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Zimmer Quicksilver
Zimmer Motor Cars was a manufacturer of neo-classic automobiles. The company was originally incorporated in Ohio in July 1980 as the Zimmer Motor Cars Corporation. In August 1980, it was registered as a Foreign For Profit Corporation in the state of Florida under file number 846776. The company was a subsidiary of the Zimmer Corporation, then based in Pompano Beach, Florida. The company declared bankruptcy in 1988 and restructured on a smaller scale. In 1997, the brand name and remaining company assets were sold to Art Zimmer (who is no relation to the original Zimmer family that founded the company), whose Art Zimmer Neo-Classic Motor Car Company, continued producing Zimmer-badged automobiles until 2020. History Zimmer Motorcars Corporation was established in 1980 as a manufacturer of neo-classic automobiles. The idea for this automobile was initially drawn on a napkin at a private dinner between Paul Zimmer, chairman and President of Zimmer Corporation and Robert "Bob" Zimm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pompano Beach, Florida
Pompano Beach ( ) is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. It is located along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, just north of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Fort Lauderdale and 36 miles north of Miami. The nearby Hillsboro Inlet forms part of the Intracoastal Waterway, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6.14 million people in 2020. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 112,046, making it the Broward County#Communities, sixth-largest city in Broward County, the Miami metropolitan area#cities, ninth-largest city in the South Florida metropolitan area, and the List of municipalities in Florida, 20th-largest city in Florida. Pompano Beach Airpark, located within the city, is the home of the Goodyear Blimp ''Spirit of Innovation''. History Tequesta Indians lived in the area. The city's name is derived from the Florida pompano (''Trachinotus carolinus''), a fish found off the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimmer Showroom 001
Zimmer is a Germanic word meaning ''room'' and also a surname. It may refer to: People * Zimmer (surname), people with the surname * Zimmer massacre, the 1812 massacre of the Zimmer family in Ohio Places * 3064 Zimmer, asteroid named after Louis Zimmer * Zimmer tower, a tower in Lier, Belgium * Zimmerberg, mountain and region in Zürich, Switzerland Companies * Zimmer Biomet, an American medical device company * Zimmer Biomet Robotics, a Swiss robotics company * Zimmer Radio, a broadcasting group in Joplin, Missouri Music * '' Zimmer 483'', second studio album by the German rock band Tokio Hotel * Zimmer mit Blick. the fifth studio album by German band Revolverheld * The Zimmers, a British rock band * Zimmers Hole, a Canadian death/speed metal band Other uses * Zimmer (automobile) Zimmer Motor Cars was a manufacturer of neo-classic automobiles. The company was originally incorporated in Ohio in July 1980 as the Zimmer Motor Cars Corporation. In August 1980, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stutz Blackhawk
The Stutz Blackhawk is an American luxury car manufactured from 1971 through 1987. Other than the name, it bears no resemblance to the original Blackhawk (automobile), Blackhawk (1929–1930). Prices ranged from US$22,500 to US$75,000. All early Blackhawks were coupes, but rare Stutz IV-Porte, sedans were produced later. Convertible versions were called ''D'Italia'' and ''Stutz Bearcat#1970s-80s Bearcat, Bearcat''. By 1976, Stutz had sold 205 Blackhawks, and about six a month were handbuilt in Italy and shipped to the U.S. By April 1980, 350 Blackhawks had been sold, and by the time production ended in 1987, approximately 500 to 600 cars had been manufactured. History The Stutz Motor Company was revived in August 1968 by New York banker James O'Donnell (banker), James O'Donnell. He joined forces with retired Chrysler stylist Virgil Exner who designed the new Blackhawk. Exner's design included a spare tire that protruded through the decklid, a faux radiator shell-type chrome gril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excalibur (automobile)
The Excalibur automobile is a car styled after the 1928 Mercedes-Benz SSK by Brooks Stevens for Studebaker. Stevens subsequently formed a company to manufacture and market the cars, which were a standard Studebaker car with special bodywork (and soon got an upgraded engine as well). The Excalibur has a Neoclassic design, a term used to designate automobiles produced in the 1960s–1990s in the elegant and prestigious style cars of the 1920s and 1930s. Zimmer and Tiffany are two additional examples of Neoclassic design. A prototype premiered at car shows in 1963, fitted on a Studebaker Lark Convertible chassis and using a Studebaker 289 V-8. Studebaker ceased engine production in December 1963 and consolidating all manufacturing to its Hamilton, Ontario, plant, ending the availability of that engine. Stevens subsequently obtained engines from General Motors through his friends GM executives Ed Cole and Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen. These were Chevrolet 327s in Corvette tune, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desande
Desande Automobielen BV was a Dutch-British manufacturer of neoclassic automobiles with retro styling combined with modern technology. The automobile's distinctive styling was based on the high-end automobiles of the 1930s. Despite their retro looks, Desandes used modern American drive trains and suspension systems. While the company was based in Hulst in the Netherlands, the founder Danny G. Vandezande (hence the car's name) came from Hasselt in Belgium, the cars mechanics were American, and the vehicle was built in England. The company's Belgian branch was headquartered in the small town of Schilde. History Danny G. Vandezande presented the first Desande in 1979; originally the car was going to be named the "Desande Greta" after his wife. Vandezande felt that only a small British firm would be able to execute the bodywork to a high enough standard, although he was forced to switch manufacturers after the original company selected proved not to have the necessary expertise. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cumberford
Robert Wayne Cumberford (born August 4, 1935) is a former automotive designer for General Motors, author and design critic – widely known as Automotive Design Editor and outspoken columnist for Automobile (magazine), ''Automobile'' magazine. Examples of Cumberford's critiques include: :*The Concept car#Dream car, dream cars of the 50s: "''myths'' created to make people dream about the future." :*The $2,500 Tata Nano: "perhaps the most significant car since the Ford Model T was introduced 100 years ago." :*The Jeep Cherokee (XJ), Jeep Cherokee: "One of the 20 greatest cars of all time." :*the NSU Ro80: “A handsome, modern-looking car with much cleaner lines than anything of the time.” :*The Jaguar E-Type: "Elegant, extremely phallic and a great middle-aged man's compensation," and "the ultimate automotive expression of phalliform perfection." :*The Ford Five Hundred: "It's a pretty good trick to make a brand-new car look old, bland and boring right out of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
