It's Like No Other Design Ever✨ | 1938 Phantom Corsair

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[@laneferrin8675]

I would listen to more of these if the music wasn’t so loud and intense.

[@tomsherwood4650]

Got a volume control?

[@timcastens1150]

Agree, just turn it down

[@Legaleze]

I agree. It’s a bit tedious.

[@m32m1m]

The music is Completely competing with the narrator! Lol.

[@artysanmobile]

There is an enormous problem of inadequate dialog volume throughout the television, film, streaming world. It’s turning out to be hard to understand as there are standards for professional content creators. By professional, I mean the very highest level of production: global film and music has long led the way in standards practice. KZbin producers could hardly be thought of in the same context. Still, the problem persists and it’s so easy to assume it is just bad taste at the production level. I make records and I have always been able to rely on tools that can slap me back into reality if my creativity lost the narrative. The fundamental truth is that no one on the planet does not listen to spoken word and I include lyric singing in that, so it will always be subjected to the most extreme critique. The tools are there to show us objectively, in case our subjective mind is losing focus, if speech is being swamped by other sound. They are not exact but they exist and can be relied on to improve the situation. I personally believe it is a matter of bad taste in the person mixing sound, so I hope to see the brutal criticism bear fruit. Never be shy about telling content producers your feelings on the subject.

[@donswier]

The only car that ever stopped me in my tracks upon seeing it in the flesh. Looks like an evil sea creature. Both beautiful and menacing.

[@brentad2004]

lol A2B

[@dank9296]

The Phantom Corsair is a prototype automobile built in 1938. It is a six-passenger 2-door sedan that was designed by Rust Heinz of the H. J. Heinz family and Maurice Schwartz of the Bohman & Schwartz coachbuilding company in Pasadena, California. Rust Heinz planned to put the Phantom Corsair, which cost approximately $24,000 to produce in 1938 (equivalent to about $370,000 in 2010), into limited production at an estimated selling price of $12,500. However, Heinz's death in a car accident in July 1939 ended those plans, leaving the prototype Corsair as the only one ever built.

[@thomas5714]

The 'Concept Car' was the auto industry signaling "This is what we're capable of, but you get the Vega, the Pinto, the Duster and the Pacer."

[@methanial73]

'I had a Duster, great vehicle.

[@henrikrolfsen584]

The Vega was ugly, and made funny sounds. The Pinto was cute, but had the gas tank in the wrong place. The Duster was plain boring, and the Pacer was an insult to car design!

[@JackBWatkins]

Packard just never recovered from WWII, although they were a great contributor to the war effort. The Panther is a beautiful sculpture of auto design, Just like the Phantom.

[@nomoniker7917]

Packard's downfall was largely the fault of US government corruption. The most favorable & profitable war contracts went to General Motors, Ford & Chrysler. People were paid off to make that happen. Packard had expended alot of money tooling up for expected production & it never happened. Packard was the best American manufacturer of them all, there was real precision in their work. GM was very envious of Packard for many years. Indian motorcycle suffered the same fate.

[@darkmugetsu6572]

I remember this car! I played with it all the time with my other Hot Wheels cars and thought of it like the Batmobile in my car collection! :P

[@JackF99]

From the sides it seems to be about the first design without pontoon fenders bulging out as separate pieces. That's a huge styling advancement that probably wasn't seen again until the 1950s.

[@richardcasey7521]

For 1938 this is the most beautiful design.

[@Thomas63r2]

What a gorgeous video of dream cars!

[@henrikrolfsen584]

4:58 This chrome piece, at the front of the car, is commonly called a "bumper", not a "fender". A fender is used to cover the wheels, so that the wheels do not fling dirt, and mud around.

[@thedolphin5428]

I always thought a fender was a guitar.

[@henrikrolfsen584]

@@thedolphin5428 And you are right. What kind of idiot puts an expensive guitar on the front of a car? No wonder he could not sell any of these!

[@hagerty1952]

This is true, but "fender" originally came from the shipping industry where it means the protective, uh, bumper that runs along a vessel at dock level to prevent damage from running up against it (the dock). On tugboats they often would use old tires.

[@henrikrolfsen584]

@@hagerty1952 That is fine for boats. I am also sure, that airplanes have their own word for "Bumb-Protectors" . But, in the Automobile, and Carriage Industries, a "fender" is a sculptured part, attacked to the carriage, intended to fend off all the mud, and dust kicked up by the motion of the wheels. A "bumper", on the on the hand, is attached to both front and back of chassis, to absorb the energy encountered by the car bumping into another car, or other object. Is this understandable?

