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26/11/2025 8:37 am
This is the Buick that appeared in some of the final scenes from "Casablanca"...
John Bono
North Jersey
26/11/2025 9:19 am
26/11/2025 9:23 am
Yes Tony, a big improvement. Sadly not too many cars with whitewalls back then...people were lucky if the could just get tires.@sizedoesmatter BEAUTIFUL!
The whitewalls look so much more dramatic on it! Thanks John!!
John Bono
North Jersey
Topic starter
26/11/2025 9:38 am
"...not too many cars with whitewalls back then."
Correct! Far too many classics are restored with whitewalls - although not period-incorrect, they weren't nearly as common as people think.
Whitewalls do look better MOST of the time, but for greater authenticity I remove them on many of my pre/post war models. For instance, my latest project - a 1948 Ford Woody.
26/11/2025 9:51 am
Yes Chris it does look better with whitewalls but it's not as authentic."...not too many cars with whitewalls back then."
Correct! Far too many classics are restored with whitewalls - although not period-incorrect, they weren't nearly as common as people think.
Whitewalls do look better MOST of the time, but for greater authenticity I remove them on many of my pre/post war models. For instance, my latest project - a 1948 Ford Woody.
John Bono
North Jersey
26/11/2025 10:00 am
Topic starter
26/11/2025 10:07 am
26/11/2025 11:19 am
Tony, would Lauren Bacall preferred to have whitewalls, but they just weren't available?@perrone1 Exactly! 😀 😀
John Bono
North Jersey
26/11/2025 11:26 am
Tony, would Lauren Bacall preferred to have whitewalls, but they just weren't available?@perrone1 Exactly! 😀 😀
Good question John. The movie was made in 1947 and she just drove what the studio provided her. Since she was hiding the fugitive, Steve Parry (Humphrey Bogart) in the back seat under a painting canvas, she was just trying to blend in with all other cars.
26/11/2025 11:50 am
@perrone1, there's so much power and emotion wrapped into that "As Time Goes By" scene. Bogey was magnificent!
This post was modified 7 months ago by John Kuvakas
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
26/11/2025 12:49 pm
26/11/2025 2:00 pm
On November 22, 1963 I was on an Amtrak train heading from Grad school at Columbia in NYC to Washington DC for a student architectural conference. Arriving to DC in disbelief. We stayed through the weekend and stood street side watching the unfathomable funeral procession pass by. The remaining activities viewed from hotel television.
The soulful memories of those days will stay etched in my mind as witness to some of the saddest days in our history.
Topic starter
26/11/2025 2:21 pm
"Arriving to DC in disbelief. We stayed through the weekend and stood street side watching the unfathomable funeral procession pass by."
That's a heartbreaking but unbelievably serendipitous experience. As I noted, I wasn't alive then, but YOU are the FIRST person I've ever "known" to actually see Kennedy's procession in Washington - unreal! I've stood at Arlington, looking down at the flame - I can't imagine how heartbroken you must've been at that time.
Thanks for sharing.
26/11/2025 2:35 pm
I've stood at Arlington, looking down at the flame - I can't imagine how heartbroken you must've been at that time.
I took these June 2009:
