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Don't you wish you were there with several hundred dollars in your hand, and at a used car lot? I see a few Packards.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-I2kLNwBak

Todd,

Thanks for posting that. Besides the smokie Clipper Taxi, one noticeable thing is the veritable absence of WWW's!

Very cool video. Good find. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Hi

That's a great look into another time, surprising clear footage.

At 1:50- 1.53, the smoky Clipper taxi comes along side a 1941 Lincoln that by the shape of its rear window makes it a 138" wb Custom 7 passenger sedan or limousine. The regular sedan has an oval rear window. Best of all, they both just pass the Zelda Apartments! Does that ever sound like the setting for film noir!

At 3:16, a 1937 Six or 120 Club Sedan is parked on the street, parked above it on a lot is a light-colored 1939 Studebaker Commander or President Club Sedan (club coupe) which is a rare body style in those Studes.

At 4:06-4:15, is U-Drive Rent-A-Car, $2.50/day, another sign mounted high on the building advertises "Limousines for Hire" Wonder what renting a Packard limousine went for a day then?

At 6:04, a 1940 Cadillac 60 Special with sidemounts is parked.

Throughout, most everything looks pretty much to be ordinary blackwall-tire production cars, not a custom-bodied Classic in sight even in L.A.

Steve

At 3:04, is that a '41 110/120 2 Door Touring Sedan?

If think hard enough, you can imagine Brodrick Crawford, and Robert Mitchum coming up to see what's going on. And, if you had several hundred dollars you could visit the used car lot and take that mid thirties 12 Packard phaeton off their hands, and they would probably be glad you did.