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◊ 2010-07-29 17:18 |
Looks to me like a 1953 Plymouth Cranbrook -- Last edit: 2010-07-29 17:18:17 |
◊ 2010-07-29 21:25 |
It has a roof rack which I normally associate with wagons, but in /vehicle_322547-Humber-Hawk-MkV-1952.html the roofline does appear to indicate a sedan. |
◊ 2010-07-29 22:11 |
Before fuel got expensive and we in Europe realised the effect accessory roof-racks had on fuel consumption, they were quite a common way of increasing luggage space. Now we favour roof-boxes (unless we have to carry ladders). |
◊ 2010-07-31 01:22 |
And modern roof-racks are f***ing expensive nowadays, because every car needs an own, specific one. It started in the 80ies -for example with the Audi 100 [Typ44]- that the cars have lost the gutters on the roof-sides. In the times before it was very easy as there were only two or three sizes of roof-racks, which could be mounted on nearly all cars. Since some years this stuff was getting popular: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrradtr%C3%A4ger I don't like them and I hold big distance to cars with them. It's often not really stabile. Recently my wife could hardly avoid a bad crash, as the car in front of here has lost it, while driving 160 km/h. |