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2jakes
I'll Lock Up
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According to Wikipedia:
Buick Century is the model name used by Buick for a line of upscale performance cars from 1936 to 1942 and 1954 to 1958, and from 1973 to 2005 for a mid-size car.
1961 Buick LeSabre with the logo on the front side fender.
1961 Buick Le Sabre without the side logo:
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Super cool cars, but they have nothing on the 52 - 54 Buicks or the 58, and 59 - 60 Buicks. Just sayin'.
1955mercury
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I stand corrected. I knew it was a 1961 and did a search of 1961 Buick images and found one that must have been mislabeled as a 1961 Buick Century.
2jakes
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2jakes
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It looks like they finally got a gas station on Gilligan's Island and it was Mary Ann's day to pump gas (in Ginger's heels).
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Thank you gentleman for all the research. I guess I moved up in the world from a Century to a LaSaber (a "higher-end" model - I think?).
Sharp car - looks fast standing still.
Ghostsoldier
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Rob
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The Studebaker look awesome, she looks like a drop of rain has never fallen on her since birth and what sport requires him to wear that belt (probably some super-wealthy sport, which is why I'm not familiar with it)? And any idea on the year of the Sudebaker?
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Now there's a marketing gimmick that should have caught on!
Google "bikini baristas." There is nothing new under the sun.
Sent directly from my mind to yours.
LizzieMaine
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That guy at the Gulf station in the weight-lifting belt and the equestrian boots is a devotee of the little known sport of "Thoroughbred Tossing." Either that or he's the professional wrestling champion of East Germany.
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So it isn't some rich-guy's sport, just a weird advertisement thing?
LizzieMaine
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It's got to be some kind of sport like that, but what rich guy would own a Studebaker?
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Shows how little I know - that looks like a pretty sporty car, was it not expensive? I guess I - without thinking about it - just assumed it was like Chevy's Corvette - the expensive sports car of an otherwise normal-person-priced line.
And if he isn't rich, he's wasting his time with miss money herself.
LizzieMaine
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I think that's a late-50s Studebaker Hawk, which the Boys had positioned to be the South Bend equivalent of the Ford Thunderbird -- a bourgie pseudo-sports car for the type of driver who didn't dare to go full-walrus with the whole sports car thing, but wanted to seem sportier than he actually was. This particular guy is probably less the Bold Innovator On His Way To The Top than he is Chip, the ineffectual middle son of the company founder who's just washed out of Brown, to come home to a mid-level managerial job in procurement. He hasn't got a chance with Priscilla Climthorpe du Sang-Bleu there, but he doesn't have the self-awareness to realize it.
That said, I remain baffled by that belt thing worn with the jack boots. I've never seen an outfit like that before, and if it isn't some kind of sporting gear the only other thing I can think of is that he's inviting Priscilla home to see his collection of whips, crops, and quirts. Ah, The Fifties.
That said, I remain baffled by that belt thing worn with the jack boots. I've never seen an outfit like that before, and if it isn't some kind of sporting gear the only other thing I can think of is that he's inviting Priscilla home to see his collection of whips, crops, and quirts. Ah, The Fifties.
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Priscilla Climthorpe du Sang-Bleu - oh, that's wonderful.
I'm reminded of the scene in "The Fountainhead" when uber-patrician Patricia (tee-hee) Neal is driven mad watching sweaty workman Howard Roark drill those rocks. I agree with you, the watered-down-gene-pool Chip ain't no Gary Cooper and isn't going to satisfy Priscilla's social expectations nor her only-in-the-shadows libido desires.
And I wondered too if that outfit had some very oblique sadomasochism reference as we know the Boys had a reason for everything - that crazy getup of his isn't accidental.
LizzieMaine
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Perhaps owning a Studebaker does imply a bit of masochism.
I'm also strangely drawn to the attendant there in the back ground, gazing inscrutably from beneath his menacing John L. Lewis eyebrows at the unfolding scene. What does he know -- and how does he know it?
I'm also strangely drawn to the attendant there in the back ground, gazing inscrutably from beneath his menacing John L. Lewis eyebrows at the unfolding scene. What does he know -- and how does he know it?
