+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
>(affordable-sustainable)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+AERODYNE PROTOTYPES+
>technologically has always been inspired<
>by automobile design and construction<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^
+BUGATTI & DELAHAYE+
>citroen/renault<
+DELAGE & VOISIN+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>as i made the one hundred drawings<
>for the "Silver Ship" construction<
+MORRIS GARAGE+
>cars were a great inspiration<
+AFFORDABILITY+
>(jaguar and morgan also)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ESPECIALLY "DROPHEADS"+
>(convertibles)<
+FROM THE 1930-1940ss+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>my father's "Hupmobile" may<
>have triggered this vision<
>(but not his Packard)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
>five photos from the factory manual<
>of the english Sunbeam Talbot<
+TALBOT "10" 1946+
(>basic, affordable, simple,<
>an english family car<)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#1) +POSTWAR+
>practicality was the strength<
>of this english family car<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#2) +CONTROLS+
>all straight forward and basic<
>in the orderly driver's view<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#3) +ENGINE+
>there was a sports car spirit<
>in the functional layout<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#4) +CHASSIS+
>lending itself to henry ford<
>style mass production<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#5) +ELECTRICS+
>the distributer reminds me of<
>my 1942-1949 plymouths<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THE ROTOR BROKE+
>pan-american hw<
>enroute to<
+MEXICO CITY (D.F.)+
^^^^^^^^^^^
>fortunately using electrical tape<
>i was able to get it to work<
+TAMAZANCHALI+
>until the next mountain village<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FOND MEMORY OF+
>seat of pants<
+MOTORING 1955+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
gene ray, lajolla, california
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