'I love to feel a good real book in my hands'

cars in the 600 number block of Beverly Drive, L.A., 1950s

This is where they filmed the opening scene from The Beverly Hillbillies TV show of the 1960s. The car looks like a 1955 Chrysler New Yorker or Windsor. (Vintage Los Angles FB)

cars on Rue Soufflot, Paris, 1950s

With the Panthéon at the end. Vehicles include a Citroën Type H Van which is the gray corrugated steel commercial van driving in the foreground on the right; a Simca Aronde which is the light green/mint-colored sedan driving in the middle of the street. a Peugeot 203 which is the red and black two-tone sedan parked/driving on the far left side, a Citroën Traction Avant and a Renault 4CV.  The original pic had a lot of coal grime on the buildings which we have cleaned off digitally.

The scene today

1957 Maserati Race Transporter Type Fiat 642 RN2 Bartoletti model

A detailed 1:18 scale model by CMC.

1936 Fiat 500 A Topolino

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1975 Dodge Monaco

 

1970 Dodge Monaco

cars outside the Gare d'Orsay, Paris, 1950s

On the bank of the Seine river out of sight to the left, It is nowadays an art museum, see earlier posts.

el coche motor 'Flecha del Sur' Chile, 1941

The Flecha del Sur (Arrow of the South), a high-speed diesel-electric train set used in Chile between 1940 and the 1960s, here photographed by Hart Preston for LIFE magazine in 1941 at the La Unión station.
These railcars were manufactured in Germany by MAN and were inspired by the German "Fliegende Hamburger" design. The train featured a distinct aerodynamic Art Deco design with a shovel nose and connected Santiago and Puerto Montt in approximately 17 hours.

See earlier posts.

Penang Hill railway, Malaysia

The funicular car travels from the base station up to Penang Hill, reaching an altitude of 830 meters (2,723 ft). It is known for being the only funicular railway system in South East Asia and has been in operation since 1923. See earlier posts.