Babes & Bugeyes

[JPSmit]

And ....

 

[BillW103]

One more

 

[JPSmit]

One more
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Her expression suggests that she thought she was expecting to be posing in front of a muscle car or a truck - and at the last minute found out the budget had been cut. :grin:

 

[Nelson]

Good one, JP.

 

[BUQUICK]

OK...How about Miss Ottawa Roughrider?

Don't forget about the other lovely ladies from that 48th Grey Cup Parade like Miss Toronto Argonaut, Miss Winnipeg Blue Bomber, Miss Hamilton Tiger-Cat (notice the door handles that were added to that red Sprite), & Miss Calgary Stampeder. I included the full size image of Miss Ottawa Rough Rider at the bottom so all the photos would be together.

 

[Paul McGuffin]

Boston Terrier and Bugeye...

 

[Bayless]

Where are you guys seeing cars in these pictures?

 

[JPSmit]

Where are you guys seeing cars in these pictures?

Amen to that.

BTW 48th Grey Cup was Vancouver - hence not freezing - and, 1960 so, promotionally the parade is sponsored by Austin. (remembering in 1960 places like Vancouver and Victoria were selling as many or more British cars as they were American - as they viewed themselves very much a part of Blighty)

 

[HealeyRick]

These Grey Cup pics are really cool. Thanks to you both for posting.

 

[BillW103]

This one may be factory.

 

[The_architect]

Yep Bill, that probably is factory. Note the cardboard under the car--they knew what to expect.

 

[Paul McGuffin]

This is from Bugeyeguy.com....

"The Bugeye Sprite was introduced in Monte Carlo (just before the Monaco Grand Prix) on May 20, 1958, which would have been after the NY Auto show held in April 1958. Thus we believe this to be the 1959 or 1960 New York auto show BMC show booth. There are many nice things to notice about this period photo, like the featured …

 

[twas_brillig]

Jim went on to explain that he had suffered from polio as a child, and had convinced his father that exercising his leg on the clutch pedal of the Sprite sitting at the showroom of the Walther Motor Company was the proper therapy.
There's been a lot of changes since 1960, and a lot of them - like the elimination of small pox and polio - have been good things. I'm of the age for whom Salk and Sabin made a difference, and we have two friends who didn't get the vaccines in time.

And thoroughly enjoyed the idea of a Grey Cup parade using Bugeyes!

 

[twas_brillig]

Dang! trying it italicize the quotes from the 'bring a trailer' article didn't quite work! Doug

 

[JPSmit]

Jim went on to explain that he had suffered from polio as a child, and had convinced his father that exercising his leg on the clutch pedal of the Sprite sitting at the showroom of the Walther Motor Company was the proper therapy.
There's been a lot of changes since 1960, and a lot of them - like the elimination of small pox and polio - have been good things. I'm of the age for whom Salk and Sabin made a difference, and we have two friends who didn't get the vaccines in time.

Have a woman at our church who had polio - older but, not so much older.

 

[HealeyRick]

And as a point of interest, Donna Mae's "Think Pink" bugeye was formerly owned by Dr. Jonas Salk, the inventor of the Salk polio vaccine.

 

[Paul McGuffin]

I like this grill!

 

[Paul McGuffin]

10% Bugeye here and about 75% boobs.

 

[JPSmit]

10% Bugeye here and about 75% boobs. View attachment 46723

<sputter> I don't even know how to respond - except to speculate that even the photographer didn't realize there was a car in the picture!

 

[Bayless]

Safe to say the photographer didn't care.