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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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'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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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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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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Rover 800 series from 1989. Probably sold as Sterling in America but this one is from England
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Graham
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
Graham
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.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Keerect, nice looking motor IMO.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Ya think?>
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I don't remember those, any pics? I can't find one.
This pretty design was followed in 1973 with a disastrous big bumper design that also had four headlights>
In all there were way more four headlight 124 Coupes than two headlight cars especially in the US.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Man WANT! :shades:
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
The slab sides are a direct steal from the '61 Conti (the car Draper should have bought instead of the DeVille).
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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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.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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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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whatever it exactly is, it is certainly odd.
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any other guesses?