Best of 2017, Part 1

In no particular order:

In no particular order. The slider works in the normal way, but if you click / tap in the middle of the image you will be taken to the post.

1954 Cadillac Coupe de Ville

1954 Mercury M-100

Best of 2015 (and late 2014) Part 1

Happy 2016! Examining the posts of the past 14 months (I'm throwing in the few from 2014 in the mix), here are the best in the order of oldest to newest. Click in the middle of the picture to go to the post.

In no particular order. The slider works in the normal way, but if you click / tap in the middle of the image you will be taken to the post.

1954 DeSoto Firedome

Now the mystery car visible in the previous post.

Those giant chrome molars in the grill! And a miniature secondary maw with it's own little teeth in the bulbous extravagant hood, flanked on either side by those malevolent eyes. A dinosaur on wheels. Then there are the more moderate details -- the peculiarly modest tail lights, the odd shape of the "C" pillar, the deeply recessed front wheels, the great bulge of the rear fender to engulf the wheels. The chrome setting for the door pulls, the little cover for the keyhole (to keep it clear of ice?), plus continuous chrome at the base of the windows. This was the era of moderate fins and imagined stream lining to communicate speed.

Unfortunately could not properly capture the noble portrait of de Soto in the center of the steering wheel.