Thursday, August 8, 2013

1935 Stout Scarab

Via szhaman

 

Strange aluminum Scarab
 
It then it would be called "car, ahead of time," "the first minivan," or even an "icon of automotive art deco." And in 1932, when American aircraft William B. Stout (William Bushnell Stout) created the first such vehicle, the public reacted to the bizarre-looking cars with great care.

Body came out like a profile Aircraft Wing and a scarab beetle at the same time. This beetle that inspired the author of the project, showed off on the bow of the car.

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4 comments:

  1. Very COOL!! Back when designers had "out of this world" vision.... That's a damn cool ride, right there...

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  2. Reminds me of Flash Gorden's space ship in the early 50's TV series. (dating myself again) :0)

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