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Love these


1957 Chrysler 300 C

Those cars of the 50's had character. 

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The first and oldest mass produced American car was the 1896 Oldsmobile made by Ramson E. Olds and it was the car that later on founded General Motors. It was not the first car in the world, that was Mercedes-Benz from Germany, but it was a car that could be owned by the middle class, not just the rich. I put it here just to show how rudimentary cars were at one time.

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The first and oldest mass produced American car was the 1896 Oldsmobile made by Ramson E. Olds and it was the car that later on founded General Motors. It was not the first car in the world, that was Mercedes-Benz from Germany, but it was a car that could be owned by the middle class, not just the rich. I put it here just to show how rudimentary cars were at one time.

It’s funny, you ask most people what the first car was and they’ll probably say a Ford Model T, which, of course, is bunk.  You can see that this Olds is so rudimentary that it still takes on many design ideas from horse-drawn buggies.  The Model T, on the other hand, has the basic design of a typical modern car.  It was, however, the first assembly-line produced car. 

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A company called Maverick Motors apparently built 7 of these back in the ‘50s, most with postwar Cadillac chassis and 331 cubic inch Cadillac engines.  It’s a boat tail speedster and is often referred to as America’s postwar Deusenburg.  First shown at Pebble Beach in 1955, this car was came back for a second showing this August 2023.

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A company called Maverick Motors apparently built 7 of these back in the ‘50s, most with postwar Cadillac chassis and 331 cubic inch Cadillac engines.  It’s a boat tail speedster and is often referred to as America’s postwar Deusenburg.  First shown at Pebble Beach in 1955, this car was came back for a second showing this August 2023.

Man, I love the smooth lines, and the colors of the paint job!  Awesome car.   

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A company called Maverick Motors apparently built 7 of these back in the ‘50s, most with postwar Cadillac chassis and 331 cubic inch Cadillac engines.  It’s a boat tail speedster and is often referred to as America’s postwar Deusenburg.  First shown at Pebble Beach in 1955, this car was came back for a second showing this August 2023.

Man, I love the smooth lines, and the colors of the paint job!  Awesome car.   

I love the fact that it is a roadster looking car also. 

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A 1968 Chevrolet Impala Low Rider from Los Angeles. If you noticed, all low riders are built on body on frame automobiles and trucks since unibody vehicles simply don't have the strength to have the massive hydraulics and suspension modifications necessary for their construction. Also, they are invariably American cars since the European and Japanese cars with body on frames are quite small unless you buy a Rolls Royce but that's too expensive. I've seen some low riders I wouldn't mind having and since my first car was a 1968 Chevy Impala, I like this one. 

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Subaru Tortoise.  One of the weirdest looking cars I've ever seen, it was created as a one off for a Japanese TV show in the 1960s.
‘Kaiki Daisakusen’ or ‘Operation; Mystery!’ was a Japanese TV series made in 1968-69.
https://mariothemultipla.wordpress.com/tag/subaru-tortoise/

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A company called Maverick Motors apparently built 7 of these back in the ‘50s, most with postwar Cadillac chassis and 331 cubic inch Cadillac engines.  It’s a boat tail speedster and is often referred to as America’s postwar Deusenburg.  First shown at Pebble Beach in 1955, this car was came back for a second showing this August 2023.

Figured it would be nice to see the back end of a Maverick, too.  This one is from ‘52.

Don’t see any cut lines for a trunk, tho

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I was 8 years old when in 1964, the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" came out and the super iconic car was the 1964 Aston Martin DB5. I had a lot of fun with that movie, especially with its ejection seat feature, pop-up machine guns and more.  Remains a beautiful car still almost 60 years later. 

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I was 8 years old when in 1964, the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" came out and the super iconic car was the 1964 Aston Martin DB5. I had a lot of fun with that movie, especially with its ejection seat feature, pop-up machine guns and more.  Remains a beautiful car still almost 60 years later. 

Have always loved Aston Martins, that one in particular.  Didn’t they bring it back in a relatively recent Bond flick?  Not sure what I’m remembering

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I was 8 years old when in 1964, the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" came out and the super iconic car was the 1964 Aston Martin DB5. I had a lot of fun with that movie, especially with its ejection seat feature, pop-up machine guns and more.  Remains a beautiful car still almost 60 years later. 

Have always loved Aston Martins, that one in particular.  Didn’t they bring it back in a relatively recent Bond flick?  Not sure what I’m remembering

Yup, they did for the last Daniel Craig version of James Bond. 

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Did we post a Tucker Torpedo, before?  This ‘48 is obviously a convertible, which I was unaware were even made.  I found out recently that the center light, which turned, somewhat, with the front wheels, wasn’t legal in all 48 states.  Not sure what the game plan on that idea was going to be if they could ever finance a full production run—which, of course, they were unable to do.  You recall it was rear engined, but I had no idea how many tailpipes it had!  Very cool.  One for each cylinder, I would imagine.

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Did we post a Tucker?  This ‘48 is obviously a convertible, which I was unaware were even made.  I found out recently that the center light, which turned, somewhat, with the front wheels, wasn’t legal in all 48 states.  Not sure what the game plan on that idea was going to be if they could ever finance a full production run—which, of course, they were unable to do.  You recall it was rear engined, but I had no idea how many tailpipes it had!  Very cool.  One for each cylinder, I would imagine.

Very cool and stylish car.  It should have been made, a travesty it wasn't.   

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This is a 1940 Bantam roadster. This car was the actual basis for the original GP US Army 4X4 quarter ton truck otherwise know as the Jeep now. In 1940, the US Army asked manufacturers to come up with a light weight 4x4 all-wheel drive within 2 months and the Bantam car company came up with the prototype that met the standards and was then the chosen one. But Bantam was too small of a manufacturer and was forced by the government to share with Willis-Overland and Ford Motor its technology. The company died a few years after World War 2.