That's quite the color combination in the second picture.
That's quite the color combination in the second picture.
That's quite the color combination in the second picture.
I think that '59 Ford had its roof repainted. Paint was far cheaper and easier back then than now. As to why they chose that particular color, I have no idea.
The oddest thing to me is the small medium blue "line" at the bottom of the roof in the back. But since I don't know, I've learned from FL to never assume, so it wouldn't shock me to learn that the company did that at the factory - much crazier things have come off the production lines in Detroit. That said, that blue line looks odd to me.
That's actually a piece of bright-metal (stainless, I think) trim on the roof. It reads blue in that picture, but it's actually silver--it may be reflecting something. It's a bit easier to see in these images:
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Odds are better than fair that the maintenance costs were substantial on both.Not sure what looks more expensive, the car or her getup.
Almost certainly a Kodachrome slide. Kodacolor print film
was introduced in 1942, but the dyes used were highly unstable, especially with the casual drugstore processing
services then in use, and every surviving print I’ve ever seen has fade badly to a sort of greyish pink. This
remained a problem with Kodacolor well into the sixties -- my mother shot a ton of Kodacolor with a 126 camera,
and every single print survives is badly faded.
Late day on a Friday afternoon. Thats what was lying around, and seemed like a good idea after a few cold ones [emoji14]Let's ask our car guys / gals, colorized or was this a real paint scheme (offered from the factory this way?):
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