Rick Potter
05-09-2020, 3:37 AM
So, I opened the latest edition of Motor Trend mag today. Came to a spread on the Geneva (Switzerland) Auto show, which was cancelled because of the Covid problem just before it was to open.
This is a huge show where lots of super expensive cars debut for the year, and the article had a full page pic of one of the show halls where they apparently just stopped work on building displays for the various brands, and walked away.
The pic was a panoramic taken from the top of an escalator, showing the showroom floor in disarray, and right at the bottom of the escalator was a portable table saw. I don't know if it belonged to a contractor, or the hall itself, but it was identifiable as an Altendorf F45 slider.
I guess if you are a contractor making sets for mega money displays, an Altendorf would make a logical contractor saw. I suppose it might belong to the hall itself. The wooden box they store it in, along with another containing a DC were next to it.
I would not be surprised if there isn't a cottage industry near the Convention Center with several companies who make new sets every year for the many companies displaying cars. Kind of like the Rose Parade float industry around here.
This is a huge show where lots of super expensive cars debut for the year, and the article had a full page pic of one of the show halls where they apparently just stopped work on building displays for the various brands, and walked away.
The pic was a panoramic taken from the top of an escalator, showing the showroom floor in disarray, and right at the bottom of the escalator was a portable table saw. I don't know if it belonged to a contractor, or the hall itself, but it was identifiable as an Altendorf F45 slider.
I guess if you are a contractor making sets for mega money displays, an Altendorf would make a logical contractor saw. I suppose it might belong to the hall itself. The wooden box they store it in, along with another containing a DC were next to it.
I would not be surprised if there isn't a cottage industry near the Convention Center with several companies who make new sets every year for the many companies displaying cars. Kind of like the Rose Parade float industry around here.