Advertisements for Ford Sunliner
2 advertisements for the Ford Sunliner, one from 1955 and one from 1960.
Scale drawing of the toy car
A scan of a 1:1 scale drawing of the object, showing plan view and side elevations.
Homes and Gardens September 1963
A copy of Homes and Gardens magazine dated September 1963.
Features advertisement for Austin A40 and feature on "car of the month", a Volvo 122B:
Object Speed: A response to Knowledge Conversation
This is in response to Simon’s eloquently argued call for a momentary silence.
Licking
We licked the red paint on the 'Object Retrieval' bus to see if it would poison us. We now await the results.
Pigment analysis with Ruth Siddall, Geo-Archeologist (UCL)
Ruth Siddall is a Geo-Archeologist who has been working at UCL for the past 20 years. Ruth came on board the bus to do a pigment analysis of the red and white paint on the toy car.
The object as symbol
A symbolic interpretation of the toy motor car and its significance suggests that the object denotes the metaphorical vehicle in which its owner might have wished to undertake life's journey, and t
Sound Retrieval
One of the team members of Object Retrieval explains the mission of the project to a participant.
Sound of the Ford V8 engine
The Ford Galaxie Sunliner (manufactured from 1960-64) was fitted with a Ford V8 engine. The following link is a Youtube clip of the sound of the V8 engine.
Mutter Museum exhibition
The Mutter Museum has an exhibition on lead poisoning at the moment:
http://www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp