Yes, I'm sure it had the high beam switch on the floor. I don't mind the color. It's typical of the mid fifties when pastels were big. It's a period thing. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Crap colour, but a great looking car. > > Is that the old style hi beam kicker switch on the floor i see.?? > > Dave > > On Feb 18, 2008 10:38 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > > > > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > Ontario Canada > > -- > 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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