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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Raymond Loewy Betrayal



I'm a fan of Raymond Loewy. Studebaker Hawk. Coca Cola logo. Etc.

However, this rebodied BMW 507 is not up to par as he usually is. Especially considering the original bodywork. Sadly gone are the sleek 507 lines, replaced by an Avanti/63 Corvette bastard child. That being said, it probably helped inspire some of his more cohesive pieces (and Bill Mitchell).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great Ceasar's Ghost, Man! Was Raymond FREEBASING when he designed this??? Or did he farm it out to SBARRO????? Sad.

Anonymous said...

Hey, what's up with only ONE '57 Hood-dooflinkie??? It's just not symetrical, man!!!!