Your wish is our command. Due to popular demand, Mac’s Motor City Garage has circled back with another huge photo gallery of celebrities and their cars.
The response to the original story (Cars and stars—a photo essay) also taught us that MCG readers especially like to see guys like James Dean, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, and Steve McQueen with their cars. That’s no doubt because they were not only great personalities; they are remembered today as genuine car guys. Steve McQueen and his vehicles might be worth an entire feature on their own, so stay tuned. Meantime, enjoy the gallery below.
I’m always amazed at the sheer size of some of the cars. Fatty Arbuckle looks positively tiny in relation to the car, while still looking like an imposing figure. The Dusenberg J door comes up to Tyron Power’s armpit almost – that’s the height of my roofline.
The Duesenberg is about the size of a 2013 Chevy Suburban, somewhere around 18 feet long and 7 high. Maybe 6 inches shorter and 6 inches taller.
Vehicle proportions were different in the vintage and classic eras than they are today. Duesenbergs were built in two wheelbases, 142.5 and 153.5 inches, enormous by modern standards, but since they had very little overhang the overall length is relatively short. Meanwhile, the wheels and body are much taller than on modern cars, creating the impression of great size. The 1910-12 Olds Limited is another example: wheelbase is “only” 130 inches but with 42-in wheels the car looks gargantuan.
really cool early dealer plate holder on the model a with Louis Mayer behind the wheel!
Hey, good eye. I never noticed it.