Cruisar with extra windows?

NC74392

NC74392

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Came across this photo on ebay. Looks like someone cut extra windows between the front and back windows. Interesting. Veeery Interesting.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270394515906&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123&viewitem=&salenotsupported
 
For those "interested"

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It's registered to Michael McDonald in Little Rock, CA, N86744. It would be interesting to know if it's still flying.
 
Hey Dan-
My fault I guess. I'd never seen extra windows put into a Cruisair. Left-hand door yes, but windows? No.
Just found it rather curious.
I always thought the Cruisairs & Cruisemasters window arrangement was a little strange. That is, until I sat in the rear seat. Inside it's alot like a miniature airliner because of the single window and restricted visability. :)

Rain all this weekend and forecast for tomorrow as well. At this rate it'll be October before I can start back with the Poly-Tack & Poly-Brush :x
 
I've seen Cruisairs and Cruisemasters modified with extra windows. I think the result is pretty ugly. The unique look is original and the way GM wanted it. If I wanted a more airy feel, I guess I'd opt for an omnivision Skylane. Raymond Lowey, a famous industrial designer, was responsible for the 'look' of most post-war Studebakers.........very controversial for some. I enjoy the look of originality in my Bellancas........and my Studebaker! Dan
 
I knew a man who worked with him. You could put an Avanti on a showroom today and it would still look remarkable and very desirable.

Now will you please stay on topic, Dan!

KIDDING!!!!

Jonathan
 
More off topic discussion...I really like this three dot journalism...Jonathan...Both Bellanca and Studebaker suffered from poor marketing...not design or engineering failures...The 1963 Avanti was scheduled to be the pace car for the 1962 Indianapolis 500. It was a no show. It wasn't ready! What a marketing disaster! As a result, the Avanti was produced by Studebaker for only two years and by 1966, the company went out of business. Back to Bellancas. Dan
 
Yeah, I'm fond of dots because they're needed replacements for the plain old period. Punctuation used to be almost musical cues for the reader's ear. A single, overwhelming desire has more force than a single overwhelming desire...or it used to. I won't go through the other once mighty punctuation marks. Point is that most people no longer read by ear. They don't hear the words - they see graphic symbols that mean words. And, as the last sentence shows, you need to use dashes now instead of semicolons.

This really hit me when one of my buddies' whining about getting older was getting to me. So I sent him the "One equal temper of heroic hearts" section of Tennyson's Ulysses. It meant little to him because the punctuation so confused him. When I recited it to him, however, he understood and really enjoyed it. He'd lost the ability to interpret punctuation so I did it for him by reading it aloud.

Though tempted, I won't post it here. It's easy to bring up through Google if you're curious and if you cut to the final 20 or so lines you'll get the chief point without the Homeric stuff.

Speaking of dots, the one Triple Tail window change I thought was novel was a Cruisair I saw at Columbia a few years back where the owner had replaced the D-window with a circle, like a portal on a ship. I'll not know what possessed him to do it, but it...well...looked GOOD.

Pitiful attempt at a topic save I know :oops: :oops:

Jonathan
 
Jonathan...you said "portals"...did you mean portholes??? I used to fly a wonderful airplane, made by D.H. of Canada that had portholes for rear windows...enough of three dot journalism... and back to the topic...Dan
 
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