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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    @fintail
    Yes that is a Pathfinder.
    They sold quite a few Magnettes in Europe, but the larger Riley was not so common
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    @fintail
    The latest LA picture has a car straight from the Dinky Catalogue

    3rd row on the left is a yellow & white Rambler wagon - Dinky had a model in virually the same colour scheme
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    54 Ford, two 60 Fords, 55/56 Ford wagon, Bullet Bird, 57 Chevy wagon
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,617
    ab348 said:

    "Hello, Central Casting? We need another '60 Ford here for the photo shoot. You got anything other than white ones though? Copper? Yeah, that'll do, send it over!" :D

    Oh, and throw in another '58 Rambler. Baby blue will be fine.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,389
    Santa Paula, CA. Undated.


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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Those late 40s/early 50s cars are tough to get. On left a Two-tone '51-2 Pontiac next to a blue '48-49 MoPar
    perhaps a Dodge. Across the street a white '52-3 Ford, a light green '47-8 Mopar, a grey GM slopeback and a two tone '53-54 Poncho.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,668
    Parked at left, 3rd from bottom left, looks like a 54 Olds, so at least that year.
  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    And approaching, a 1947 Chevy.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,617
    I'm pretty sure you're right about the 54 Olds, Fin. Does anyone see anything newer? I don't.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,389
    Another undated photo, this time in Trinidad, CO


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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,682
    edited November 2022
    56 Chevy, 58 Olds, 59 Ford. That is an imposing front end on the 58? Dodge with the left turn signal on.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Ford F100 behind that Olds, can't tell year.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,617
    In the lower left is a white over blue 60 Chevy, Newest car I see.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    It’s officially Christmas time. The GMC Pickup with the whistle option is now playing. Technology is a wonderful thing, self driving cars, self parking cars and SUVs, and a truck that comes when you whistle!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,668
    Speaking of Christmas, can't recall if this is a repeat - Seattle, December 22 1955 (should zoom ok):


  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,492
    I’ll take one of the ‘49-‘51 Mercurys.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,617
    Boy I remember those trackless trollies. I used them about a decade and a half after this photo, but they still looked like these and many were probably the same units.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    53 Ford wagon.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Bottom-Nash Ambassador or Statesman ca.1952. Next to it a 1955 Chrysler which may be the newest car in frame along with the nice '55 Chevy 2-door behind it

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,970
    Can you imagine trying to get out of your parking space on that street?
    A 55 Pontiac in front of the Ford wagon.
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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    Black Hudson rear visible second car on the right

    Car behind the Trolleybus is an Austin Cambridge - the A40/A50 one

    Can't make out what that sports car is behind it unless its an Austin A40 roadster?
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,264

    @explorerx4 said:
    Can you imagine trying to get out of your parking space on that street?
    A 55 Pontiac in front of the Ford wagon.

    Ha ha. No sensors or cross traffic alert back then!

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,668
    I thought back then people parked by feel/sound?

    I spotted the foreign units behind the bus - second one does have an Austin looking front end. Looks like a rare bird on this side of the pond, whatever it is.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,617
    tjc78 said:

    @explorerx4 said:

    Can you imagine trying to get out of your parking space on that street?

    A 55 Pontiac in front of the Ford wagon.

    Ha ha. No sensors or cross traffic alert back then!


    Not to mention no power steering on most cars.

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,389
    Here’s a good one. Central City, CO in 1962:


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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    60 Ford, Lark wagon, Corsair convertible, Valiant
  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,682
    F-85 Cutlass convertible

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    1962 Impala in front to the Valiant.

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,970
    62 Impala coupe 2 cars in front of the F-85 and a60 Pontiac convertible 3 cars in front of the Impala.
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,492
    The '60 Ford has its trunk lid painted a dark color. Perhaps a taxi?

    I think @tmart meant to say "Corvair" convertible as I do not see a large Edsel drop-top.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,851
    Is that a late 50s eldorado in front of the 60 Ford?

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    ab348 said:

    The '60 Ford has its trunk lid painted a dark color. Perhaps a taxi?

    I think @tmart meant to say "Corvair" convertible as I do not see a large Edsel drop-top.

    You are correct, definitely my error. Damn autocorrect.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,668
    60 Ford appears to have a gumball machine on the roof and maybe clipboards inside, I vote police car. Caddy in front of it looks like a 55-56
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,617
    In front of the Caddy is a 58-59 Rambler wagon. FWIW the Lark is a six.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,492
    Here's a Vancouver car lot circa 1978.


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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,851

    Finally, my era!

    Late Volvo 240 next to a pretty red bmw. 3.0? And a nice derided maverick next to it.

    Back row, small nose slice of a light blue Datsun 1200. (I think!).

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,162
    I think that BMW is a 2002. Behind the left Civic is a Vega.
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,970
    Buick Century just beyond the Maverick and a Fiat 128 just past the 2 Civic's in the front row.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,668
    Back row blue Civic wagon and maybe a Colt hardtop next to it.

    I think I have seen other photos by the same photographer, wonderful hues in the old Kodachromes (?). I like this one, reminds me of what I recall of Vancouver when I was young:


  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,731
    I may be shakey on the characteristics of various films back then, but was Kodachrome the one that needed an ultraviolet filter to keep it from going too "blue"? I like the picture with all the greys and tones. But even the silver of the metal railings and light poles along with the road surface show blue colors.

    On the other thand the blue of the Mercedes is one I'd love to own.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,668
    Aha, this is the source of these images - some great stuff here:

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/49469560@N07/sets/
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,492
    Here's Dodge St. in Omaha, Nebraska, circa 1964, not very many Dodges though. Expands a bit for your viewing pleasure:


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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Yup, the Bimmer is definitely a 2002. Wrong side-markers for a 3.0.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,851

    60 ford at the curb. And 2 econolines. Top left a jeep pickup.

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,970
    2 63 Fords, lower left and upper right driving down the street, a white 63 Plymouth coupe on the mid way up the picture on the left, 57 Chevy wagon center bottom left.
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  • Lostwrench3Lostwrench3 Member Posts: 835
    1953 Chevy.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,162
    andys120 said:

    Yup, the Bimmer is definitely a 2002. Wrong side-markers for a 3.0.

    And it's missing the quad headlights.
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited December 2022
    In Omaha Neb

    1960 DeSoto above the nearest Econoline van
    and beyond that a Checker
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,668
    A single foreign car in Omaha - a Beetle, of course (and of course there's a 60 Ford). I also notice the lack of overcompensator trucks - just a few work rigs and vans. How did real manly men survive?

    Middle lane I spot a bullet bird followed by a 62 Ford followed by a 57 Ford.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,676
    Checker cab on left, probably not many of those in Omaha.

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