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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,557
    karman Ghia next to a '65(?) Chevelle and a '67 Impala. I think tha ambulance is a Chevy or GMC cabover.

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    qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 32,948
    ehhh... not sure I can agree. That "grille" just looks dumb. Brings to mind a kids toy car.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    IMO the grille on the Volt looks even more toylike, it's the worst feature of a car that isn't bad looking but is poorly detailed.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,557
    1990ish Ferrari 948 GTS?

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    michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    edited May 2013
    I'm thinking mid 80's 328 GTS
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    Yep, it's a 1987 Ferrari 328 GTS, the successor to Magnum PI's 308 from the early 80s. I had a ride in one of these once, pretty neat car (and a lot better looking in black than the white shown).

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    uplanderguyuplanderguy Member Posts: 16,107
    karman Ghia next to a '65(?) Chevelle and a '67 Impala. I think tha ambulance is a Chevy or GMC cabover.

    That's a Karmann Ghia, but that's a '63 Pontiac Grand Prix next to it, and a '65 or '66 (I can't tell if there's a side molding or not) Chevy Impala next to the Grand Prix.
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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited May 2013
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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,557
    1954 Kaiser Frazer.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    The white car is a mid 50s Kaiser Darrin Roadster. I can't quite place the maroon car next to it.

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    odie6lodie6l Member Posts: 1,173
    Bonus if you guess the location of the picture (no looking at the link)

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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited May 2013
    Six minutes - not bad. :shades:

    My brother is in Bennington VT this week, and has been over to Hemmings.

    No idea on the maroon car in the background.
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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,708
    edited May 2013
    Maroon car looks like a late '60s Barracuda.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    Actually this photo was taken at the end of the tailfin era. The newest cars are the white '62 Ford Galaxie (the guy has a had on the fender) and the Buick Skylark next to it which is a '61 or '62 (IIRC). The blue/white wagon is a '61 Chevy, everything else is from the 1950s.

    As for the location: Atlantic City NJ?

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    stickguystickguy Member Posts: 50,557
    ornate motel. So guessing Wildwood NJ

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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,169
    Could the car to the right of the Impala be some kind of Buick Sportwagon? I guess the platform had clones, too.
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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    There was a Packard Motel in Wildwood.
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    berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    You can't make out the rear window. The only other car I can think of that has a C Pillar treatment something like that is some of the Ford and Mercury intermediates. But looking at the vent window glass, I'm pretty sure you're right.
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,169
    Packard Hotel in Packard script, interesting.

    And beside the Buick, I will guess a 55-56 Packard 400 coupe.
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    berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Like that Picture Odie. It screams late 50's/early 60's. Makes me nostalgic!

    I think the 58 Chevy coupe may be a Bel-Air with some kind of 57/58 Mopar wagon on the left side.
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    texasestexases Member Posts: 10,708
    The giveaway to me is the gas cap:
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    berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Duh, leave it to me to focus on the obscure and ignore the obvious :shades:
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    wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    Not sure about the gas cap (although it IS nice), but this '68 Barracuda appears to have the 'Formula S' package as indicated by the 'S' badge under the Barracuda side nameplate. (of course the wheels are definitely not stock).

    Back in the day a friend had a '68 'cuda convertible with a 318 and no special package, but his had the same nice gas cap!
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,169
    Looks like a MGA
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    Yup, the round vent on the hood is the giveaway. It's a '59 MG-A Mk.I

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
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    kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 237,185
    '58 Ranchero?

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    wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    Nah, it's a '59.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    That's right, it's a 1959 Ford Ranchero.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Possibly a pre war Volvo, something like a PV51. Wheels look slightly too large for the body which was a good idea for less developed road networks.

    Cheers

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    Sorry Graham, not a Volvo, not even Swedish, it's from a country with a well-developed road network.

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    berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I never thought the 59 Ranchero pulled it off as well as it's predecessors. I think the back light and all looked a bit too abrupt. I think 59 was the first year of the full sized Chevy El Camino?
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,169
    Austin 10, roughly 1946
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    Austin 10, roughly 1946

    Precisely, take a bow, Fin.

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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
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    grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    My first thought was a Riley, but I don't think that is correct. The trim and wheels looks more MG Magnette from mid to late 1950s. I think the amber indicators may not be original.

    Cheers

    Graham
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    magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,156
    Ah yes - This is a Magnette - but the identifying bits of chrome that would distinguish a ZA from a ZB are missing from the front wings. My ZA has chrome from thefront doors down in a curve over the front wings to the bumpers, while a ZB had a simpler straight flash from the door to a point below the wing mirrors. This is quite common - oftern the chrome got damaged, and when cars were resprayed or repaired after accidents it got taken off anyway. My guess is a ZA though although I'm not sure why...

    The Varitone version of the ZB didn't have either wing flash, but that had a chrome trim along the car below the windows - about three inches below the door handles where the car bulges out - it seperated the two-tone colour scheme (although not all Varitones were two-tone). This isn't one of those though if it doesn't have the larged back window.

    The amber flashers are an add-on, as the original trafficators are still visible on the door pillars. Car has been re-registered - that number series wasn't issued in period, but is a spare series used for restored cars etc needing a new number.
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    cowgirlinsandcowgirlinsand Member Posts: 7
    Reminds me of my next door neighbors Baracuda back in the 80s & my brother giving them a hard time about the wife having an old car. (Hubby had a brand new Porche). Now we laugh as adults cause we realize it was a classic and not just an old car!
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    My guess is a ZA though although I'm not sure why...

    Imcdb.com says it is a 1957 MG Magnette ZB from the TV series Call The Midwife.

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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
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    qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 32,948
    You would think an ATS wouldn't work for someone with 3 kids.

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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Reese's nanny drives a minivan, I'm sure. :shades:

    It's a 2013 btw.
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    andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,392
    edited June 2013
    why anyone would take a picture of such a prosaic scene let alone save it but here for your enjoyment is a parking lot in Chicago ca. 197?>

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    Notice-not a single import, no Asians or Eurocars...wait I think I see one!

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    slorenzenslorenzen Member Posts: 694
    Is it possible to drive safely with those shoes?

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    steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    The sooner self-driving autonomous cars get here, the better. :shades:
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    fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,169
    Is that an Audi Fox I spot beside the lowline 69 Ford 2 door sedan?
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    lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Closest car appears to be a 1966 Buick LeSabre. The brown and white car is a 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle.

    In the background: I see a 1964 Chevrolet, 1962-63 Chevrolet Chevy II, 1969 Ford Custom 500, Audi Fox, 1973 or 1974 Oldsmobile Omega, 1975 Chervrolet full-size wagon, a GM Colonnade sedan next to it.

    Furthest back: Gold 1971-72 Pontiac Grand Prix, 1975 Ford Torino, what may be a blue 1968 or 1969 Buick LeSabre.
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