TG57Roadmaster
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Same question, different day.
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I want to add pictures to the Gallery. Hit Upload and it goes to "Step 1", Create Album or Select Category.
http://forums.aaca.org/index.php?app=gallery&module=post§ion=image&category_id=2
Select Category seems to be stuck in "General Meets, Tours and Shows".
Am I doing something wrong?
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One of the signs reads, "Chauffor skola privat & allman kurs", that translates loosely from Swedish,
"School chauffeur private & public course". Repeated on the spare tire sign.
TG
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Hanging out behind a Tucker in Anderson, SC, July 20, 1948.
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John,
Although we have never met, your posts tell the story of a true gentleman dedicated to our hobby. Your spot on answers on so many subjects is both humbling, and influential at the same time. You seem to have learned the secret of being informative without being confrontational, congratulations!
This, and what all others have said, too. Thanks also for all the cool cars you share with us on your walks.
That's some neighborhood!
TG
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It's a Chrysler (France) 160 or 180, circa '74-'75, part of their lineup that included the more luxurious Chrysler 2-Litre. They also made the lesser Simca models. In '78, the 160, 180, and 2-Litre had front side marker lights. Source is "World Cars 1974", published annually by the Automobile Club of Italy.
Sorry 'bout that!
TG
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Even more car-related.
TG
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jaymista,
First of all, welcome to the AACA Forums. I wish more folks would refer to the images in our Photo Gallery when looking for info about particular vehicles. There can be an astonishing breadth of hobby-related imagery that shows up from a simple Gallery search, covering many aspects of many modes of transport. Restoration, maintenance, technical, historical, collecting, DIY, pretty "baby" pictures, art shots, etc. Sometimes, there's not much; I always use the little Advanced Search tab, upper right corner, then check Gallery Search, then Search Now. Often, the answers to many posters' questions can be found right in the Gallery.
Second, thanks for asking about the use of the images in the Photo Gallery. I've seen some of my Gallery images on sites and blogs as far-flung as Australia and Europe, with no credit. In my paid-for writing gigs, source credit is always given, but rarely here as some imagery may be my own, others may be just what pops up on a random internet search, used to illustrate a point on a certain subject. I think we've all realized that what we put out here (and elsewhere) is pretty much global fodder, with little expectation of credit, except in formal publications. That's why your query for permission is so refreshing.
I wouldn't expect someone to publish one of my pictures in a book or magazine article without offering at least a photo credit. These days internet image usage seems murky but, as Wayne noted above, credit to at least the AACA Photo Gallery would be nice, with further individual permission when required.
Happy hunting,
TG
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I think we're going to find that Cuba has cars from all over the world, as any tourist or new resident could bring a car to Cuba on the ships and ferries that regularly sailed there. What happened to them once they got there, laws for import, post-embargo, etc., requires further study. The American companies' subsidiaries in South America and elsewhere continued to ship cars long to Cuba long after our Embargo was imposed.
My sources show Vauxhall being retailed from model year 1958 to 1962 in the U.S.
TG
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I would bet that it's a promotional item from the dealer/sales side,
as keiser31 stated above, maybe part of a salesman's award plaque or badge.
The ship logo is used on the masthead of this, The Yard Stick -
Plymouth Salesmen's League, from June, 1936.
The flag banner can be seen in the showroom window, bottom left,
from this page of the Plymouth Sales Promoter, December, 1935.
It was published semi-monthly in Detroit. The last flag banner that
I found in an ad was 1950, didn't look further.
A neat story from the same issue of the Promoter...
Since they started streamlining the Mayflower hood ornament in '36, and, as noted
above with its use through '38 on a horn button, it gives you a window to work with.
What are the dimensions of the flag emblem?
Again, very cool item!
TG
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Hoping to get as much info before hand on a ~ one day trip to Bay of Pigs for snorkeling, leaving from Varadero. Cost, transportation, options, anything! The more info the better! Going in April. Thanks!
You're probably going to want to return again, so get the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Cuba before you go. Has all you need to know about the island, money, modes of transit, helpful phrases, detailed descriptions and pics of points of interest in all regions (including Varadero).
It seems to be the best of four I bought (Nat Geo Traveler, Frommer's, Michelin Cuba) for an upcoming trip.
If you like to have a map, try the large Cuba 1:600,000 & Varadero 1:30,000 Travel Map (International Travel Maps)
or the slightly smaller Laminated Cuba Map by Borch (English Edition). Amazon can get them to you quickly.
Just some suggestions,
TG
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Met Mr. Plunkett at Amelia a few years ago, when he was showing this '34 V-16 Fleetwood Conv. Victoria.
This car's image takes up two full pages car of the AQ book, General Motors, The First 75 Years.
(He had the book on display in the back seat, and we chatted at length about it).
The cars live in a lodge-like Garage Mahal.
Very approachable fellow!
TG
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The DeSoto is a '56 Diplomat, a complete series for export using the Plymouth body.
The '58 Dodge Kingsway is an export-only model using the Plymouth body and wheelbase with Dodge front clip. There were Canadian Dodge Kingsways, offered sporadically from 1940, but only through 1952.
