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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Straight outta Compton:


  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    edited April 2018
    Yikes! Imagine the handling and braking that 'not just a scooter' had! 24 cubic inches = 400 cc, so a pretty big engine.

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited April 2018
    The 50s scooter wars! (This is actually a Cushman).


  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    Powell Motors would come up again in the 90s:

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 270,792
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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    Think we may have had this here before, but I just took this pic 2 mins ago and had to share such a rare real-world sighting.


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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    Lada 1200/1300/1500
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Wow, a rare sighting in the USA, the Soviet era version of the doughty Fiat 124 sedan. I can't quite read the numbers next to the word "Lada" so it's either a 1200 or a 1300.

    Is that a New Jersey plate? if so this would be a grey market car since Ladas were never officially exported to there US. Wikipedia sez the Lada name only appeared on cars exported from the USSR. The Russian versions were labeled VAZ-2101

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    Yep, the Lada badge makes it an export model. They were exported to a number of places, including Canada (although this one might predate Canadian exports, could be from Europe). Definitely a NJ plate. I suspect these were more durable than their Fiat equivalent, plenty of these still on harsh Russian roads. I kind of like them.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    This one appears to be in beautiful shape. The badge is 1200 S

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    N.J. "QQ" plates - Historic Vehicle.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,595
    My cheapskate brother bought a new Lada 1500 in the early '80s because it seemed a good deal. Just an awful car. It never ran right and the Russian mechanic at the dealer told him the carb would never work correctly as they were all built with a design flaw. They also had a tendency to rust - apparently the Soviets didn't use salt in the winter like we did - and the build quality was as sketchy as you might expect. You simply do not see these up here any more despite the numbers sold back then.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,595
    Not often seen on these shores:

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    Is that a Pulsar? 

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,059
    edited April 2018
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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,059
    oops. Kinda fuzzy. will try again later. but extra points if you can get it!

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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    First glance at the shape reminded me of 80s Impulse hatch, but that's not it.
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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,059
    I think the silver hatch is a volvo. But I can't recall the model name.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    Volvo 480 coupe? '89 or so? Never sold in US.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,059
    that is it. I kept thinking 440, but that was a different model.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    I think it may be the "480ES", to be precise.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    Wow. That does say Volvo on the wheel. I thought Nissan so convinced myself the wheel confirmed Nissan. I never know Volvo made a Japanese hatch. ;b

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 267,393
    IIRC, that Volvo was built in Holland in a joint partnership with, I think, Mitsubishi.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,595
    The 480 was a really clean design. Story was that being built in the Netherlands the exchange rate at the time would have made it too expensive to sell in N.A. Too bad.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    It was made in the DAF plant, Volvo merged with them.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    Good looking cars, but IIRC "Car" magazine had unkind words for the 400 series Volvos.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Well, it is a KLM Fokker. Wanna upset a Dutchman - call it a Netherlands DC9. I think the Dutch have made Volvo's for awhile now.
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Being into old aircraft also, I'll pass along the interesting name of the NLM City Hopper.
    Nederlandse Luchtvaart Maatschappij.

    NLM City Hoppers ran from 1966 to 1991.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,059
    a different picture of the little red car with the plane. Darned hard to find a shot that does not include the badging in it!


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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    Yellow/red car is a DAF 66, I think.
    stickguy said:

    a different picture of the little red car with the plane. Darned hard to find a shot that does not include the badging in it!

  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    edited April 2018
    I'll take a WAG at Hillman Imp. I don't know what that badge on the side is, though. And the wheels seem a bit more modern than would be found on an Imp.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    For andy's pic, I'll pick off what looks like a 61 Impala 2 door HT, third car back, middle row.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    edited April 2018
    Fin's guess looks much closer than mine. I still wonder about those wheels, though.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    edited April 2018
    andys120 said:


    About a '60'ish Corvair on the far right
    The Falcon in the front appears to be a '61

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,059
    not a hillman.

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,419
    57 Chevy wagon on right.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Behind the Corvair a 1955 Plymouth?

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Behind the Falcon a Plymouth Valiant.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,595
    I wonder about that '61 Pontiac with what looks like a tiny tyke in the drivers seat.

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Ah, there's a '53 Pontiac in there.
  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    Traffic appears to have stopped. Third car back from the Corvair, Grandpa is standing next to his (mystery) car. I think the Pontiac driver may also have exited his car and the tyke slid over on the bench seat to get a better look at whatever is going on.
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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    The old 'pick up/drop off line' at school, I'd guess. Some things never change...
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,760
    I think the car grandpa is standing might be a 46-48 Dodge or Plymouth.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Looks like about a 1957 Olds behind the Poncho and the tailfin of a '57 Chevy wagon on the right exiting frame.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 54,059
    never got more guesses on the little red car with the plane

    it was a Volvo 66.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,595
    I'm guessing that's a BMW 1500.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,805
    stickguy said:

    never got more guesses on the little red car with the plane

    it was a Volvo 66.

    I think Fin's guess of DAF 66 is close enough. ;b

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,177
    ab348 said:

    I'm guessing that's a BMW 1500.

    The 1500 was a 4-door
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