A trunkload of beauty

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There’s not much we want to add to the old press release accompanying this nice old photograph. It dates from 1956 and comes from the desks of the ‘Dodge News Bureau’ which was of course based in downtown Detroit. “There’s more room in the trunk of the 1957 Dodge, as these five lovelies from the water sports troupe at Cypress Gardens, Florida, demonstrate. It’s their way of showing that the luggage compartment will hold a lot of anything. The trunk of the 1957 Dodge is more than six feet wide, which means you can put more luggage in it, too. That’s Buck Baker, famous auto race driver, standing alongside the trunkload of beauty.” Now, if you look closely to the licence plate you’ll see it’s from North Carolina, Baker’s state, which had ‘Drive safely’ at the top line at the time. Don’t worry, Buck knew how to deal with that.

(text: Jeroen Booij)

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