John,
I think the whole thing started with a desire to do something different
from the old straight in-line positioning of the lamps. Seems like a
few US carmakers did similar things way back when... Now that there are
many more headlight options, carmakers can be really creative.
Joe Curry
John McEwen wrote:
>
> Hi Andy:
>
> Surely Michelotti wasn't responsible for the dreadful "face lift" of the
> front of the Vitesse. Those four headlights are nearly as ugly as the
> equally bad look of the contemporary Rolls, The '61 Lagonda Rapide and the
> gawd awful Ferrari 330 GTE. Mind you, none of these approaches the Jensen
> CV8 for sheer bad taste in headlight "design". What was there about Brit
> "designers" that caused the creation of so many truly ugly automobiles when
> they had to deal with four headlights?
>
> John
>
> >On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Joe Curry wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> After further study, I'm puzzeld at why the Spits are included on 2
> >> lines. While the Spit sprang from the loins of the Herald, the Herald
> >> was produced much earlier than 62. Andy, you take over from here.
> >
> >OK, since you've dragged ME into it. Herald should be 1959-71, of course,
> >and the Vitesse of 1962-71. And we ought probably to add the
> >2000/2500/2.5 to the list, and the GT6 1966-73....
> >
> >--Andy
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