Once was the rule, and not the exception
Jun 4, 2022 11:58:11 #
Details on a 1951 Buick Roadmaster, from a time when the long forgotten use of beautiful chrome and polished stainless surrounded every car. Do we miss it? I do!
Jun 4, 2022 12:19:25 #
Jun 4, 2022 13:02:50 #
Did it have seatbelts, FM stereo, power steering, power windows, heated seats, XM radio, rear window defogger, 40 mpg highway, airbags?
Great images of a great looking car from the past that should be remembered as the past.
Great images of a great looking car from the past that should be remembered as the past.
Jun 4, 2022 14:29:17 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
On some cars yes, others no
true that, chrome for GM kind of reached it's peak in 1958 when the then CEO Harley Earl was running the show, which was his last year of doing it, he loved chrome, even massive use of it.
Thanks!
Jun 4, 2022 14:42:20 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Did it have seatbelts, FM stereo, power steering, power windows, heated seats, XM radio, rear window defogger, 40 mpg highway, airbags?
Great images of a great looking car from the past that should be remembered as the past.
Great images of a great looking car from the past that should be remembered as the past.
thanks, power windows, and air conditioning, although rare did exist back then, as did power steering. My '55 Olds also had power brakes. And I don't think that FM radio, as we know it, even existed back then, let alone in cars. But, you could get a 45 record player as an option in some of the Chrysler Corp models! All the rest including seatbelts, heated seats, XM radio, rear window defogger, 40 mpg highway, airbags were an obvious no. But what it did have, or use, was gasoline at .199 a gallon, a buck would get you 5 gallons, and that compared to today's horror story! I would guess that most cars back then in the fifties would get 14-20 miles per gallon depending on the make and model.
Jun 5, 2022 05:52:52 #
autofocus wrote:
Details on a 1951 Buick Roadmaster, from a time when the long forgotten use of beautiful chrome and polished stainless surrounded every car. Do we miss it? I do!
Jun 5, 2022 07:09:01 #
The Central Connecticut news reported that a local man, calling himself "autofocus," was by Baker-Act Law taken for psychiatric observation. He was insanely polishing his new Tesla Cyber Truck made entirely of Stainless Steel... trying to get it to shine, as he said, "like stainless should."
Jun 5, 2022 07:53:27 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Did it have seatbelts, FM stereo, power steering, power windows, heated seats, XM radio, rear window defogger, 40 mpg highway, airbags?
Great images of a great looking car from the past that should be remembered as the past.
Great images of a great looking car from the past that should be remembered as the past.
Cars didn't have those thar things back in them thar days... they
had a neat pedestrian disemboweler on the hood instead.
Jun 5, 2022 09:54:26 #
autofocus wrote:
Details on a 1951 Buick Roadmaster, from a time when the long forgotten use of beautiful chrome and polished stainless surrounded every car. Do we miss it? I do!
Nice set!!!
I have mixed emotions on Chrome on cars, It looks good on some and others, not so much.
Jun 5, 2022 13:39:49 #
Nice car, They were made of real "American Steel" , All parts made in "AMERICA"!
Jun 5, 2022 18:38:20 #
Jun 5, 2022 18:40:09 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Nice set!!!
I have mixed emotions on Chrome on cars, It looks good on some and others, not so much.
I have mixed emotions on Chrome on cars, It looks good on some and others, not so much.
thanks, like anything else in excess, or too much of a good thing is not always good!
Jun 5, 2022 18:41:53 #
14kphotog wrote:
Nice car, They were made of real "American Steel" , All parts made in "AMERICA"!
true, back then you'd be hard put to find anything plastic, but today, they seem mostly plastic! Thanks!
Jun 6, 2022 15:47:17 #
autofocus wrote:
Details on a 1951 Buick Roadmaster, from a time when the long forgotten use of beautiful chrome and polished stainless surrounded every car. Do we miss it? I do!
Our family had a Roadmaster for a few years during those days. When it came time to wash the car, my job was to clean and shine all the chrome on the front! Those were the days.
Jun 6, 2022 19:46:59 #
afsalvo wrote:
Our family had a Roadmaster for a few years during those days. When it came time to wash the car, my job was to clean and shine all the chrome on the front! Those were the days.
it may have been work for you, but it still provided good memories from back in those days, and the days were good in a lot of ways compared to today!
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