Behind the Hillman is a 1957 Chevrolet. There's another '57 Chevy in front of the embassy, as well as a 1959 Ford.

Check out the right-hand-drive 1957 Chevrolet behind the Hillman.

The Embassy has relocated a few miles south on the other side of the Thames, but the building has been repurposed (complete with the eagle) as a luxury hotel, the Chancery Rosewood. Room prices start at $1850. I could not find any photographs of the hotel with a Cadillac out front.

Sixty years ago my parents took us to England, where they took delivery of a new car -- a Rover 2000 TC with left-side steering that would be shipped to the U.S. at the end of our trip. We drove around the south and southwest of England quite a bit. Mom and Dad caused some serious and obvious consternation from opposing drivers when Mom (in the front passenger seat, where the steering wheel "should" have been) unfolded the road map, completely blocking the front window.

Interesting registration number.

As I was walkin' 'round Grosvenor Square
Not a chill to the Winter but a nip to the air

I like the way the mid-century modernism of the building is offset by the classic, old-school eagle.

I spy a Hillman aft the Caddy.

(I mean, probably not, but still ... )