This piece is called “HobbyPop RoadShop” by Bruce McCall, from ~1957, from the book The Last Dream-o-Rama. Or so my research suggests. And of course, this post certainly doubles as a ‘retro-futurism’ posting, as well.
Another view:
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Draft-5f307c0c16ab2__880.jpg
(unfortunately, that double-underscore (“__”) in the URL seems incompatible with PF’s image-insertion mode, or maybe I’m doing it wrong?)
Anyway, here’s a fun mini-article going in to more detail:
https://paleofuture.com/blog/2007/11/26/cars-detroit-forgot-to-build-1950-1960.html
Drive safe out there!
Oh wow, look at those!
Thank you x2 for such a great, demonstrative comment. oO
Yes, again I’m not even remotely a car-person, but I’ve always found their sheer artistry fascinating, at times. Both very old autos and the many amazing concept autos, for the most part.
Unfortunately, based on a quick search just now, I don’t see either type of community on the Fediverse…?
Maybe not. You could always create it!
Many things are possible in life, altho as both the founder and content-creator of a 3yr FV-project already, plus a regular contributor to half-a-dozen other communities, at this point I’m more interested in turning any stray efforts of mine and others upon a group pledge-posting project.
I did breach this topic a month ago, and have been kind of gathering resources upon the next step, since then: https://piefed.social/c/[email protected]/p/2030925/a-couple-quick-thoughts-on-sustaining-faltering-communities