Good Morning Oppo

"JR1" (type35bugatti) 07/12/2016 at 09:49 • Filed to: None

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Here is a Lincon and a Mercury for your viewing pleasure

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 07/12/2016 at 09:57

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MOM SHEZ AHM PRETTAH

OPPOsaurus WRX > JR1 07/12/2016 at 10:04

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i love seeing what they chose for architectural backgrounds for these things.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > OPPOsaurus WRX 07/12/2016 at 10:17

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Whatever the building is (community center?) it’s almost mid-century modern but not quite - moving out of it a bit - and it’s not that well executed. It *does* have the look , though. There’s a bunch more of that guy’s photos with a lot of varied architecture & cars here:

http://www.vintag.es/2014/05/street…

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 07/12/2016 at 10:20

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I went dumpster diving for more of that guy’s photos and found another Lincoln.

More here:

http://www.vintag.es/2014/05/street…

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/12/2016 at 10:26

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I wonder if he changed the color of the building, or if it just happened to be pink and green.

JR1 > OPPOsaurus WRX 07/12/2016 at 14:25

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Nothing like a good mid century modern. The cars and the buildings still seem futuristic

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/12/2016 at 14:28

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Been on the website before a lot of cool stuff and the shade of the photos themselves are excellent

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 07/12/2016 at 14:37

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I noticed the placard on the ground in that one mentioning a CWA (Communication Workers of America) strike. 1170 seems to be Rochester, and the ‘56 Lincoln matches up with a 128 day major strike against Westinghouse in ‘55-’56. I wonder if the owners of the Premiere were union boss types or just well to do locals - the men sitting on the car may not be the owner/s, since one of them is in jeans. Slightly higher formal standard back then, but then again, I don’t think Rochester would’ve been that uptight.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 07/12/2016 at 14:39

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Actually, I revise that statement. There’s a ‘60 Falcon in the background - way off in the left. This would be a strike I saw mention of in ‘60, then.

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/12/2016 at 15:25

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That’s a really interesting moment in history then. What is more interesting to me is someone on strike could afford a four year old luxury car. Depreciation must have been just as big a deal back then

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 07/12/2016 at 15:29

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Depreciation, and in terms of pieces, mechanical complexity, etc. etc. cars weren’t actually quite so much of one’s income unless they were the absolute top of the line. I’m not convinced the Premiere belongs to one of the strikers, but it’s certainly not impossible - either it could be a shop head’s car or just one of the senior electrical techs. Union wages in the ‘50s weren’t too bad (read: before conditions corrected from the boom).