[@hagerty1952]

@@henrikrolfsen584 - It was always understandable (hence my agreeing with you in my first comment). I was just pointing out one possible cause for the confusion.

[@Richard-vf2yd]

Both cars on this episode were great in my opinion. They would turn heads on today's streets !

[@outlawnightshift2371]

Thats it....I subscribed !!!!! Love this concept car stuff !!

[@rolandsuch]

I remember seeing the Phantom Corsair at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. My wife and I were very taken with the car and have several photos of her standing next to it.

[@bsea35]

The narrator’s voice! I can’t take it anymore.

[@writerconsidered]

This guy was the Einstein of automotive design. You have to move up to the 1960s to find that kind of aerodynamics.

[@marcoowl4790]

...you should have a look at the Tatra87...

[@kekethetoad]

Incredible designs. Movie ready.

[@darrellmcmillian2085]

Thinking outside of the box 👍✌️

[@alexkalish8288]

I grew up in Hollywood - this is one of the coolest car ever made in my opinion. It looks like you should wear a zoot suit to drive one. I am a Packard fan , love the 1937.

[@budgiecat9039]

shoulda been used in the 1940's Batman & Robin seriiel series

[@alistairmcelwee7467]

(No audio @ 17:08-17:33). That 1938 Phantom Corsair - what a beauty! Aerodynamics, wow! Just think what that young Rust Heinz could have gone on to do had not he made a bad decision while driving. He’d have helped shape post WWII design, like Martin Loewy, who became known as the father of American stream-lined design, but this car shows clearly that Rust Heinz should be considered Loewy’s predecessor.

[@paulfilla1008]

Both of these cars were gorgeous.

[@mikeabyssinia]

Wow, cool videography. Nice cars too.

[@WatDaMattaForYou]

Man, that 1938 phantom corsair looks like it should be sitting outside Dracula's castle at night in the fog.

[@rskrzz6233]

the beauty of it puts alot of modern cars to shame.

[@phillipkelly736]

The best 1 off ever.

[@soarornor]

I’ve seen the Phantom at a Con Cours show in Forest Grove, Oregon several years ago. It’s an amazing car. The Packard is new to me. This is the first time I’ve seen it and heard the background story. Beautiful car! It’s really a shame that it didn’t make it to market and be the savior of Packard. At least two survived. I can’t imagine anyone destroying such a beautiful car and just seeing it as scrap. I also really liked the music they used in this. Some great jams.

[@jensnitsche4994]

Die Firmen selbst vernichteten damals ihre Konzeptcars !

[@jensnitsche4994]

Den Phantom konnte ich in den 70er Jahren in Düsseldorf, Deutschland während einer Best Off Klassik Car Präsentation bewundern. Zusammen mit Duesenberg, Auburn, Mercedes, Bugatti und viele mehr...

[@87Rado]

Saw this at a car show in Seattle once back in the late 70's, pretty impressive!

[@hotchihuahua1546]

My first look at this car . WOW , it’s not for everyone but if your into aerodynamics this is about as good as it gets .

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

❤️❤️❤️❤️! The Grand Dame of custom coach build!

[@tomasstrand3190]

I totally agree!

[@jge123]

Look at that they had wonderful dreams for the future back in those days.

[@Goomer]

2 Fantastic Cars!

[@emitindustries8304]

Excellent video and perfect commentary on the Phantom Corsair, the "Ketchup Kar" (Hines, right?)

[@mmjackk667]

EVs should use this perfect teardrop shape for maximum efficiency. That's no Bat-Mobile, it's a Bug-Mobile.

[@LetsConquerTheUniverseTogether]

A beautiful yet insufficiently engineered specimen of its era.

[@Darklove4343]

i have the hot wheels phantom corsair and it's one of my favorites cars ever kept as child now collected in mint condition 🥰

[@jebsails2837]

Before Batman,check out the Superman film cartoons from the late 30's, to mid 40's. I believe the episode is referred to as "The Bulletterers" if not, they certainly are the villains, the phantom may be their vehicle. Narragansett Bay

[@webbtrekker534]

I'm 77. As a child an aunt and uncle in the early 1950's had a very nice Packard and riding in it was a dream. I'm not sure of the year but knowing them it could have either a late pre war or just post war car. They ended up selling it or trading it in for a Plymouth.

