Car Photo of the Day: Name that car.

Dome-a-rama

This particular sort of car came up in discussion on the Jag-Lovers.org E-type group, and I commented on the way cool dashboard with the Dome-a-rama gauges. I knew I had a photo of it to share but could not find it at the time. Today I’m looking for more Bugatti pics and tripped right over it! I’ve abandoned the Bugatti theme for this one guys. Once I find the Bugatti pics I’ll post them to yesterday’s CPOTD. Since the discussion of Jag-Lovers named this car in today’s CPOTD any participants in that group are not eligible for guessing, sorry guys. Anyone else know what sort of car this is?

Hard to see from this angle, but that gauge cluster above the wheel is fully encased in a plexiglass dome that extends up along the steering column. Very Gemini-Capsule, Jetson-o-rama, retro-o-futurism! Makes me want to go watch “The Right Stuff” at the Cinerama.

Hard-core “name that car” people can have a go at all the stuff in the background too – though given that this was taken at a local car show at the NAPA store in my little town, the variety is not exactly on par with Amelia Island or Pebble Beach! 😉

(BTW Tomorrow’s CPOTD is a real stumper from Amelia so gird your loins!)

5 thoughts on “Car Photo of the Day: Name that car.”

  1. I’ll say only this: It’s of a type of car immortalized in David Wilcox’s MOST excellent car-guy song, “Rusty Old American Dream.”
    Along with Neil Young’s “Long May You Run,” it’s one of the top TEN car songs of all time!

    Chuck, with your web skills and voluminous data bank of cool car vids/pix, I bet you could make a *killer* YouTube presentation with one/both of these songs!

    I play this song often, when working on Tweety, cuz it makes me feel –warm, and comfy– when my hands touch something that, in my eyes, is ALIVE…

    We’ve been through
    some things together
    With trunks of memories
    still to come
    We found things to do
    in stormy weather
    Long may you run.

    Long may you run.
    Long may you run.
    Although these changes
    have come
    With your chrome heart shining
    in the sun
    Long may you run.

    Well, it was
    back in Blind River in 1962
    When I last saw you alive
    But we missed that shift
    on the long decline
    Long may you run.

    Long may you run.
    Long may you run.
    Although these changes
    have come
    With your chrome heart shining
    in the sun
    Long may you run.

    Maybe The Beach Boys
    have got you now
    With those waves
    singing “Caroline No”
    Rollin’ down
    that empty ocean road
    Gettin’ to the surf on time.

    Long may you run.
    Long may you run.
    Although these changes
    have come
    With your chrome heart shining
    in the sun
    Long may you run.

    Neil Young

  2. Hi Chuck,

    I only have time to fill in on the focus car. It is a 1960 Chrysler 300F hardtop, configured with the pushbutton automatic.

    Cheers,
    Shaun

  4. But that “300” only tells you the model of car and there were 7 different letter variants of the 300 from 55-69. There is so much more that you need to delve in to.

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