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[eddie66]

Speaking of people who don't get it. Here's an article I got today on a google alert. Don't shoot the messenger. This writer surely has an ax to grind.

http://airherald.com/elio-motors-prototype-not-reminiscent-of-end-product/3327/

 

[Jim H]

Speaking of people who don't get it. Here's an article I got today on a google alert. Don't shoot the messenger. This writer surely has an ax to grind.

http://airherald.com/elio-motors-prototype-not-reminiscent-of-end-product/3327/

Thanks. Actually, the article was fairly positive and should not scare people away.

 

[Lil4X]

I doubt that any of us will get too close to the plant floor. . . insurance, you know. Even without being able to work on the line, just watching should be instructive.

 

[Rickb]

I don't believe anybody has driven the prototype except for Elio Staffers.

 

[zelio]

Speaking of people who don't get it. Here's an article I got today on a google alert. Don't shoot the messenger. This writer surely has an ax to grind.

http://airherald.com/elio-motors-prototype-not-reminiscent-of-end-product/3327/

That was actually a very positive article because it explains more thoroughly why the prototype does not represent what the end product will be like. Thanks for posting it. I felt good after reading it. :-) Z

 

[zelio]

I don't believe anybody has driven the prototype except for Elio Staffers.

Actually the public has not driven it but people who have interviewed Paul Elio or Jerome Vassallo have. :-) Z

 

[Dustoff]

Your right, Eddie66. That old coot offered his first autos in black only. LOL

Ford Model T
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By 1918, half of all the cars in the US were Model Ts. However, it was a monolithic bloc; Ford wrote in his autobiography that in 1909 he told his management team that in the future “Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black”.[17]
However, in the first years of production from 1908 to 1913, the Model T was not available in black[18] but rather only grey, green, blue, and red. Green was available for the touring cars, town cars, coupes, and Landaulets. Grey was only available for the town cars, and red only for the touring cars. By 1912, all cars were being painted midnight blue with black fenders. It was only in 1914 that the "any color so long as it is black" policy was finally implemented. It is often stated that Ford suggested the use of black from 1914 to 1926 due to the cheap cost and durability of black paint. During the lifetime production of the Model T, over 30 different types of black paint were used on various parts of the car.[18] These were formulated to satisfy the different means of applying the paint to the various parts, and had distinct drying times, depending on the part, paint, and method of drying.

 

[karl]

I don't believe anybody has driven the prototype except for Elio Staffers.

And a handful of media types. None of the "faithful" have been able to drive one yet.

 

[Folks]

Ford Model T
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Colors[edit]

However, in the first years of production from 1908 to 1913, the Model T was not available in black[18] but rather only grey, green, blue, and red. Green was available for the touring cars, town cars, coupes, and Landaulets. Grey was only available for the town cars, and red only for the touring cars. By 1912, all cars were being painted midnight blue with black fenders.

I see here you like history as do I . Thanks for the heads up. What the heck is a Landaulets? LOL

 

[Dustoff]

I see here you like history as do I . Thanks for the heads up. What the heck is a Landaulets? LOL

Landaulet
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Mercedes-Benz 300d landaulet
A landaulet or landaulette is a car body style similar to a limousine, but with the passenger section covered by a convertible top. It was based on a carriage of similar style that was a cut-down (coupé) version of a landau. Landaulets are usually used by public figures in formal processions.
A Landaulet carriage is a cut-down (coupé) version of a landau carriage The landaulet retained the rear half of the landau's two-part folding top. Like many other coachbuilding styles, the term landaulet was transferred from horse-drawn carriages to motor carriages.[1]
In 1916, the Society of Automobile Engineers defined a landaulet as: "a closed car with folding top, seats for three or more inside, and driver's seat outside."[2] The term has also been defined as "an automobile having a convertible top for the back seat, with the front seat either roofed or open",[3] and "an enclosed sedan or coupé with a folding top at the extreme rear quarter, over the rear seat."[1]
A landaulet is a chauffeured vehicle. Since the Second World War, conventional use has been largely restricted to formal processions by dignitaries when the dignitary's security can be assured. Pope John XXIII, Pope Paul VI, and Pope Benedict XVI used landaulets based on Mercedes-Benz automobiles