Monday, October 07, 2019
Alt universe cars
Ever see a '38 Buick panel truck?
From an article in an ITT trade journal in '39. ITT was truly International, and its magazines concentrated on radio in Europe. This article showed how the Oslo police department used two-way radio.
The interior, a neat installation matching the dashboard's deco:
Buick would have made good sense for cop purposes. The Model 40 was cheap, not far above Chevy or Ford prices, and it had a powerful and durable straight eight. Buick was accustomed to selling chassis-and-cowl vehicles for hearse conversions. Euro coachmakers were accustomed to using GM products for deluxe limos.
Sidenote: ITT's publications in the late '30s also showed that our corporations were firmly allied with Japan and Germany, which is the permanent default. Even during our wars "against" Japan and Germany, our corporations continued to build Kraut weapons and US weapons at the same time.
From an article in an ITT trade journal in '39. ITT was truly International, and its magazines concentrated on radio in Europe. This article showed how the Oslo police department used two-way radio.
The interior, a neat installation matching the dashboard's deco:
Buick would have made good sense for cop purposes. The Model 40 was cheap, not far above Chevy or Ford prices, and it had a powerful and durable straight eight. Buick was accustomed to selling chassis-and-cowl vehicles for hearse conversions. Euro coachmakers were accustomed to using GM products for deluxe limos.
Sidenote: ITT's publications in the late '30s also showed that our corporations were firmly allied with Japan and Germany, which is the permanent default. Even during our wars "against" Japan and Germany, our corporations continued to build Kraut weapons and US weapons at the same time.
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