<VV> (no subject)

[Bill Hubbell]

It is the prettiest of cars in my eye.  

I've had the photo to prove it on display for some time:
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1507860584028689042VhzLnv

Bill Hubbell



-----Original Message-----
From: mhicks130 at cox.net [mailto:mhicks130 at cox.net] 
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 12:24 PM
To: whubbell at umich.edu
Subject: RE: <VV> (no subject)

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

It's a bathtub, a bar of soap.  What can I say. Not the prettiest of cars in
my eye.  The convertibles aren't too bad and I've seen a couple that I
actually  like (smitty's for one).

Influential?  Sure.  Designers were influenced to make their cars NOT look
like that!  :)  

All in fun Bill. All in fun.  Take it easy. 

mikeH


---- Bill Hubbell <whubbell at umich.edu> wrote: 
> C'mon, Mike, of course you can argue with them about showing an Early
> Convertible in an article about the 10 ugliest cars.  I don't care what
> planet you are from - to call an early model Corvair convertible ugly you
> have to be blind, dumb, or whacked out on drugs.
> 
> Here are some Excerpts from various sources about the Early Model Styling:
> 
> Chevrolet's new compact car, the Corvair, designed by Ron Hill and GM
> Styling Staff, entered the market in 1960, and received a coveted annual
> design award from the Industrial Designers Institute (IDI). To most
> designers, it was a welcome innovative design response to compact European
> imports, and hailed as a pointed departure from the tail fin and chrome
> excesses that dominated the previous decade in Detroit (see 1957 Chrysler
> "Forward Look").
> 
> Design Awards by the Industrial Designers Institute (IDI)
> Awards were initiated in 1951: "The IDI will select annually not more than
> three designers and/or groups of designers, to be recipients of a medal
for
> their noteworthy and fresh approach to design and function combined with a
> practical use of appropriate materials, for a product that is
mass-produced
> and nationally distributed."
> 
> Motor Trend voted the 1960 Corvair "Car of the Year" for all of its
> breakthroughs in design and styling.
> 
> There is visual evidence that the Corvair influenced the stylists for a
> number of European cars, Italian (Fiat), German (NSU 1000). As far as the
> Hillman Imp is concerned the evidence goes a little further.
> 
> I could go on, but why?
> 
> Bill Hubbell
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of mhicks130 at cox.net
> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 10:46 AM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> (no subject)
> 
> Oh you guys are gonna love this:
> 
>
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/08/0824_uglycars/index_01.htm?chan=rss_
> topSlideShows_ssi_5
> 
> A slideshow of the ugliest cars.  Guess what car is in it?  At least they
> show an early so I can't really argue with them on that.  But the
comments,
> sheesh.
> 
> mikeH
> firing off an angry letter as we speak.
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