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Re: Reduce picture [imidazol97] by andys120
Jul 02, 2009 (5:32 am)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 02, 2009 5:13 am)

 Sorry Imadzol, I din't see your reference to the Henry J. I don't think the color is unusual though, IIRC it was the most common color for those. In fact powder blue/sky blue cars were everywhere in the late 40s/early 50s.
 
My folks owned a light blue '47 Frazer and traded it in '53 for a Pontiac in the same color (talk about being in a rut!).
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Mystery motor> by andys120
Jul 02, 2009 (5:32 am)
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Re: Mystery motor> [andys120] by stephen987
Jul 02, 2009 (6:00 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Jul 02, 2009 5:32 am)

The engine itself looks like it's from a Corvair, but the sheetmetal doesn't look right, especially that black corrugated piece in the upper left corner of the pic, which reminds me of the plastic engine cover of a Fiat X1/9.
 
I'm stumped.
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Re: Mystery motor> [andys120] by texases
Jul 02, 2009 (6:03 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Jul 02, 2009 5:32 am)

Porsche 914-6?
 
edit - around 1970?
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Re: Mystery motor> [texases] by stephen987
Jul 02, 2009 (6:11 am)
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Replying to: texases (Jul 02, 2009 6:03 am)

Not many other choices out there for a carbureted flat six, are there?
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Re: Amazing [stephen987] by imidazol97
Jul 02, 2009 (6:12 am)
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Replying to: stephen987 (Jul 02, 2009 5:29 am)

>53 Kaiser Manhattan
 
Right on.
 
I saw this picture of one going down steps and wondered, "Why?"
 
It was to show the power steering kept the steering wheel from jerking back and forth and being hard to hold, especially for the distaff drivers.
 
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Re: Amazing [imidazol97] by stephen987
Jul 02, 2009 (6:15 am)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 02, 2009 6:12 am)

It was to show the power steering kept the steering wheel from jerking back and forth and being hard to hold, especially for the distaff drivers.
 
Hmm. Nowadays more direct "steering feel" might be welcome in many cars.
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Re: Reduce picture [andys120] by imidazol97
Jul 02, 2009 (6:16 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Jul 02, 2009 5:32 am)

Thanks on the Henry J. I would have had to research to try to find a year for those.
 
The blue on that car next to it is a blue that's more like thistle blooms--very electric. I believe GM used it on some Camaros in the past.
 
I like the picture because it's US cars primarily and I know nothing about the foreign cars of that period, other than the omnipresent VW, since I grew up in the Midwest. But it's also interesting that many of the cars were American Motors or the smaller makers of the period.
 
Does anyone know what city the picture is representing? Maybe that explains why the cars are the American Motors and Kaiser (Henry J) cars.
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Re: Pat [steve_] by pat HOST
Jul 02, 2009 (6:33 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 01, 2009 8:28 pm)

Also true of earlier versions of IE, but the links are just plain not there in Firefox no matter the text size. This is a recent development.
 
I agree - if people would post their pics in their CarSpace albums and then display them from there, most problems would be avoided.
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Re: Reduce picture [imidazol97] by andys120
Jul 02, 2009 (6:49 am)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 02, 2009 6:16 am)

Does anyone know what city the picture is representing? Maybe that explains why the cars are the American Motors and Kaiser (Henry J) cars
 
Don Draper, the principal character of Mad Men, is a resident of Ossining, a Westchester County suburb of New York. I would say that the photo is not a true representation of the automobile fleet in an affluent NY suburb c. 1960, like the one I grew up in. Statistically there ought to be more Big Three cars and perhaps a Triumph or Porsche as these were certainly becoming popular among the ad men and Wall Street types who populated those towns at the time.
 

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