Pilgrim65

Many thanks , thought might be earlier , striking piece , better design than any circle with 3 prongs or silver lady 😊

When out and about , pre lockdown always take photos of any interesting cars buildings etc specially like art deco period and saw this car ornament, loved it ,but can’t remember what car it was on , vague thought Pontiac . Be good to know thanks pilgrim

Eye opening thread , some wonderful cars , interesting colours , but as it was a Packard that initiated discussion , although I have posted this photo before , post again as still my dream car

With you Don , my dream job too.

Grand tour old series of British top gear with clarkson and co new British top gear chasing classic cars

Slip sticks made me smile , we called them slide rules, used at school and with log tables 😊

Great thread , just read from start , interesting stories and wonderful early cars . Always catches my interest when I read of ‘finds’ .when i drive , walk anywhere and see dilapidated barns , garages overgrown or abandoned lock ups and shacks , I yearn to look inside to see and discover a long forgotten gem of a car. thanks to all posters

Hello you reminded me , another draughtmans , Started in 1967 as apprentice, doing layouts of pipework for boiler rooms in hotels and ships , had an A0 drawing board with parallel motion on a huge cast iron frame , used sharpened pencil , moved on to rotring pens . Was involved early on in producing artworks initially ink pen , then black tape on thin plastic for production of printed circuits , designed from circuit diagrams , transistors then integrated logic . It was the onset of CAD autocad , then 3D modelling, that led me to change career as the young guys were better . Good times

Wonder what they make /sell

You could sit on public transport without someone talking loudly on the telephone

My wife and lots of my friends think I’m a fruitcake , particularly when discussing my car choices

Thanks , 4/5 mil , wow! knew I had expensive taste , may not be the one your thinking about as I took photo at beaulieu autojumble , even so would need some serious new money to buy it

Was looking through some photos I took few years back and thought this 37 packhard is the sort of car I would buy , probably the sort preferred by old money , but If I came into some money I would rather have this , than a new Ferrari , I know the Ferrari would be great fun to drive , but driving this Beutiful beast must be a treat to go anywhere

Yes cool car , please enlighten me make year ?, looks a bit like early 50s jag to me . Thanks

Margaret thatcher used to boost she only needed 4 hours sleep a night , not particularly a fan , but some people may have considered her smart and productive , pretty steely during falklands conflict , think she impressed a well known ex actor 😄

This the first time I’ve seen a car in this thread that have actually owned , if that is a mk9 jag , which I had in late 80s , mine was slightly different had filled in wheel arches , was lovely car

Just the sort of wonderful machine I’d rather have If I was new money and looking to buy , unfortunately I’m not even old money 😊

Without being called a prude , would rather have the unadorned version ie no Heinz 😁

Some have made the point they are not interested in the flash and glitz of these so called celebs i agree entirely I have no interest in any of them apart from the occasional car guy on Top Gear personally I think the money these top sport people earn is excessive , but at least they use effort and skill to achieve their goals . Whereas these reality so called celebs , leave me cold , can’t abide. Showing my age now sorry.

TEdinmass good story 😅 Also, the thing you said about young rich not knowing early classics until later must be very true and I feel obliged to apologise to any such person who are read my post , one can’t be critical of someone’s choices if they unfortunately are not aware of sections of the market. probably attributes to the fact that I don’t hear or see young rich celebs driving a car like the wonderful jag SS 100 posted above. thanks

Yes thanks knew it was a 49 and set me on my quest to eventually buy a 53 Buick special convertible , loved it.

Love 50s Buick’s so rainman , good film too.

Appreciating the many fantastic cars shown in Walt’s and John s excellent ‘relieve stress’ thread, I know such cars are very expensive, but it makes me wonder if today’s extremely rich new money younger people consider these cars when splashing their cash on statement toys. Speaking from a Uk prospective , we have a sizeable section of quite young people , sportspersons, you tube celebs and dot com entrepreneurs who make / earn vast , incomes and fortunes . Pubic knowledge all the top premier league team footballers earn 6 figures some 7 figures alone . However when you see or hear what they drive , they are mainly boring saloons, mercs and BMW’s , sports tourers Ferrari’s ( money status symbol) or similar , but most often Range Rovers which are let’s face it tarted up, souped up revamped models of the old defender😄 made popular by old money country / aristocracy set. Bearing in mind that new money often aspires to the life style and possessions of old money , you can understand the attraction .So you would think as old money , aristocracy , industrialists, plus old film stars etc, were the main owners of these wonderful pre war cars , they would be desirable to them too, but it appears their their choices are hardly exotic and exciting, or breathtaking beautiful as a 30s speedster , which they could afford. I may be completely wrong , but as mentioned but having seen and heard many of these new money celebs interviewed about their choice of cars or seen arriving at venues , I never seen or heard any of them state they own such a vehicle sadly. Their is one well known DJ who has at least 7 Ferrari’s including classic super late 60s model, but have heard of little else. I wonder if you have a similar situation in the States , I know you have many young rich including golfers, sports players, entrepreneurs etc , do any have a weakness for a 30s Classic, sleek exhilarating speedster. 😊

Like this photo as couple obviously enjoying themselves, my parents had a similar rig , but probably 20 years later , looks fun