I wonder what the chances are that the buggy is a Studebaker product?
Red Volvo 544 on the far left and a ‘50s Vauxhall (Victor?) to the left of the Caddy on the right.
You know, that just doesn't look like a Volvo 544 to me. The 544 tail lights aren't viewable (although that could be a trick of light), but also the callouts on the trunk aren't there. Could it be a 444?
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I believe the 1957 Ford on the right is a Town Sedan, Fairlane 500. It has posts, carefully narrowed and hidden by chrome covers looking like it could be a hardtop.
The hardtop 4-door was a Town Victoria and has the reverse wedge at the C-pillar on the door.
Although designed by Ferrari and made by them at Maranello they were never branded or badged as Ferraris. Technically it's simply called a "Dino 246GT". There were also contemporary Fiat Dinos that used the same 2.4 liter V6.
I remember visiting Maine as a kid with my parents in the 1960s and the place was overrun with shoe factories, now all gone. This one, in Old Town, ME, just outside of Bangor, is one I don't recall. The Ford dealer in town (Sullivan Ford back then) seemed to do very well.
The building still exists and has been renovated into senior's apartments.
The XK-120 was the world's fastest production car when it was introduced in 1948. i suspect that's an early 1950s version. I think the sedan parked into the bush (?) is a Morris Oxford but the A40 was similar if apparently unrelated.
I like the hubcaps too but I noticed the the front is chromed but the rear is painted red (??).
I think the black coupe with white walls is a circa '47-8 Ford or Merc not a GM car.
I remember visiting Maine as a kid with my parents in the 1960s and the place was overrun with shoe factories, now all gone. This one, in Old Town, ME, just outside of Bangor, is one I don't recall. The Ford dealer in town (Sullivan Ford back then) seemed to do very well.
The building still exists and has been renovated into senior's apartments.
All those 60s Fords and not one 1960 MY? How'd that happen?
With a road as straight and clear as that one why would anyone want to park that A40 Devon head first into that bush?
I think the nearest car on the road is a GM product - probably immediately pre-war.
Beyond the Devon that is a 49(?) Ford
Car nearest the camera on the street is a 37-38 Ford (I am leaning towards a 38 based on hood details). Correct on the car across the street. I wonder if someone in the Jag worked for a British car dealer, with the Devon nearby.
I remember visiting Maine as a kid with my parents in the 1960s and the place was overrun with shoe factories, now all gone. This one, in Old Town, ME, just outside of Bangor, is one I don't recall. The Ford dealer in town (Sullivan Ford back then) seemed to do very well.
The building still exists and has been renovated into senior's apartments.
OK, so what is the newest model in this picture?
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The car at the curb is a 58 Rambler; smaller than a Checker but roughly the same shape.
I will never forget the whine of those trackless trollies. They made sense for Seattle though. Most of the power for the state was generated hydroelectrically and was cheap as dirt. Boy those were the days.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
I will never forget the whine of those trackless trollies. They made sense for Seattle though. Most of the power for the state was generated hydroelectrically and was cheap as dirt. Boy those were the days.
We had something similar here except for the hydroelectricity. But the trolleys were run by the electric utility at the time so perhaps it made some sense to them. These were on the roads until 1970 when the utility got out of the transit business and the city took it over, using new GM fishbowl diesels.
One of my earliest shopping memories with my mom is of those trolley buses with the wires overhead, they disappeared very shortly thereafter, maybe 1960 or so, in Cincinnati. edit - they finally shut down in 1965.
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Red Volvo 544 on the far left and a ‘50s Vauxhall (Victor?) to the left of the Caddy on the right.
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The hardtop 4-door was a Town Victoria and has the reverse wedge at the C-pillar on the door.
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Late 50s jag XK120?
That lady is going to lose her hat.
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I think the nearest car on the road is a GM product - probably immediately pre-war.
Beyond the Devon that is a 49(?) Ford
The building still exists and has been renovated into senior's apartments.
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1950s version.
I think the sedan parked into the bush (?) is a Morris Oxford but the A40 was similar if apparently unrelated.
I like the hubcaps too but I noticed the the front is chromed but the rear is painted red (??).
I think the black coupe with white walls is a circa '47-8 Ford or Merc not a GM car.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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sticking with Fords, a 62 t bird behind what looks like a Nomad.
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57 Ford Fairlane 500, 62ish Thunderbird, 60 Chevy, Falcon, Dodge
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Looks like a couple of '55 Chevys sandwiching a cigar Bird further back.
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F85?
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and at the curb next to them, a checker cab.
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I will never forget the whine of those trackless trollies. They made sense for Seattle though. Most of the power for the state was generated hydroelectrically and was cheap as dirt. Boy those were the days.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
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