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grilles and bumpers
Published Jul. 24, 2008
Compare cars today with cars of yesterday and the first thing you see will be the massive shiny chrome grilles and bumpers. Today, you have to look for a logo on some cars or you can't tell what kind they are, and one year looks like another for years in a row.
People in small towns and out in the country side knew one another by their cars. Take a look at these grilles, and smile.
The first grille was from a 1957 Caddy...Milky wins with the 54 caddy call.
Dayum Sessy got the 57 grille right...a la the name of the 57 Grille in Garner
the 2nd grille was from a classic Rolls Royce, of course,
and of course, MILKY wins again, knows the year, 1936, and adds it's a 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom model. I didn't know that. But it is a true classic look. To me, that is a car!
Want to comment on this 3rd one? It's an infamous one...
It was the first year of Ford's great loser, the 1958 Edsel. Mogwai wins. I remember going to another county to see one before they came out. Push button transmission located on the steering column. Ford made it one more year, and gave up.
The 4th one, and last one since I'll be off the page, is another classic...one that holds up today as a luxuary car, if well kept, it's a ...
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July 24, 2008 7:34 p.m.
Don't be too impressed. I have to admit that Wikipedia is my friend. :-D
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July 24, 2008 5:03 p.m.
this is a 53 without bumpers...
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July 24, 2008 5:00 p.m.
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July 24, 2008 4:54 p.m.
I think the 1953 might be a mislabel...
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