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This is what they took from us.* (pixelfed.crimedad.work)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Anyone know the model and year of this specimen?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/96345

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/708856420107634315

This is what they took from us.*

*I am referring, of course, to the decommissioned train station where this photo was taken. It's a shame that even with the embarrassing state of public transit in this country, we can't even have private automobiles with the kind of panache still barely demonstrated by this Oldsmobile.

#Oldsmobile #transit #NewJersey #ClassicCar #jalopy #UsedFuture

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[–] jordanlund 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looks like a 1959 Oldsmobile 98:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1959-oldsmobile-1959-oldsmobile-98-holiday-2-door/

The key is the triple headlights. '58 and '60 were doubles, not triples like that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

That's her! Hopefully some kind of restoration is in its future.

[–] ramenshaman 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Who's "they"?

Edit: I just saw your note in the description. It sounds like you're saying the lack of public transportation is at least partially to blame for modern cars not having the same style or as much style as older cars. I'm not sure I agree. Sure, modern cars have a different style but many of them are very stylish imo. That being said, that's a great looking car and I do miss some of the styles of cars from that era. A handful of people in my neighborhood have older cars similar to this and they take really good care of them and I dig it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It sounds like you’re saying the lack of public transportation is at least partially to blame for modern cars not having the same style or as much style as older cars.

No. I'm saying that the dearth of cool cars is the insult to the injury of having inadequate public transit. "They" are just the policy makers who have been acting on behalf of the bourgeois rather than the working class.