Dodge's Canadian models for 1958 were Crusader, Regent, Mayfair and Custom Royal, plus Custom Sierra wagons.
TG
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'64 Electra Pete...I thought all this stuff was kickin' around in your gray matter.
Check out the taillight housings on this '64 with the chrome vertical trailing edges, from our Photo Gallery.
Made me recall this pic from the Swap Meet at the '98 BCA National in Boston, with two NOS variants of the same housing. I'm sure you've covered it in a previous Bugle, the '66 MBPM only shows one number.
Wished I'd picked up the housing with chrome verticals (and the '57 license plate frame, too)!
TG
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Some new info on this beauty has come up on Prewar.com, but still no winner for their quiz #387.
Just love these European-bodied Buicks!
TG
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Really gorgeous!
TG
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Right, the firewall is under the hood at the back of the engine compartment.
Look for a data plate something like this one, found on the passenger side.
Post a picture of it and we can decode it for you.
Welcome to the Forums,
TG
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It's a rather famous pic of JFK in vacation mode in Hyannis Port.
TG
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It's definitely a '41 for these reasons...
They used that curvaceous body and C-pillar beginning in '41, the '40 Limited is vastly different.
You can see the flare at the bottom of the rear door that covers the door sill (ex-running board).
'40 Limiteds have huge honkin' running boards.
It has '41 taillights and bumper extensions. The license plate was moved because of the trunk rack.
Apparently you could get a Limited without the rear fender zoomies. Perhaps they were too "flashy"
for the Limited's reserved clientele?
TG
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Cab Dirk,
The 4-doors of the B-body Special (Models 41, 43, 49, 49D) and Century (61, 63, 69) all use the same side trim; Supers and Roadmasters are the bigger C-body (shared with Cadillac) and none of their side trim interchanges with the 40-60 Models.
Good luck on your parts hunt,
TG
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I find it odd that countries with oppressive regimes have not stopped people from visiting the Great Wall of China or St. Petersburg, Russia. My holidays this year began with a bad cold that had me stuck in bed for about 10 days so, after reading about the Museum's Cuba trip, the time was spent studying Cuba, particularly Havana. Cuba had always been off my travel radar, given both by the U.S Embargo that's been in place since I was four-years-old, and the general bad press about the place that we've been fed. In the meantime the rest of the World has been beating a path there, be it for luxury resort getaways or more modest vacations.
Having discovered Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial on a business trip to the Dominican Republic last April, my long-time enjoyment of Spanish Colonial architecture and historic, walled fortress cities has been rekindled. I like photographing such places, whether they're restored and pristine or decaying to the point of being ruins; subsequent trips to the DR have only whetted my appetite for more, and Havana (plus Cienfuegos, Trinidad, and Santiago de Cuba, among others) beckons.
Many have noted the expense of the Museum's trip, that it can be done cheaper, but let's remember that this is also a fund-raiser for the Museum. That the trip is built around Cuba's colorful car-culture will make for some amazing photo-ops, even if the subjects are considered to be "Frankensteins". Will it stop Cubans from risking their lives to leave their homeland for better living conditions? Certainly not, nor does anyone expect such an outcome. From a purely cultural exchange, it should be very exciting to learn about a place that's been off-limits (to most of us Americans, at least) for more than half a century.
That said, I really like the DK Eyewitness Cuba Travel Guide with its neat pictures, isometric views of important buildings, and historical info. It's a great study guide whether you're going on a package tour or striking out on your own (not a good idea until restrictions are eased).
There's some insightful reading in "What's On Havana!", published by a UK/Canadian couple who travel there often.
Their site is Cuba Absolutely.
TG
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For their farewell soiree in Cuba, the lucky group will dine on the terrace of Xanadu, begun in 1926
by Irénée du Pont, used as a family winter home for decades, turned into a hotel and golf club
clubhouse by the Castro regime.
For some excellent reading on Cuban architecture and history, I recommend these two books;
check your library or get them at Amazon.
"The Splendor of Cuba: 450 years of Architecture and Interiors"; you can preview part of the book at this link
(use the "Look Inside" function), and get a fascinating snippet on how Xanadu was photographed here.
"Great Houses of Havana: A Century of Cuban Style" is a lushly-photographed gem waiting to be mined,
full of palacios, mansion, embassies and important historic dwellings that have been maintained
and/or restored through the years; some are museums.
Granted, the AACA'ers will not get the access afforded the photogs and authors of these tomes,
but a mini archi-tour would be high on my list of priorities if time and scheduling permitted.
For decades we've been led down a garden path to believe that Cuba is a rat hole full of poverty,
crumbling buildings, rundown old cars, all clapped out and unworthy.
Capturing the grandeur of the former Capital of Colonial Spain and its environs,
these books seem to prove otherwise, and I'm thrilled to have them.
TG
Adding Images to the Gallery
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Thanks Ronnie,
I don't want to create albums, just post pics in appropriate categories, a function that doesn't seem to work now. I'm sure it will be corrected.
TG