cool cgi designed cars and bikes from Solifdesign

check out these and more at http://solifdesign.blogspot.com

the oldest wheels in California, a look at how the first wheels were designed

Above is design, below is what remains of a round piece of wood 205 years after it was installed on an ox cart, consider that the log it was cut from may have been 100 years old to get this big around and it's possible that the wood is over 300 years old.

In the stagecoach museum in Old Town San Diego

Brooks Stevens and the 1959 Scimitar prototypes that promoted aluminum

Two of the different models, the below was the inspriation for the Studebaker Wagonaire

Three Scimitar vehicles were designed and developed to suggest functional and decorative applications for aluminum use in automobiles. The Scimitar project was sponsored by the Olin Matheson Chemical Corporation and was designed by Brook Stevens Associates and Reutter & Company.

A two-door Scimitar convertible was representative boulevard-type sports car, having a hard top that retracted automatically into the luggage area. A four-door Scimitar town car phaeton could be driven as a fully enclosed formal sedan, a town car with partially retracted roof, or an open convertible with both roofs retracted into the luggage area. The Scimitar station wagon shown here has an automatic sliding roof.

All three models were derived from the same basic design and tooling, using a 1959 Chrysler New Yorker chassis. The body utilized removable aluminum anodized quarter panels for aesthetics and reduced maintenance. The grille bumpers, trim, wheel discs, and many interior treatments are of brushed and anodized aluminum, substantially reducing vehicle weight. The car´s name was derived from the shape of a scimitar, a saber with a curved blade.

The three Scimitar models were exhibited first at the 1959 Geneva Auto Show, then at the 1961 International Automobile Show in New York.

Found on http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/ where some really cool stuff shows up

Tucker's 2nd try (The Carioca) was from a De Sakhnoffsky design, and potentially would have been made in Brazil

cover illustration of the Carioca from Dec. 1955 Car Life magazine found on aldenjewell's Flikr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/autohistorian/3516254868/

read all about it: http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Tucker_Carioca or check out the project at Rob Ida: http://www.robidaconcepts.com/carioca.html

Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing

Both found on http://redonly.tumblr.com/

if you want to learn a bit about flying wing design origin, it goes back to the mid 1930's: http://justacargal-s.blogspot.com/2011/02/burnelli-or-northrop-flying-wing.html

The difference between Mustang engine bays, for a 289 or a Boss 429

Taken from close to the same view angle, these are a terrific aid in determining all the mods that Ford had to do to shove a 427, 428, or 429 into a early Mustang

Thanks to Ed for the photos!

The High and Mighty, mopar engineers and (street racers by night) used it to develop intakes and engines

Above from http://musclecardreaming.tumblr.com

above photo via http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/

photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=927

Loewy's personal design '59 Caddy was found

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/raymond-loewy-leader-of-amc-designs-and.html to read about it, and the color photos are from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=561

inspired by Harvey Earl's design, the best display counter at SEMA this year

from the garage people: http://thehodgegarage.com/

Custom crafted gauges in a Ridler Award final 8 contestant

Well designed.

Troy Brumbalow's Franken'cuda, design by Pfaff Design

Like almost half the cars I see at car shows and SEMA, it was made to tour, show, and sell. 3 months later, it's at auction in the January Barrett Jackson http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/01/famous-vehicles-for-sale-at-barrett.html