"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/08/2020 at 09:15 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
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Grab your jetpack and let’s get going!
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ttyymmnn
09/08/2020 at 09:24 |
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The impressive thing here is how relatively little work needed to be done to make that out of a standard ‘60 Ford convertible.
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ttyymmnn
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
09/08/2020 at 09:26 |
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It must have been hotter than hell under those canopies.
A Boy and His Longtail
> ttyymmnn
09/08/2020 at 09:35 |
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The future looks aw fully familiar...
Also, it’s 2020, where is my jet pack?
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ttyymmnn
> A Boy and His Longtail
09/08/2020 at 09:36 |
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I’m still waiting for the future I was promised.
Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> ttyymmnn
09/08/2020 at 09:39 |
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The future hasn’t turned out to be what they promised. I want a refund.
user314
> A Boy and His Longtail
09/08/2020 at 09:52 |
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Buzzing airliners at LAX, apparently.
onlytwowheels
> ttyymmnn
09/08/2020 at 09:55 |
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Love it!
ranwhenparked
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
09/08/2020 at 09:58 |
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The formula for making a normal car into a futuristic concept car was basically just grafting on Plexiglas bubble domes and a fake jet exhaust and calling it a day.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ranwhenparked
09/08/2020 at 10:47 |
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Sometimes it’s gasser suspension and forget the rocket taillights - though in fairness “Gas Bubble” wasn’t of the era.
Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
> A Boy and His Longtail
09/08/2020 at 11:04 |
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It’s on backorder.
wkiernan
> ttyymmnn
09/08/2020 at 11:56 |
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Gave you great visibili
ty to see if a BMW was coming
up fast from 6 o’clock high
, though
.
camaroboy68ss
> ttyymmnn
09/08/2020 at 12:32 |
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Its one reason those bubble top customs are pretty much strictly show only cars. They are very uncomfortable, but were all the rage in the early-mid 60s near the end of the golden age of custom cars.
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ttyymmnn
> camaroboy68ss
09/08/2020 at 12:37 |
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I blame the Jetsons.
fintail
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
09/08/2020 at 13:02 |
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60 Ford is an oft-forgotten and underrated design, although they were massive and not exactly rust repellant.
Taillight inspiration on the bubble car appears to have been the Meteor Montcalm (lightly modified 60 Ford made to pander to the Canadian market, because we have money to burn):
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camaroboy68ss
> ttyymmnn
09/08/2020 at 13:10 |
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It was that and just the whole Jet age and space race that was the main pop culture of that era. The fad on cars died in 64/65 with the arrival of the muscle car. Really hot rodding and customs went by the wayside after that.
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user314
> Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
09/08/2020 at 13:17 |
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Lost in the UPS warehouse:
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> fintail
09/08/2020 at 13:46 |
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I seem to recall reading - may have it wrong - that the Sunliner in specific for ‘60 ended up slightly wider than other models, and was in consequence over 82 " wide. Which was supposed to have earned Ford a disapproving glare, as state highway authorities were still trying to keep things tighter than that.
Speaking further of fins and Benzes in specific, I actually saw a rollback with a trailer and two Benz fintails that looked like they’d been dragged out of the woods about a month ago. I guess based on where I saw it that the driver had ducked off of I-40 for a bite to eat. Western NC - going westbound or eastbound, I don’t know.
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fintail
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
09/08/2020 at 14:04 |
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The way I remember it, all 60s were too wide for the regulations in some states - so eventually Ford got the states to change the rules. Wider than any car that year, no doubt. My dad had a 60 wagon when I was a kid in the 90s, I did some of my driver training in it. Very cool car, and huge.
Fintails are just getting to the point on this side of the pond where people are starting to save them and/or part them out, as demand and supply are heading to that point where they are getting hard to find. Good to know they probably weren’t going to a crusher.
Only Vespas...
> ttyymmnn
09/09/2020 at 10:49 |
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It needs something....just a few more taillights. And are they sequential?
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ttyymmnn
> Only Vespas...
09/09/2020 at 10:52 |
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No idea, but it would be cool if they were.