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Week 11 2010, from March 15th Workdays.

Though the way may be the same, we every day see it in a different way. Arie

The grass is greener on Amelia Island, Florida.
The Phantom Corsair 1938, "The Flying Wombat".
Neil Rashba

The Phantom Corsair is an automobile prototype from 1938. It is a six-passenger coupe that was designed by Rust Heinz, a member of the H. J. Heinz family, and Maurice Schwartz of the Pasadena, California based Bohman & Schwartz coach building company. The design was a departure from contemporary car design and it did away with many features, common at the time, that were eventually abandoned by mainstream designers. Heinz planned to put the Phantom Corsair, which cost approximately $24,000 to produce in 1938 (approximately $300,000 in 2005 dollars) into limited production at an estimated selling price of $12,500. However, Heinz's death, shortly after the car was completed, ended those plans.
The 1938 Phantom Corsair now resides in the National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection) in Reno, Nevada.
The full story of this car, as well as studio pictures, appears in the October 2006 edition of Classic and Sports Car magazine.
With a height of only 147 cm (58 in.), the steel and aluminum body had no running boards, fenders or door handles. Instead, the doors could be opened using buttons located on the outside and on the instrument panel. To match the advanced design, Heinz chose the most advanced chassis available in the United States at that time, the Cord 810. The V8 engine-equipped Cord also featured front wheel drive and an electrically operated four-speed gearbox, as well as a fully independent suspension and adjustable shock absorbers. To accommodate the large body, various changes were carried through on the chassis. The car's lower frame was made of chromoly steel and the upper frame was constructed of electrically welded aviation steel tubing. Power for the 2-ton / 4500 lb. (2000 kg) Phantom Corsair came from a modified Cord 810 Lycoming 8-cylinder unit, supercharged to produce about 190 hp. The aerodynamic body enabled the car to reach speeds of up to 115 miles per hour (185 km/h).

Wet and steep.
Guy

Wet and uncomfortable pavement.
Guy

Wet and slippery.
Guy

"Didn't know Opel made such nice cars these days."

Friday.
Before it started to rain and never stopped,

"Who's the mole?"
Guy

Cool basket.
Guy

Foldtogethercaravan.
Guy

Posh helmet.
Guy

Posh GT4.

Small caravan.

One spare.

Thursday.
Promising Spring Day.

Drugs.
Guy

"Indeed, she's my sister."
Guy

Light lunch.
Guy

Displeasure.
Guy

"But mine is quicker!"

It's getting warmer.

"Seen those two on that cart?"

"Why do you always nag about them muscle cars,
why don't you prefer this, with me!"

"Now you don't walk out on me!"

"She could have hit you."

"Careful dear!"

No!

Wednesday afternoon.

Daddy's coming home.

Last rays, last news.

Rokjesdag, skirt fest.
Guy

New library.
Guy

Constructive character.
Guy

The SOLO prototype on the road - sure. Hungarian designers Antro are aiming to introduce a new fuel efficient vehicle to the consumer market by 2012 which (like the recently covered HumanCar) will rely on the muscle-power of driver and passengers as well as a hybrid fuel/electric engine. The designers are also looking to have the three-seater SOLO link up to another to make one vehicle capable of carrying six people. As more opportunities arise to accumulate wealth in the East, more and more people are being given the chance to own cars which will only add to the world's environmental problems. In order to nip such problems in the bud, Antro has suggested a fuel-efficient three seater where the driver is flanked on either side by a passenger and all three would join forces to propel the SOLO Light using pedals in front of them. More.

"Let's go have coffee. You may leave the bike here."

"Last puff."

S(ing).

Tuesday.
"Tomorrow something more frivolous."

On their way.
Guy

Ducati bicycle and cappuccino.
Guy

On the corner of the Damrak and the Stock Exchange Square
sensors are mounted to gauge the tremors caused by the drill that will
make way for the North-South Tunnel underneath Amsterdam.
Guy

Sunday, March 14, 2010: A Tribute to Peter Helck (1893-1988), the Great American Automotive Artist. Born in 1893, artist Peter Helck was just 13 years old in 1906 when he attended the Vanderbilt Cup Race as a spectator. Who could have known at the time his razor-sharp mind was absorbing memories that would transfer onto canvas decades later with amazing accuracy.
Helck's formal training in art began in 1910 when at 17 he attended the Art Students League for about a year. However, his family's tenuous grip on financial security forced him to pursue employment. Fortunately the job took advantage of his considerable artistic talent as he worked to produce advertisements and point of sale displays. Helck entrusted his $7 weekly salary to his mother, who saved it for him so he could start his own art business at age 22 in 1915.
Successful with these endeavors, Helck returned to school to study under artist Sir Frank Brangwyn. Here he developed techniques to create beautiful landscape and cityscape images. While his fine arts work received some good reviews, it rarely sold. Helck spent most of his career as a commercial artist, where he prospered. Helck moved from New York City - where he was born - to purchase a farm with art studios in upper New York State. He began to collect antique cars and eventually built a garage for them.
Source: Vanderbilt Cup Races.

Monday. Yesteryear's dream was featured in Car & Driver when the Volvo Amazon appeared on the American market. In the photographs it was parked in black and white next to a pond, against a background of pine trees, very Scandinavian. Designing the 1962 model Peter Horbury was strongly inspired by the American styling of Chrysler and Kaiser. At the time many Dutch executives in advertising drove the 444 and 544 and soon moved up and ahead in an Amazon. The Amazon was a strong and steely car and its ride was like a tractor's. Almost none of the yuppie owners can't have been inspired to buy one by the photo's, for the American car mags were rarely read in Holland. The inclination to drive one must have spread by word of mouth as ripples in a pond.

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