What cartoon character does this 1953 Ford remind you of?

[dochermes]

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[wt_1]

I'm still waiting for the flying cars the sixties futurists predicted that everyone would have in the nineties (Collapsible briefcase option extra).

[baron_waste]

That's a beautiful car, and I'd love to have one, but why is there a rounded bulge above the rear wheel?  They had to lead a fin back from it to break up the airflow turbulence and extend the rear taillight assembly up to meet it, so obviously it's important enough to work around, so what…?

[I'd assume, if this went into production, that an opaque canopy that would allow the occupants to survive direct sunlight would be a standard accessory.  Can you imagine trying to drive this in Texas…?!]

[dochermes]

Oh, good point about the greenhouse effect of riding around under that bubble. On the other hand, sales in Frostbite Falls, Minnesota would be brisk.

[baron_waste]

That happens a LOT with these “futuristic” designs.

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That family would be DYING in there. I notice the entire center bloc of the dashboard is AC vents, but that wouldn't cut it.

Plus, after an hour or so sitting there under that blazing sun, with no shade available - the word of the day is sunburn.  They'd all be red as tomatoes.

[dochermes]

Just not practical, unless the bubble could be polarized to tint up in different sections.

[zathras_ix]

This is the 1953 Lincoln XL-500 concept car. Sadly, Wikipedia has yet to post an article on it like the one of the 1955 Lincoln Futura, but then it was never remade into an iconic Batmobile.

http://www.joesherlock.com/XL-500.html

[dochermes]

I thought this was a concept car that never went into production. Some of them from the 1950s are wild.. they're like the clothes at fashion shows that no human being would ever actually wear in public but which present some novel imagery.