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The Fun of Cartoon Characters on Your Car Accessories
I never cease to be amazed at how many cars or trucks you see walking through a parking lot or a downtown that have a decoration of some kind of cartoon character. It just says to me that we never grow up from that world we discovered as kids. They still manage to bring a smile to our faces, no matter how old we get! Pretty cool, isn’t it?!!!
It doesn’t matter whether you grew up with Mickey & Minnie, or Bugs & Daffy, or Howdy Doody, or Scooby Doo – you can still find a ton of accessories with their faces on them. Same with Yosemite Sam, Betty Boop, Tweety, Tinkerbell, Taz, and Popeye! Or maybe you are of the era that got into Sponge Bob, the Simpsons, Hello Kitty, Garfield, or Happy Bunny. It’s all there waiting!
Whether you’re searching for / needing a set of floor mats, seat covers, or visor covers, you can get your pals logo on them. Maybe you are just looking for a nice key chain, some decals or window graphics, or something to hang from your rear view mirror. They’re out there too! How fun to have Hello Kitty right there on your steering wheel cover or a set of fuzzy dice! Take a walk through one of the great
These cartoon characters are definitely a special breed. They have been our friends and companions most of our lives. They don’t ask for much in return, they’re just there! If you’ve ever watched the Toy Story movies, where they show life from the toy’s point of view ( kinda sorta ), you get the idea. They make us smile, they make us laugh, they stir our imagination and our memory. We can probably mimic their voices, and remember their classic lines. It never ceases to chomp on a carrot and bring up Bugs’s “what’s up doc?”, or Tweety’s “I tawt I taw a puddy tat..” My personal favorite as a kid was always doing Sylvester’s “tthhhayyyyyy” where you could spit / spray your friends! Still makes me smile to think of it.
CHRYSLER – “The Beautiful Chrysler”
Chrysler stylists were busy as the war period was winding down, readying updated designs for resumption of production. While still based on the new-for-1942 body designs, the 1946 models featured new front fender lines that flowed back smoothly into the front doors. This was a styling trend that began in the immediate prewar period, and all manufacturers were scrambling to have the latest design statement. Other new styling elements were an intricate, die-cast egg-crate grille and redesigned bumpers, which were used through the 1948 season and into the 1949 first-series cars. Chrysler engineers created a revised Prestomatic semiautomatic transmission for the postwar cars.
Other new features included a gas tank filter and dual-cylinder front wheel brakes. The Town & Country steel and wood bodied models continued, but instead of the prewar station wagon model, the 1946 now came in 4-Door Sedan and 2 Door Convertible body styles. The Town & Country C-38 6-cylinder continued being Windsor-based, while the C-39 8-cylinder models were now New Yorker-based.
The revised line gave Chrysler a unique car to distinguish it from its competitors. In an interesting side note to the Town & County series, seven 2-Door Hardtops were built, making them the first of that body style. Being “hand built prototypes,” rather than production models, they are not included in the statistics that follow. Also, three other Town & Country body styles were listed, but did not reach production, a Roadster, Brougham Sedan and Custom Club Coupe. Other model changes from 1942 included the discontinuance of the 4-Door Town Sedan model in all series, and the dropping of Crown Imperial 4 Door Sedans.