Monday, January 25, 2016

the biggest surprise I've had at a car show in years... finding a Gaylord at the Phoenix Concours



Most of you have never heard of this... it is a Brook Stevens designed car, for a couple of rich razor manufacturing brothers, and the other one has only 2 heads lights, not 4, and looks terrible, proving that a single small decision in design car wreck the look... or fix it







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  1. Have to say maybe I have forgotten but I don't think that I have ever heard of this one before. Good one.

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    1. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/06/ugly-or-odd-brooks-stevens-was.html
      it is very ugly with just 2 headlights, they were extremely out of proportion

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  2. Check out the Besasies. Ray, Ray Jr. & Joe were the sheet metal artists that worked for and with Brooks Stevens on a number of projects. You can see some of their work here: http://www.retrocom.com/retromilw/besasie.htm and another good article here: http://mymilwaukeelife.com/news/2013/oct/31/besasies-forgotten-geniuses-auto-design/?page=1

    I have one of Ray Jr's FKE karts from 1964: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2010/06/15/besasies-bodacious-blast-the-130-mph-excalibur-kart/

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