Hidden Headlights and Distinct Taillights
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Hand built by Andrew Murray. When I asked Andrew about what were the taillights off of his reply was, "little German taillights" (a Porsche, in this case)
Taillight assembly and rear fender moulding on a 1958 Mercury. On show at the 2025 Des-Monies Concours d' Elegance, Des Moines, Iowa
My husband was pretty excited to see this rare 1948 car at the Geneva Concours 2015. The car owners were constantly wiping the rain off of their vehicles. We were happy to see the drops in our photos.
Backside of a 1962 Chevy Impala SS. As part of the SS package Chevy included chrome and aluminum trim surrounding the tail lights.
Taken during the Vintage by the Sea festival (Morecambe, September 2023)
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The Chevrolet Bel Air is a full-size car produced by Chevrolet for the 1950–1981 model years. Initially, only the two-door hardtops in the Chevrolet model range were designated with the Bel Air name from 1950 to 1952. With the 1953 model year, the Bel Air name was changed from a designation for a unique body shape to a premium level of trim applied across a number of body styles. The Bel Air continued with various other trim level designations, and it had gone from a mid-level trim car to a budget fleet sedan when U.S. production ceased in 1975. Production continued in Canada, for its home market only, through the 1981 model year.
The 1956 Bel Air received a face-lift with a more conventional full-width grille, pleasing those customers who didn't favor the Ferrari-inspired '55 front end. Two-tone bodyside treatments and front and rear wheel openings completed the "speedline" restyling. Single housings incorporated the taillight, stoplight, and backup light, and the left one held the gas filler – an idea popularized on Cadillacs. Among the seven Bel Air models was a new Sport Sedan, a pillarless four-door hardtop that looked handsome with all the windows rolled down and allowed easy entry into the back seat. Production exceeded 103,000, compared to 128,000 two-door hardtops. Shapely two-door Nomad wagons topped the price chart at US$2,608 ($28,072 in 2022 dollars), but now carried the same interior and rear-wheel sheet metal as other Bel Airs, lacking the original's unique trim. Only 7,886 were built.
The least costly Bel Air, at US$2,025 ($21,797 in 2022 dollars), was the two-door sedan. Seatbelts, shoulder harnesses, and a padded dashboard were available, and full-size cars could even get the hot Corvette 225-horsepower engine. In 1956 sales material there was an optional rain-sensing automatic top, which was first seen on the 1951 LaSabre concept car. However, it is believed that it was never installed on a car Popular Mechanics reported only 7.4% of owners in their survey ordered seat belts. A '56 Bel Air 4-door hardtop, prepared by Chevrolet engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, set a new endurance/speed record for an automobile ascending Pikes Peak.
In 1949 Ford led the pack in breaking away from the bulging fenders that had been the traditional, long standing look on most all cars of the prior years. The slab sided look, also affectionately known as the "shoebox" was a first to break away from that long lasting design style of the previous years. And it would start a trend that ultimately would be followed by all US auto manufacturers in the years that followed. It was a first for Ford, and I believe a first for all the automobile manufacturers. You might say they were the trend setter. Chevrolet, Ford's main competitor, however, was a bit of hold out and did not fully embrace the slab sided style until 1955, whereas most other car companies had already done so by that time.
Rainy and cold today, I've even heard it's been snowing in the mountains and even closer to Calgary. Yuck, a good day to stay inside.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.
I have outwalked the farthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
One luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
--Robert Frost
Playin along the road in the dark
This gets done a lot I know, but it is still fun to do.
I'll get around to your streams throughout the day!