bryn
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Jan 11, 2007 16:42:45 GMT
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This is a work in progress from Posies (they've produced some of my all time favourites), it was at Sema last Oct but unfinished. I really like it, sure a couple of the angles don't work so well for me personally, but I think it's fresh enough without being too much and I love the thinking behind it... Imagine a Morris Minor given the similar treatment, it's when you think of applying it to another car that you realise just how hard it would be to get right. I'm sure it'll divide opinion, but I'm always interested in why somebody doesn't like something, as much as why they do. Make it good... This is probably my favourite angle, very vintage in feel but with plenty of hot-rod attitude. Kind of Cruella DeVille meets prototype? Anybody else getting that from it?      www.posiesrodsandcustoms.com/category/posies-fleetliner/ |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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Nick
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Jan 11, 2007 17:05:24 GMT
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i only like the first angle of it, the one from behind. after that it all goes down hill a bit for me personally.
the wheels look like some dodgy ford space saver design and i don't like the colour of them against the body colour.
i'm not keen on the front section being in brushed steel or whatever it is.
the proportions of the car for me look a bit wrong with it being an open wheeler now aswell. too long and 'pinched.
maybe if the overall colour was spruced up a bit i'd prefer it more with the dimensions of the car beign as they are.
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idea stolen from rattely eddie.
this weeks car count "5"
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Jan 11, 2007 17:14:55 GMT
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I don't like the huge expanse of the C pillar in the profile shot - the side windows need to be bigger or the back end cut closer tot he body...
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Jan 11, 2007 17:23:58 GMT
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good effort, has some touches i like, but in my opinion its badly proportioned.
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RetroMat
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Jan 11, 2007 17:24:09 GMT
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I like that alot, it doesn't quite sit right but i think that just adds to the appeal. Also i think it would look better with the front panel removed completely. All inall a very stylish rod  |
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bryn
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Jan 11, 2007 17:36:23 GMT
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I agree with all the proportion comments, but I've not found any finished shots yet to see whether anything like a bonnet (which i assume it will run) will make a difference. I'll also be interested to see if those are final choice wheels and I'm fairly sure that the alloy panels are just unpainted... That rear quarter shot is spesh though. Here's one of their others that I'm sure most of you will have seen, I love this and it gives me big hope for this being finished in a good way... "Thunder road"  |
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Jan 11, 2007 17:37:01 GMT
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I think it's a great follow up to Thunder Road...and not too different from the concept of it either. Posie is referencing more than just the rat rod scene again, there's touches of Deco in there (as in Extremeliner) and the engine has got a definite 'aero' look about it, a really different take on the Rod scene, and worthy of a whole heap of credit just for that.
Go Posie!
edit: just noticed that Bryn has added a Thunder Road pic to further my statement! ;D
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Last Edit: Jan 11, 2007 17:38:16 GMT by rmad
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bryn
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Jan 11, 2007 17:38:25 GMT
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Yeah, that's the influence I was searching for 'Art Deco'  , the fine pressed strakes over the rear wheels and the like... |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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Jan 11, 2007 19:05:49 GMT
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i think they're both mint.
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street
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Jan 11, 2007 19:25:42 GMT
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You really do have to mentally try to apply the same formula to something like a Minor, as you said Bryn, to realize how difficult the whole thing is to pull off, and to appreciate how brave a move this must have been to take it from the drawing board and into the workshop  The colour is beautiful, the B pillar angles are bang on as is the whole rear end proportions. I'm not sure how much I like the front wheels where they are.... but then its in-keeping with the style they were going for. Details everywhere, love it! "Thunder road" isn't doing much for me though  |
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Last Edit: Jan 11, 2007 19:26:33 GMT by street
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Posies Fleetlinerarthurbrown
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Jan 11, 2007 19:32:02 GMT
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Intreguing.
Didn't have an instant WOW for me. But the more I look at it the more I like it. Lots of clever work.
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Jan 11, 2007 20:16:16 GMT
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I only like the first angle of it, the one from behind. after that it all goes down hill a bit for me personally. the wheels look like some dodgy ford space saver design and I don't like the colour of them against the body colour. i'm not keen on the front section being in brushed steel or whatever it is. the proportions of the car for me look a bit wrong with it being an open wheeler now aswell. too long and 'pinched. maybe if the overall colour was spruced up a bit i'd prefer it more with the dimensions of the car beign as they are. all of that plus the rear lights don't carry the same elongated style. making them look like afterthoughts |
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Jan 11, 2007 20:43:03 GMT
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I like it bar the rear lights. some really nice touches, like the riveted roof insert and the exhausts and big bonus points for not using a crate v8.
if you did that on a minor, you'd have to do away with the "humps" in the doors and do something pretty major with the a posts, they're somewhat ungainly when naked! definatley not impossible to achieve, just lots of hard graft.
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Jan 11, 2007 21:05:03 GMT
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Sorry not a fan of that. Great colour and I love rivets but the proportions? It looks so wrong. It could have been quite a funky motor but I'm afraid it doesn't work.
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Jan 12, 2007 13:38:27 GMT
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I'll reserve judgement until I see the finished piece. Possies work is usually spot on and controvercial! I know a lot of rat rodders spat their dummy at Thunder Road. I think its ace. Although Extemeliner makes me barf.
My thoughts on this are that it seems out of proportion but finished bodywork and paint etc and it will probably look quite different.
Makes a statement. Certainly not a "me too" rod is it?
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Jan 12, 2007 14:24:38 GMT
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I don't like it. But I can see why someone might.
Lot of interesting detail in there to be finished.
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Jan 12, 2007 19:23:45 GMT
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i ummed and aaahh a bit at the first pics and tehn i saw this EEEEEEEEEK!!  |
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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, the fine pressed strakes over the rear wheels and the like... 
