Brian Moore
Moderator
Leaving work one day last week I looked to my left and there, sitting at the pavement, was a Fiat Topolino. Now, a Fiat Topolino is not a car you see every day on the streets even in the car culture of Los Angeles. So, I quickly detoured to get a better look.
The car had been removed from a car carrier, I assume to allow for the removal of the next vehicle, but the driver could not get the Topolino back on the truck because it had run out of petrol.
Anyway, the car had a Paris badge on the back and was actually a Simca. So, it was a Topolino built by Simca.
A lovely wee car in apparantly unrestored but very nice condition, given its age. The truck driver, a Greek man, confirmed the car's vintage as 1937. Delightful!
I took this image with my newest camera, a medium format "Plastic Filmtastic 120" Debonair toy camera courtesy of Mike Raso of the Film Photography Project (Film Photography Project | An Internet Radio Show & On-Line Resource for Film Shooters Worldwide). I used Fuji Acros 100 film that I developed in Rodinal for 67 minutes.
The car had been removed from a car carrier, I assume to allow for the removal of the next vehicle, but the driver could not get the Topolino back on the truck because it had run out of petrol.
Anyway, the car had a Paris badge on the back and was actually a Simca. So, it was a Topolino built by Simca.
A lovely wee car in apparantly unrestored but very nice condition, given its age. The truck driver, a Greek man, confirmed the car's vintage as 1937. Delightful!
I took this image with my newest camera, a medium format "Plastic Filmtastic 120" Debonair toy camera courtesy of Mike Raso of the Film Photography Project (Film Photography Project | An Internet Radio Show & On-Line Resource for Film Shooters Worldwide). I used Fuji Acros 100 film that I developed in Rodinal for 67 minutes.
