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These must be BMW sidecar bikes, post war, naturally aspirated. What a wild ride !

Crude helmets and second skin leather combos. Can't get over the fact that the second rider of the bike in front, seems to be wearing Converse sneakers....not the safest shoes at 200km/h, but probably light and small, as to fit inside the car.

Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2024-09-17 17:38These must be BMW sidecar bikes, post war, naturally aspirated. What a wild ride !

Crude helmets and second skin leather combos. Can't get over the fact that the second rider of the bike in front, seems to be wearing Converse sneakers....not the safest shoes at 200km/h, but probably light and small, as to fit inside the car.

BMW Sidecar Racers, Isle of Man TT Start, Isle of Man, 1967
Start Line with Sidecar Racers Rolling,

An automobile sits under pipes with multiple nozzles spraying water at a car wash in 1939.

I know that is the official online description you quoted, Joe. But to me it looks much more like a factory test facility for (rain) water leaks. the license plate seems to read New York Worlds Fair 1939. Interesting 3 digit number and it appears to be a 1936/7 Lincoln ?

^...and she's gonna have fun, fun, fun, 'til her daddy takes her T-bird away.....

no way to tell from this perspective on the T bird, but they both could be 57 models.

edit: nice live cut here. Mike and his infamous chewing gum....haha... Brians high pitch voice at the 2:15 break always takes me away...

Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2024-09-19 07:09^...and she's gonna have fun, fun, fun, 'til her daddy takes her T-bird away.....

no way to tell from this perspective on the T bird, but they both could be 57 models.

There is a way to tell from that pic. That's a '55 T-Bird.

Tom, can you please explain ? I was thinking hard to find any details but couldn't. I am just guessing, is it in the Y block V8 badge ?

Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2024-09-20 13:57Tom, can you please explain ? I was thinking hard to find any details but couldn't. I am just guessing, is it in the Y block V8 badge ?

Yup. Looked at pix of '55-'57 Birds & '55s are the only ones with the V8 badge. I knew that '55s are the only ones with the cross checkered flags badge on the nose.
BTW, going by the year of the cop car I'm pretty sure that the driver of the T-Bird is a model that's much older than 1957. She's got to be at least a 1937 or older model.

Lots of things make that a 55.  Yes, the Y block emblems were only used on the 1955,  There is no vent windows, there is no sun visors just to name a few. 

Car accident LA, 1955

Quote from: CobraJoe on 2024-09-21 07:15Car accident LA, 1955

1955? Is that a typo, Joe? Although with a'56 Ford in the background it could have the fall of the year when new models come out. But wasn't the cop car in post #1478's pic a '57?
With the Bird's tail feathers crunched & maybe gettin' a ticket too the one thing that's for sure is that she ain't happy.