I gotta believe that 95% of Sunbeam people could care less about any of
the Rootes cars unless they are Tigers and Alpines. Spare us from the
others.
On Sat, 09 Nov 1996 10:12:02 -0800 Larry Wright
<Larry.Wright@mail.wdn.com> writes:
>Jay Laifman Wrote:
>>In the most recent Road & Track, on page 170, there is an ad for
>"Vintage
>>Neckware" by Dennis Simon. (SNIP)
>>My thoughts after looking at these ties (IMHO) is that the tie should
>not
>>be crowded with too many cars or too many colors. It seems to make
>them
>>look to gimicky and not as sharp.
>
>The easy way out would be to picture just one car-- mine. :)
>I dunno; how many cars, and of what type, to display could chew
>up a lotta bandwidth and still not satisfy everybody. Mostly, I
>figured on giving the artist a fair amount of latitude, esp as
>most of his work looks pretty darn good. Your comment on some of
>them looking a bit busy is noted, the Porsche tie being an example
>(isn't even _one_ Porsche too many? Just kidding.). Including a
>variety of Rootes vehicles would broaden the tie's appeal, but
>with a majority of potential buyers having Tigers and Alpines, in
>that order, those models need to be prominent, right? Wasn't planning
>on putting it up to a vote or anything, but the minimum array would
>be something like:
>
>- Mark 1A Tiger (covers most Tigers and S. IV-V Alpines
>in looks)
>- Series III Alpine (covers the S I-III)
>- Rapier (gotta have at least one closed car)
>- Talbot-style Alpine
>- Imp (O.K., that's _two_ closed cars)
>- racecar (either a Harrington Alpine or Lister Tiger,
>make
> that THREE closed cars).
>
>That's six cars; one more than the Ferrari tie and way fewer than the
>ten (or more?) on the Porsche tie. I kinda like the idea of
>incorporating
>a Rootes logo if possible.
>
>BTW, Russell on the Alpine list put me onto a lady in the UK offering
>an
>Imp tie; I've ordered one, and will report on it when it arrives. I am
>also considering that Monaco tie.
>
>BTW, about Kanter: My experience with them, although good, is limited
>to
>carpeting, which tells nothing about their abilities on engine rebuild
>kits.
>
>Larry Wright "I can't get no-- Satis-Traction"
>
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