Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[BobPalma]

The Gran Turismo Hawk is ceratinly a 1962 model.

Note the bright lower band across the bottom of the deck lid overlay. In 1963, that band was semi-gloss black with larger S T U D E B A K E R H A W K letters in raised "silver." BP

[studegary]

The Gran Turismo Hawk is ceratinly a 1962 model.

Note the bright lower band across the bottom of the deck lid overlay. In 1963, that band was semi-gloss black with larger S T U D E B A K E R H A W K letters in raised "silver." BP

I agree with this and know the difference. Perhaps you are observing the picture (even enlarged) on a larger screen than I am.

[BKE]

Could be a Lark under the NW sign. At first I thought it could be a zip van, but probably too early, and I think they all had large single front glass.

[BKE]

Smokin, and probably not the tires.

[BKE]

Jacksonville, FL

[BKE]

Don't know where.

[BKE]

Sunland, CA

[BKE]

Wichita Falls

[BKE]

Fenton, MI

[christophe]

It is a rather interesting photo. With the exception of the Mustang, its all foreign cars parallel parked to the side where the stairs are, which includes the majority of the VW Beetles on the lot. Besides the Beetles, there's a Porsche 356, Toyota Corona, and a Fiat 1100 sedan. I agree the small 2-seater nose-to-nose is a 1961 or later A-H Sprite.

Craig

I was just wondering if the car in the lower left, just behind the white Mustang, was a Renault 8.

[8E45E]

I was just wondering if the car in the lower left, just behind the white Mustang, was a Renault 8.

Or a Simca 1100.

Craig

[BobPalma]

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Don't know where.

The only Whitfield's Google can locate is in Hickory NC. BP

[8E45E]

The only Whitfield's Google can locate is in Hickory NC. BP

Probably Cuba (pre-revolution), going by the plates on the cars.

Craig

[WinM1895]

I was just wondering if the car in the lower left, just behind the white Mustang, was a Renault 8.

You can see a bit of the left headlight, so IMO..it's an Austin-Healey "bugeye" Sprite.

Fuel cap on the Mustang: 1965.

[studegary]

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Could be a Lark under the NW sign. At first I thought it could be a zip van, but probably too early, and I think they all had large single front glass.

It looks to me to be a 1963 Lark or Cruiser on the left, so it is not too early for a Zip Van, but that is not a Zip Van.