Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Sexual automobiles
From: lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Mon Dec 18 15:57:29 2006
References: <200612181938.kBIJcCXP039345@server1.waverley.reid.org>
 
On Dec 18, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Jon wrote:

> I was still in my single digit years when the Edsel made it's debut  
> and even with my limited aesthetic development I knew it was a  
> mighty ugly car..What were Ford engineers thinking?  Funny thing  
> though.....years later BMW recaptured the "Horse Collar Grill"

The car designers of the 50s and 60s were not ashamed to display  
obvious sexual symbols on their automobiles. The grill of the Edsel  
was likened to an open vagina while the Jaguar E Type looked like a  
penis on wheels. Their mating probably produced the Ford Mustang.

Larry Z
Replies: Reply from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Re: Sexual automobiles)