

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by motion

I've always admired the Italians, and their love / worship of beautiful things. I have to say that for the most part, our American culture is missing that, with the exception of our admiration of beautiful people.

I presume you meant current American culture...

Dating from the 60's backward America made some pretty beautiful things...



Last Saturday I saw a car very much like this caddie, not everyones cup of tea I know...

Original paint, original interior, original hub caps, all the chrome was intact, 43K original miles, "runs great and everything works". (no price)

My wife was patient while I stopped to go over and check it out (she is not a car person)

When I got back in the car she just looked at my face and said "honey If I I would buy it for you."





I could go on... post pictures of art deco locomotives, Indian motorcycles, the sweeping American automobiles from the 30's and 40's...

But you get the idea (and I need to get back to work )

[motion]

Originally Posted by mjohnson

Beautiful - and a challenge to best that image.

I'll give it a try

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Well, I'm not a big fan of Frank Gehry, so your point rests well with me.

But how do you feel about Frank Lyold Wright?

[craigster59]

[motion]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

I presume you meant current American culture...

Dating from the 60's backward America made some pretty beautiful things...

Agreed, but that was before MTV came along and F'kcked everything up.

[notfarnow]

with the exception of a scattering of '60s Ferraris, I think a series 1 etype -preferably a coupe- is the most beautiful car ever made

[Heel n Toe]

I'll stick with Italy for now...

[john70t]

Craftsman-style building is beautiful, but copied from the japanese.

Art deco was the pinnacle, IMO.
Every edge and detail had to be custom.

[Flieger]

Remember when F1 has more open rules and cars could sound like this?

[Shaun @ Tru6]

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

On the bucket list.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

[72doug2,2S]

Italy owns the words PASSION, SOUL, and LOVE of beauty. Not everything that came out of Italy was a winner, but come on even the Carabinieri have bags designed by Gucci and uniforms designed by the Italian fashion house of Valentino.