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Well, it was for sale back in 2003 when I took this shot in my neighborhood. This is a 1957 Thunderbird and it looked fantastic.
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Old Buick. Tired, At Best!
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This 1951 Buick was found in an industrial area of San Francisco. It is ready for either a complete restoration or a junkyard. Since this was taken in 2003, I have not seen it around so I can’t say which way it went. I guess none of us would look very well after over 50 years on the street.
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Two Years Before The Classic ’55
NOTE – The model year of this car was changed from 1954 to 1953 based on a comment from a user Thanks to Hannibal for the heads up.
This is a photo of a 1953 Chevrolet Be Air. This particular one, photographed in Napa California is representative of the era. It is fully “dressed” with rear fender skirts, chrome headlight caps and the windshield canopy. The next model year represented a big style change. We will see some of those cars later in the series.
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An Educated Guess. It’s a ’69 Plymouth (see comments)
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I think what we have here is a 1970 Plymouth convertible. I took this just a few weeks ago about three blocks from our house. This was the shell for many a muscle cars, although many of them were tagged as Doge cars.
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A Fairly Rare Car
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This is a 1958 Studebaker President. It was produced right near the end of the Studebaker/Packhard auto company went out of business a few years latrer. This was a fairly rare car just parked on a city street. I snapped this one in Palo Alto on the same trip as the 57 Chevy below.
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This Car Is 52 Years Old
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I remember this car. My wife and I were in Palo Alto visiting some friends and went in-line skating. I got a few unusual cars that day but this one was special. I remember, as a kid, sneaking into the Chevy dealer’s backyard and looking at the new models that arrived about this time each year. This 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air is a real classic and in remarkable condition.
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The One That Almost Got Away
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Back in 2002 when this shot was taken, it took a while for my camera to start up. I saw this classic 1962 Chrysler Imperial coming down the street and reached for my camera. I was able to pull of these two shots. This car certainly represents the American car of the 60s. It would not fair well in Europe where the streets are often narrower. Also, gas was about 40 cents a gallon back then so this driver/collector must spend a few dollars every time he starts the car. The collectors call the faux spare tire on the rear deck the “toilet seat”. Here is a link to an interesting website about the Chrysler Imperial cars of that era.
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An American Car From England
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In 1954 American Motors introduced a neat little car called the Metropolitan. It was developed by surveying customers as to what they wanted in a small commuter car. The rest of the industry in America was making cars bigger and bigger. American Motors decided to go the other way. The car survived until 1962 when production ceased.
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I’m not sure what year this one is.
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One Early Compact Car (1961 Custom Hardtop)
From the rear it looks like this.
What year is the car?
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