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Old 04-01-2020, 07:26 AM   #28
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Default Re: Nice Town car photo

Maybe he was thinking of ten cent millionaires and how they'd be jonsing to impress? I would think times haven't changed in that regard. [QUOTE=Chuck Dempsey;1868647]
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Originally Posted by WTSHNN View Post
These are my favorite images from the Whittington collection.

Dated 1933 you can see how quickly the top of the line Town Car fell out of favor and was relegated to just another car to be repurposed as a plumber's vehicle.


.... I don't understand how FORD could have expected people to want a 'limo' FORD, just one year after the Model T. People equated FORD with CHEAP, not LUXURY.
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