Greg Myers Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Got this idea from Richard Bartrop's thread This is Dumb. How many times have you seen something on a car and realized its fake? I'm not talking bolt on stuff like wings and such. I'm talking styling from the factory. Let's just start with Buick's "Venturi Ports" as iconic as they may be. They're fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Kind if reminds of a gal I used to date. Some of her parts were "fake" but I learned to tolerate that:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 These may have been functional at one time , but not here. That chicken's screamin' for a reason. IT CAN'T BREATH ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 I'll take a Bump on the hood and fake scoops on the side please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 Lookin good , well, they used to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 The Titanic. That 4th Funnel was a fake. In it's day, more Funnels equaled 'faster ship'. Hence 4 funnels when everything else had three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) This stuff is all just styling cues, and you have to admit, many of these cars that you pictured above wouldn't be the same without all of the "fake" stuff. I would take a '57 Buick with fake portholes all day long over some of the modern super cars and all of the ridiculous looking scoops, vents, fins, etc, covering them from stem to stern, whether functional or not. Steve Edited October 22, 2019 by StevenGuthmiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 Degrees of fake, old vs new, bling vs iconic . . . It's still fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 Fake louvers, jet intakes in the grille, but the Hood Scoop is functional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bartrop Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Greg Myers said: bling vs iconic . . . "Iconic" is just bling that people have gotten used to. Go look up "The Insolent Chariots" for a 1958 view of those '50s classics. One piece of automotive fakery with a long history is the fake convertible, or "faux cabriolet" for the sophisticates. The look of a convertible without all that troublesome...converting. Some carmakers would go al the way with simulated cloth, blind rear quarters, and landau irons. Pretty stylish, but also kind of dumb when you think about the massive blind spot you end up with in the rear. Edited October 22, 2019 by Richard Bartrop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 Vinyl tops come to mind, Fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 . . . and "Dual Exhaust ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizard Racing Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Like the "dual" exhaust, last February we rented a car (I think it was a Nissan) on a trip. It had two outlets next to each other. One day I noticed one was black on the inside and the other silver. On closer inspection, there was one functional exhaust and another welded to it, just out of sight. It was a funny, needless expense. Especially for the owner that has to replace the muffler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bartrop Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Some vintage fakery. An air cooled 1929 Franklin with a stylish, but fake radiator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Anything with these on it. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 No kidding ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richard Bartrop Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Hey , look at me, I'm a Mercedes! No, seriously, I am a sophisticated European import... Of course, Studebaker was partnered with Mercedes Benz at the time, so the connection is kinda sorta legit. However, Ford's attempt to make the same kind of connection definitely counts as a particularly dumb piece of fakery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youpey Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 My current car vw beetle supposedly has a noise maker in the engine compartment. Its supposed to make the engine sound louder than it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 How did this thread get this far without this!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bartrop Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I can only image it's because fake wood has already been covered extensively in other4 threads. One that doesn't get covered are the fake allen head bolts that decorated the interior of the thrid generation Camaro and Firebird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 22 hours ago, Greg Myers said: I'll take a Bump on the hood and fake scoops on the side please ? First time I've ever seen that hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 The hood vents on the 1963 Corvette should have been real, it might have cut down on the front end lift a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 51 minutes ago, Classicgas said: First time I've ever seen that hood. I think that was called a "Power Bulge" hood, and I think it was the standard R/T, SuperBee hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said: I can only image it's because fake wood has already been covered extensively in other4 threads. One that doesn't get covered are the fake allen head bolts that decorated the interior of the thrid generation Camaro and Firebird They weren't all fake. When I had my '82 Firebird S/E I had to buy a torx screwdriver specifically for those screws. Pain in the ,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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