[@projektor4]

The HHGTTG words "it´s so black light just falls into it" and "it looks like a fish, it moves like a fish and steers like a cow" come to mind :)

[@jamesbraun7709]

I agree Lane , music is put o many things that might be worth hearing. Split rear window , early Volkswagen , 63 corvette , hmm .

[@mindSoulEnso]

Man I love it. Wish that was my car.

[@TheHomeExpert5]

It seems a pure styling exercise, however, it is magnificent! It has a Hollywood lure and 40s vibe that does not disappoint.

[@magardunoe]

Phantom Corsair: Aerodinamics and Concealed Tires!

[@queenslander954]

Designer of this Car was a sweet tripping, bodacious hipster dude of immense taste .. Respect.

[@jaimesorli2436]

first time i discover it, is super beautifull!

[@stevenhoman2253]

The concept cars of the Big 3~4 were usually projections of the present into the future, only reflecting the standards of the day. The 38 Phantom Corsair, was never an extension of the present into an imagined future, but a fully formed ideal; that came by way of the imagination as art.

[@marcelodibenedetto276]

Todos divinoooos

[@ProctorsGamble]

It’s like a beautiful cross between a horseshoe crab and a salamander.

[@alanrogers7090]

Gee, a Batmobile that pre-dates Batman.

[@frankbox850]

I saw her in 1984 or so. Was part of a collection in Reno

[@robertspruill984]

Definitely a beautiful car

[@Timzart7]

Too bad about not being able to see well out of the car, but the way it looked, amazing even today, and at the time it must have looked like it was from outer-space. The bumpers are exceptionally beautiful, so stylish. Growing up in the 60s, we always had ordinary-looking cars until my father bought a used '61 Thunderbird when the 1964 Thunderbird had just come out, and wasn't especially good looking. Our Thunderbird drew a lot of attention, it was so good looking. But to have a custom/concept car, where everyone would ask, "What is that?" I think that would get tiresome.

[@jeffandreson]

any idea what the coefficient of drag is?

[@adrianMcCrash1]

For the first time i met Phantom playing Mafia game. It was called Manta prototype.

[@srfrg9707]

Could be the concept car of the Citroën DS.

[@OscillatorCollective]

This car totally makes me think if that noir 90s Batman animated series.

[@jakerazmataz852]

That is a work of art first, and automobile second.

[@perry92964]

that is one sinister looking car.......i want one

[@CalTxDude]

This is a fascinating video, I would have enjoyed watching it in it's entirety. Put the music theme to overpower and distract the narrative and the interviews! I've been noticing this on other videos. Are y'all featuring the music or the automobile? Remember, it is called BACKGROUND music. If it's not enhancing the watching experience then it is distracting and Diminishing it.

[@Magnetron33]

That's the Wombat! It is featured in a movie

[@justaguy6100]

The "Concept Car" was the industry signalling "we make so much freaking profit we can tantalize you with these outlandish designs that we'll never make because you don't make enough money to buy them."

[@sitraahra4594]

Reminds me of Citroën DS.

[@holton345]

@ 8:33 - The horn plays "The Ride of the Valkyries". I need this car for that reason alone. (Some of you "pedestrian intellectuals" will remember it as "Kill da Wabbit". Heh, heh, heh… so do I…) ;-)

[@michaeljoseph9881]

You know I would really like to see more cars built and designed that way from from back then because the newer cars are all they are looked like is square boxes with the 4 tires and windshield and one of the roads there's no wines no slickness on this new car and I mean yeah they go fast but they don't have the Lines like the older cars

[@weirdshibainu]

I'd make this an E.V. with a tech interior. The exterior would be the same.

[@boris8787]

That car would look so nice in the town of Chillingbourne.

[@SURVEYSEZ]

what happened to audio at 17 min?

[@dwderp]

Unless something recent and catastrophic has happened, all four Panthers do in fact still exist. Two of them were updated by Packard with 1955 taillights and new paint jobs. Maybe the expert doesn't count the two updated cars, but they are, without a doubt, still panthers.

[@Marc816]

115 MPH with only 125 HP. It must have had a fantastically low coefficient of drag.

[@alexisquim4502]

rich kids and their toys, usually never ends well

[@godchi1dvonsteuben770]

Sound cuts out at 17:09, comes back at 17:32

[@artistjoh]

I remember those terrible wrap around windscreens. They looked good, but it meant there was a metal protuberance that hurt like heck whenever banging the knee against them. It was a case of design ignoring the practical realities of real world usage.

