Glimpses of South Pasadena: "Life is completer in a Chevy..."

Sunday, June 12, 2011

"Life is completer in a Chevy..."

This pristine beauty looks like something Dinah Shore might have been singing about.

14 comments:

dbdubya said...: Another great one. Where's Dinah Shore when we need her? See the USA, in your Chevrolet!; June 12, 2011 at 12:29 AM
Wayne said...: Lots of bells and whistles, curb feelers, fender guides, headlight peaks … air deflector(?)

Good angle too LA.; June 12, 2011 at 12:59 AM
Leif Hagen said...: She's an absolutely gleaming, beautiful gem of a car! Ravishing red!; June 12, 2011 at 5:09 AM
Mister Earl said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; June 12, 2011 at 5:38 AM
Mister Earl said...: Wow! I'd like to see that one in person. "If you can make a better deal on a new Chevrolet anywhere, I'll give you five pounds of Hills Brothers coffee." Ellis Brooks, San Francisco. To the tune of the Dinah Shore song: "See Ellis Brooks today, for a Chevrolet, corner of Bush and Van Ness..."

ELLIS BROOKS JINGLE; June 12, 2011 at 5:44 AM
Dixie Jane said...: A candy apple with whitewalls. What a car!; June 12, 2011 at 7:25 AM
Mister Earl said...: I'll bet you could belt out some great renditions of the See the USA, Dixie Jane.

WV: hipho!; June 12, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Judy Williams said...: That may date pre-Dinah, but I sure do love the colors. That has to be late 40's. That's what I'd call a beast!!!; June 12, 2011 at 8:33 AM
TheChieftess said...: Ahhhh, but what a ravishing beast!!!
Love the red!!! But then, I'm rather partial to red cars!!!; June 12, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Mister Earl said...: In the early 60s, for a short time, my mom had a '41 Chevy. They sold it for $50. They should have saved it for me.; June 12, 2011 at 12:49 PM
TheChieftess said...: Hind sight is 20/20 Mr Earl!!!

My dad had a gorgeous red Austin Healy convertible...it was his dream car, which he had for just a couple of years...he got rid of it before I was able to drive...both my sisters got to...darn it!!!; June 12, 2011 at 2:46 PM
Anonymous said...: Now that is a dream machine. Fine looking car!; June 12, 2011 at 8:28 PM
Laurie said...: I spent a long time circling around this car and drooling, er, photographing it. It even had little red dice shaped caps on the tire valves.; June 15, 2011 at 10:03 PM
Patrick Gauer said...: That car has some pretty sweet restoration work done on it! It looks great, all slick and sleek as it is, and I bet that a lot of tinkering was done to get the machines under the hood in order. The whole vehicle reflects the dedication of the owner, whoever he or she is.; May 3, 2012 at 11:45 AM

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"Life is completer in a Chevy..."

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