Category Archives: Fine Lines

Fine Lines: The first Batmobile
Fine Lines July 3, 2017

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

In January of 1966, millions of TV viewers caught their first glimpse of the Batmobile.
It was a black two-seater with red trim that whisked the Dynamic Duo (Batman and Robin) from the Bat Cave to do battle with The Riddler, The Joker, Penguin and many other of Gotham’s evil-doers.  During the mid-1960s, Batman was the hottest (and campiest) shows on TV.

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Fine Lines: Toyota Land Cruiser, 1960-’83
Fine Lines June 19, 2017

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

From its bare-bones beginnings, the Toyota Land Cruiser has slowly but steadily evolved into a cushy, king-size off-roader.
Wanting to pay homage to its utilitarian roots, Toyota introduced the modern FJ Cruiser that carried many styling influences of the original.

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Fine Lines: Jaguar’s Super Cat, the XJ200
Fine Lines May 15, 2017

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

Jaguar’s XJ220 was the ultimate company project car that ended up way off track.
The car was the brainchild of Jaguar’s then chief engineer Jim Randle, who, with a group of like-minded associates, began the planning process back in the mid-1980s. Working after hours and on weekends (they became known as The Saturday Club) Randle’s team took direct aim at such established marques as Ferrari and Porsche.

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Fine Lines: Dodge Challenger
Fine Lines April 10, 2017

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 Dodge Challenger’s arrival in the fall of 1969 meant that Chrysler had finally leveled the playing field with its General Motors and Ford rivals, in the showroom, on the street and on the track. The Challenger was a bright light that burned out quickly, mostly because, aside from being late to the party, it was out of a step with the market changes that were coming.

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Fine Lines: Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III
Fine Lines March 13, 2017

Overview

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If you are not a member of the media, but still wish to check out some of our stories online, visit www.theoctanelounge.com, which is owned by Wheelbase Media.
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 total number of Rolls-Royce vehicles built over more than 100 years barely equals a month’s worth of production at General Motors today. But what the company, founded by Charles Stewart Rolls and Henry Royce, lacks in quantity, it more than makes up for in opulence and pedigree. As a direct result, the Rolls-Royce marque enjoys a loyal following among the elite of society.

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Fine Lines: 1953-1968 Austin Healey
Fine Lines February 6, 2017

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

Today, cars are designed by teams of people, but that was not always the case. Often, it was the vision of one person.
There, parked behind the ropes at the 1952 London Motor show was Donald Healey’s very own Healey Hundred sports car. The sleek prototype (made even sleeker with its rakish fold-down windscreen) stunned show-goers with its sheer beauty. Also impressive was the fact that the roadster had been tested by Donald Healey himself at speeds above 100 mph (hence the Healey Hundred name).

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Fine Lines: Volvo P1800
Fine Lines January 9, 2017

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

Many builders of so-called responsible four-door family cars have also built their wild childs.
The two-seat AMX from the American Motors Corporation was one. More recently there’s the Subaru BRZ, a two-door corner carver that’s diametrically opposed to other Subies such as the safe and sane Forester family car and the Outback wagon.
But perhaps there’s no wilder wild child than the Volvo P1800.

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Fine Lines: Bricklin SV-1
Fine Lines November 14, 2016

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

On paper, the Bricklin SV-1 should have been a dream car, but for dealers, owners and the tiny Canadian province of New Brunswick, the car ended up being a total nightmare.
Much has been said and written about just how big a failure the Bricklin actually was, but the idea behind this GT-style sports car was actually ahead-of-its-time brilliant (hence the dream part). It was in the execution that things went south (the nightmare part).

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Fine Lines: Acura NSX
Fine Lines October 24, 2016

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

What kind of 12-year-old Honda sells for more than $100,000? At perhaps $30,000 above the original retail, it’s the price you’ll have a to pay today for a low-miles 2005 Acura NSX.
Why? Pure driving enjoyment and visceral sensation that’s next to impossible to find in newer cars.
As such, this two-seater has earned the distinction of being one of the greatest sports cars in history and has also been major influence on some, if not all the high-performance vehicles that followed it.

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Fine Lines: Shelby Mustang
Fine Lines October 17, 2016

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

Contrary to dreamers who think the Ford Mustang was all about performance, the simple fact is that the car was not initially intended to be anything more than a hip set of wheels for a hip new generation.
Performance wasn’t really part of the total equation . . . until Ford decided it was going racing. By then the Mustang was just along for the ride.

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