By Robert Emslie
While a solid example of mid-nineties Mercedes design, what the R129 SL roadster really lacked was fins. I think they should really be bringing back the fins.
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While I don’t care for this interpretation, a more subtle approach could really work. After all, Mercedes-Benz is no stranger to fintails.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2491/3857874537_20ab896e9e_z.jpg?zz=1
I’d like to see a Cadillac XLR with some Heckflosse fins welded to it, just to undo some of the damage this Last Call image has done to me.
This is one of those rare things that looks better in execution than theory.
Still not the greatest, but a heck of a lot better than one would expect.
Car show season is about to ramp up here in the Queen City, and I am excited. The first big one is in less than two weeks, and it’s going to be a big one. I hope to bring all y’all plenty of pictures and commentary. If we’re lucky, our own longrooffan will have plenty of stories to share as well. It should be great. http://coffeeandcarssgf.com/
I am going to be down in Springfield for Spyderfest – we should meet up.
Absolutely. Name the time and place – I’m afraid I don’t know anything about Spyderfest.
Coming up in a month, April 27 – May 1.
http://www.spyderfest.com/
Looks like a fun event. How long will you be down?
Going down Thursday, heading home Sunday.
We should hook up on Friday after work. Saturday is good, too.
Send me an email at myhandle @ myhandle . com with your mobile number and we can set something up when I’m down there.
Send me an email at [myhandle]@[myhandle].com with your mobile number and we can set something up when I’m down there.
That poor R129. Someone should put it out of it’s misery…
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/files/2015/03/nukeit.jpg
Goes a long way to illustrate how incredibly large those Caddys were. Works somehow as a matchbox-ish design, too.
Wait, that’s Photoshopped, no?
MY EYES! The fins hide the worse elements in the side view. Turn it back!
I especially like the combination of the spoiler wing with the continental tire kit right behind it.
Love the seven spoke rims with the five spoke continental spare! Now that’s custom.
It really doesn’t get better as you move around to the front.
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I…um…
I can’t even.
Ow – my eyes just fell out of my head looking at this thing.
The combination of pastel yellow and metallic gold is not an insignificant contribution to the repulsiveness.
Seems to be a thing…
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