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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
    Yup, a 1967 Mazda Cosmo 110S.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
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  • robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    Aussie Galaxy??
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    1969 Ford Galaxie XL?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
    Yep, not Aussie, Mexican.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    I think it is an FSO Polinez, a Polish made beast derived from a mid '70s Fiat 125. UK registered in about 1984. Actually FSO were pretty decent for those Soviet Bloc manufacturers, especially compared to Lada

    FSO are now making something Chevy derived, but probably coming from Asia originally. Any one know what that is?

    Cheers

    Graham
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
    Right Graham.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,515
    that one of those fitch stingers?

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
    edited November 2012
    that one of those fitch stingers?

    Right idea, wrong car. It's a 1966 Yenko Stinger. John Fitch's version of the Corvair was named the Fitch Sprint, the two-seater mid-engined version was the Fitch Phoenix. It's fair to say that any of those modified Corvairs proved that GM left a lot of unrealized potential when they killed the Corvair.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,140
    Funny face

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I may have mentioned that my brother owned a Fitch Corvair, and I drove it extensively, while I also owned MGs and Triumphs and Jaguars, and the Fitch Corvair would have walked all over them. It was a wonderful car and very civilized--the American Porsche 911 (well, except for build quality).
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
    Interesting grille on that one, is it French?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,140
    edited November 2012
    Photographed there anyway :shades:
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
    edited November 2012
    We're gonna need more help than that. :cry:

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,154
    Ah yes - this looks familiar - something of an orphan as it was eventually developed into the French model to the left of the picture (the black car), but was also considered for production in England (Kendall), allegedly in America by Kaiser, but particularly in Australia where it was offered for sale as the Hartnett.
    As I saw this actual car myself in September I'll leave it for someone else to guess.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,140
    I was hoping you might chime in, as you were there too.

    I doubt anyone will guess it as it is a little too weird. It's an AFG Gregoire, which apparently had DNA later seen in the postwar Panhards, and as magnette says, was examined by others, too.
  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    edited November 2012
    Well since it's LHD it must not be from England or Oz. If Fiat made something like this it would look more...Italian. And it's much too light and girlie for Germany which indicates, "I'm French! Why do think I have this outrageous accent?" Citroen already had a funny looking post war light weight with the 2cv so maybe this one is from Renault? :)

    Edit: Ha! Just as I posted my Monty Python logic I now see that the correct answer is something completely different.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,140
    I think you were on the right track. It screams "I'm French", to me as well. Might as well be wearing a black beret with a cig dangling from its mouth :shades:
  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,154
    Yes - Simca looked at it as well...
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,515
    Ford Taunus?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,140
    As it's a British ad, Ford Corsair ca. 1965.

    Being into Matchbox cars helps sometimes

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
    edited November 2012
    Sorry Stickguy, it's similar to a Taunus but most definitely a British Ford Corsair not to be confused with the Brazilian Ford Corcel. :sick:

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,515
    edited November 2012
    well, at least it was pretty close to a '60 taunus.

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  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    edited November 2012
    G'day

    Taunus or Corsair, neither of them were pretty. ON the happier side, most rusted away quickly enouth to be forgotten. However the V4 Essex engine and its slightly larger V6 were notable developments. Mind you the Iron V4 weighed more than the Buick derived, Rover V8.

    The V6, fitted with double overhead cams, was developed in the Cosworth engine

    Cheers

    Graham
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
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  • uplanderguyuplanderguy Member Posts: 16,094
    1965 Mercury Montclair Breezeway.
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I was thinking Continental but it didn't look quite right, those must be related, yeah?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
    I was thinking Continental but it didn't look quite right, those must be related, yeah?

    It was only the first step in trying to make the big Mercs look more like Lincolns, less like fancy Fords, but mechanically it was closer to the big Fords.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Here are my guesses. An early, maybe 62 Chevy II convertible, a "beautiful" 61 Plymouth whose front end seems to be setting the image for some of today's lux cars, a 60 Ford, some kind of mid sixties intermediate Plymouth or Dodge police car, maybe a mid 60's Barracuda convertible in the foreground. Can't make out the maybe Chevy coupe (65 or 66) and a mid sixties Mustang in the background. Can't tell what the car is that's turning.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
    edited November 2012
    Yup, Police cars in this scene from Adam-12 are '67 Plymouth Belvederes, later in the 70s A12 featured AMC Matadors.

    The 'Cuda convertible is a '69, here it is with a Belvedere B&W>

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    See the man - I think that gold car is a 63 or 64 Cadillac.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    Citroen DS5.

    My the French really know how to make pretty things.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Those back windows are puny, though. Good luck backing up blind.

    No wonder backup cams are becoming mandatory.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
    Citroen DS5.
    Oui!

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  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Actually, the Adam-12 car in that picture is a 1969 Plymouth Belvedere.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
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    My cousin has lived on this street for many years but not when this was taken.

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,306
    edited November 2012
    First car on the left, 'Christine'.
    That Worthington Street looks a whole lot better than the one in Springfield does right now.
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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,471
    OK, I'll say that both the Olds in front on the right and the Mercury behind it are '55s.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
    I thought the Olds was a '56 but I checked and the chrome on the side indicates you are correct, it's a '55.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    The image on my computer is kind of blurred. But I'm thinking behind that 55 Merc is a 53 or 54 Chevy or Pontiac, and behind it maybe a 53 Merc?

    Despite the movie "Christine", I've always liked the 57 and 58 Plymouth's. Actually, I got a kick out of the movie too!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
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  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Looks like the Bentley version of the Phantom VI. It looks far more elegant than that abomination behind the window.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    that abomination

    For some reason the new ones look like Charlie Chaplin.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,140
    Some kind of Bentley Continental S3, not sure who made the body. "A" suffix would be 1962-63 I think.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,390
    edited November 2012
    Yup, it's a '62 Bentley Continental Flying Spur S3, body by H.J. Mulliner.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

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