This Is Not Your Old Man's Buick
black mamba
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But it was called a Buick. In fact, it was called a Buick LeSabre. It was a GM concept car developed in the early '50s. Many of the design features were incorporated into production models of many GM cars as the years rolled along.
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Makes me want to go out and cruise with my oldie.
Nice shots!
I doubt this car had headlights. Most of these concept cars were design exercises only....very few were intended to be driven on the street, if driven at all. It sure is one sharp car, though.
Tom
Thanks for looking in. The " cove " trim behind the front wheel on this concept car was the inspiration for the body cove presented on the Corvettes from 1956 - 1962.
Tom
Thanks for looking in. A good many of the concept cars out of Detroit in the early '50s did, in fact, exhibit a huge influence from the aviation world. That was a period when the jet aircraft were beginning their domination and some of their design characteristics began to show up in all sorts of products....particularly cars.
Take care,
Tom
I remember my dad taking me to a GM Motorama car show in the early '50s where a few cars like this one were on display....in fact, this very Buick was probably one of those cars shown. That show must have been in 1953 because I distinctly remember seeing the first Corvette I ever saw there. Soon after that show, our neighbor, who was a local Chevy dealer, brought a Corvette home. He gave all of us neighborhood kids a ride in the thing....I don't think I touched ground for a week after that.
Tom
1948 Buick Streamliners. Beautiful car, but the photos are not as sharp as yours.
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Lauren
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It's great to hear form you.
Long-range optics are almost useless at shows like this. I use, almost exclusively, short-range zooms. As a dyed-in-the-wool Nikon man, I used their AF-S 17 - 35 MM F/2.8 for a long time. For quite some time, though, I've been using, and GREATLY prefer, my Tokina AT-X Pro 20 - 35 MM F/2.8. I don't know if all Tokina lenses are this good, but this one is one of the sharpest and truest-color rendering lens I've ever run across in over 40 years of shooting. If I anticipate doing any really close-up abstract work, I'll drag along My Nikor 105 MM Macro F/2.8 lens. If you try this type of shooting, be sure and use a circular polarizer to help deal with the glare issues.
Take care my friend and good luck,
Tom
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Nice color... Nice rear. Luxuriously smooth contours.
Clean. Beautiful chrome works everywhere. :whew
A treat to see these Tom.
Thanks for the info! I have a Tamron 17-50 2.8, which sounds like a good choice, eh? There's a classic car show in mid-May up in Blanco--I might take a ride up their and check out the rides!
Cheers,
Lauren
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I appreciate you looking in and thanks also for your comments.
Tom
I started looking all over the picture for the girl you were describing....then it dawned on me you were talking about the car.:D:D She is a beaut, isn't she?
Take care, Tom
Your Tamron should do you well. Don't forget the polarizer.
When you're shooting shows like this, you are, of course, stuck with the positioning of the cars as they are displayed.....nothing you can do about that. Explore, though, changing position of yourself. Pay attention to what elements may be reflecting off of the car....perhaps an adjoining car, people, etc, etc. Changing your position can often mitigate, or minimize, the presence of those reflections. You'll soon learn, too, that patience is a real virtue at shooting shows.
Take care,
Tom
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