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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Rover 800 series from 1989. Probably sold as Sterling in America but this one is from England

    Cheers

    Graham
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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    It was sold in the U.S. as the Sterling 827. I believe there was also a hatchback version of this car.
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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    edited May 2013
    G'day

    Quite a pretty design and really the last gasp of Rover as a luxury car. The hatch was practical and the saloon comparatively rare in Britain. The plow nose was replaced about 1992 and looked tidier without the pockmarks which usually marred the lip of the early models.

    A guy across the road from us when living in Gloucestershire had several and thought them wonderful. However he was an unmarried elderly engineer who enjoyed tinkering! The foibles of the Rover electrics provided lots of entertainment for him.

    Cheers

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    robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    Only Rover could take a perfectly capable Honda/Acura and turn it into something so British in terms of reliability and quality....

    :)
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    ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    An Acura clone without the hassle of reliability. :D
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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    Humber Super Snipe Estate

    Yup, it's '66 Super Snipe. The sedan...er..Saloon versions were somewhat popular in the heyday of British imports here. I rode in one once and was impressed with the interior fittings which were like those of a Jag or Bentley with lots of nice wood, leather and little fold out tables. It looked like a Checker outside but not so much inside. ;)

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    That's an 80s Subaru DL. Someone has removed the Subie emblem and replaced it with that third lamp.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
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    ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    No rust so it can't be. :P
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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,708
    A friend had one of those Subaru DLs. I couldn't figure how such a 'inherently balanced' engine was such a raspy thing. :confuse:
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    robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    Peugeot 508 Estate.
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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Actually, that third headlamp is a Subaru option that year. The Suburu emblem would flip up exposing this "passing light." It wasn't legal in all states.
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,169
    I am surprised at how many Subarus of that vintage have survived in my area. I still see them now and then. And yeah, the engines are very coarse sounding - not like one 25 years newer is much smoother.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    Peugeot 508 Estate.

    Keerect, nice looking motor IMO.

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    explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,320
    Looks pretty close to what a Fusion wagon would look like.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    Looks pretty close to what a Fusion wagon would look like.

    Ya think?>

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
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    explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,320
    That's even closer to what a Fusion wagon would look like. :);)
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,169
    Fiat 124 coupe ~1970, clean design, shame they disintegrated so easily.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    Close it's a 1968 Fiat 124 Sports Coupe/1400, the first year for the 124 Sports in America. IIRC they went to the four headlight design for '70.

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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,708
    " four headlight design for '70."

    I don't remember those, any pics? I can't find one.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
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    This pretty design was followed in 1973 with a disastrous big bumper design that also had four headlights>

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    In all there were way more four headlight 124 Coupes than two headlight cars especially in the US.

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    Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Lovely, fun car, the 124 coupe.

    Man WANT! :shades:
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,472
    Wow. '64 Imperial. Me like!

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    Looks odd with the tiny wheels, sunk into the body carrying that huge chassis.
    The slab sides are a direct steal from the '61 Conti (the car Draper should have bought instead of the DeVille).

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
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    lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    With AM/FM radio and "Auto Pilot".
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,557
    Euro model 1990ish 5 series touring.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    edited May 2013
    Euro model 1990ish 5 series touring.

    Nein, it's the Euro only E30 3 Series Touring. Sedan versions of the E30 were so successful in the US that they never bothered to import the slick little 3er wagons.

    I'd love to have one. :cry:

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    kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 237,185
    I thought it was an E34 5-series wagon, too.. :blush:

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    edited May 2013
    It's tough to tell the difference, even if you know there is one. Which is which?>

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    kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 237,185
    Back to back, I'd say the grills are a good tip-off... E34s are much wider...

    It's funny... I never saw those two models as so similar, until you posted the wagon...

    I'm digging the E36 M3 wheels on that last one, though.. :)

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,557
    1970ish Chevy Suburban

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    uplanderguyuplanderguy Member Posts: 16,107
    I'll say '71 or '72, since although it has an aftermarket grille insert, the parking lights are in the bumper instead of the grille unlike the '69 and '70. In that color, which I remember, I'll say a '71.
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    explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,320
    It looks like a 2 door model.
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    berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Believe it or not, I think they were 3 doors back then (back door on pax side only).
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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    So that's where the first Dodge minivans got the idea. Clean looking rig.
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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,708
    Yep, 3-door. The previous generation Chevy truck did also come in a 2-door panel truck version. The 'Charlie's Chips' guy used one when I was a kid:

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    Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    :P

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,557
    looks like an early Jeep dolled up to resemble a Fiat Jolly.

    whatever it exactly is, it is certainly odd.

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    bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,472
    I think it was called a 'Jeepster', although it may have had another name. Some neighbors of ours had one in the mid '50s, when I was about 5. It had dragon figures painted on it. They called it the 'Myassis Dragon'. It was several years before I got it.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    It's a 1972 Chevy Suburban 2500

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited May 2013
    I think it's godawful. Powerful ugly car. It looks like a German rendition of a '57 Caddy Eldorado Baritz. :P
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    Looks like it could be the official Pepto -Bismal vehicle. Yikes. :D
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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Of course the slab sides are stolen from the 1961 Continental! Elwood Engel, who designed the 1961 Continental, was hired away from Ford by Chrysler after Virgil Exner was canned. The 1964 Imperial is a curious combination of both men's designs.
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    Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Nope, nope and nope. It's a "real" Jeep model, introduced in 1959.

    any other guesses?
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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,708
    Well, with the 1959 hint I'll 'guess' it's the Gala (export) or Surrey (domestic) model. More about them here.
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