1960fury - 2018-10-18 5:16 PM

Sonoramic60 - 2018-10-27 9:05 AM

Slim --
It looks as though that '60 New Yorker was photographed some time in the mid or late '60s: note the narrow white walls and swept roof line of the car in the background which kinda resembles that of the '67 Dodge Coronet R/T I had back then. They're not really "poverty hubcaps" but "baby moons" which guys like me put on our cars to be more "cool," a la Charles M. Schultz's "Snoopy's "Joe Cool." I had them on my '60 Fury, my '65 Sport Fury, and my '67 R/T. In fact, Jack Smith of Plymouth Road Runner fame, in a talk at the Plymouth Owners Club national meet this year, talked about younger guys who didn't have cars going through the "Dad, can I use the car tonight" routine, then immediately pulling the stock wheel covers and putting them in the trunk (plain black painted steel wheels were better than stock hubcaps). But nobody except the old men in Buicks and Hollywood blonds in T-birds wanted wire wheels. Most people in this forum have no idea how hard we worked to be "cool" in those days.
Joe Godec
'57 Chrysler 300C, '60 Fury SonoRamic, '65 Fuelie Vette, '65 Sport Fury 426-S/4-speed
PS, the '60 Fury and '65 Sport Fury above are not "cool" as they both have stock wheel covers and even fender skirts; however, the Vette does have aluminum knock-offs.

slimwhitman - 2018-10-26 11:52 AM



A '60 New Yorker 4DRHT with poverty hub caps? Crazy.

Sonoramic60 - 2018-10-28 4:40 PM

Sid --
I'm afraid I can't help you with the DeSoto/Chrysler other than to offer that I think it's a 2-dr H/T and not a vert. However, I don't make those skirts out to be "cruiser skirts" as I remember them, but just ordinary ones. As I recall, cruiser skirts were very long and in fact fitted not only over the wheel opening but extended all the way back to the rear bumper.
That '59 Impala is indeed a nice car (one of my favorite Chevys), but I'd prefer an all-red job such as the one a buddy of mine had (with the 320 horse three-pot 348 and 4-speed no less). He put chrome reversed wheels with baby moons on it and it was quite a sharp car. GM was pretty good about body color wheels, but I don't remember Chrysler products coming from the factory with anything but black steel wheels, although another friend of mine did paint the wheels red on his '60 Fury (also an all white a 2dr H/T SonoRamic).
BTW, I do love that red '59 droptop Bonneville across the street, even if it probably doesn't have the Tri-Power and does have the Hydramatic.
Joe

Ray Bell - 2018-10-28 5:13 PM

Wasn't it spelled 'Biscayne'?

Chrycoman - 2018-10-28 6:13 PM


Not a DeSoto - no fins.

And compare the side two-toning with the Firesweep sedan up front in the photo. All 1957 DeSotos had that trim on the two tone models with the top bar running from front to rear in a straight line. For 1958 the bottom bar went straight front to rear with the upper bar taking a sweep up into the fin.

That white with blue car appears to be a 1956 Mercury. The car in the photo is not too clear given the distance from the camera, but it looks pretty close to the photo I have attached - 1956 Mercury Medalist 2dr hardtop. Biggest problem with tracking down decent photos of 1955-56 Mercurys is finding one without a continental kit. I remember the 1955-56 models and don't recall continental kits being that popular, except Nash Ambassadors and Metropolitans.

1960fury - 2018-10-29 9:21 AM
Not the skirted Merc, the car in the parking lot, to the left. It is a 58 Desoto. You can zoom in if you click on the link in my post and then on the photo.

1960fury - 2018-10-28 4:01 PM Joe, you are probably right, a 2 d. ht. A buddy of mine has a red 59 Chevy with red painted wheels, poverty caps and whitewalls. It is an export Biscaine rhd that he dressed like an Impala or Bel Air. Note the German license that usually shows the "Euro"-flag. He painted over it, a felony in Germany :)

wizard - 2018-11-04 7:21 AM

Wow, that photo opens up for questions - as I (think) see Jacqueline Kennedy, would that Be John F Kennedy's coffin?

Powerflite - 2018-11-08 8:23 PM

Construction of the Embarcadero Freeway.

Originally posted by Sonoramic60
.....I think the "American girl" one was taken in Silverton, Colorado, the northern terminus of the Durango and Silverton RR, a steam 3-foot narrow gauge line still in existence.....