Vintage images, a blast from the past

[Digmenow]

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William Powell and Gary Cooper: Duesenberg Derham Tourster

Alan Young and Connie Hines: Studebaker Lark ...and of course, the talking horse, the famous "Mr. Ed"!


Persols, anyone?

Steve McQueen: Jaguar XKSS

Madman? John Delorean: 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix

Lots more here: Mac's Motor City Garage

 

[Ivar]

Ronald Reagan, anno dazumal, sporting a black grenadine or knit tie and the largest herringbone weave I've ever seen.

 

[Cravate_Noire]

Montage from the scrapbook of Cecil Beaton... That should be a relatively well known pre-drape picture (without the St.Edwards crown ) of the Duke of Windsor when Prince of Wales in the early 20s.

 

[Fantastic Mr Foxx]

 

[stewman]

t: I can never imagine Reagan in jeans as far as I can remember he was always in suits or blazers.

 

[Digmenow]

You don't have to be a genius to go multi-patterned but it can't hurt.

 

[Digmenow]

Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali
Early 1960's.

 

[Roycru]

I can never imagine Reagan in jeans as far as I can remember he was always in suits or blazers.

 

[comrade]

It is very unlikely that Don Draper would have driven a Pontiac
at the time. He would have had a high-end US luxury car like
a Cadillac or a Lincoln, and because he was in New York where
forieign cars were already popular, possibly a Jag or a Mercedes.

 

[Digmenow]



It is very unlikely that Don Draper would have driven a Pontiac
at the time. He would have had a high-end US luxury car like
a Cadillac or a Lincoln, and because he was in New York where
forieign cars were already popular, possibly a Jag or a Mercedes.

I was merely commenting on the similarity of appearance between Delorean and the Draper character.

However, since you speculated, I googled it and you were spot on regarding the character's vehicles at the point in time of the Delorean photo.

Spoiler: Draper and vehicles

Don worked as a used-car salesman when Anna Draper found him. Don enjoyed, on at least one occasion, the company of motorcyclists and hot rod enthusiasts while he was visiting Anna in Southern California. At the beginning of the series, Don drives a 1959 Oldsmobile, then a 1960 Buick Invicta convertible. Later, Don wrecks an unassuming and utilitarian 1961 Dodge Polara, after which he is goaded by Roger Sterling into purchasing an ice blue and white 1962 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. Sterling tells him that the Cadillac is a sign that Don had "arrived." By the start of Season 5, it had been replaced with a 1965 Coupe de Ville, in silver with red leather interior. In the Season 5 episode "Christmas Waltz, as the agency prepares to pitch for the Jaguar account, Don leaves a check as a deposit to take a red 1965 Jaguar E-Type out for a test drive with Joan and without the salesperson. He returns the car later that day.

 

[comrade]



I was merely commenting on the similarity of appearance between Delorean and the Draper character.

However, since you speculated, I googled it and you were spot on regarding the character's vehicles at the point in time of the Delorean photo.

Good observation. Both dress(ed) in a fashionable style.
Not, in Draper's case, the hardcore Ivy League style that dominated
Madison Ave at the time. As for DeLorean, he was always a bit flashy:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...96BCAF7FE0BA878F6B8B93F5FC97&selectedIndex=49

BTW, I owned that '68 Pontiac he is shown with. Mine had "four on the floor"

 

[MTLinStyle]

Quote:
This simply an amazing picture ...

 

[doughboysc]

The late great 40th President looked stylish in Windsor knots.

 

[IndianBoyz]

wow

 

[IndianBoyz]