As a kid, my best friend Mark and I played with Hotwheels. We also played house, Clue, etc.. But Mark was/is a car-lover. He ended up working for VW, and I ended up becoming a fashion designer. But, as a result of my tomboy years with Hotwheels, I have the same admiration for the lines and curves of a well-designed car as I do for a well-tailored bodice and a smooth silhouette. Here are some of my favorites:
Check out those curves! (Beautiful Design)
1934 GRABER-DUESENBERG SJ CABRIOLET
1940 Oldsmobile Touring Sedan
1939 BMW 327 ROADSTER
1952 JAGUAR XK120 OTS ROADSTER
1924 ROLLS-ROYCE
1936-DELAHAYE
1939 ALPHA ROMEO SPORT TOURING BERLINETTA
Slap on some wood-panelling and let’s go to Wally World! (Family/Utility)
1951 WOODY
1985 JEEP GRAND WAGONEER
Show us your guns (Muscle cars)
1959 EL CAMINO
1969-CHEVY-CORVETTE
(Referred to by my mother as “A penis problem car”)
Cute & Feminine
1960 NASH METROPOLITAN
1963-HINDUSTAN-AMBASSADOR
CINQUECENTO
2009 Mini Cooper
Iconic:
DELOREAN
VW BUS
1972 AIRSTREAM SOVEREIGN (This was actually my Airstream, Bertie, that I lived in for almost a year)
1974 (RACING GREEN) JAGUAR E-TYPE
PUNCH BUGGY GREEN
If you have favorites that you aren’t seeing here– please comment. Just don’t ask me about their engines!
(Some of these cars are actually for sale, and the images are courtesy of prewarcar.com)
