Category Archives: Fine Lines

Ford Cortina – FineLines Sept 1, 2014

Overview

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Many of you asked if we could put our expertise to work to create a feature that covers not just classic cars, but those vehicles that have left an indelible mark on car culture. The Fine Lines series examines significant vehicle marques, their backgrounds and their contributions to the history of the automobile. All this, with real artwork.

Product specifications

• Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
  art files for maximum work flexibility.
• About 850 words: separate text file included.
• Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
  reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
• PDF of layout included.
• High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
• Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
• Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
  Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
• Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
  standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
  match your style.

Description

The Mark I Cortina, named after a town in Italy, was launched in June of 1962 as a replacement for Ford of England’s aging Consul model. To keep development costs down, the car made use of existing hardware, including the 1.2-liter four-cylinder engine and rudimentary suspension. However, the body style – two and four doors – was a completely fresh undertaking and was considered extremely roomy for sedans in its class. With 48 horsepower on tap, the little Ford nudged 80 mph on the top end, if the wind conditions were right.

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De Tomaso Pantera – FineLines Aug 25, 2014

Overview

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Many of you asked if we could put our expertise to work to create a feature that covers not just classic cars, but those vehicles that have left an indelible mark on car culture. The Fine Lines series examines significant vehicle marques, their backgrounds and their contributions to the history of the automobile. All this, with real artwork.

Product specifications

• Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
  art files for maximum work flexibility.
• About 850 words: separate text file included.
• Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
  reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
• PDF of layout included.
• High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
• Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
• Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
  Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
• Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
  standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
  match your style.

Description

For the uninitiated, the handle “Judge” makes little sense. It conveys nothing about one of the most potent automobiles to ever rip up ribbons of asphalt.
The Judge was a magical nameplate that struck a mixture of fear and awe into anyone old enough to drive. But what’s with the name?

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De Tomaso Pantera – FineLines Aug 18, 2014

Overview

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Many of you asked if we could put our expertise to work to create a feature that covers not just classic cars, but those vehicles that have left an indelible mark on car culture. The Fine Lines series examines significant vehicle marques, their backgrounds and their contributions to the history of the automobile. All this, with real artwork.

Product specifications

• Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
  art files for maximum work flexibility.
• About 850 words: separate text file included.
• Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
  reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
• PDF of layout included.
• High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
• Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
• Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
  Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
• Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
  standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
  match your style.

Description

The Pantera was a rare example of a North Americanized Italian sports car.
It should have worked.
As an automotive work of art, the De Tomaso Pantera had few equals. As an agile high-performance car it was among the best. On price alone, it should have been one of the most successful sports machines ever created.

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Toyota 2000 GT – FineLines Aug 11, 2014

Overview

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Many of you asked if we could put our expertise to work to create a feature that covers not just classic cars, but those vehicles that have left an indelible mark on car culture. The Fine Lines series examines significant vehicle marques, their backgrounds and their contributions to the history of the automobile. All this, with real artwork.

Product specifications

• Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
  art files for maximum work flexibility.
• About 850 words: separate text file included.
• Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
  reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
• PDF of layout included.
• High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
• Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
• Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
  Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
• Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
  standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
  match your style.

Description

Only a few hundred were built and most never left Japan, but the stunning 2000GT broke new ground for Toyota and earned the company world-wide respect as an innovative automaker.
How and why this two-seat hatchback became so influential is a story almost as fascinating as the car itself.

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Maserati Quattroporte – FineLines Aug 4, 2014

Overview

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Many of you asked if we could put our expertise to work to create a feature that covers not just classic cars, but those vehicles that have left an indelible mark on car culture. The Fine Lines series examines significant vehicle marques, their backgrounds and their contributions to the history of the automobile. All this, with real artwork.

Product specifications

• Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
  art files for maximum work flexibility.
• About 850 words: separate text file included.
• Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
  reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
• PDF of layout included.
• High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
• Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
• Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
  Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
• Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
  standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
  match your style.

