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That 50 is interesting. Paint job like an old war bird. Styling like a blockade runner. What is on the hood ornament?

A half thigh bone?

Those questionable pants are plus fours, fashionable golf and sports wear at the time.

It's the shoes that have me worried. He is a fashion designer so I suppose it is all right.

I have a book on Pierce Arrow by Maurice Hendry, on the cover is a picture of a mid twenties Pierce with people in sport clothes, the man is wearing plus fours and argyle socks.

They were called plus fours because they were 4 inches longer than common old fashioned Knickerbocker trousers.

If you think those are bad wait till you see a pair of Oxford bags.

Good catch Rusty! I add his necktie that he wears tucket into his hot pants.
Now a big jump towards the Gateway of India. A 1938 Packard Eight Convertible Sedan bakes in the sun of Bombay.


sources
pic #1: ebay
pic #2: "The Last Empire: Photography in British India, 1855-1911". Texts by Clark Worswick and Ainslie Embree; preface by The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Published by Aperture Books, 1976

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Same location and same brand but this time

The Rose of Bombay






Sorry, couldn't resist (at 4 o'clock in the morning )...

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To close the circle a last Packard pic, taken at the gate.


[picture source: ebay]

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Dave (O_D) threw the spotlight to a Packard country, far away from the main traffic arteries: Finland.



[pictures source: kuvapankki.pelastustieto.fi] Click to enlarge!

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My mind is blown by the high quality metal forming in the second photo. It's a magnificent piece of work in a late forties style. Could it possibly be the same car as in photo one? Check out the hood and wheels.

Ross I don't think it's the same car; look at the length of the doors compared to the wheelbase. But it seems that both are fire "trucks".

Both photos carry the same caption. I tried to do several different software based Finnish -> English translations but wasn't very successful. I think it's possible that it's the same vehicle with an extensive body transplant.