i just reread my last post and realised that i should have said:
hey look!-some dead french guy tried to streamline the R12 and GAWD is it UGLY!
can i have a R7 now?
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Streamlining The R12!
Streamlining The R12!
Yes, really...Streamlining The R12. I came across an article regarding a French designer who indeed do this very thing in the fourties, written by Paul D'orleans on his wonderful blog The Vinategent.
He writes: "In 1947,Louis Lucien Lepoix founded his own design atelier, initially focussing on two-wheeled projects, beginning with this amazingly futuristic bodywork for his 1934'ish R12 Streamliner..."
Here's the page link:
http://thevintagent.blogspot.com/search?q=bmw
The article's about a quarter of the way down the page.
It ain't a patch on the sublime R7 but it's still miles away from your grandmother's stock R12...
He writes: "In 1947,Louis Lucien Lepoix founded his own design atelier, initially focussing on two-wheeled projects, beginning with this amazingly futuristic bodywork for his 1934'ish R12 Streamliner..."
Here's the page link:
http://thevintagent.blogspot.com/search?q=bmw
The article's about a quarter of the way down the page.
It ain't a patch on the sublime R7 but it's still miles away from your grandmother's stock R12...
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