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23943 messages, Last post on Dec 05, 2009 at 12:22 PM
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Replying to: andys120 (Jul 02, 2009 5:32 am) edit - around 1970?
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Replying to: texases (Jul 02, 2009 6:03 am) |
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Replying to: stephen987 (Jul 02, 2009 5:29 am) 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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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 02, 2009 6:12 am) Hmm. Nowadays more direct "steering feel" might be welcome in many cars. |
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Replying to: andys120 (Jul 02, 2009 5:32 am) 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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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 01, 2009 8:28 pm) 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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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 02, 2009 6:16 am) 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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Replying to: andys120 (Jul 02, 2009 4:50 am) "the light blue coupe looks like a 1951 Henry J," |
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Replying to: andys120 (Jul 02, 2009 6:49 am) Anyway, I recall the episode of "Mad Men" where Don Draper wrecked his Dodge and replaced it with a new 1962 Cadillac.
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Replying to: lemko (Jul 02, 2009 9:27 am) Ossining was also the home town of author John Cheever, famed as a chronicler of suburban angst. |
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