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As a seeker of the truth, a correct answer could also solve your request about a similar rear window in this thread.

the route in modern times via google maps.

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Aaaah, one attentive listener positively scintillated in the expert audience!
Well, already the third attempt to be exact. That was number two.



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Gerd, regarding the three piece rear window in the photo you reference: It is a Cadallic. Cadillacs in the late 30s and early 40s featured a rear window with two dividers. It was one of their styling statements. They were trying to differentiate themselves from Packard.

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And just think that Google thought they were breaking ground with their "Street View". Very nice tour of a portion of downtown L.A.

I see the streets were in bad shape back then. I'm guessing they didn't have any shovel ready stimulus plans then either or at least ones that worked. (LOL)

If you go there today its not a US auto maker town.

Don, sorry for the excursion, it would be a waste to receive food for thought and don't use it.

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John, thanks for the support. The above mentioned Packard from Tito featured a three piece window consisting of bulletproof glass whereas the pictured Cadillac according to you has two deviders as styling element. Knowing that the initially mentioned ZIS hasn't bulletproof glass and given that its builders haven't trying to differentiate its outward appearance from Packard (in-joke) I tend to believe that the parted ZIS backlight has been a stopgap after road accident, especially as the car was on duty in a foreign country. It wouldn't be the first temporary solution which was built for eternity. Thanks again John, we all benefit from your knowledge and friendliness.

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By the postwar days, a 5-6 year old Clipper would be the type of car that would see taxi duty for it's last use. Just conjecture, but it was probably a '42 Clipper Six: nice, spacious interior; rugged, durable, ecomonical six cylinder engine.....with the [I]plus[/I] of a Packard!

The rarity in the image is the 1941 Lincoln staring us in the face. That's no ordinary Zephyr (ovoid rear window), note the taller stature and the rectangular rear window, its the 138" wb Lincoln Custom, either the Model 31, 7-passenger sedan, 355 built, or the Model 32, 7-passenger limousine, 295 built.

Interesting the taxi would be a Packard and the chauffeured car a Lincoln!

Quite the wonderful video!

Steve

at the 4:23 second mark of the video, there is a building that says "Paint any Car $32.50"

Today, the thinner to mix the paint costs more than 32.50.

This is a great video. I've watched it several times now. Although I was only a toddler in L.A. when the film was made, I remember the area very well. The Richfield Tower was probably the most spectacularly garish building ever constructed... limited to a squat 13 stories due to the old earthquake rules in L.A., finished in shiny black and gold (blackgold... Richfield... oil... get it?) topped off with a neon encrusted, stylized oil derrick, it was an unforgettable sight. It was torn down in '69 to make way for the boring ARCO towers. I also like the traffic lights that have the arms that pop out reading 'GO' and 'STOP'. You can certainly see the smog. By the mid 50's you couldn't see across the street on bad days. Thanks for posting.