Hi folks,
John wrote: The JBL body really is a non issue.
It maybe a non issue to you, but not to me.
J: If the body style is keeping you from buying a JBL, then you really don't understand what a JBL is my friend.
But I do understand...maybe not totally from a philosophical point of view, but certainly from a technological one...it's an awesome machine, plain and simple! From the day I first laid eyes on the chassis itself I knew I had to have it! The problem is that I just can't bring myself to live with the body lines.
J: ...There is something very different about this particular "cobra." To make the body style more authentic would not be as correct in terms of the cars ideology, if you will. One of the things that attracted me to the JBL, and I find totally refreshing, is the fact that this car breaks all the "classic" rules. I don't have to play the "authentic" game. I'm not hung up on "what is correct."
Believe it or not, I'm not hung up on authenticity either. In fact, I don't even think the original Cobra is all that great looking. To me the proportions are all wrong. Of course I have the same problem with the JBL. To me though, the original comes closer to my personal taste than does the JBL...hence this thread.
Obviously car body design is an art, and as such is quite subjective. Who am I, or any one else for that matter to criticize someone elses art. All we can say is that a particular work is not appealing to us personally.
I totally respect Richard's efforts to break away from the traditionalists; I just wish he had done it differently.
On that note I have added a profile pic of the body that I would like to eventually develop and mount on the JBL chassis. I'm quite happy to hear Richard state that JBL is open to such third party endeavors.
Thanks guys for putting up with my stylistic objections.
Derek