Elpad Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) My friend just picked up this driver from Kentucky with a vintage PA front plate. Edited December 16, 2019 by Elpad (see edit history) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dave Gelinas (XP-300) Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 On 12/1/2019 at 9:47 PM, Marty Roth said: That appears to be Then- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) in a 1942 Buick. and there is some sport of brace at his neck. It appears to be the collar of a two star general sitting beside FDR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Gun Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 10 hours ago, Dave Gelinas (XP-300) said: It appears to be the collar of a two star general sitting beside FDR. It indeed appears to be that, but the shadow it casts on FDR's shoulder seems to indicate that the object may be something else, or at least not being worn as a collar by another person. Note that there appears to be something like a cord attached to it leading to the center of the windshield frame. Perhaps the military in WW2 hung rank insignia from their rear view mirrors, inspiring the post war fuzzy dice craze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuickBob49 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 It could be the collar of the guy sitting behind FDR who is wearing a helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 11 hours ago, BuickBob49 said: It could be the collar of the guy sitting behind FDR who is wearing a helmet. FDR is not wearing a helmet! Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Wow - nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpad Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Ben Bruce aka First Born said: FDR is not wearing a helmet! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_general_(United_States) Looks to me a two star general, ,maybe Air Force, is sitting close behind FDR wearing a helmet. The uniform collar is aligned with the rear view mirror and you can see a uniform patch on the left soldier shoulder. Everyone is looking to the sky, perhaps a military air display. The only thing I can’t pick out is the no filter? Cigarette brand! my two centavos! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuickBob49 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) Probably Camels or Lucky Strikes. Edited December 21, 2019 by BuickBob49 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RivNut Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 (edited) On 12/21/2019 at 7:15 AM, Ben Bruce aka First Born said: FDR is not wearing a helmet! Ben BuickBob49, Ben is pointing out your misplaced modifier. 😎 On 12/20/2019 at 7:39 PM, BuickBob49 said: It could be the collar of the guy sitting behind FDR who is wearing a helmet. Edited December 22, 2019 by RivNut (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil morse Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 I always think of a grammar test I took in 6th grade that had the example, "The man was digging in the garden with a Roman nose." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuickBob49 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Yes. I wanted to see if you all were awake! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Kind of like "Throw the baby downstairs a piece of candy." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrEarl Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 17 hours ago, Elpad said: YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT KID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 On 12/22/2019 at 12:16 PM, neil morse said: I always think of a grammar test I took in 6th grade that had the example, "The man was digging in the garden with a Roman nose." Throw Mama from the train a kiss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC1968Riviera Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) 1952 Buick Special convertible from a early 1950's Kodachrome slide in my personal collection. Edited December 28, 2019 by NC1968Riviera (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgreen Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 11 hours ago, NC1968Riviera said: 1952 Buick Special from a early 1950's Kodachrome slide in my personal collection. Curious, what is located at the top center of the windshield? Could that be a windshield mounted antenna on a convertible? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbuickgs Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 14 minutes ago, kgreen said: Curious, what is located at the top center of the windshield? Could that be a windshield mounted antenna on a convertible? Yep , All convs 40's thru 53 except 53 Skylark . 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) On 12/28/2019 at 6:32 AM, kgreen said: Curious, what is located at the top center of the windshield? Could that be a windshield mounted antenna on a convertible? Yes. I believe all '40='53 had the antenna there. AND that is a Super, not a Special. 1951, looks like to me. Ben Edited December 29, 2019 by Ben Bruce aka First Born (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgreen Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Thanks Bill and Ben. I've never noticed until now. ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RivNut Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Interior of the 1959 Buick Texan concept wagon. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I was there the day Jackie Gleason toured the Linden, NJ B-O-P (Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac) assembly plant on US-1. My Dad, a Linden Firefighter, had been assigned as driver for Fire Chief Miller. He and Mayor Hurst greeted Gleason at the plant. Chief Miller, knowing I was born a "Car-Nut", invited Dad to bring me along. There were several photo-ops throughout the plant all during that day, and somewhere I have the newspaper article detailing the event. When much younger, I used to hang on the plant fence to see the new cars rolling out of the plant. Many years later (fall/winter 1968-1969) while working for IBM in mid-town Manhattan during the day, I also worked nights for Anchor Motor Freight, driving new cars off the assembly line (the gate), into the receiving lot at the plant. Later in the shift we drove groups of cars from the plant lot around the complex, across US-1, and to another lot behind Linden Airport to be loaded onto the transport 18-wheelers, hopefully not running out of gas along the way. Some drivers took shelter from the frigid nights by sitting in the cars with engines and heaters running until the transport van would come to pick us up for the return trip to the plant. Here is the text of the article from the local weekly newspaper, The Linden Observer: The Linden Observer May 26, 1955 Jackie Gleason In Visit To Linden GM Division Jackie Gleason, who will be the star of the Buick Motor Division’s television show starting in October, and his manager Mr. “Bullets Durgen”, visits with employees of the General Motors assembly plant in Linden, last week and met hundreds of the employees who are currently producing automobiles in record numbers. Mr. Gleason was very much interested in how Buicks were built and was photo-graphed numerous times as he observed first-hand the cars being assembled. The employees answered his many ques-tions as he toured one end of the plant to the other. On several occasions, Jackie took over a tool from one of the men and tried his hand at actual manufacturing. Miss Barbara Proudfoot, of the Accounting Department, who had her picture taken with Jackie remarked, “He is really quite shy and quiet off the TV stage.” Company officials including Marshall H. Boden, Manager; E.T. Azar, personnel director; Carl W. Dobos, production manager, and H.T. Anderson, resident comptroller, escorted Mr. Gleason through the plant. The plant tour was preceded by a luncheon where Mr. Gleason was informed that the Linden plant’s present employment figure is 5,336. The payroll for the plant for the year 1954 amounted to $23,316,718. The Linden plant’s production for the month of April was 790 cars, which was a record month in the history of the Linden plant which dates back to March, 1937. Other guests included Frank Hartung of the Kudner Advertising Agency of New York, which handles the Buick account, and A.V. O’Keefe of the General Motors public relations department, in New York. Following the Linden visit, Mr. Gleason drove his new Buick convertible to the G.M. Training center at Union, where he was greeted by Ray Fisher, manager, and shown the facilities there that are used by the dealer groups throughout New Jersey for training purposes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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