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    robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    Uhmmm....not much sport there....
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    robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    Modified Camaros by Trans Am Depot. I read about them last week on another forum. They also have a GT9 "Goat" concept.

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    au1994au1994 Member Posts: 3,396
    this shall be the replacement for my 328i when the lease is up!

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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
    edited March 2013
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    qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 32,968
    Do Camaro and bad taste always have to go together? :sick:

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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    edited March 2013
    Do Camaro and bad taste always have to go together?

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    What'choo 'talkin' 'bout, gbrozen?
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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,717
    Google 'Camaro mullet' and take a look... :surprise:
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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    I think the one at the front is an NSU Prinz and van is probably a Renault. Any ideas on the middle one? I preeume that is is somewhere in Holland from the canal side location and houses

    Cheers

    Graham
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    Any ideas on the middle one?

    Looks like something from Ford or Opel with that American-style windshield. The nose is straight off a Ford Anglia but it could be a Taunus.

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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
    edited March 2013
    The front car is anNSU Prinz 4 and the van is indeed a Renault - I have no idea what model as that shape cab was in use from the late 40's to about 1965, but I'll give you a clue on the middle car - it is German but neither a Ford or an Opel.
    And yes, the picture is another Dutch one from about 1965/6, apparently.
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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
    edited March 2013
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    This is a postcard from Haverfordwest, in west Wales and was taken in about 1960.
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    lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    I'll be there. Anyone else going to the NY Auto Show next week? The 113th.
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,190
    Tiny. I spot an Isetta under "Haverfordwest".
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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    You are not making them easy!

    Just spent an idle hour (when I should have been doing something else) running through possibles. Excluded NSU. Opel, Audi, VW, Ford and several others when I strayed on to BMW ancestors. BMW acquired Glas in the mid 1960s and rebadged a large Glas as a BMW 3000. Glas had previously made other models for much cheaper markets including the Goggomobil. This is the big Goggomobil branded as the Glas T600. The station wagon was decribed as a Kombi.

    Cheers

    Graham
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    odie6lodie6l Member Posts: 1,173
    This was taken while out Geocaching (a worldwide GPS based treasure hunting game). The geocache was hidden inside and involved a long hike out into the woods to find it. Good luck on this (sorry Fin, I know this is a painful picture)

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    Odie
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,190
    Probably been out there longer than I've been alive. Rear quarter is a good hint, I will say 52-53 Ford.
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    odie6lodie6l Member Posts: 1,173
    Holy crap... you nailed it with the '53 Ford.

    Odie
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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
    edited March 2013
    These cars are very addictive, really. The car is a big Goggomobil but I think it was also marketed as an Isar in some markets so this is would be a Glas / Isar T600 Kombi.
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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
    Yes, sorry, it is a bit small. The Isetta is the most unusual car there, and the only foreign one, as far as I can see, everything else is British. Nowadays you would probably not find a street anywhere in Britain where the cars were all British....
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,190
    Same in NA - you'd maybe see a Beetle or British sports car on the road in some parts then, otherwise, all American makes.

    There's some easy stuff in the pic, an Austin and a few Fords. I think I might see a Hillman Minx parked on the right kind of middle, facing uphill.
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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
    edited March 2013
    Surprisingly, given Wales in 1960 wouldn't be the most up to date place there is only one possible pre-war car I can see in this shot - the next few years would see most old cars swept away as we adopted the "ten-year" test which evolved into the MOT (for cars over 3 years old) by about 1963/4.
    The pre-war candidate is downhill from your Minx - which I think might be a Singer Gazelle as the two-tone paint is not typical for a Minx - and as it isn't strictly in period for this forum I am going to guess it is a circa 1937 Standard - it helps that I have blown the picture up on this monitor but it then gets fuzzy so its not much help. Actually because many British cars were reintroduced post-war for a while as a stopgap the car on the extreme right might be pre-war as well, but I'll leave identification for you guys - for the moment.
    The way the black car ascending and the grey one is coming down it looks like Wales drove on your side of the road - but I think the latter is probably reversing into the kerb by what appears to be a parked wardrobe!
    I'll try and find one of these pictures which is a little less busy, or at least with a few more cars in the foreground.
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,190
    I've seen photos of British scrapyards from the 60s with a lot of prewar material - I guess that explains it. Could the reversing car near the wardrobe be a ~1955 Vauxhall, maybe a Cresta or Wyvern?

    Funny , the two tone is what made me think "Minx", due to familiarity with an old Matchbox car:

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    Could the car at far right also be a Standard?
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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,157
    edited March 2013
    Great model - I love old Matchbox cars. I can see where you are coming from with the Minx - to me it looks like the car has a lighter flash along the side and ending below the rear lights. That was a feature of the series II Gazelle, but the minx was slightly different. The colour scheme on the Matchbox Minx - and the grille - are for their Mark I model. Having said that it is rather indistinct, and I am not at all sure. They both shared the same body (the two door pillarless version was of course the equivalent Sunbeam Rapier) - I think this body shell was known to the Rootes Group as "Audax" - the later Minx / Hunter shell in the sixties was "Arrow" and even got sold over in NA under that name.
    The car reversing into the space is a Vauxhall - it's the third version of the E series vauxhall which was facelifted in 1956 - this one could be a Velox a Cresta, or a Wyvern. I think the Cresta was usually two tone with a contrasting roof so more likely a Wyvern / Velox, possibly.
    The black car ascending the hill is a Standard - probably a Ten, but it might be a late Eight. There is another one parked on the right - directly above the parking Vauxhall, its light grey and facing us.
    When you see pictures of the cars that were thrown away in the sixties because nobody wanted them it is such a shame - but on the other hand if we had kept them all then we wouldn't have anywhere to park - it's bad enough now....
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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
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    michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    New Mitsubishi Mirage .. will come to the US. Great MPG, but no engine spec released.

