'51 Ford Tudor: the noir car from David Taylor.

David Taylor saw the car in Austin. Nice custom job, very clean. This era Ford does turn up in a lot of noir films--and didn't Robert Mitchum drive one in Thunder Road? BTW, David Taylor's new noir novel Night Work is just out, to acclaim:

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY:  Taylor’s masterly command of historical detail and his powerful delineations of characters both real and fictional should help put this second novel, like his first, into contention for an Edgar Award. 

BOOKLIST: Building to a slam-bang finale involving an assassination attempt, $500,000 in purloined Mob money, and cameos from Meyer Lansky and other marquee mobsters, the novel sails smoothly forward, nicely combining romance, historical detail, and, yes, that delightfully gin-soaked atmosphere.