MEXICO, HIDALGO 1936 ---THE WORLD'S FIRST REFLECTORIZED LICENSE PLATE ISSUE--- PIC#1 FRONT VIEW
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This is a rough but very rare example of a historic license plate. This 1936 Mexican license plate was the first year a plate was made reflectorized. This plate was made with stencil style dies with holes where the numbers are. Then two backing plates with raised edges like a baking pan were rivited to the front piece in the center. One backing plate for the first three numbers and the other for the last three.
The corners of the backing plates were then attached to the front plate with folding tacks to secure the back plates to it.
The inside of the backing plate facing the front were painted white and a glass reflective inserts were put in place in each of two backing plates behind the open spaces of the numbers.
This construction must have made for a lot of work and was very complicated for the times. A lot of labour must have gone into the making of this plate as 1936 was the only year Mexico made this style of plate. A first for the world for sure!!
Not all Mexican states issued this style of plate, in fact less than half of them did. This is the larger version about 13 3/4 X 7 inches in size while some states issued a smaller 5 1/2 X 13 inch plate of the same style. Other Mexican states issued a regular embossed plate or tabbed a 1935 issue. See pic #2 the back view in this set.
1973 - 1974 Ford Taunus GXL TC ’74 (01)
Image by Georg Schwalbach (GS1311)
In 1970 a new Taunus, the Taunus Cortina (TC), was introduced, as a two- or four-door sedan, station wagon (or Turnier) and coupé. It was very similar to the British Ford Cortina Mk III but without the "coke bottle" belt line. Also, the Taunus was available as a coupe, a bodystyle that the Cortina was never made in.
Both cars were developed under the auspices of Ford of Europe, and most major components including key parts of the bodyshell were identical. From 1976 Taunus and Cortina models were identical in all but name, 'Taunus' being the name used in left hand drive (LHD) markets, and 'Cortina' in right hand drive ones, although the Cortina name was used in LHD South Korea and Taiwan. The Mk III was also sold in Scandinavia, alongside the Taunus.
The Ford Taunus TC series was conceived in the late 1960s to be a "world car" alongside its technical sibling the Cortina Mk III, with construction and design work taking place on both sides of the Atlantic. As with the design of the first generation, it was done under the supervision of Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen, of former General Motors fame. The car is often nicknamed "Barock 2" (pointing back to the Taunus P2 series of the late 1950s, commonly known as the "Barock-Taunus") or "The Knudsen Nose" by its German owners because of the pointy hood scoop that, as the legend has it, was put there on direct order from Knudsen. Otherwise the major design work is rumoured to have been done by German car designer Luigi Colani, who also did design concepts for BMW's motorcycle division in the late 1970s.
(Wikipedia)
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Der Ford Taunus TC ist ein Pkw der Mittelklasse von Ford, der von Herbst 1970 bis Mitte 1982 gebaut wurde. Die Schwestermodelle des englischen Ford Cortina MK III (daher auch die Bezeichnung „TC“) haben Vierzylinder-Reihenmotoren oder Sechszylinder-V-Motoren und Hinterradantrieb. Sie sind Nachfolger der Ford 12m und 15m (P6), die mit Frontantrieb (P6) und V-4-Motoren technisch anders ausgeführt waren.
(Wikipedia)
INDIANA 1971 ---HOUSE CAR LICENSE PLATE
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I just received two license plates from Indiana. Can someone tell me the difference between this HOUSE CAR plate and the other one I received, MOTOR HOME...Any of you folks in Indiana or anywhere tell me the difference between these two plates.
Streets are for People
Image by the camera is a toy.
Shamez Amlani (right) is one of the more conspicuous people you'll ever encounter. I actually recognized him from an interview of him that was on the Torontoist homepage for months. When I saw him on World Car-Free Day he was wearing an excellent pop-out top hat (he even "popped" it for me once), stylish red cape, and thoughtfully matching red hula hoop [see previous photo]. If that isn't world-changing, I don't know what is.
1973 - 1974 Ford Taunus GXL TC ’74 (02)
Image by Georg Schwalbach (GS1311)
In 1970 a new Taunus, the Taunus Cortina (TC), was introduced, as a two- or four-door sedan, station wagon (or Turnier) and coupé. It was very similar to the British Ford Cortina Mk III but without the "coke bottle" belt line. Also, the Taunus was available as a coupe, a bodystyle that the Cortina was never made in.
Both cars were developed under the auspices of Ford of Europe, and most major components including key parts of the bodyshell were identical. From 1976 Taunus and Cortina models were identical in all but name, 'Taunus' being the name used in left hand drive (LHD) markets, and 'Cortina' in right hand drive ones, although the Cortina name was used in LHD South Korea and Taiwan. The Mk III was also sold in Scandinavia, alongside the Taunus.
The Ford Taunus TC series was conceived in the late 1960s to be a "world car" alongside its technical sibling the Cortina Mk III, with construction and design work taking place on both sides of the Atlantic. As with the design of the first generation, it was done under the supervision of Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen, of former General Motors fame. The car is often nicknamed "Barock 2" (pointing back to the Taunus P2 series of the late 1950s, commonly known as the "Barock-Taunus") or "The Knudsen Nose" by its German owners because of the pointy hood scoop that, as the legend has it, was put there on direct order from Knudsen. Otherwise the major design work is rumoured to have been done by German car designer Luigi Colani, who also did design concepts for BMW's motorcycle division in the late 1970s.
(Wikipedia)
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Der Ford Taunus TC ist ein Pkw der Mittelklasse von Ford, der von Herbst 1970 bis Mitte 1982 gebaut wurde. Die Schwestermodelle des englischen Ford Cortina MK III (daher auch die Bezeichnung „TC“) haben Vierzylinder-Reihenmotoren oder Sechszylinder-V-Motoren und Hinterradantrieb. Sie sind Nachfolger der Ford 12m und 15m (P6), die mit Frontantrieb (P6) und V-4-Motoren technisch anders ausgeführt waren.
(Wikipedia)
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