For a certain design student

Mr. Jalopy says,

Unbelievably Elegant and Savage Design – This is an easy one. Monkeys can do this. Look at the Ferrari at the top of the page and figure out how it appears so elegant and fine boned while still having the demeanor of a bloodthirsty savage. Decipher that simple formula, update it in a respectful way, carve a many-cylindered engine block out of a single chunk of billet and, with the hammer of Buddha, pound aluminum fenders over Italian stumps that have Enzo’s initials carved in the base. Eat prosciutto for lunch and truffles for dinner, bathe in cognac, drink espressos during victory laps, road test at midnight, change tires for thunderstorm wet practice, whisk baguette crumbs from the oxblood leather seats with a boar bristle brush, keep sterling flasks of courage in the glove box, smoke cigars with the commitment of Mark Twain and feed your chickens at dawn.

Yep, that just about covers it…

1 thought on “For a certain design student

  1. DAMN– that is car writing!

    Read The Gold Plated Porsche and Man and Machine by Stephan Wilkinson, especially the first. Not quite this level but he knows stuff.

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