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PostPosted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:28 pm    Post subject: Re: 20 millionth photo Reply with quote

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This is the 20 millionth photo in The Samba Gallery!

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HUGE RESPECT. Does it fit?


Well, it's not my 20 millionth photo, even if it sometimes seems that way.

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No one ever remembers the 19,999,999th one : )

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Actually it's pictured directly above the 20 millionth, so it's locked in posterity.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 11:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

Looks like a 50 Merc and a 53 Ford to the right, so the Bug is pretty new.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:07 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

My new favorite photo of the year.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:26 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

^^ possibly the earliest example of fender skirts on a beetle?
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:59 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

This shows that a lot of Germany was still rubble when these cars were built.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 7:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:25 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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It seems that front headlights weren't easily available, and that a spotlight became a headlight. Is the rear bumper a double bar type, much beloved of subsequent customisers? Plus, what aircraft are those in the background? Seems to be plenty of them! Is this fellow a civilian, or is that a uniform of sorts?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:49 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

Looks like a lot of B17 flying fortresses to me and maybe he's ground crew? I thought the rear bumper was standard judging by the ground shadow and maybe that is the mounting bracket casting shadows. Parts would be hard to come by, remember the factory resorted to fitting kubel style lamps into the headlamp rim as a result of the shortages...
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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Looks like a lot of B17 flying fortresses to me and maybe he's ground crew? I thought the rear bumper was standard judging by the ground shadow and maybe that is the mounting bracket casting shadows. Parts would be hard to come by, remember the factory resorted to fitting kubel style lamps into the headlamp rim as a result of the shortages...
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They are B-17's and it looks like they are parked or staged after the war. The USA flew most of the B-17's back to the USA where 99% of them were scrapped by 1947/1948 along with the vast majority of WWII aircraft with the exception of the B-29's, P51's and others that were sold to other nations.

Any idea where the picture was taken?
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