Car Art And Photos!!

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A 1960 Chrysler New Yorker.

When I was a kid in the 70s we had a '60 Windsor (4 door sedan) as a second car. The Windsor was the same car with minor differences, such as in the grille and chrome accents. It was rare and odd looking even when it was only 15 or so years old. My mom told people she calls it Old Betsy. One time, a guy from Texas told her, "That ain't no Old Betsy, that's a Crazy Alice." So, from then on the car's name was Crazy Alice.

We have a picture of me standing next to the front fender when I was about age 10. The photo is of the front of the car, at an angle, but you can see both taillights. The driver side tail-light as you look along the side, and you can see the other taillight through the windshield and back window, you can see a little bit of the red lens.
Of all the cars I've known in my life, that is the one I wish I could have again.

 

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I wonder whose garage or museum has these concept cars now ? I see the early 50's Cadillac fin form in this Buick concept. Remember the hidden gas filler in the Caddy's left fin tail light ?

A long time ago I watched a youtube video of guys getting that LeSabre concept car started so they could drive it into a building somewhere. It ran very roughly as engines do when they need a major tune-up, and a guy drove it through a garage-like door into a warehouse-like building, but I don't know, or remember, the details of where the video took place.

 

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1930's France

 

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1938 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic

This one belongs to Ralph Lauren

 

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1936 Alfa 8C 2900A Spider DV 10 PBC

1936 Delahaye

1949 Delahaye type 175 roadster owned by Diana Dors

1949 Delahaye

 

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A long time ago I watched a youtube video of guys getting that LeSabre concept car started so they could drive it into a building somewhere. It ran very roughly as engines do when they need a major tune-up, and a guy drove it through a garage-like door into a warehouse-like building, but I don't know, or remember, the details of where the video took place.

Auto manufacturers profit margins are small, so I imagine they find it hard to justify spending much on upkeep and storage of these Concept and Prototype cars. A shame they can't all fund a museum like the Henry Ford.

On the subject of concept cars, that Le Sabre was certainly an eyecatcher, and a bit outlandish and impractical looking, but very impressive. The Chrysler Turbine concept car from ten years later, that BillM posted pics of, looked like something you could actually drive without feeling too obvious. And there was an innovative technical motivation behind its form and design.

 

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1963 Chrysler Turbine Car !!

I have a plastic model of the turbine car. It was my grandfather's. He was friends with the town's Chrysler dealer, and bought Chrysler products from that dealer. The model sat on his night stand, apparently from 1963 until his death in 1991. It isn't a toy, and it isn't the type of model car that was assembled by a person. I think it was a promotional/advertising type thing that Chrysler Corp. sent to dealers to place on a desk to show customers. Nothing opens, but the details of the interior can be seen through the windows, and the bottom of the car has details. My grandmother dusted it so much that the some of the chrome parts have lost the chrome paint. I don't know if it's worth anything, especially since some of the chrome is worn off.

 

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Rare 90's Bugatti 4 dr sport sedan V12 455 HP 5 built

 

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1933 Essex Terraplane

 

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