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Slab (car) Slab (sometimes in all capital letters) is an acronym for "slow, loud, and bangin'" or for "hitting the slab," as in driving on concrete roads. [1][2] It is a slang term for a car with bright candy paint and large chrome wheels, among other customizations. [1][3][4] Slabs emerged in the 1980s Houston and saw the most popularity in ...
The newest models, the Superformance MKII Slab Side and FIA are designed to emulate the great Cobra 289 street cars from the golden era of racing in the 1960s. Unlike most competitors, these Supeformance replicas of the Slab Side and FIA are built on the successful Tojeiro-styled round tube chassis and features an authentic transverse leaf ...
Car culture is often celebrated by residents, especially during the annual Art Car Parade where many uniquely modified cars are paraded through the Heights neighborhood. Another car culture celebrated in Houston is the slab culture, [ 28 ] usually found in Houston's inner city neighborhoods (including former Houston-area suburban communities, e ...
There simply was no room for a new high-volume model. The decision was taken in 1956 to make the P5 a larger lower-volume car. Bache's started again, and produced an imposing unfussy design. The straight line running from the top of the front wing to the rear and slab sides are reminiscent of the Facel Vega, as was the wrap-around front windscreen.
Ponton (car) Ponton or pontoon styling is an automotive design genre that spanned roughly from the 1930s-1960s, when pontoon -like bodywork enclosed the full width and uninterrupted length of a car body — eliminating previously distinct running boards and articulated fenders. [1] The integrated fenders of an automobile with ponton styling may ...
A car crusher is an industrial device used to reduce the dimensions of derelict (depreciated) cars prior to transport for recycling. A Ford van being crushed in St. Louis, Missouri. a blue 1990s Lincoln Town Car after crushing. Historically, because scrap cars were too big and bulky to transport to the sites that turned them into reusable ...
Leyland (1973–1982) Lloyd-Hartnett (1957–1962) Lonsdale (1982–1983) (Cars produced and exported by Mitsubishi Australia and sold in the UK by the Colt Car Company under the Lonsdale. Pellandini (1970–1978) Purvis Eureka (1974–1991) Shrike (1988–1989) Southern Cross (1931–1935) Statesman (1971–1984) Tarrant (1900–1907)
Stout Scarab on display in Genoa, Italy Stout Scarab on display at Houston Fine Arts Museum 1935 Scarab at Owls Head Transportation Museum (Owls Head, Maine). The Stout Scarab is a streamlined 1930–1940s American car, designed by William Bushnell Stout and manufactured by Stout Engineering Laboratories and later by Stout Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan.