37fleetwood
Riding a '37 Fleetwood
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37fleetwood
Riding a '37 Fleetwood
Please feel free to post photos of your bike, your friends bike or any information you'd like to share here.
This is also the place to discuss this amazing Art Deco classic.
This is also the place to discuss this amazing Art Deco classic.
37fleetwood
Riding a '37 Fleetwood
Since Marty doesn't do photos I'll post a few of the ones I have for him.
First though I'd like to say all the nay saying and accusations of snobbery are totally out of place here. this is all about the bikes.
First though I'd like to say all the nay saying and accusations of snobbery are totally out of place here. this is all about the bikes.
37fleetwood
Riding a '37 Fleetwood
For anyone interested, the train in the ad was the Union Pacific M-10005. another very popular example of 1930's streamlining. every kid back then knew these trains.
Louis Marx made millions of these M-10005 streamline passenger trains.
Louis Marx made millions of these M-10005 streamline passenger trains.
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fordmike65
Riding a '37 Colson Imperial
I'm already drooling.
Since I don't have one to take pics of(and probably never will), can I just stare at these & drool??
Since I don't have one to take pics of(and probably never will), can I just stare at these & drool??
cyclingday
I'm the Wiz, and nobody beats me!
Thanks Scott, for posting the pictures of the bike.
The Colson Commander is a very elegant design, that is notable in it's total lack of ornamentation that was so prevalent in it's day. No truss rods, no rack, and seat springs that disappear under the pan.
It was un like any other bike design at that time. It is very easy to see where the concept for the Elgin twin series bikes came from, but where the Colson design was light and dainty, the Elgin bikes would be heavy and bulky.
One of my absolute favorite features of the Colson, is the continuous curve fender braces. They are not one sided separate pieces like the later Shelby curve braces would be. But, one continuous piece from one hub axle to the other.
Very subtle graceful and beautiful.
The battery compartment is also amazingly smart and cool. again unlike anything else from any other manufacturer.
To look at that bike, you have to put yourself back in 1936 and think about what everyone else was doing, and then take a long look at this bike, and only then can you really appreciate its simplicity of design.
The Colson Commander is a very elegant design, that is notable in it's total lack of ornamentation that was so prevalent in it's day. No truss rods, no rack, and seat springs that disappear under the pan.
It was un like any other bike design at that time. It is very easy to see where the concept for the Elgin twin series bikes came from, but where the Colson design was light and dainty, the Elgin bikes would be heavy and bulky.
One of my absolute favorite features of the Colson, is the continuous curve fender braces. They are not one sided separate pieces like the later Shelby curve braces would be. But, one continuous piece from one hub axle to the other.
Very subtle graceful and beautiful.
The battery compartment is also amazingly smart and cool. again unlike anything else from any other manufacturer.
To look at that bike, you have to put yourself back in 1936 and think about what everyone else was doing, and then take a long look at this bike, and only then can you really appreciate its simplicity of design.
OldRider
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
I'm with Mike on this one.......oh so cool but WAY outta my league.
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