The posts on Large Format does mention he did own a Cadillac(s) as well
as a IH Carryall. I would be concerned with using any vehicle with four
rubber and air inflated mounting points, stability. Take the height of
the vehicle plus the height of the tripod as the perpendicular radius
and tilt the base 1/8 to a 1/4 it is going to multiply at the camera. I
wonder if he compensated for that in technique or mechanically with
jacks and blocks. Perhaps large format and panoramas don't care.
On 12/26/2014 09:40 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
Now it's easy to understand why some folks think it's a Caddy and some
think it's a Pontiac. Who knows, maybe he had both brands at at
different times... although I did encounter a comment somewhere along
the way that there was a Cadillac dealer near one of the western
national parks... I don't remember which one.
Anyhow, I think it's sufficient to note that he took many of his
landscape photos from a platform mounted on the top of some vehicle.
If we wanted to follow suit I don't thing we'd be looking for a '47
Pontiac to shoot from. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/26/2014 11:52 AM, Larry Griffin via olympus wrote:
I did a few searches this morn in the hopes of helping, and got totally
befuddled. I found this site that has nice page layout that let you
chose years easily. Then each year has the changes made in some detail.
What I didn't see was mention of - Silver Streak, and there were no
images.
http://www.earlytimeschapter.org/1940.html
Then I looked at this site that inferred that it was for 42-48
Pontiac's. There were a few images and the bottom of the page. Not much
interesting except, on the bottom page there is a table of model numbers
by body style(?). There are two different models "Torpedo" 119 inch
wheel base, "Streamliner" 122 inch wheel base, and a number of body
styles for each. What got me was in the exceptions block where it is
noted "Also the Streamliners were offered in Streamliner Chieftain
models". "Chieftain" is a model name I'm familiar with. There is nothing
there that equates to the "Silver Streak", mentioned on Large Format.
Did the poster on Large Format mean Streamliner. The station wagon was
only available on the Streamliner wheel base. Since GM shared body
panels, egad. I'm also wondering if they offered trim packages. Unless
something more can be pulled out of the picture of Ansel and the wagon,
like and emblem or the hood ornament. The only definitive answer may be
to find out what vehicle(s) Ansel had registered the year the picture
was taken.
http://www.classicalpontiac.com/html/40s.html
On 12/25/2014 11:18 PM, Paul Laughlin wrote:
I grew up among those cars. There was a day when I could tell you the
make, model and year of just about any car. After a little more
research, I believe that car could be either one of '42, '46 or '47.
The '48 had the same body style but the line thing on the fenders was
different. The '41 fender did not extend into the door. Just trying
to get the thing identified. VBG
Paul in Portland OR
On 12/25/2014 9:24 PM, Larry Griffin via olympus wrote:
There were very few cars made during WWII. The automotive industry
converted to airplanes, tanks, Jeeps, and anything else they were
capable of building for the war effort. After the war it took a while
for the auto industry to return to building cars and the first were
from
old designs, particularly the models with less production (sales). I
didn't didn't get an image that looked like Ansel till I specified -
Pontiac Silver Streak woody wagon. So the higher end models may of
had
the extra metal on the doors for simulated fenders and extra
chrome. I'm
not that sharp on the cars after the war till early 50s, I didn't care
for the looks.
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