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Reminder Sadly, even more relevant now … the parallels have been in plain sight for years, ignored by most.

The fact that this is 80 fucking years ago but still just as relevant is terrifying.

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Guess what Lone Skum is? Pretty simple.

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If Tesla ads were honest (part two)

Another swasticar ad, this time for the Model Y.

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1000 km di Monza Back in the day when racing car drivers literally risked their lives for the sport …

——– 1970 Monza —————-

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If Tesla ads were more honest

From April 2024—of course it was obvious what Lone Skum was.

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The Doctor beside himself with Joy

OK, so not quite beside, but close enough.

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Stabbed You definitely won’t want an Encore of this.

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Espace T-top SM with louvred rear was so ’70s. Improved on the lines of the original, too.

Citroën SM Espace Concept, Heuliez, 1971

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GM of the early 1970s There’s something very uncomfortable (to me) about the mid-Atlantic styling of GM products of this era, noticeable here but also in the Vauxhall Victor FE, the Chevrolet Vega, even the Colonnade intermediates. Normally I would say thin pillars and smooth panels are laudable goals but maybe it’s the curvature of the glasshouse (see the bottom of the A-pillar in the first and third photographs). The Holden HQ was probably the most elegant of this styling theme. The F-bodies were notorious for letting water in because of the fuselage design—a friend had a Camaro of this generation and faced that very problem. What I will say here is that GM didn’t lose its experimental edge despite going very corporate in this era, so good on them for at least considering this variant. We did, after all, have the Reliant Scimitar GTE, the Volvo 1800 ES, and the Lancia Beta HPE, so something was in the Zeitgeist.

Chevrolet Camaro K, 1970. For the second generation Camaro, the Chevrolet III Studio took a serious look at a sport wagon variant (K for Kammback) experimenting with different rear/side window treatments and also various tail light options. The project got as far as a fibreglass mock-up but when no further. Pontiac presented a similar Type K concept in 1977 but that didn't make it either

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Siebener Kombi Beautifully done. Not so sure about the 2002 taillights but, otherwise, it looks very high-quality.

BMW 735i Touring, 1981. A E23 7-series station wagon converted by German coachbuilder Euler GmbH is for sale in Switzerland. Euler did only a few of these conversions, using BMW 2002 taillights and a custom-made tailgate. The example offered has travelled just 15,400km

sales listing

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Ferrari for the ’70s Such a tidy design—a perfect successor to the Dino 246 GTB. More at Autocade.

Ferrari 308 GTB Vetroresina, 1975, by Pininfarina. The replacement for the original Dino 246 was designed by Leonardo Fioravanti and built by Carrozzeria Scaglietti. Introduced at the Paris Motor Show, early cars were made from fibreglass allowing a very light weight of 1,050 kg (2,315 lb). In June 1977 the bodywork converted to steel (the styling remained the same) but the cars weighed 150 kg (331 lb) more. They were powered by the same 90º 2.9 litre V8 as the Dino GT4

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Revolutionnaire! Wonderful cars, even if the accelerator and brake pedal were offset on RHD models and I could only drive them when in sneakers and not dress shoes … owned an AX14 TRS for years!

Citroën AX GTi, 1990. A high performance version of the AX using a fuel injected version of the 1360cc TU3 4 cylinder engine that made 100PS. Thanks to the car's lightweight (800KG) and good aerodynamics it was remarkably quick but it was only in production for a short time before EU emission regulations killed it

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Autocade Year of Cars 2025

Since I was last here regularly, I launched the Autocade yearbooks. Autocade began life as an online car encyclopædia, and last year we looked at ways to extend the brand. The yearbook, now called Autocade Year of Cars, was launched. The 2025 number is available in hardcover. You can see more on our online bookshop, Libriz.

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What’s in a name Impressive collection.

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Worth returning?

Automattic owns this now, right, not Verizon? Not that Automattic has had great press lately. But better being part of Automattic than kowtowing to Verizon’s corporate interests.

   I take it the adult posts are back, too, judging from the suggestions in my feed.

   I de-camped to NewTumbl for a while, left well before that imploded, had an image plug-in for my own blog, stopped that when copyright trolls started emailing us about legit stuff we had licensed, and just post the odd thing on Mastodon now. Still behind on emails so maybe not Tumblring is a good thing?

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alicia-mb:

Furthering my exploration of Ashes to Ashes/Life on Mars adapted into classic children’s books.

Today comes Dr Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, as told by Gene and Sam.

Life on Seuss Is it worth returning here to Tumblr after all these years, or has the world moved on?

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This is where I am instead of Tumblr Visit me at jackyan.newtumbl.com. I can’t tag NewTumbl here since Tumblr blocks searches for it.

Let’s get the word out! newTumbl is really taking off and the more community members we have, the better we become! Thanks for all your support and feedback.