2nd Gen R60 Countryman Most liked posts in thread: Steampunk Countryman

Sure don't like those "chopper" things down by my boys.....

 

It's been around for ages. That you've missed it until now only means that you're not nerdy enough

I'm a huge nerd, so I've been aware of it for some time. Steampunk clothing has been a fixture at cons and the like for ages. In fact, Sean Connery's last movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) is based on Alan Moore's steampunk comic of the same name (though sadly the movie was horrifically bad).

I think it's currently at the height of it's popularity, and that's why it's spilling over into more mainstream venues, like the Countryman.

But as it grows more popular, the less people seem to get the essence of what it's supposed to be. The Cman here is kind of an example of that. Not that they haven't put effort into it, I like the speedo for example, but over all it's not working for me.

I will leave you with this video that laments this kind of thing... and I dare you to get the song out of your head after you watch it.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCuE5rHbPA]Just Glue Some Gears On It (And Call It Steampunk) - YouTube[/ame]

 

I kind of like the wooden flood boards, but the rest of it is a bit too much.

Jim

 

Fun and ky. Y'know... Funky.

 

Wimp. :biggrin5:

 

Reminds me of the old McClellan saddle.

Jim

 

This Steampunk movement has been popping up on my radar of late. I have to say, the fad seems played out as soon as it started.

 

Rode on one of those once (ibid Metalman)!

 

I have a lot of hours in a Mac. My first one, 1865 model was painfull, but my newer 1914 model was better and the 1928 modified, is down right perfect. See, I am old. :lol:

Jim

 

Exterior not to bad as long as they would lose the spokes but not feeling the interior so much!

 

I dunno, my spouse is in the antiques business and people still can't seem to get enough of this stuff. Old brass valves and gauges, clock works, vintage instrumentation (the kind of stuff you might have found in Jules Verne's study) are almost worth their weight in gold right now. My daughter practically paid for her last year of graduate school, just completed, by fabricating and marketing jewelry out of the guts of vintage clocks and wrist watches.

I enjoy reading the massive volumes of online bloggery speculating on the appeal of steampunk. I think it will be with us for a while longer -- at least through the warranty period of the aforementioned CM.

 

Steam Punk has been around for a while, mid-late 80's, think Heavy Metal Magazine. It has an appeal that seems to keep generating a new following.

As far as the CM, love the color scheme, wheels not so much, keep waiting for it to start hopping. I think the interior color is pretty cool, gauge cluster and the floorboards are a nice touch, the "Cutout Clockworks" not so much.

 

I don't know anything about it, except for seeing it pop up here and there. I'm not going to speculate on validity of the movement based on how willing the participants are to open up their wallets. I do recall the house wife's were all aflutter back in the day about beanie babies, some of witch were worth their weight in gold. Such is the nature of a fad.

As for the car, some elements I like: color, leather on the sills; some I don't: wheels, dash, the silly belt line stripe. About par for the course for a stylized version of anything.

 

...so, you couldn't have talked George out of his design before you went charging off with Nathan?

 

LOL!! I still have some of those things floating around the house. I am hoping the grand kids will take them off my hands soon.

 

Odd indeed.