Re: How many cars actually came with sidemounts?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/6/12 8:37:07

Another photo study. Look at Al Pressman's 1940 one-off by Derham - very severely formal coachwork. Even though it has a built-in trunk, who was going to buy an extraordinarily expensive and formal closed car w/o sidemounts? Picture it in your mind without them and think of the social position of the buyer and the image he wanted to convey. In this case the car was purchased new by one of the principals in the Wall Street firm of Drexel, Lambert & Burnham and he certainly wanted the car to showcase his social position and wealth.

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