By Peter Tanshanomi
Amazingly, in 1974 this ad enticed prospective customers into wanting to be this guy. Well, it was theoretically intended to, at least.
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Jeff Glucker
Mom! You never told me you had
an affair with Barney Millera Bradley GT!Can we move this along? I’ve got a JC Penney catalogue shoot at 3.
A new trip to Germany, a new rental car: Škoda Fabia with 1.0 TSI petrol engine. I struggle to distinguish Volkswagen, SEAT and Škoda, they’re all the same – stiff, yet competent suspension, good space for large drivers even in small vehicles, easily readable and functional instrumentation. We got an outrageous fuel consumption of 8 litres/100km, or about 30 mpg, but that came about by driving full throttle for hours. It would do 180 kph if the stars aligned, but 160 seemed to be more adequate. Being reborn as a rental car must be prime karma punishment.
Being in the U.S., I don’t get to see the Skodas or SEATs. I guess considering they’re platform mates, it’s no surprise they’d be similar. I always thought the general distinctions were Skodas were the most basic “value” package, SEATs were sporty and stylish, and VWs were classier, softer-riding, and had the nicest interiors. Regardless, I like the look of that Fabia.
You’re right in all points, even though people in general have been wondering if SEAT occupies a relevant spot at all.
I get SEATs and Skodas mixed up when I see pictures. On an unrelated point, I really like the Skoda logo, but it reminds me of something Native American, and I can’t see why a Czech company would adopt an American image.
Funny, I knew it was a “winged arrow”, but your association to Native American iconography is spot on:
This is all I can see.
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For a couple of decades, this was pretty much their product, too.
Such skinny wheels though! It’s strangely glorious.
When I was seven years old, a Bradley GT was what I was going to own when I was old enough. The same look (when rendered in stick figures) as a GT40 (which I could not have identified by name back then, but knew it was cool), yet the fuel economy of a Volkswagen.
Somehow my tastes have evolved since then.
For the record, mine have not.
I still want to be that guy
I can’t tell if that’s an ascot or chest hair billowing out.
The paint looks like metalflake from here. These Bradleys never looked right unless they were finished like a drum kit.
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Well, you did need a key to wind them up.
I wonder how many Bradley GTs never got completed and are stored in sheds and barns>
If they’re like most kit cars, majority of them.
Whether it’s a kit car or a home permanent, you know it’s fiberglass.