Show me a nice old car

Which also means that....

Which also means that....

That it must also must have the "correct" pin stripe around the front shock tubes, or that's a 2 point knock in Concourse competition... Only the MkIII models. Attended a big argument on that with the judges at the Forest Grove Concourse d' Elegance in Oregon near Portland Oregon a few years ago.

We persisted and won the points back and truly PO'd a crew of arrogant judges.

Which by the way, typically describes the nature of judges at Concours d' Elegance showings. Love to make them eat crow in front of the crowd.
 
Thanks. I know very little about American cars, bit they do stand out in places like Croydon. When I heard it, I wheeled round and snapped it, hence the embarrassment of not getting the whole thing in the frame.
 
MGB - Nikon FG - 50/1.8 - UN54

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Tail fins and two doors....a car I used to own, in fact, the first REAL car I ever owned [I don't count the Jeep CJ5 which was the first vehicle I ever purchased].
I don't feel bad posting this as it's a scan of a Polaroid. :)
 
daveleo said:
There were a few independent American carmakers who tried small cars back then (like the Nash Metropolitan), but that didn't work. During the 1950's bigger was better, and a small car in your (suburban) driveway showed your neighbors that you were not so $ucce$$ful in life.
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Currently earning big is expressed with BMWs and Audis. Large means heavy, and also high fuel consumption. With (in general) much higher tax levels on both car ownership and fuel in Europe, this means our cars are smaller.

This is what the Dutch came up with in the fifties: The DAF 600. 600cc, 2 cylinder, air cooled opposed piston engine, and a fully automatic transmission!


DAF 600, DAF museum Eindhoven by Ronald_H, on Flickr
 
daveleo said:
There were a few independent American carmakers who tried small cars back then (like the Nash Metropolitan), but that didn't work. During the 1950's bigger was better, and a small car in your (suburban) driveway showed your neighbors that you were not so $ucce$$ful in life.
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Dave
I think you'd find there's an argument that says Americans were just 'waking up' during the '50's and large cars were more suited to the newly evolved Interstate Highway system that Ike put in during his administration. Small cars weren't as comfortable on long rides cross country.
I spent many a vacation sequestered in the back seat of our stationwagon while traveling across this great nation of ours.
 
AlwaysOnAuto said:
Dave
I think you'd find there's an argument that says Americans were just 'waking up' during the '50's and large cars were more suited to the newly evolved Interstate Highway system that Ike put in during his administration. Small cars weren't as comfortable on long rides cross country.
I spent many a vacation sequestered in the back seat of our stationwagon while traveling across this great nation of ours.
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Plus, every family had like fifteen kids (baby boom, remember?), and we needed those big shiny cars to take them all along on family vacations on Mr. Eisenhower's shiny new highways.
 
And now for something completely different: Mittlere geländegängige Personenkraftwagen Horch 901 Typ 40. Shot with my beloved Nikon FM and the Cosina Voigtlander 40mm f2 SLII pancake. Film used was obscure and expired Fortepan 100. I slightly overcooked it, but with a bit of hammering and denting it's quite nice.


Mittlere geländegängige Personenkraftwagen Horch 901 Typ 40 by Ronald_H, on Flickr
 
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