1956 American Motors Astra-Gnome (upload.wikimedia.org)

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The Astra-Gnome is a concept car by industrial designer Richard Arbib using a 1955 Nash Metropolitan chassis. It was described as a "Time and Space Car". It features themes influenced by the space travel forms that were popular during the 1950s. The vehicle represented Arbib's vision of what an automobile would look like in the year 2000.

Snazzy interior shot:

the Astra-Gnome's snazzy interior

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[-] Simulation@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Interior looks dope, exterior is horseshit sorry. I'd dig it for a submarine though.

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Raygun Gothic refers to any creative work from 1900 through about 1959, predicting the future before it became possible. Think rockets and rayguns, flying cars and futuristic cities - especially if the vision never quite panned out in reality. We find this aesthetic in product design, book covers, films, radio & TV. "A tomorrow that never was". The same style as in the Fallout games, The Jetsons and so on but focused on the time period through the 50s.