<VV> Designers WAS Low Riders

[kenpepke at juno.com]

And, you are right, Joe!  Sadly the great designers back in the day have mostly timed out … Once they were plentiful, now they are rare. Still, their timeless designs live on!  You have brought up a name that touches my heart and awakens one of my most fond memories; the Sunday afternoon I spent at the home of Gordon Buehrig.  What a fascinating and inspiring man!


Ken P
Wyandotte, MI
65 Monza 110hp 4 speed 2 door
Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.

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On Mar 20, 2013, at 8:16 PM, Taruffi57 at aol.com wrote:

> You are right, Matt.  (beauty in the eye of the beholder)..  It's  just 
> that my "eye" STARTS with 1930's French custom body builders like Figoni et  
> Falaschi, Italian artisans like Scaglietti & Zagato, Brits like Malcolm  Sayer 
> (Jag E-Type), Gordon Buehrig's incredible work in the 1930's on the  
> greatest cars of America, and even Harley Earl & Bill Mitchell with  GM.  One only 
> has to go to any local weekend car show to see masses of ugly  
> "personalized" autos.  And in most cases, the owner has lowered the value  of the car.
> 
> Actually, it's more the gaudy - "look-at-me" paint jobs that I find  
> tasteless.  So you see, some like 'em, some don't, and since this is still  (maybe 
> not for long) free America, I reserve my right to throw my 2 cents worth  
> in the ring.  I also don't see any reason to make a car hop like a giant  
> Pogo Stick.
> 
> To confirm that I am not just a leave-'em-stock kind of guy, I am - right  
> now, working on a custom Corvair.  The only difference is that it is  
> tasteful, performance oriented, and will be appreciated by those who know the  
> history of racing.
> 
> I'm pretty sure that I will never go out of my way to be "P C" - on  any 
> subject.
> 
> Joe Dunlap
>