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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
A 'mystery' car parked on a Los Angeles sidestreet. [1962 Kodachrome slide]
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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Hmmmm...
I believe there were Disney illustrators living in the area. Maybe it's one of their cars. (wild guess)
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My wild guess.
Apparently all of the Hudson Italias originally had "Italian Cream" exterior paintwork. Any variations from this would be the work of subsequent car dealers or owners.
Seeing as there's so few of these cars in the first place, the differing colors should also be pretty individual and rare.
This one auctioned in 2015 matches the color of the one in the 1962 picture.
It was owned by a guy named Trevor Constable back around the early 1960's. He was also a friend of the car's designer Frank Spring. Here he is pictured with his car.
classicdriver.com - Hudson Italia
The auctioned car is missing the original wheels but seemingly stood on jack stands with the engine also gone for about three decades.
So by the laws of chance and color, I'm guessing that's Trevor Constable's car parked up on Crown Avenue in 1962.
