Vintage cars are not really my biggest passion. Although I like the idea with which pioneering spirit one approached at that time to the automobile construction and I also like the technical passion which is in the classic cars.
I even like the design of some of the classics. A Jaguar E-Type, for example. A timeless car - but to find it nice is nothing special, even people without petrol in their blood can do that. Probably it's simply because I just like to drive a car that either stands out in terms of its performance, a real sports car - or cars that are extremely easy to drive. Driving long distances, relaxed and relaxed. Both can not really be combined with a classic car. Often oldtimers are just one thing above all: a feast for the eyes. And something I found this morning:
1948er BUICK Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs
What a car. What a grandiose shape. Curves and curves and already visually a real air resistance flatterer - but from a time when even airplanes had to get by without wind tunnels. Originated in the “fourtys” in the States by a racing car designer and mechanic named Norman E. Timbs. Inspired by the pre-war racing cars of the Daimler sports car era, which were sent to the Avus with a special aero design.
The large and expansive hoods are made entirely of aluminum - the frame is made of steel. The Streamliner was built on a Buick chassis and was also powered by a 200hp Buick eight-cylinder in-line engine. Grandiose There used to be enough space for inline eight-cylinder engines. How would something like that sound like today?
According to the source, the 200hp Buick “Super 8” engine managed to accelerate the vehicle to a top speed of over 160 km / h - in 1948 that was probably a real pound 🙂 - I find this really timeless German composition even more impressive Pre-war racing car with the first real aerodynamic subtleties and a US cruiser with chrome bumpers and rear fins. Simply awesome.
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