18 Jul 2017 – Driven To Write

Postcard from Wasserburg

I seem to be noticing two-wheelers lately.

This is a two-stroke Honda (50?) in what I imagine is high 70s industrial design. The Lego colours are breezily strident. Continue reading “Postcard from Wasserburg”

The Unease Spirals Down

Recently I discussed how one detail can ruin a car.

Here we see the 1979 Ford Mustang which, overall, can’t claim to be a very strong or admirable bit of work. All the details accumulate to result in a deeply compromised design. Ford really struggled with this. The decision of production engineers to Continue reading “The Unease Spirals Down”

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