Interesting now that the court ruled making your own whiskey is now legal. Not sure about selling it but would just need to pay the tax.
The 49 Ford was not the first major changei n American car since WW ll. Studebaker and Kaiser Fraser In 47 and Cadillac and Hudson in 48
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Oldtimer is correct. Stude’s slogan–in 1947–was, “First by far with a postwar car”.
And, here are the all-new 1947 Kaiser and Frazer:
And, in late '47, Hudson rolled-out their all-new 1948 models. So, it appears that, with the exception of Nash, the indy car companies were all able to beat Ford, GM, and Chrysler with new postwar models.
Mitchum’s girlfriend was played by Keely Smith. If you watch the Frank Sinatra Ocean’s Eleven, you will see her name on one of the casino marquees.
Back to cars, yep, the “Big Three” did not bring out their new designs until 1949. At 4:19, I can’t tell for sure film is a little too grainy, there appears to be a Bullet nose Studebaker which would be 50 or 51. Of course, another group of cars for my dream car collection would be all the various body style of 1951 Studebaker Commanders, the Commanders had the OHV V8s.
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Getting back to the topic of Driver Education, my high school had ONE vehicle for Driver Ed, despite an enrollment of close to 3,000 students. Naturally, most of us never set foot in that car–including me.
But, the school informed the state’s DMV that I had completed behind-the-wheel driver training, and I assume that they faked it for every student.
Was their action unethical? Yup!
But, I guess that it saved them from having to hire more than one DE teacher. Luckily, my father and I went out very early every Sunday morning for him to teach me how to drive.
This posting is from several years ago of my experiences in my Driver’s Education Class…
We had a new 64 ford. There were three of us in the car for an hour so each drove for 20 minutes or so. I think we met twice a week for about four weeks. I don’t know how many other classes there were. I liked that car but have never been crazy about the 64 body style. Our instructor was a teacher but had been a fighter pilot. He had a pretty hot temper and his own brake pedal which he used a couple times. Two guys and one girl in the car. She got the brake at least once and I got the lecture to check the railroad tracks. Except I knew there were only a train once in a great while.
I and most of my classmates got our learners permits when we were 15. About 25 of us enrolled in drivers education in the spring of our sophomore year. We had new 1966 Oldsmobiles. First a Cutlass two door, I don’t remember the trim level but it had bucket seats and vinyl roof, not a 442. They had to be returned to the dealer after a certain number of miles. Next was a Delta 88 four dour hardtop, last car was a Toronado. Yes, our teacher had a brake pedal on his side. I don’t remember the cost, wasn’t very much. So I had that plus driving with my parents. I started working a job with a paycheck when I turned 16. Though I was fine driving the Studebaker Wagon did not want to take my exam with a manual transmission so bought my Dart before I got my license.
Though we were taught and practiced merging onto an Interstate (called freeways in MN) staying in the right lane except for passing was not stressed.