Tuksedo Studio Custom Cars

[westwall]

This is really cool. I just came across this video. It's so nice to see cars made the old fashioned way, by hand!

 

[Concerned American]

This is really cool. I just came across this video. It's so nice to see cars made the old fashioned way, by hand!

I wonder how these guys get around patent protections.

 

[westwall]

I wonder how these guys get around patent protections.

The cars are all older, so I don't think it's an issue. The Japanese manufacturer even sent them a set of copies of the original plans.

 

[Concerned American]

The cars are all older, so I don't think it's an issue. The Japanese manufacturer even sent them a set of copies of the original plans.

I'm not a lawyer and really don't know anything about the law, domestic or international. It may even be that enough time has passed that the plans are in public domain now. I've seen weird stuff that seems to contradict itself re: these things over the years e.g. Rolls Royce suing some company for making a wannabe RR front end for VWs in the 70s, same with 40 Ford front ends. But there have been Model A kit cars and Cobra kits for years. IDK.

 

[Foxfyre]

This is really cool. I just came across this video. It's so nice to see cars made the old fashioned way, by hand!

And creatively designed! My parents and I grew up in a world where automobiles were works of art--designed by creative people with an eye for beauty, distinction, pleasing aesthtics. The modern world of cookie cutter cars all pretty much looking alike, little imagination or creativity, is really boring in comparison.

 

[GLASNOST]

... My parents and I grew up in a world where automobiles were works of art--designed by creative people with an eye for beauty, distinction, pleasing aesthtics.
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Only two of the cars in your photos display beauty and one of them is only a drawing.

 

[Foxfyre]

Only two of the cars in your photos display beauty and one of them is only a drawing.

Each to their own. Some people can understand and appreciate the concept in these things. Some can't. And oh well.

 

[GLASNOST]

... My parents and I grew up in a world where automobiles were ... designed by creative people with an eye for beauty .....

Only two of the cars in your photos display beauty and one of them is only a drawing.

Each to their own. Some people can understand and appreciate the concept in these things. Some can't. And oh well.

And your definition of "beauty"? I’m not saying that there were not some really nice-looking cars in the era, but come on … look at the duds!

 

[GLASNOST]

What I want to know is this: Those of us who are automobile-inspired know that cars are powered by engines, not motors. So where does the name motorcycle come from?

 

[Foxfyre]

And your definition of "beauty"? I’m not saying that there were not some really nice-looking cars in the era, but come on … look at the duds!

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I think though that you missed the point of my post which was that auto designers of old created works of art in auto design whether or not you appreciate their effort. Automobiles were distinctive and creatively different instead of the cookie cutter sameness that became the norm. From a distance it became almost impossible to determine the make and model of a modern auto because they all pretty much looked alike.

Those designers of course put more effort into the classically beautiful lines and elegance into more high value autos while the economy cars were much less aesthetically innovative or pleasing. But auto design was artistically evidence then but in recent decades not so much.

As for the technical difference between a motor and an engine, I don't think those interested in the creativity in auto design really care all that much one way or the other.

 

[GLASNOST]

I think though that you missed the point of my post which was that auto designers of old created works of art in auto design whether or not you appreciate their effort. Automobiles were distinctive and creatively different instead of the cookie cutter sameness that became the norm. From a distance it became almost impossible to determine the make and model of a modern auto because they all pretty much looked alike.

Those designers of course put more effort into the classically beautiful lines and elegance into more high value autos while the economy cars were much less aesthetically innovative or pleasing. But auto design was artistically evidence then but in recent decades not so much.

As for the technical difference between a motor and an engine, I don't think those interested in the creativity in auto design really care all that much one way or the other.

No matter your purpose, you posted 5 photos: One is beautiful, one is questionable, one is misshapen, and two are fakes.

 

[Foxfyre]

No matter your purpose, you posted 5 photos: One is beautiful, one is questionable, one is misshapen, and two are fakes.

The photos illustrated the point of my post which you still don't get. But have a good night.

 

[GLASNOST]

The photos illustrated the point of my post which you still don't get.

You're talking about manufacturing beauty but your examples prove the opposite so you sabotaged your own point.

 

[Foxfyre]

You're talking about manufacturing beauty but your examples prove the opposite so you sabotaged your own point.]

I most certainly did not. But the way you are trying to pretend that I said what I didn't say is a pretty good indication of either inability to think critically or a reading comprehension disability. But I don't want to derail Westwall's interesting thread with a food fight so I'll wish you a good night and move on.

 

[GLASNOST]

I most certainly did not. But the way you are trying to pretend that I said what I didn't say is a pretty good indication of either inability to think critically or a reading comprehension disability. But I don't want to derail Westwall's interesting thread with a food fight so I'll wish you a good night and move on.

A "fight"? Holy crap! Slow down and put a muzzle on your ego. I am trying to help you. Your photo choices to prove that older-era cars were designed with beauty in mind was a fiasco. The pictures I have assembled below are much better examples to show off the beauty in automobile design. Don't you agree? If you consider this a "fight" then you ought to take a break to rethink.

 

[GLASNOST]

What I want to know is this: Those of us who are automobile-inspired know that cars are powered by engines, not motors. So where does the name motorcycle come from?

As for the technical difference between a motor and an engine, I don't think those interested in the creativity in auto design really care all that much one way or the other.

I really do not understand what is going on with you. My question is legitimate and valid. If you don't know the answer then don't reply. If you don't "care all that much" then don't reply. My question stands for itself and it is open for response for anyone who "knows" or "cares".

If someone says, "The Chevy 409 was a fine motor" someone else will probably say, "It's an engine, not a motor". That's true, it's not a motor yet we talk about motorcycles that are powered by internal combustion engines just like automobiles do. I do care and I am curious.

 

[westwall]

I most certainly did not. But the way you are trying to pretend that I said what I didn't say is a pretty good indication of either inability to think critically or a reading comprehension disability. But I don't want to derail Westwall's interesting thread with a food fight so I'll wish you a good night and move on.

Glasi is a troll. Ignore it and it will die.

 

[GLASNOST]

Glasi is a troll. Ignore it and it will die.

Excellent advice.

 

[Foxfyre]

Glasi is a troll. Ignore it and it will die.

Yeah I should have implemented my New Year resolution sooner.

 

[GLASNOST]

Yeah I should have implemented my New Year resolution sooner.

It's not too late.