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The relative size of the 55-61 FL cars vs people in adverts
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56D500boy
Posted 2018-02-12 1:43 AM (#557927)
Subject: The relative size of the 55-61 FL cars vs people in adverts



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"Ah yes, the 59 Plainsman, where tiny hobbitses from the Shire and their C**ker spaniel, Daisy, meet the gigundous Chrysler for a road trip to Mordor. "



Today, while going through my 56 Dodge owners manual, I said to myself "Wait a minute, just how high is a 56 Dodge? And why is that person so small?" Must have been a marketing thing about making the cars seem larger.

The 56 Dodge is about 60.8" (5ft 0.8 in) high, making the owner by the car only about 5'4" tall. I know folks were shorter back then but was the median male height that short?



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FINS!
Posted 2018-02-12 1:48 PM (#557968 - in reply to #557927)
Subject: RE: The relative size of the 55-61 FL cars vs people in adverts


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The Plainsman ad is hilarious. I don't know if people really were smaller then, but the average male height certainly wasn't 5'4"! Oh according to this site ****er Spaniel is a bad word
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1960fury
Posted 2018-02-12 2:39 PM (#557975 - in reply to #557927)
Subject: Re: The relative size of the 55-61 FL cars vs people in adverts



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Location: northern germany		good question, and did they really live in a black/white world with only the cars and people in color? and did the fl signs on the hubcaps always point to the forward direction back then?
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mikes2nd
Posted 2018-02-12 4:12 PM (#557982 - in reply to #557927)
Subject: Re: The relative size of the 55-61 FL cars vs people in adverts


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spinners, blood and urine... dude is riding dirty...
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2018-02-13 10:01 AM (#558025 - in reply to #557982)
Subject: Re: The relative size of the 55-61 FL cars vs people in adverts



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Location: Parts Unknown		The burgeoning sales market to "little people" is well
documented in period copies of Midget News magazine.
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