Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[BobPalma]

I think we've seen this one before, I see the '52 by the palm tree, but what is the left-most car?

It's a 1957 Chrysler Windsor.

Now, how about the little(?) convertible with the top up, directly below the word McCan on the shoe store? 'Can't identify that one. Any ideas? BP

[jclary]

It's a 1957 Chrysler Windsor.

Now, how about the little(?) convertible with the top up, directly below the word McCan on the shoe store? 'Can't identify that one. Any ideas? BP

I'm thinking perhaps a 1940's ? Nash, before they went to the bathtub look. Notice the very rounded rear wheel opening. A characteristic of those model Nash's. No stainless or chrome rust incubator molding slathered across the rear fender that most other makes used. Mainly a guess.

[christophe]

From Hemmings Dailly. Pittsburgh, PA. Have fun.

[DEEPNHOCK]

Great pic....
As a lil' kid growing up in the snotty NW suburbs of Chicago....
One of the things that we did (and didn't realize how cool it was until decades later) was to have annual field trips to all the museums in Chicago.
Field Museum, Planetarium, Art museum, and of course the Museum of Science and Industry (We NEVER called it MOSI....never)...
Anyways, the Museum of Science and Industry trips always had the favorite stops for all the kids... The chick hatchery, the coal mine...
For me it was the HUGE Lionel train display, The Stuka, Spitfire, and Texaco planes...and the U505 submarine..
Ok ok.... But what I used to love to do was go way down in the basement corner and find the display for this car... Used to just stare at it...
Now it is in Don Garlits museum down in Ocala, FL....

Oh.... And the owner of this car (Chris Karamesines) is still driving a top fuel dragster to this day!!!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Karamesines

Stude & Blue lady by Bill H, on Flickr

Lark &" The Golden Greek" by Bill H, on Flickr

[Studedude]

[Studedude]

[Studedude]

Amsterdam, Netherlands.

[Greenstude]

9592 --It's hard to believe the car driver couldn't see the street car! Someone of Chinese heritage might consider that putting street-car 444 on Route 4 was quadruple bad luck. Wonder how old the '47 Champion was, as even the rust line on the right front fender has broken open.

[Studedude]

Baltimore patrol car

[Studedude]

[Dwain G.]

Rarest car (body style) in this photo?

[8E45E]

Rarest car (body style) in this photo?
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The Lincoln Cosmopolitan?

Craig

[Dwain G.]

That's the one I was thinking of Craig. I don't ever remember seeing a fast back Lincoln.

[BobPalma]

That's the one I was thinking of Craig. I don't ever remember seeing a fast back Lincoln.

Boy, you guys are right; that Lincoln "fastback" is a rare bird.

I just looked into it. It's apparently a 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan, production 7,302. The more common, notchback-style 4-door was called the Sport Sedan, production 18,906.

Quite frankly, I'm surprised they made even 7,302 of that rare body style. It looks like it was a one-year only body style; the 1950 model year data makes no mention of a Town Sedan, only Sport Sedan. BP.

[Skip Lackie]

Me neither. That's still enough production to have been seen somewhere.