60s GM Fan Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 (edited) Good afternoon gents. I'm in the process of designing a new tattoo for myself which uses the 1950 Buick 76R from the original ads. The photo I found online is of poor quality but it was good enough to design the tattoo. I've attached the design here for reference. Does anyone have a better copy of this photo of the 50 75R? I'd like to send it to my artist so he can prep everything. Edited July 10 by 60s GM Fan (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Phillips Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Would you rather have a photo of the real thing? 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Tom Pirrung's car might help with the details. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60s GM Fan Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 The real photos of the cars are terrific but I'm specifically looking for the actual ad photos from 1950. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60s GM Fan Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 Here's the source for the idea via the Hometown Buick website. If whomever owns this website has a larger, more crisp photo of this exact car please let me know: https://www.hometownbuick.com/portfolio/1950-buick-roadmaster-riviera-model-75r/?portfolioCats=1681 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Quite a few years ago I was leaning on the back of a pickup talking with two friends. One was wearing a t-shirt with a big Cadillac crest tattooed on his upper arm. The other friend complemented him on it and asked how long ago it was done. Then the questioner rolled up his sleeve and flashed a Pierce-Arrow logo. "Should have seen my wife when I came home with this!" he said. I stood there as the incredible un-tattooed man. But close, As a sailor my ship had the duty of one of the recovery ships in the Pacific for the Apollo 8 shot. After the mission we steamed over to Pear Harbor. Three of us headed off to to the tattoo shop on Hotel Street, Honolulu. Being early in the day the tattoo shop was closed but the bar across the street was open. Priorities being what they were we never did get back to that tattoo shop. Leaving me the future odd man on the pickup. Just a little memory to share. Grimy will smile. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimy Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 40 minutes ago, 60FlatTop said: Just a little memory to share. Grimy will smile. Indeed I did! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60s GM Fan Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 Drunkenly got a tat with a former sailor from the Tarawa in Tucson. X with three Ps around the edges. Pillage, plunder and the other you can guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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