The camouflage scheme and the wooden tracks match this account of the Pennsylvania Military Museum vehicle's past history, so with luck we have it identified.
http://www.brhoward.com/world_war_tank.html
As it was donated to the museum in 1968, and (from the account) probably then stopped being driven around, the car design dating looks very accurate!
-- Edited by Lothianman on Monday 20th of May 2013 04:42:30 PM
It's a shame the car isn't quite in focus - since the license plate is visible, all you would have to do is look for the year stamped on it to know what year the photo was taken!
Since Lothianman has discovered that the tank was donated to the museum in 1968, I doubt any knowledge of the car is now necessary - I think it is around that date, unlikely to be later than a 1970 model at the very latest, but I think late sixties. Tail-lamps look vaguely familiar, but it's several years since I was reading Classic American magazine on a regular basis, so I would be guessing even to suggest which of the Big Three (FoMoCo, GM, MoPar) produced it.
-- Edited by TinCanTadpole on Monday 20th of May 2013 10:21:30 PM
We have a winner! Well, not quite: the car appears to be a 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle; since this pre-dates the donation of the tank to the museum, it does not help with the year.
But surely the car identification does help, as it means the photo cannot be before 1965, and we know that the photo is almost certainly before 1968 if the impression given by the specialist conservators' website is correct. 1965-68 is a pretty narrow bracket by any standards.
Maybe someone ought to ask the Museum itself ... maybe the original poster might like to do that and let us know the results?
Might be a red herring, but the Stars and Stripes is the 48-star, 1912-1959 version. Of course, it could be there to signify WWI.
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Up to 1959? I thought Hawaii joined the Union in 1950? Did it take nine more years to add two stars for Alaska and Hawaii?? It is a red herring though, as the car is definitely a sixties machine and I'm 90-odd percent certain it's a '65 Chevelle.
On another note, if you think the photo may be pre-68, I shall nit-pick and say that it could be as early as late-1964, as US Model Years start in September - ie the 1965 MY started in September '64. That is nitpicking though, it is probably not quite so early, especially given the foliage on the tree and the bloom of the flowers.
Hawaii & Alaska both 1959. But yes, I think the flag in the photo is meant to represent 1917-18.
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