Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[8E45E]

OK, no Studebakers that I can see....but how many old drag race photos do you think you'd have to look through to see both a Hudson Jet and a second-generation Kaiser in the same photo?

Maybe one in a million...or more? Figure the odds:

Is that Jet a 'Utility Sedan'? I don't see any vent windows on the rear doors on that car.

Craig

[BobPalma]

[BobPalma]

Is that Jet a 'Utility Sedan'? I don't see any vent windows on the rear doors on that car. Craig

Good eye, Craig, but I think that is just the basic Jet Six 4-door sedan. The basic Jet Six 4-door did not have rear vent windows.

Also, the Utility Sedan and even cheaper Family Club Sedan were both 2-door models. BP

[Bill Pressler]

That is a great pic with the Jet and Kaiser, not to mention that gorgeous '56 Nomad in the background!

[BobPalma]

That is a great pic with the Jet and Kaiser, not to mention that gorgeous '56 Nomad in the background!

Oh, yeah; an old Chevy station wagon, too. BP

[BobPalma]

Could that be a Blue Mist Gran Turismo Hawk almost dead center in the photo, pointing toward us? (From the November 21, 2014 Hemmings Daily Blog):

[JEWELL]

Could that be a Blue Mist Gran Turismo Hawk almost dead center in the photo, pointing toward us? (From the November 21, 2014 Hemmings Daily Blog):

I think it is a 64 T-Bird.

Mark

[BobPalma]

I think it is a 64 T-Bird. Mark

Mark, I just enlarged the photo and I believe you are right.
The front end is definitely Thunderbird, not Studebaker Hawk. I should have enlarged it first! BP

[Blue 15G]

Funny how the Hudson and Kaiser colors in no. 3375 are so similar. This reminds me of a former used car dealer in my area who used to work part time at the Pullman Standard railroad car factory in Butler, PA before it closed down. He would get left over paint from the factory and repaint some of his inventory with it. It wasn't unusual to see several cars on his lot painted the same shade of "Pullman Train Car Blue", for example. We used to get a laugh from this.

[CJMiller]

That's the Mackinac Ferry, at the St. Ignace, MI side. I believe that ferry is the City of Cheboygan.

Replace by the bridge in 1957--a 5 hour trip became 20 minutes.

[JRoberts]

[JRoberts]

[JRoberts]

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Buttercup ? ? . . . . . . .

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