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MrKipling
12-13-2005, 03:02 AM
http://www.slowlysideways.com/englisch/members/Apotheloz/Apotheloz_engl.html
Thought you might appreciate this!
:Exige:
12-13-2005, 03:28 AM
http://www.slowlysideways.com/englisch/members/Apotheloz/Bilder/ApothelozAlpine_310_2.jpg
I love this picture. Cheers Kipling.
MrKipling
12-13-2005, 03:35 AM
Yeah, it's a great website - check out the Members (of the club) section.
They're doing a demo in the UK at the Stoneleigh Historic Motorsport Show in Feb next year: http://www.historicmotorsportshow.com/
Clivey
12-13-2005, 03:45 PM
I'm trying to decide whether I like the looks of that car...the front wing (forward of the wheel) reminds me of a Chevy Camaro IROC Z (not necessarily a bad thing).
Matra et Alpine
12-13-2005, 03:59 PM
I'm trying to decide whether I like the looks of that car...the front wing (forward of the wheel) reminds me of a Chevy Camaro IROC Z (not necessarily a bad thing).
Not "bad thing" for a car designed in 1970 :D
Clivey
12-13-2005, 04:02 PM
Not "bad thing" for a car designed in 1970 :D
Exactly what I was thinking, and comparing it to many heaps of junk from the '70s I think it's a true winner in the styling department.
Matra et Alpine
12-13-2005, 04:04 PM
Exactly what I was thinking, and comparing it to many heaps of junk from the '70s I think it's a true winner in the styling department.
Except .....
There is a viewing angle from teh rear 3-quarters where it is as ugly as sin and looks like an oversized breadvan that was rolled down a hill :( Mind you, you get used to that with French cars, there is always SOMETHING about them :(
But the rest is pure heaven and espsecially the first 4 cylinders with the full lights across the whole front :D
Clivey
12-13-2005, 04:29 PM
Except .....
There is a viewing angle from teh rear 3-quarters where it is as ugly as sin and looks like an oversized breadvan that was rolled down a hill :( Mind you, you get used to that with French cars, there is always SOMETHING about them :(
That's what I meant when i said that I couldn't decide whether I liked it or not - I could see what you are describing in the fourth pic on that site. But...
But the rest is pure heaven and espsecially the first 4 cylinders with the full lights across the whole front :D
...as you said, despite that detail it's still a pleasing design.