    3-cyl? 4-cyl? Dunno yet.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,717
    1992-ish Ford Escort Cabriolet?
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    edited March 2013
    Yup, you're a little off on the year, it's a Euro-spec '87 Ford Escort XR3i convertible, a model never officially sold in the US.

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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited March 2013
    New Mitsubishi Mirage .. will come to the US.

    That's the real mystery - will it or won't it? Last reports indicate it'll be a three-cylinder.

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited March 2013
    Mitsu has a LOT of work to do if it wants to be a real player again in the US.

    Most of it's dealerships were/are in trailers next to Chrysler dealers, (as if going to a Chrysler dealer wasn't bad enough). It is going to take a lot more than a 3 cyl Mirage to attract buyers in real numbers.

    I remember when the Galant competed with mid-size sedans and did so very well. I also remember the turbo Starion, 3000 GT, and the rally-inspired, 350 hp EVO Lancer, Subaru's WRX nemesis.

    I think Mitsubishi could turn things around...but will they take a leap back into the US market, or continue to be an also ran?
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    edited March 2013
    G'day

    Not as pretty as her sister, the Australian produced Valiant AP5 Safari Wagon. I guess about 1963 and maybe Dodge.

    That front really is ugly

    Cheers

    Graham
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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    That's a 1963 Dodge Dart wagon. Looks like they still used some leftover Valiant/Lancer bodies and added a Dart front end clip.
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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
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    Extra points if you can name the movie and the (in)famous star of the movie.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    Yep, you're both right, it's a '63 Dodge Dart 270 but it looks like a '62 Lancer/Valiant wagon that rammed at Dart sedan from the rear. that

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    odie6lodie6l Member Posts: 1,173
    I was going to say Buford T. Justice and Junior driving a 1977 Pontiac Grand LeMans in Smokey and the Bandit (1977) but the light bar on the roof is not the correct.

    Odie
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    nfayadnfayad Member Posts: 3
    edited March 2013
    This is driving me crazy. I must've search the internet from top to bottom for this car without success. The guy drove through twice in front of my office building. Great engine sound but unfortunately I can't seem to remember the make and model of the car. I am fairly certain I saw it in some magazine or in some auto show. Here a couple pics I managed to take with my iphone.

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    thanks for ur help!
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    explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,346
    All I know for sure is it's a Mercury.
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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Is it the movie about the short cop? Seems about the right period.

    Cheers

    Graham
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    uplanderguyuplanderguy Member Posts: 16,116
    It's a 1970 Mercury Monterey, but I have no idea from what movie.
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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Correct on the car. The movie is "Electra Glide in Blue" starring Robert Blake.
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,593
    I recognize that. Is is a panoz of some sort? looks a little like an esperante, but they are roadsters.

    either that, or a Morgan aerocoupe.

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    nfayadnfayad Member Posts: 3
    No to both suggestions... This is driving me crazy because I am sure I've seen the car recently in a magazine...
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    nfayadnfayad Member Posts: 3
    SUCCESS!!!! Found it by pure luck on google image... No wonder it was so hard finding that car!!! It's ULTRA rare and supposedly, there are only 55 cars of that specific model produced...

    It's a Wiesmann GT MF5. German car (BMW engine, same as the one used in the M5 if I understood it properly).
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,190
    edited March 2013
    Cool . I spotted one in a parking lot in Germany a few years ago:

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,190
    Speaking of the old Cresta, Matchbox made one of those too, it is kind of primitive as I think it was the first Matchbox casting of a passenger car, introduced in 1956:

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    I was always surprised so many prewar cars survived until that times, as later cars seemed to not want to survive for 10 years.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
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    BIGGER, more cars!

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,190
    Yikes, that line of 275GTBs at rear is insane, and the ones in foreground aren't bad either.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    I put my thumb over the wagon section......it was worse looking as a sedan. UGGGH.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,396
    Yikes, that line of 275GTBs at rear is insane, and the ones in foreground aren't bad either

    Yes those are Ferrari 275 GTBs in the back row. There are several more in the front row, those are the ones with the "ducktail" spoilers over the flat tail panel. The 275 GTB used many of the styling themes of the 250/330GTO. Most of the other cars in the shot are 330GTCs, perhaps the most practical Ferrari for daily driving of the era.

    There's a single round-tail car in the front row wearing a black removable hardtop. It's a 275 GTS Spider, not to be confused with the 275 GTB NART Spider which was essentially the 275 GTB/4 with the the top removed, only a handful were sold, all in the USA.>

    275 GTB/4 NART Spider>
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    275 GTS Spider>
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