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Title: Car of tomorrow?
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1960
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph caption dated June 22, 1960 reads, "This hand made "Golden Sahara II," built on a Ford chassis at a cost of $100,000, is on display at Valley Ford showrooms, 811 S. San Fernando Blvd., Burbank. Featuring a 525 horsepower Lincoln motor, the 'Car of Tomorrow' incorporates one of most complex electrical systems ever devised for automobiles. It sports a 'pearl' finish of imported pulverized fish scales, 24-karat gold plate trim, white mink floor mats, TV set, voice control steering mechanism and gold-studded chest containing cocktail bar and ice cube unit."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00108445
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d007_f29_i13
CARL0005216815
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/45475
Subject: Ford Motor Company
Automobiles, Convertible--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Automobile dealers--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Automobiles--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Automobiles--Bodies--Design and construction
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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