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Bob
Although not squished in the "usual" sense. Bonus points if you can idenfity the car! :-)
Here are other images from that site. Some are rather gruesome...
http://www.monroecountysheriff.info/images/historical/
My guess is that car is a Model A Ford, or perhaps a Chevy of ~ 1928 – 1932 vintage.
Bob
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
http://www.carsfromitaly.com/others/index.html
Bob
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Here's another member of the Triumph family->
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
What IS that race car, some kind of Michelotti design or??? headlights are wrong for a Spit but grill looks very Spitfirish....
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I will give a hint, It is made by an american company :P
Odie
www.thewraithcar.com
Bob
It's a TR-S, essentially a TR-3 with a special body by Michelotti and various race mods to compete in the LeMans 24 hrs races of '60 and '61. It presaged the TR-4 (also by Michelotti) but was never introduced in street legal form.
If you ever see Triumph at LeMans in the Speed channel program listings it tells the story of the Triumph factory racing at LeMans. It's not a one-off there were 3 or 4 made perhaps more. The pictured car was photographed at a vintage car race.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Bob
It's a 1947 Model 78, Bob. As you can imagine '46 and '47 models were very close to those of 1941 on account of the unpleasantness of '41-'45.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Compare that dated Oldsmobile design to what the Europeans were doing with styling in 1948...of course, the Europeans weren't mass producing yet.
But more mass market European cars in the late 40s were even more ancient in design than American cars...of course, the tech was different
And the Brits were even older, old design and old tech
American firms had about 10-15 more years of being styling trendsetters
The Brits did, however, finally leap into the modern world with this one in 1948: (sorry the picture is so big but I wanted this particular car to show y'all)
The Jag is timeless, of course. It wasn't very dated even when it was 10 years old...and compare a 48 to a 58 Chevy to see what happened elsewhere. But some mainstream Brits were laughably old. This thing remained in production until like 1958 or 59, IIRC
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I have a pair of Renault Dauphine cuff links, but I don't want a car to go with them.
I think they stole the chrome stripe rightoff a postwar Pontiac.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
The picture doesn't do it justice...in real life it is far more homely
Damn...I have a pic to post, but I can't bring it up, as comcast is all screwed up right now and I cnly get to certain sites.
perhaps a German Ford Taunus?
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
British Ford Consul, ca. early ' 60s
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
arguably some of the best looking GTs of the era.
The 2600 Sprint Speciale->
The later 1600 Giulia GTA->
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Guess I darn well outsmarted myself (once again).
See I didn't trust you. I thought you were going to pull a fast one.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Bob
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
[Apologies for the oversize photo but it was too nice to pass up.]
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
300SLR--you'd have to be a real history nut to know the story about the numbers...
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Is that 300SLR still near the front doors of the Henry Ford Museum? Anybody been lately?
Love the two-tones and the beautiful wires :shades:
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Notice the small scoop atop the rear fender, signifies that this car had air conditioning.
Bob
That's almost as cool as the wire wheels. Yup that's a '56 'perial and I'm trying to resist the temptation to buy it, the seller is asking 20K. Good thing I don't have the dough.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93