Grandville Man

I love American iron from the 50s, 60s and 70s. Critical thinking is the key. I block people of any political affiliation who Tweet hate and misinformation.

[Grandville Man @Everythingscoo1]

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think. - Albert Einstein

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@000_three Great minds…. I figured this out recently.

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Before cup holders

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@tahoppe05404 @kmandei3 Thanks for sharing the Hot Rod story. After 60+ years, there are lots of stories about the '63 Vette coupe. The idea of a split rear window did not come about with the development of the Stingray. Check out the 1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket show car.

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A ‘wet’ submarine. It’s like a boat that can sink but still keep going. As long as you have your scuba gear handy.

[Bring a Trailer @Bringatrailer]

Sold: CosMoS Seahorse II Submarine Swimmer Delivery Vehicle for $35,000. https://t.co/Z54euWBjGq

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This looks safe. Ignore that spinning propeller right behind you.

[Richard A.M. Špaček 🐬 @ramspacek]

It's 1939, so health and safety be damned! Can't find any information on this oddity....

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One of the most elegant designs ever!

[Collectible Auto @CollectibleAuto]

As #Jaguar prepared for the Seventies, the British maker’s muddled sedan lineup was replaced with a single model, the smartly designed XJ. Be sure to read Covering the Bases, the story of the 1969-73 Jaguar XJ, in the December 2024 issue of Collectible Automobile on sale now.

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@BijanBayne Most didn’t. Regardless, can you imagine parking at a mall and leaving your windows down while you shop?

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What strikes me most about this vintage parking lot pic is the number of unattended cars with the windows rolled down, providing easy access to the interior. How the world has changed.

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Have you voted?

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@DenButerbaugh @ACDAM1974 @TurnbullMartin Thanks for sharing.

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I love that dark front-wheel-drive Cord sedan at the curb, a genuine collectible today, only made in 1936 and 1937. However, that large ChryCorp sedan in front of it is from the ‘40s, which would date this picture somewhat later.

[Martin Turnbull, author @TurnbullMartin]

Sunset-Vista Market was at 7415 Sunset Blvd and N. Vista St. This shot is circa mid 1930s, when they were really pushing Ben-Hur coffee, a very popular brand at the time. I love that intricate grill work. It’s an admirable effort for something that most people won’t even see.

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When this design was introduced, the German public called the cars ‘Baroque Angels’ in response to the flowing, curvy lines. The 502 was the first postwar German car with a V8 engine.

[RM Sotheby's @rmsothebys]

This rare 1955 BMW 502 Coupé by Baur is one of only 29 ever built, featuring a distinctive flowing coupé body and a powerful 2.6-liter V-8 engine. https://t.co/rkPc4RRKF1

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@dylan_jt190 You’ve got to admire the ambitions of putting a pretentious ‘cabriolet’ roof on the Kia.

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@CoreyLewis86 What were they thinking?

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@JWRIII I think that era of IH pickups were fully competent trucks, but I agree, they missed on the styling.

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International Harvester was a big player in the heavy duty truck market, but not so much in the light-duty pickup market. In the late ‘60s, it introduced a new design in an effort to boost sales. Alas, IH didn’t get the memo on the transition of pickups to lifestyle vehicles.

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1939 Buick Limited Series 90.

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Anyone who knew Buick knew that if you gave the brand a version of the X body, they would make a Limited version of it. The Limited was Buick’s flagship model between 1936 and 1942.

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Not auto related. I find it amazing that just 26 years after the Wright brothers first demonstrated powered flight in their crude apparatus, airplanes like this were being produced. Look at those engines! (Yes, I know there were earlier French claims to powered flight.)