Posted on 01/23/2021 2:08:01 PM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
I have to get away from politics if even for a little while. What's happened has disgusted me to no end and my blood pressure can't take it.
To that end, let's post pics of the coolest looking cars of the 40's, any nation, and see what happens.
Your right. 8>)
Love it! Too lazy to post photos!
That’s a nice thread..:)
Thanks for the ‘40 Fords. I love those cars.
6th pic down. Is that a Studabaker or a Tucker?
Vintage car PING!
:D
My Grandmother had an ancient Ford (a tank) that had a huge hole in the back seat floor! (Days before inspections!)
She was “Holy Moley”
Sweet!
After the Second World War ended, a period of renewed hope, ingenuity and prosperity emerged. Creative entrepreneurs and innovators were popping up in every facet of life and this included the automotive industry. One of the biggest dreamers was Preston Tucker and his vision for the Tucker 48. Innovative doesn’t even being to describe the car that came equipped with features like an adaptive headlight, an occupant perimeter safety cage, a roll bar integrated into the roof, a padded dashboard and a steering rack place behind the front axle.
Even if only 51 cars ever produced, the tri-headlight fascia of the Tucker 48 is still synonymous with the late 1940s auto industry.
https://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2016/04/top-10-cars-that-defined-their-decades.html
Suicide doors are a nice touch.
When I was in the Soviet Union in 1972, I saw Pobeda cars. They look sort of like Packards.
Don’t have a pic but a website that has pic. My dad’s first new car, a 1949 Buick convertible in yellow. The link shows what it looked like:
https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1949-BUICK-SERIES-56-C-SUPER-CONVERTIBLE-48953
Agreed. Unless I can see the logo, I don't know what kind of car it is. I think a lot of that is your government at work since they can't meet the fuel economy standards except with the shapes they all have now.
And it surprises me that even fairly large cars have 4-cylinder engines but don't get that good gas mileage as compared to a small V6 . I suspect they are dogs to drive.
We lived in a neighborhood that if something needed fixing the neighborhood guys (and a case of beer) would get together and fix it. I would be there.
My first job after college was fixing broken laboratory equipment. Heaven! But after about a year everything went computerized and we couldn't touch it.
Went back to school to learn to fix eyeballs but a part of me wishes I was an electrician.
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