It looks spectacular. What does the HMB in the third photo mean?
@louis HMB = Half Moon Bay
That is a nearby city with a population of approximately 11,400.
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Ford Zephyr Zodiac 1954
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A car with history...
This black-and-white photograph is a famous 1936 Daimler-Benz advertisement showcasing two of the most luxurious and technologically advanced machines of its era. The very famous photo features Freiin (Baroness) Gisela Josephine von Krieger (1913/1989), a prominent Prussian aristocrat and one of the most high-profile European fashion icons of the 1930s. She is standing next to her fabulous Mercedes-Benz 540K, which featured a 5.4-litre supercharged straight-eight engine and was famously custom-built at the company's Sindelfingen works. Above soars the ginormous LZ 129 'Hindenburg', which, like the car, also used Daimler-Benz engines.
The Baroness fled to Switzerland before the war started, defying orders from the NSDAP to return. living in hiding in neutral Monaco and Swiss resorts. In 1949, she moved to the United States shipping the Mercedes-Benz over on the luxurious RMS Queen Elizabeth ocean liner. After her family moved to Connecticut and eventually returned to Europe, the vehicle was left locked away and forgotten in a Greenwich, Connecticut garage for over 40 years. When her estate was settled following her death in 1989, the car was rediscovered completely intact. In 2012, her beautifully preserved, untouched Roadster went to an RM Sotheby's auction where it fetched an astonishing $11,770,000, breaking the world record at the time for the most expensive pre-war vehicle ever sold.
@louis 936 Daimler-Benz very desirable machine
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A Packard Standard Eight convertible alongside a LZ 127 'Graf Zeppelin', Mines Field (now Los Angeles International Airport), 23 Aug 1929, during the airship's historic round-the-world flight sponsored by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst (1863/1951). A fleet of 25 brand-new Packard cars was deployed to provide ground transportation and support for the airship's historic stop in Los Angeles. The Packard Standard Eight featured a 133 inch wheelbase and a straight-eight engine producing 90 horsepower.
Ted, have you ever mentioned that you have owned or currently own a Vauxhall? It's an unknown brand here.
@louis .... I use to have a small Bedford van which is part Vauxhall as well, my present car is a Vauxhall Corsa 1400 cc 2018 model, will find pictures and put them up later mate,
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1955 Packard 400 Hardtop Coupe
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The Tucker 48, often called the "Tucker Torpedo"
Only 51 Tucker automobiles were ever built, making the Tucker 48 one of the rarest American classics. Preston Tucker packed it with safety features decades ahead of its time, including a padded dashboard, pop-out windshield, and a central steering headlight that turned with the wheels. A fascinating 'what might have been' story from post-war America.
https://www.nostalgicmotoringltd.com/tucker-tales-the-story-of-tucker-48-1021/
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Citroën DS 21 (1960s)
The Citroën DS looked like it arrived from the future when it debuted in 1955. With its aerodynamic styling, self-leveling hydropneumatic suspension, and futuristic interior, it was unlike anything else on the road. Even today it looks more like a concept car than a production vehicle. French engineering at its boldest.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here:
The Tucker 48, often called the "Tucker Torpedo"
Only 51 Tucker automobiles were ever built, making the Tucker 48 one of the rarest American classics. Preston Tucker packed it with safety features decades ahead of its time, including a padded dashboard, pop-out windshield, and a central steering headlight that turned with the wheels. A fascinating 'what might have been' story from post-war America.
Look at that bumper! You'd have to be a magician to keep it shiny. 😮
Vauxhall Cresta 1962
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There must be a reason why they install the mirrors in those places and not on the doors, right? 🤨
@louis it was the normal at the time don't know why, they were a problem in that position because they were exposed to wet spray off the road causing rust in the older days, best thing they ever did was putting them on the doorThere must be a reason why they install the mirrors in those places and not on the doors, right? 🤨
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Daimler Consul DB18
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Ford Anglia was a very popular family car 1960/70
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