I'm sure everybody at the club has long suspected Priscilla is a freak if you could ever melt the ice.Priscilla's social expectations nor her only-in-the-shadows libido desires.
I'm sure everybody at the club has long suspected Priscilla is a freak if you could ever melt the ice.Priscilla's social expectations nor her only-in-the-shadows libido desires.
Perhaps owning a Studebaker does imply a bit of masochism.
I'm also strangely drawn to the attendant there in the back ground, gazing inscrutably from beneath his menacing John L. Lewis eyebrows at the unfolding scene. What does he know -- and how does he know it?
I think that's a late-50s Studebaker Hawk, which the Boys had positioned to be the South Bend equivalent of the Ford Thunderbird -- a bourgie pseudo-sports car for the type of driver who didn't dare to go full-walrus with the whole sports car thing, but wanted to seem sportier than he actually was. This particular guy is probably less the Bold Innovator On His Way To The Top than he is Chip, the ineffectual middle son of the company founder who's just washed out of Brown, to come home to a mid-level managerial job in procurement. He hasn't got a chance with Priscilla Climthorpe du Sang-Bleu there, but he doesn't have the self-awareness to realize it.
That said, I remain baffled by that belt thing worn with the jack boots. I've never seen an outfit like that before, and if it isn't some kind of sporting gear the only other thing I can think of is that he's inviting Priscilla home to see his collection of whips, crops, and quirts. Ah, The Fifties.
The horsepower analogy reminded me of a 50's/60's advert for Fina. The advert read: A fine filly of a fuel, or the last word might have been petrol. Can't find it anywhere.
Yes The aluminum Buick engine was the base for the Rover engine. Didn't Rover stay with that basic design in varying displacements until the 1990's or later?Going back to that Buick. Was it not the aluminium 215 cubic inch block that became the Rover three and a half litre engine?
In its US models it came in both small Buicks and Oldsmobiles, and there were more differences in the cylinder heads, valves, and combustion chambers than the article implies. Buick heads kept their traditional "vertical-valve" or "nail-head" layout, as they were referred to by US hot-rodders. Olds heads, pistons, and combustion chambers were of more-conventional "wedge" design.Welcome to the automotive version of What’s My Line and guess today’s mystery guest…
I was born small and light, just 215 cubic inches and 318 pounds, in 1961 in Flint, Mich. I was raised in Europe. My corporate parents were General Motors, British Leyland/Rover Group, BMW AG and Ford Motor Co. I have worked for Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Rover, Land Rover, MG, Triumph, Morgan, Marcos, TVR and others.
Who – rather, what – am I?
If you said the venerable all-aluminium Fireball V8 engine that first saw duty in the 1961 Buick Special, you win. The lightweight V8, which GM ended up selling to Rover, turned out to be one of the industry’s longest-running and most versatile workhorses.
All my research and data I found on this informative website: https://www.aronline.co.uk/facts-and-figures/engines/engines-rover-v8/
Art Deco heaven - check
Awesome mullioned tilt windows - check
Iconic service truck - check
Cute fireplug out front - check
Boys from Marketing handiwork (Gulf "Pride") - check
And picture-perfect gas pumps - check
I guess this is what they mean by "it checks all the boxes."
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At first glance, I thought that was a port window on the left side door labeled "Women".
Funny, I love the mullioned windows and the, what look likes, milky wavy glass ones at the entrance door, but wasn't quite sure about the port one on that door. It is an Art Deco look - and I like it - but just wondered about it as it was so different from all the other glass / windows.
That small change dispenser that the forecourt attendant is wearing wouldn't last two minutes in this day and age. Not only would thieves relieve him of it, they would probably leave him unable to work for a month or two.View attachment 120109
Elizabeth, what's with the belt across his chest?
From your experience with gas stations was this common to wear
what looks like a dress shirt & tie
underneath the coveralls?
No wonder the dude looks unhappy!
That small change dispenser that the forecourt attendant is wearing wouldn't last two minutes in this day and age. Not only would thieves relieve him of it, they would probably leave him unable to work for a month or two.
When you fill up at an all night garage in the UK, the main entrance will be locked, the cashier sits at a window and you have to pass your credit card, or pay cash up front.