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Originally Posted by alester young
Thanks for the post e_r. The building is enhanced in the earliest photo by the period 1950s cars. That is noir. The modern street scene is much more dull with the bland modern cars, all in uber "safe" colors -white, silver, black, black, black, silver, white. Where has the flamboyance and confidence gone? Does this say something about society today and conformity? Give me two tone and chrome any day. I'll now stop flying my kite...
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I was going to say that it was, of course, the
people who were conformists, who were dull and bland, so the the flamboyance and confidence had to come out in their cars... but then there were Jane and Jayne...not to mention
Dagmar, who lent her name to bumper guards...
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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
 Alden Jewell
A pink Cadillac--a '57-- at the BH Hotel. I wonder how many factory-
pink Cadillacs were actually sold that year?.... |
Dagmars...
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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
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Unfortunately, cars in just about anything but silver and black don't do as well on the resale market. And as much as I like color, silver cars seem never to need washing... just keep cleaning the wheels and a silver car looks great.