'48 Chrysler NewYorker - "Driving Miss Daisy"

Tom's '48 Chrysler NewYorker has a stock 135bhp, 323cid straight-8 with "fluid drive". He got it 1 year ago in Louisiana & it's ALL ORIGINAL except the tires! You might have seen it in "Driving Miss Daisy".

It reminds me of my college days as my roomate had one. What a boat that was! It handled great as long as you wanted to go in a straight line!

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Nothing like we have today, are they?

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Just a little more "Car art".

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Man, what a beautiful car!

After 58 years, I'd recommend replacing the belts & radiator hoses, just to be on the safe side.
Thanks for these, Frank. Did he let you into the back seat for that interior shot?

1. I love that era. Fluid drive - early auto box I suppose. Look at all that chrome.


2. Ahem. Cough. Late afternoon light shooting is your usual method. Did Miss Daisey have to go and see a gentleman caller and do lunch somewheres else?

...in the interior shot, is the red lever to activate the low rider setup?

beautiful car Frank

I loved the film 'Driving Miss Daisy'

Thanks, guys! (And Marie, too!)

Actually, he insisted! Not a usual occurance!

The partial answer why is at the top of '36 Ford Cabriolet convert. You have to get them when you can & I knew that there would be a lot of cars there that I hadn't seen before!

I don't have a clue!

the stars effect are nice
(it's in all)

did you use a star filter this time Frank ?
were lighting conditions different from the usual ?

I don't think it's flash

is it sunshine flare

the chrome inside the car is blinding

Nice shots Frank

Dan

Nice shots and brings back a lot of memories. My dad bought a 1948 Dodge (same car with less chrome) new, same year as I was born (no, not in the back seat), and kept it for about 10 years.
I believe it was the first new model after the war, so we used to kid that it was made with leftover tank metal. You could sit on the hood and the sheet metal wouldn't even deflect.

If you're talking about the stalk on the left side of the steering column, this was a later add-on, an electric turn-signal (blinkers)! Most cars didn't have'em in 1948 (heaters & AM radios were also options), but you could buy them later & mont them to the side of the steering wheel. Anyone remember their hand signals for turns?

I remember the 2nd generation signal, too. A little flap would pop out with a finger pointing in the direction you would turn.
Hand signals are still used in mixed class racing to tell overtaking faster cars which side you expect them to pass on. What made it really "interesting" is when the guy on the right points left & the guy on the left points right! Solution was to just go between them.

EDIT:

Yes to "sunshine flare" & no to star filter. The lens was the 28-70 f/2.8 L which I like a lot as a "Walk-around" lens.
I really hate bright sunlight shots, but you have to get these cars when you can sometimes. The show was over way before the light was "right".

EDIT: Yes to "sunshine flare" & no to star filter. The lens was the 28-70 f/2.8 L which I like a lot as a "Walk-around" lens.
I really hate bright sunlight shots, but you have to get these cars when you can sometimes. The show was over way before the light was "right".

thanks for that Frank
if they had to be there I liked how the flares turned out like starlight filter effect