[@nomoniker7917]

You mean 'head', not knee. If youre ten feet tall, maybe....

[@artistjoh]

@@nomoniker7917 No, knee. It was the projection from the lower part of the wrap around windscreen that could be hit by the knee getting in or out. The EK Holden had one of these windscreens and was famous for the knee problem. This was the primary factor in why these windscreens were unpopular, and quickly disappeared from subsequent car designs.

[@nomoniker7917]

@ artistjoh Im missing something maybe. Please explain how someones knee reaches the base of wrap around windshield getting in & out of a vehicle. More than a few 1950's cars had these kind of designs & Ive never heard of this.

[@artistjoh]

@@nomoniker7917 Maybe the EK was lower? I know it is a real thing, because I still remember the pain of doing it myself back in the 60's. Maybe those who were careful never experienced it, but I was young and exuberant :)

[@bmovie67]

💙

[@624radicalham]

Known famously as the WOMBAT!! Seriously.

[@timsiragusa9096]

It does look like the Duesenberg Coupe Simone scale model...

[@celtisafricana4984]

Makes me think of a horseshoe crab

[@lauriedooker1031]

Cars represent freedom of imagination ❤️🇦🇺👍

[@worldtraveler930]

It was my understanding that Studebaker was in the process of buying Packard and then they discovered that Packard had been cooking the books and wound up cutting the company loose only to later suffer from trying to salvage Packard!! 🤠👍

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

Actually the opposite, Packard was buying Studebaker and it was found they were in terrible shape, near bankrupt in fact. Studebaker went into the buyout with cooked books, and Packard ended up with all the losses. The mid 50s also saw a big recession and one car market suffering was the luxury segment, and I believe a decision was made to bring Studebaker up to more modern designs and let Packard go. Packard was already developing their own ohv V8 engines and automatic transmissions as well as new chassis designs and features, but with a tightening market the hope must have been in keeping a less costly line going and possibly in the future brining luxury back. Studebaker was in such bad shape even that wasn't possible.

[@savneetsinghrairai6823]

Packard panther grill looks like Aston Martin grill

[@clarkclifford2338]

The audio is totally screwed.

[@boscojacko2485]

Eye candy and investment. I think this would be hard to drive well, park publicly. I want one.

[@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025]

it's like, after creating this they just HAD to invent a Batman...

[@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31]

Wondered what all that cork soundending would smell like when setting inside of the phantom Corsair...

[@Bucketroo]

Oh yeah, I've got the Hot Wheels of the Phantom Corsair. I thought it was a Mattel creation. Found out years later it was real. Now I have to go to Reno so I can see it in the flesh. And touch it.

[@martinXY]

I feel like it's something I saw in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

[@johnmanley7859]

It looks like something Bruce Wayne would drive.

[@kondjanegongo796]

It also appeared in Mafia 1 : Lost Heaven. pity you only get to drive it when you complete the game

[@JSchroederee]

So a video about a 1938 coach built car stars with a introduction for 1950s concept cars 😵‍💫

[@jiritichy6855]

It looks like modified 1972 Citroen DS 23 - Pallas IE ( or did the CItroen take the idea from this car?)

[@DeliveryManBoy]

That front bumper is good for nothing but discouraging pedestrians.

[@seadog686]

My initial reaction was it's front end is reminiscent of a (real) stingray.

[@stephenriggs8177]

I've driven that car, in LA Noire. 😀

[@lenny108]

Seems the mystery is that the car body is more expensive than the engine. Otherwise, all cars are four wheels and two axles.

[@fabrisoto]

👏🏽🌹👏🏽🌹👏🏽🙋🏽‍♂️

[@antoniotadeupassarelli4605]

what about the engine please?

[@SlykRyk666]

it looks like a skate/stingray from the hood. Even the back windows look like the wings of a skate. WEird lol

[@chrismayer3919]

Looks like something from Batman; The Animated Series!

[@MrOlgrumpy]

The mention of Titanium bodied cars early in the dialogue is totally misleading

[@jensnitsche4994]

Eine Rückfahrkamera und Einparkhilfe, wie bei heutigen Fahrzeugen hätte den Phantom für die Straße alltagstauglich gemacht. Aber die Technik war leider für dieses Konzept noch nicht so weit. Ein Blick unter die Motorhaube wäre noch wünschenswert gewesen.

[@fukuryyu]

Oh yes, the Manta Prototype

[@tomsherwood4650]

Yea well the Corsair would be equipped with all sorts of Bondish stuff if I had it.