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Published: 2007-08-26 17:37:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 742; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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I found this juxtaposition of the biggest and smallest cars made in the 1950's rather amusing. They're a 1958 Lincoln and a 1958 (I believe) Nash Metropolitan. Both cars are nicely restored and I don't know if the placement was deliberate or just by chance. Either way it makes for an interesting picture.Related content
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Thanks. It was such a funny juxtaposition I had to take the photo.
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Thanks. They just happened to be parked that way at a show years ago. I thought the juxtaposition was hilarious.
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yeah it is! It's even better because the continental is straddling 2 parking spots
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Wow, what a way to compare vehicle sizes.
Very cool shot indeed.
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I had nothing to do with the positioning. That's how they were parked at the show.
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I figured that. I'm just saying that I love the photo.
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Thanks. It was one of those subjects of opportunity that you get once in a while.
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awww it the lincoin driver is one of those people that take up 2 parking spots >.<
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The '58-'60 Lincolns were some of the largest passenger cars ever built in the US.
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yeah but put one on its side, save a lot of space
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i remember seeing one of these Nash Metros years ago in a car show,they were pretty cool
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A friend of mine has a photo from the show in Carlyle, PA, where there's a whole row of them and the each have a giant wind up key on the trunk lid.
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ahahah that's pretty cool.these Nash's were known for their toy car looks
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i'd put a huge penny in one of those where the spare tire lurks
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yeah,it would remind people of the Penny Racers toy cars from the 80's(sold as ChoroQ in Japan)[link]
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Your photography is great. We definitely have similar interests. You captured something here.
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Thanks. I grew up during the muscle car era and my older neighbors and cousins were all into cars so I got the bug from them. Where I went to 5th and 6th grade (1969-71) was on a main street so we'd watch the cars go by during recess.
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They did. I forget the actual displacement but it was somewhere north of 400 cubic inches. The 1958-60 Lincolns were the largest and heaviest cars ever made in the US. Thanks for the fave.
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Nice shot! There was something like this at Beach hop this year, a '59 caddy next to a Hillman Imp. That was cool.
8 people in the same car?(from above comment) geez they must have had huge motors!
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That it is. The photo of the red 1959 Lincoln was taken the same day and it's just a few feet away from these two. The '58 - '60 Lincolns were some of the largest passenger cars ever built in the US. They were the largest unibody cars ever made in the US. They weighed in at 3 tons (6,000 lbs). I talked to someone who owned one at a different show and he said he could get 8 people in the car and they weren't crowded together.
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I checked out the link. Cool stuff. I think I may have seen a Messerschmit and maybe a BMW Isetta in my travels to car shows. Those things look deadly.
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