Nice lines, and it may be a pretty car, but for the color. Paul Stenquist wrote: > Correction: The radio under the dash on the interior shot is not OE. > Everything else appears to be correct. > Paul > On Feb 18, 2008, at 10:38 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > >> A 1954 Kaiser Darrin sports car. I photographed it at the Dream >> Cruise in 2004 against a cluttered background. No choice. That's >> where it was parked, and the owner was nowhere to be found. I finally >> got around to cleaning the pics up a bit today. Only 435 of these >> cars were built. I believe only two or three still exist. It was the >> first fiberglass car ever made. The doors are pocket doors -- they >> slide into the front fenders. The design was created by a fellow >> named Darrin (last name), who lived in Santa Monica. Unfortunately, >> it's flathead 2.4 liter engine generated a mere 90 horsepower. It was >> no match for the 55 Corvettes, which premiered with around 200 >> horsepower. But it was a very pretty car. This one,which is >> completely original and beautifully restored, was parked on Woodward. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6966971&size=lg >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6966978 >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6966938 >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. >> > > >
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