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#14239 of 23859 Re: New York, New York ca. 1954. [andys120] by lemko Dec 13, 2007 (12:59 pm)
Replying to: andys120 (Dec 13, 2007 10:40 am) The Jaguar looks like an XK120. I also see a black 1946-early 1948 Oldsmobile behind it and what appears to be the left rear quarter of a late 1940s Packard in the foreground
#14240 of 23859 Re: New York, New York ca. 1954. [ateixeira] by fintail Dec 13, 2007 (12:59 pm)
Replying to: ateixeira (Dec 13, 2007 12:36 pm) The Jag looks like a XK120 Cabrio (as opposed to a roadster), the car in front of it is a ca. 1949 7-passenger Packard, directly behind it is a 1946-48 Oldsmobile, and to the left looks like a 1953 Dodge. Replies to this message: andys120 (Dec 13, 2007 2:46 pm) Mr_Shiftright (Dec 13, 2007 3:29 pm)
#14241 of 23859 That Esso sign... by bumpy Dec 13, 2007 (1:26 pm)
seems so out of place on a busy urban street like that, but I suppose New Yorkers had to buy their gas somewhere. Replies to this message: andys120 (Dec 13, 2007 2:41 pm)
#14243 of 23859 Re: That Esso sign... [bumpy] by andys120 Dec 13, 2007 (2:41 pm)
Replying to: bumpy (Dec 13, 2007 1:26 pm) That Esso sign seems so out of place on a busy urban street like that, but I suppose New Yorkers had to buy their gas somewhere.   In busy parts of Manhattan (that looks like the Times Square area) they'd put the gas stations inside garage structures. By the time I moved to NY in '68 most of 'em had moved outside to the extreme East or West Side.
#14244 of 23859 Re: New York, New York ca. 1954. [fintail] by andys120 Dec 13, 2007 (2:46 pm)
Replying to: fintail (Dec 13, 2007 12:59 pm) The Jag looks like a XK120 Cabrio (as opposed to a roadster), the car in front of it is a ca. 1949 7-passenger Packard, directly behind it is a 1946-48 Oldsmobile, and to the left looks like a 1953 Dodge.   I think you've covered all the identifiable cars except the taxi behind the Dodge which I think is a '53 Plymouth.  Jag called those Drop-Head Coupes(DHC) to distinguish them from the Roadsters which lacked roll up windows and a readily folding top (you had to assemble/disassemble it piecemeal and store it in the trunk). Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Dec 13, 2007 3:29 pm)
#14245 of 23859 ??> by andys120 Dec 13, 2007 (2:50 pm)
Replies to this message: lemko (Dec 14, 2007 6:44 am) andys120 (Dec 14, 2007 6:51 am)
#14246 of 23859 Re: New York, New York ca. 1954. [andys120] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Dec 13, 2007 (3:29 pm)
Replying to: andys120 (Dec 13, 2007 2:46 pm) No roll up windows on any Jag 120 open car. It's got the rear spats, too, which worked really well for overheating the brakes. Also if you wore spats, you couldn't have wire wheels, as the knock-offs wouldn't clear. so that's why that car has disk wheels.
#14247 of 23859 From another forum... by british_rover Dec 13, 2007 (6:46 pm)
Ignore the girl Replies to this message: fintail (Dec 13, 2007 7:37 pm) tmart (Dec 14, 2007 12:35 am) british_rover (Dec 14, 2007 1:59 pm) andys120 (Dec 14, 2007 3:34 pm)
#14248 of 23859 Re: From another forum... [british_rover] by fintail Dec 13, 2007 (7:37 pm)
Replying to: british_rover (Dec 13, 2007 6:46 pm) Jag Mk IV?

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