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April 17, 1935. "Pontiac convertible coupe at Tanforan racetrack, San Bruno." This fine filly looks like a mudder! 8x10 inch nitrate negative. View full size.
What a great looking car. I would be willing to bet that it's red. It just looks like a car that needs to be red. Also...do we see the photographer in the front hubcap?
but the site is now a shopping mall. I bought a book at the Barnes & Noble.
Rounded "Speedway" front end, teardrop headlights, suicide doors -- I would so drive that bad boy today. That car has major style.
It's a pre-WW2 word just made to describe things as great-looking as this Pontiac, even with its muddy tires.
This shot was taken on my mother's 17th birthday.
Wow, there's some history at that track, as a Japanese Internment Camp. Check out the internet.
I wonder if someone with a careful eye pried the hubcaps off, then popped them back on? The Pontiac script is turned the proper way on both.
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