[BMWCSRegistry] Missing "B" Pillar

[Art Wegweiser]

At 9:48 PM +0000 1/21/07, the-hound at juno.com wrote:
>Some 55, 56, 57, 58 Chevys.

Nope, I cannot agree that these are among the great no "B" pillar Coupes.
Actually I recall some pillarless cars with 4 doors - thus not coupes.
I thought that the 1950's Chevy and (yes Jef) Buick with Dynaflow, of 
course, were really design and driving atrocities.
Perhaps an early warning to GM for not paying attention to what 
others - especially abroad - were doing.

Then as now, Roadmasters and such were favorites among the aging, 
greying and sagging set -
YEEKS! my people now.
While in school I got to drive almost every model of the time as a 
Parking Valet (we just called them "Attendants" in them days), 
driving instructor and once in a while transporter of vehicles South 
for the Winter.

I would much rather go with the (now) hysterically funny excesses of 
Chrysler such as the DeSoto, maybe some monster Plymouths (as in the 
great car movie "Christine",) and the Imperial.

Packard, once a glorious marque, came out of WWII with a really bad 
looking car - worthy of our modern
Bangle's talent.  In a panic they combined with Studebaker that had 
some really great  Raymond Loewy designs in their Coupes and Hawks 
and even Avanti,  but ...  too late.
Of course the lowest cost entry level, bare bones, and really cheap 
looking Studebaker "Scotsman" just didn't work.  Almost as bad an 
idea as the 1937 "Dictator" model.
When near South Bend, IN, really do stop and visit the museum of what 
once was and might have been.

Screwed by the once "Big Three" - how the mighty were falling. 
Hudson, Nash, Kaiser, Willys,
Renault (well maybe not Renault - the Dauphine and later the Alliance 
deserved it), but almost even our beloved BMW.
Preston Tucker may be rotating and chortling in his grave as Toyota slides in.

Art

>- "jef rolison" <jefrolison at dellmail.com> wrote:
>
>You should of told your friend" Wait a minute my car has the B 
>pillar delete option";-)
>
>                                                                 Jef Rolison
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Schiemer"
>To: bmwcsregistry at idb.ded.forest.net
>Subject: [BMWCSRegistry] Missing "B" Pillar
>Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:16:05 -0500
>
>
>Went on a mountain run yesterday with a bunch of off brand German cars.
>I was showing them the way in our CS- which was fun.
>Smooth is better than raw HP on the twisty bits. The CS performed admirably.
>
>At a scenic overlook we were in a lot filled with all kinds of incredible
>sports car iron (Lambos, Vettes, GT3 Porsches, Ferraris, and more Caymans.)
>*It's funny (to me) how the CS captures an admiring audience where the
>others don't. We park, get surrounded, and none of the others do.
>
>Somebody says, "I've always loved the lines of the old BMW's." He's pointing
>at my car. "The way the A and B pillars are, the big windows front and
>rear..."
>
>Hey, wait a minute- my copy of the CS doesn't HAVE A "B" PILLAR!
>I got cheated!
>
>Question is, should I correct the person- or just let it go.
>The CS, of course, is a classic 'pillarless' "B" design coupe.
>I wonder if we can make a list, albeit a short one, of the other great
>coupes that don't have "B" pillars.
>
>1. Jaguar "XJC"
>2. more????
>

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