Daily Dose of Diecast... Monday 3/01/21

An Absolute BEAUTY John. Photo'ed flawlessly!

Good grief.....I could only imagine driving that car, with those gorgeous tires, in a Tennessee rainstorm. Oh, horror the thought!

Always impressed by the outlandish white tires. Great pics John!

Posted by: @sizedoesmatter

Always impressed by the outlandish white tires. Great pics John!

Oh yea, in that era those white walls were outlandish.  I always found it interesting how up until some time in the 1980's, white wall tires were the norm on every car that wasn't a basic model of a particular Brand.  Then Bam! they're no longer appearing on cars.  And certainly one would not expect to see or have white walls on a modern era car.  Yet, with but rare exceptions with tires, I've always felt that tires are the least attractive thing on a car.  And with every car's wheel-wells now totally exposing the entire tire, we just see a dirty grungy black tire.  Times they do change.  

Posted by: @georgeschire

Posted by: @sizedoesmatter

Always impressed by the outlandish white tires. Great pics John!

Oh yea, in that era those white walls were outlandish.  I always found it interesting how up until some time in the 1980's, white wall tires were the norm on every car that wasn't a basic model of a particular Brand.  Then Bam! they're no longer appearing on cars.  And certainly one would not expect to see or have white walls on a modern era car.  Yet, with but rare exceptions with tires, I've always felt that tires are the least attractive thing on a car.  And with every car's wheel-wells now totally exposing the entire tire, we just see a dirty grungy black tire.  Times they do change.  

George what I find outlandish about the Hispano-Suiza , are the completely white tires, not just the sidewalls. I recall reading somewhere that the natural color of rubber is white. 

I do miss whitewalls. They always enhanced the appearance of just about any car. Not sure why change to black.

One of my favorites of a very flamboyant era. Great pics John.

John. There is one car i like even more than the brown / maroon one you pictured....

@donderbeestje

I really like that one too. So far, I have not been able to acquire one.

@jcarnutz

There is 1 on Ebay right now 🤔