Interesting poses. The gal at far right is supposedly doing what? There is no rear window to be washing, so...? The gal at far left is obviously airing up the front bumper! (Or has an extremely long left arm to reach a tire...?)
Didn't know Buick had energy absorbing bumpers in '41, did you? I didn't either. But you can't argue with photographic evidence!
I don't know anything about cars really. Was there a spare on the outside on the trunk? So checking the air in that tire? I have no idea what car that is? About what year is that most likely?
They weren't Road Mashers but I had a '57 4dr. hardtop, '61 4dr. hardtop, '63 2dr. hardtop 410cid and a '65 Skylark.
The semi with the "extra windshield" is an IH "Sightliner"...a design that looked good on paper but not in production.
I stand corrected. It isn't that easy to confuse with a White 5000, but somehow I managed to. I also managed to overlook the Kenworth at first.
Stop to get gas. Then get a haircut and shave while your suit is being cleaned for 75 cents. After that wander over to the Texan Club to satisfy the growling beast in your belly with some lunch and wash it down with a beer. Have a sit-down on the bench outside to digest all that, and get back in your car and drive off. That's a great day. And it cost only a few bucks...
Get a load of that mean-looking car on the right! Cool T-Bird! If you're sitting in a Smart car and you get one of these behind you... Classy globes on top of those pumps. Must be worth a pretty penny these days.
I did have a couple VW's in the late 60's and later in mid 70's. Good in the snow as long as it didn't get too deep. By far not my favorite car but had them for a year or so. My first car when I started driving in 1960 .... ... was the '51 Ford above. A few of my friends that had their own car had late 40's cars (Chevy or Ford) or drove their mid-late 50's family car. Some of us thought are cars were pretty fast but none of us 'in town' and around sub-divisions could keep up with a friend .... ... that had a Renault like above. Wasn't fast but could way out corner our cars so he would take to sub-divisions, cut across people's lawns and we couldn't keep up. Renaults did have a bad reputation at the time and VW's way out sold them. Sumner
When I was a youngster, our family had a 1951 Ford Custom Sedan. It was a four door with "Birch Gray" paint.
