Back in the summer of '21 I motored down to southern Indiana to grab lunch with some friends. On the way down, I noticed something red and old in the grass alongside U.S. 231, so on the way back I pulled over and snapped a photo.
I didn't get out of the car because I didn't want to go tromping around in some dude's yard, but I did have the 24-120mm f/4 VR on the D700 and it had adequate reach.
That's a 1949 Chrysler New Yorker sedan in Pepper Red. Chrysler was the last of the Big Three to tool up fresh designs after World War Two; the '48 New Yorker was basically a warmed-over 1942 model. The '49 had all new sheet metal, although the 135 horsepower 323.5cid flathead straight-eight and four-speed "Presto-Matic" semiautomatic transmission carried over from the '48 model.
Despite the tall grass, the car was in great shape, including fresh-looking rubber, and showed every sign of being maintained and driven regularly.
It was a gorgeous day and U.S. 231 was perfect for a bit of top-down cruising in the Zed Drei...
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