Let's go Carspotting, in THE PAST! Part Five

"Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available" (whoistheleader2) 01/24/2020 at 15:30 • Filed to: The Traveler's Book of Color Photography by Van Phillips and Owen Thomas, Carspotting, Dots, Books

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This will be the final installment of Carspotting in the Past, at least for now. I enjoyed making this a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , much like my !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! posts, but I don’t want to get tired of it. Thank you to all the Oppos that helped me identify the cars featured in here. Also, I learned how to make a proper thumbnail!

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The Traveler’s Book of Color Photography * was picked up at a library sale by a sibling, and is now my favorite picture book. Why? It is a guide to the brave new world of color photography, using examples taken by a team of professional photographers on a continental (and American) adventure. Better yet, it is set in the colorful, colorful world of 1972!

*All images are copyright 1972 by Hamyln House and taken by Van Phillips and Owen Thomas. I do not own the right to reproduce these photos. The publisher still exists, but I can find no mention of this book online. It is unlikely that they renewed the copyright this long out of print, since color photography needs no introduction; I don’t think they would mind me sharing a few partial images online after 50 years has elapsed. Please tell me if you have any information regarding this. Enjoy.

This is one of my favorite images in the book, and it’s a wonder I held it back so long. Immediately, you get a good glimpse of a commercial fishing dock with plenty of heavy duty vehicles including buses and lorries of all shapes and sizes. Most interesting of all is that olive drab tanker truck in the bottom left corner; It is so utilitarian and the wheel arrangement is unusual. What could it be?

Update: Ramblin Rover pointed out that the olive drab tanker appears to be   Berliet GLM series. 

The appearance of two white Citroën DSes (one by the docks, the other by the buses) is surprising at such an industrial scene, since the cars were quite expensive despite their popularity. The curvaceous white car on its own near the olive drab lorry appears to be a Renault Dauphine. Can anyone pinpoint the country/city pictured here?

Since the American scene was so popular in my last edition, here is a familiar sight: seemingly unnecessary construction work. Times have changed after all though; look at how little separates the workmen from the crazed cabbies.

Sticking with the theme, this photograph of some colorful cabs seems to imply a sense of urgency. The yellow one looks familiar in both form and livery. The orange and blue mopar (?) appears a bit garish for my modern sensibilities.

I will leave you with this lovely fall shot (a bit cruel in winter, no?) of two content Germans: one a lowly beetle happily chugging along, the other a stern Mercedes bus abandoned, driverless, in an inconvenient spot.

Well, that’s the last of it. I enjoy making these quick weekly series posts but I don’t know what to continue it on.

fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/24/2020 at 15:46

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Dockside pic is Nice, France.

US pics are probably around 1964  with the cars on the road (taxis tended to be late model basic sedans). I like the old US Mail livery.

ttyymmnn > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/24/2020 at 15:57

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I continue to be amazed by the depth of knowledge on Oppo when it comes to ID’ing old cars. For future posts, you might keep an eye on this site . As a history buff, I click this site every day. They post all sorts of vintage photos (many stolen from other sites) , and oftentimes have random snapshots taken by tourists back in the day. Be sure to have your ad block on, though. The site can be an unholy mess without it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/24/2020 at 16:23

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Scania, Magirus, and Volvo all made trucks a little like the olive drab one, in a dizzying array of combos. Magirus Deutz trucks, I think, tend to be the longest nose overhang because the engine is air cooled and not necessarily a great counterweight.

However, I haven’t seen any with the front wheels so nearly under the doors. Maybe a Unic variety ?

Maybe a Renault/Berliet?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/24/2020 at 16:25

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Here’s a better pic of the Berliet GLM series I found.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/24/2020 at 16:29

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Yes, this appears to be it. It has the extended cab with the windows and the blunt front end. Either the side panel is missing or you just cannot see the slats from such a distance. Thanks, I will update it.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/25/2020 at 06:01

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V ery cool! Not many I recognize in this one! They’re far away in the first pic, so hard to make out details! Feels weird seeing DSes in the ‘wild’, so to speak....they’re rare now out and about, especially in North America, and it just feels weird to me that something so cool was ‘normal’ :P

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/25/2020 at 09:24

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It always strikes me just how strange it is to see cars like that in their natural habitat. That’s all I have, but maybe I can find a new source of p ictures (preferably of less dubious legality).