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Walt G

By Walt G
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49 minutes ago, hook said:

This photo is great. It's so nice to see so many cars shinning clean. Where is it? What special occasion is it?

Wilshire Boulevard, LA, 1941, just a traffic jam.  No special occasion noted on the posting, though the crowds on the sidewalks suggest some event had taken place or was in the offing.  

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1 hour ago, Dave Gelinas (XP-300) said:

NYC Taxis

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The upper most taxi near the mall was a 1958 Studebaker Scotsman Econ-O-Miler, one of 1,118 built.   The 1957-'58 Studebaker Scotsmans were the well-known stripped-down economy models fielded in an effort to generate sales during the Eisenhower Recession.  The Econ-O-Miler taxi was built on the existing 120.5" wb Y-Body sedan utilized by their 1958 Presidents and Packards, except they were powered by the Champion 185.6 ci L-Head six cylinder engines teamed with the three speed manual transmission.  As would be expected, these were sold only to taxi cab operators, were driven into the ground in service and none are known to survive now. 

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Chrysler

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Base four cylinder Model 50 on the short 103" wheelbase and with mechanical two wheel brakes. I assume it shares its body with the next size up Model 60 which was on the 109" wheelbase chassis which was used for a variety of Mopar models a few years later.

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3 hours ago, hook said:

This photo is great. It's so nice to see so many cars shinning clean. Where is it? What special occasion is it?

The location is 3355 Wilshire Blvd, in Los Angeles.  It's directly across the street from the Ambassador hotel, which was the site of the 1985 Pacific Auto Rentals auction,  and many of the "Le Cercle" concours d'Elegance events of the 1970's and up through the 1980's.  Not sure of the occasion other than "Pre-Freeway L.A. Traffic" !

 

And, here's way more than anyone needs to know about that Apartment/Hotel ! https://www.kcet.org/history-society/the-gaylord-apartments-luxury-socialism-and-l-a-s-first-failed-co-op

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1907 Franklin Model D automobile, Washington, D.C. circa 1908.

 

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Model A Ford at the National Museum, Washington D.C. circa 1926.

 

 

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 Dearborn Street Station Chicago circa 1910

 

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 Cherokee Parts March 1936. Atlanta, Georgia auto parts shop.

 

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Washington Nationals manager Clyde Milan and his Oldsmobile, 1922.

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Fun fact.  From when they were "cheap" I would own either a Porsche 356 Speedster,   an early open Ferrari or a Lamborghini Miura (or all three) if not for my dad yelling in my ear that open big Classics were a much better idea.   I said in another thread how my dad talked me out of hundreds of stupid ideas,  but this was the one where he probably wasn't right.

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32 minutes ago, alsancle said:

Fun fact.  From when they were "cheap" I would own either a Porsche 356 Speedster,   an early open Ferrari or a Lamborghini Miura (or all three) if not for my dad yelling in my ear that open big Classics were a much better idea.   I said in another thread how my dad talked me out of hundreds of stupid ideas,  but this was the one where he probably wasn't right.

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Once again, your dad‘s wisdom saved you. Imagine you having all those fun sports cars and drawing attention of loose women with shady reputations, who were attracted to the cars. Who knows how terrible that could’ve ended up?

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Imagine you having all those fun sports cars and drawing attention of loose women with shady reputations, who were attracted to the cars. Who knows how terrible that could’ve ended up?

That would also apply to a 1970's van with airbrushed murals and smoked acrylic porthole windows on the side!!

 

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Interest detail of the WWII period as nations dealt with wartime expediencies.   Notice the Packards look like 1938 Super Eights.  Recalling a Packard Club feature article from years ago, Packard continued an export version of the 1938 Super Eights for the 1939 model year that were different from the new 1939 Super 8 based on the 120 platform for the domestic market.     Since the older, large bodies were shared with the last year of Twelves and a revised version of the 320 ci straight eight was still production, this continuance was easily enough accommodated.   Of course, it may also have allowed the company to use up more potentially surplus body stampings that would otherwise have been written off and scrapped.    

Brand new, unsold 1939 Packards taken into Government ownership, March -June 1940..jpg

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