![]() 10/24/2019 at 08:10 • Filed to: good morning oppo | ![]() | ![]() |
For your Thursday morning enjoyment, we have a Davis Divan and a Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star (or P-80 if you prefer).
And here’s a Davis Divan being loaded into what looks like a DC-6 or DC-7.
And here are four gentlemen pretending to be comfortable sitting four-across in their Davis Divan. Which explains why it’s called a Divan. My grandmother called her sofa a divan.
![]() 10/24/2019 at 08:17 |
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Saw a couple of them at the Lane this summer. Very strange cars.
![]() 10/24/2019 at 09:25 |
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Every device tries to spellcheck or autocorrect my last name to divan.
![]() 10/24/2019 at 09:28 |
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I’ve seen the one at the Lane. Can’t say I had a measuring tape at the time, but going off the Wikipedia listed width of 72" and doing a pixel count, the interior shoulder width is about 54 1/4". Which isn’t terrible. In comparison, the front *and rear* shoulder width in a ‘58-’60 Lincoln, one of the widest cabins in a sedan ever, is 63"+. One of those, you *could* almost get four men in comfortably.
![]() 10/24/2019 at 09:37 |
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Judging by the pictures you have posted, it is mandatory to drive said Divan with one’s arm in various positions
out of
the window.
10/24/2019 at 09:41 |
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I would never be able to drive that car and not think about launching a torpedo from those headlights...
![]() 10/24/2019 at 09:55 |
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Flood forward tubes!
![]() 10/24/2019 at 09:56 |
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Isn’t that how you sit on a sofa?
![]() 10/24/2019 at 10:18 |
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I don’t know. I only have couches.
![]() 10/24/2019 at 10:24 |
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I think it has more to do with there being so little room for the outside arm. Note that both the window seat guys have their arm out the window. I hope it doesn’t rain.
10/24/2019 at 10:25 |
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“Open outer doors! M atch generated bearing and shoot!”
![]() 10/24/2019 at 10:33 |
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It always rains at Le Mans...