I used some footage of Paris traffic for a 1991 commercial about Edsel Ford's first Continental. Numerous modest cars, Renaults in particular, were all sporting Continental kit spare tires.
Paul via phone > On Jun 27, 2017, at 2:02 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think it became a style in between the world wars European auto > racing. Mounting the spare on the back would cut down on wind > resistance. Maybe some of the early steps towards streamlining. > > Anyway, it's a "continental kit" because that's how it was done on the > continent (of Europe). > >> On 6/25/2017 23:09, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >> On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:43:52 -0400, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> It was a bit of '60s styling weirdness. It served no purpose other >>> than to mount the spare. The design evoked the diving platforms on >>> period boats. >>> >>> Paul via phone >>> >>>>> On Jun 25, 2017, at 8:54 PM, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 20:38:24 -0400, Bill >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> So I saw one of these: >>>>> http://vefir.pressan.is/utlond/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/04/58-Edsel_Pacer-Conv-KM-08_RH-05.jpg >>>>> >>>>> on a ferry ride last year. It's an Edsel. The question is, can >>>>> anyone tell me what the purpose of the very elongated back bumper is? >>>>> >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> bill >>>>> >>>>> >>>> spare tire, continental kit >>>> >>>> -- >>>> J.C. O'Connell >>>> [email protected] >>>> ----------------------------------------------------- >>>> Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >>>> >> >> actually the mounting of tires externally on the body goes way back in >> automotive >> history, but the trend was over by the sixties. It was still very >> popular in the >> mid to late 50's however. >> >> > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
