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sculptormic wrote:
The last picture really looks like an ad from the fiftys
What kind of beautiful outrageous car is this?
It's a 1937 Cord, Amelia Earhart had one too:
This one differs from hers in that it is supercharged and can go 130mph. I think only 196 were made. It's worth around 220k today. Ian Fleming was a fan of the Cord: "... Bond liked fast cars and he liked driving them. Most American cars bored him. ... But Leitner had got hold of an old Cord, one of the few American cars with personality, and it cheered Bond to climb into the low hung saloon, to hear the solid bite of the gears and the masculine tone of the wide exhaust. Fifteen years old, he reflected, yet still one of the most modern-looking cars in the world. ..."
(from the chapter "Death of a Pelican")
TY for kind words, guys. I'm improving in spite of myself
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