vulgalour Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Crosley inspired approach to the rear window/C-pillar interface on the hardtop on the left too. Always looked really off when they did the hardtops where the C pillar was thicker at the top than the bottom and all the bodylines were done with a ruler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 I disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 That would look really nice if it didn't have that roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davocano Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Possibly* the ultimate CA vulgalour, martc and NorfolkNWeigh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davocano Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Some proper quarterlight action going on here. This car also features in "Al's Spotting Thread". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 In the late 50's early 60's some of Britains best known sports car manufacturers showed the eyetalians they could add a roof and windows to a sportscar to make an attractive * GT just as well as they could. anonymous user 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 adw1977, pompei and anonymous user 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 The importance of glass is generally overestimated Renault Spider rantingYoof 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpareSnare Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 After eBaytat thread, which is often brilliant, think this is my favourite ever thread.Another great Zagato glasshouse.Bonus side,hinged bonnet. Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using Tapatalk pompei 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 After eBaytat thread, which is often brilliant, think this is my favourite ever thread. It's certainly, er, illuminating. 1930s glazing experiments were among the best, given the limitations of technology. Grummer's Aeroprofilée style was great if a little awkward. Here on Alfa and Renault bases. Less well known is this Dutch effort from Vesters & Neirinck on a Lancia DiLambda Datsuncog, RayMK and NorfolkNWeigh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 How do those kinky side windows open? Perhaps these caused air conditioning to be invented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 On the subject of buses, here's a Heuliez Belphegor : And here's its even more classy glassy sibling : RayMK, Datsuncog, Tamworthbay and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 That giant Heuliez double decker greenhouse , made me wonder about the lack of modesty for female passengers, which reminded me of these things. They are everywhere around Honolulu and almost without fail one will pull up next to you in traffic. Again almost without fail as you innocently glance to your left you will stare straight into someone's crotch just as they ( or their husband,father etc) look down at you. It got to the stage. I would stare straight ahead like a psycho at all red lights. cort1977, catsinthewelder and Sigmund Fraud 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 And here's its even more classy glassy sibling : Ah.. a solar person oven! I wonder why it never caught on. As I mentioned in my historic shite thread, I was very surprised that the pre-facelift J5-van had opening quarterlights.. this on a late-1990 vehicle. Was this the last vehicle to have opening quarterlights? I miss them a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 That giant Heuliez double decker greenhouse , made me wonder about the lack of modesty for female passengers This was in the '60s, man... Women wanted* you to look at their thighs back then ! *allegedly, officer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Quarterlights were called ventipanes for 55-57 Chevys and operated by a smaller handle - JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Was this the last vehicle to have opening quarterlights? I miss them a lot. I don't. They were rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Have we got to six pages without a mention of Jean-Henri Labourdette's Vutotal system? Labourdette was obsessed with the idea of doing away with window pillars completely and invented the patented Vutotal system using extra thick glass. Most often seen on open cars but occasionally applied to coupés. In these instances, the side windows had no frames of any kind - the two pieces of glass simply intersected on two different plains. Imagine the tolerances needed to get these things to stay watertight! (nb, I imagine they were never actually watertight). Seen here on the most desirable car of all time and the one I would be re-creating if I won the lottery, the Jean Andreau-styled aerodynamic Delage V12 Le Mans challenger. It never raced in this form and the body was subsequently removed and destroyed. Letourneur & Marchand built a few cars using the Vutotal patent, too. This is a slightly toned-down Delage D6 obviously influenced by the Andreau car but using some cues from the L&M Aerosport cars. This one is lost, too, as far as I know. The Shite descendent of all this is probably the Sunbeam-Talbot with its frameless rear window edge, which can be traced to the Talbot 10 and before that the Hillman Aero Minx Cresta, which was almost certainly a direct copy of Vutotal ideas AMC Rebel, Sigmund Fraud and NorfolkNWeigh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Like Panhard65's hearse only quicker What happens when a Moggie traveller meets an XK150 When an airship meets a jetski, while passing a tank in the snow RayMK, NorfolkNWeigh and Sigmund Fraud 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I was very surprised that the pre-facelift J5-van had opening quarterlights.. this on a late-1990 vehicle. Was this the last vehicle to have opening quarterlights? I miss them a lot. They were fitted to some Toyota Hilux models untill 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 The Fulvia Zagato's rear lid also lifted up a couple of inches to *improve* ventilation ie suck in the exhaust gases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Can I just mention double glazing in some Merc limos? Fitted by Everest (one for the tall tales thread?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 I'm bumping this thread to celebrate* the Lamborghini Urus, with the most absurd bodywork:glazing ratio I've seen yet. It genuinely has pillboxes for the rear passenger windows, guaranteeing travel sickness in even the sturdiest of passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Not to be outdone, the new Mazda 3 further increases the bodywork -> glazing ratio for smoll cars... It must be damn claustrophobic in there... The photographs Jalopnik have posted would confirm that!https://jalopnik.com/the-2019-mazda-3-hatchs-rear-visibility-is-precisely-as-1830754940 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Agreed, @rantingYoof . It looks preety oppressive for children sitting in the rear. Nice to look out of the side windows occasionally rather than be hypnotised by screens. I was watching a road test on the current Suzuki Swift and, while it looks OK from the outside, there was a lot of plastic around the rear glass that also appeared to make it a pain for kids to see out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsguzzi Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 The new Mazda3 is ridiculous, my Dad was looking at the previous gen when in the market and they felt claustrophobic so this one will be even worse. Mind you the saloon version looks way better and I’m not usually a fan of snatchbacks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Anything with a concave rear window needs a mention really doesn't it, don't recall seeing this one mentioned. spartacus, RayMK and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 13 hours ago, jmsguzzi said: The new Mazda3 is ridiculous, my Dad was looking at the previous gen when in the market and they felt claustrophobic so this one will be even worse. Mind you the saloon version looks way better and I’m not usually a fan of snatchbacks.. I don't quite get how we can have safety regulations & safety testing galore but it's ok to make cars you can't actually see out of properly? LightBulbFun and BL Bloke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBiscuits Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Surely worth a mention for the sheer size of that rear side window... JeeExEll, ProgRocker, BL Bloke and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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