Description

It’s not every automaker that can channel racing success into something like four-door family cars.
Maserati doesn’t immediately come to mind – or at all – but the Maserati Quattroporte proved to be an outstanding blend of V8 muscle and Italian passion.

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The first Sting Ray – FineLines July 28, 2014

Overview

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Many of you asked if we could put our expertise to work to create a feature that covers not just classic cars, but those vehicles that have left an indelible mark on car culture. The Fine Lines series examines significant vehicle marques, their backgrounds and their contributions to the history of the automobile. All this, with real artwork.

Product specifications

• Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
  art files for maximum work flexibility.
• About 850 words: separate text file included.
• Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
  reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
• PDF of layout included.
• High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
• Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
• Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
  Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
• Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
  standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
  match your style.

Description

Few people would disagree that the 1963-’67 Corvette Sting Rays are among the most beautiful machines on four wheels.
How that happened – and how they remain a cultural icon to this day – is a story unto itself.

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Chevrolet Corvair – FineLines July 21, 2014

Overview

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Many of you asked if we could put our expertise to work to create a feature that covers not just classic cars, but those vehicles that have left an indelible mark on car culture. The Fine Lines series examines significant vehicle marques, their backgrounds and their contributions to the history of the automobile. All this, with real artwork.

Product specifications

• Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
  art files for maximum work flexibility.
• About 850 words: separate text file included.
• Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
  reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
• PDF of layout included.
• High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
• Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
• Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
  Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
• Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
  standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
  match your style.

Description

Above all, the Corvair will always be remembered as being different; very different.
General Motors could have taken the path of least resistance and built its first small family sedan as a junior-sized version of the Chevrolet Biscayne/Bel-Air/Impala. Instead, the company charted a more radical design course that ultimately proved fatal for this most controversial of all automotive brands.

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LaSalle history – FineLines July 14, 2014

Overview

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Many of you asked if we could put our expertise to work to create a feature that covers not just classic cars, but those vehicles that have left an indelible mark on car culture. The Fine Lines series examines significant vehicle marques, their backgrounds and their contributions to the history of the automobile. All this, with real artwork.

Product specifications

• Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
  art files for maximum work flexibility.
• About 850 words: separate text file included.
• Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
  reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
• PDF of layout included.
• High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
• Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
• Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
  Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
• Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
  standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
  match your style.

Description

“Gee our old LaSalle ran great . . . those were the days,” croaked TV’s Archie and Edith Bunker every week at the beginning of the top-ranked sitcom “All in the Family.” For LaSalle, those days lasted a mere 13 years, from 1927 until the brand’ s demise in 1940.

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Tucker Torpedo – FineLines July 7, 2014

Overview

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Many of you asked if we could put our expertise to work to create a feature that covers not just classic cars, but those vehicles that have left an indelible mark on car culture. The Fine Lines series examines significant vehicle marques, their backgrounds and their contributions to the history of the automobile. All this, with real artwork.

Product specifications

• Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
  art files for maximum work flexibility.
• About 850 words: separate text file included.
• Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
  reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
• PDF of layout included.
• High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
• Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
• Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
  Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
• Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
  standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
  match your style.

Description

Was the Tucker really ahead of its time, or just a collection of weird ideas driven by a helicopter engine?
Well, Preston Tucker was a clever and passionate man with a strong automotive background, so his car had promise. He wanted to build an automobile so advanced that the public would fall all over themselves in a stampede to buy one.

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Porsche 993 Turbo – FineLines June 30, 2014

Overview

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Many of you asked if we could put our expertise to work to create a feature that covers not just classic cars, but those vehicles that have left an indelible mark on car culture. The Fine Lines series examines significant vehicle marques, their backgrounds and their contributions to the history of the automobile. All this, with real artwork.

Product specifications

• Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
  art files for maximum work flexibility.
• About 850 words: separate text file included.
• Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
  reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
• PDF of layout included.
• High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
• Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
• Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
  Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
• Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
  standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
  match your style.

Description

Putting along at 70 mph, a yellow dot appears in the rear-view mirror, just over the ridiculously wide driver’s-side “hip” of the 1996 Porsche 911 993-series Turbo.

 

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