Mystery car pix

omarman

Probably everyone like me clicked on the pic for a better look and got the wiki info year, make, model...

Mr_Shiftright

I think it's a Pegaso (well I know it's a Pegaso) but a ....Z103?

These are curious cars. Complicated, built by a truck manufacturer, unreliable, cranky, ornery, a devil to work on-----and today, quite valuable!

Go figure. The rich must have their toys I guess.

fintail

Looks like maybe Spanish plates, I will guess Pegaso

ab348

stickguy

is that a gogomobile?

andys120

Mr_Shiftright said:

I think it's a Pegaso (well I know it's a Pegaso) but a ....Z103?

These are curious cars. Complicated, built by a truck manufacturer, unreliable, cranky, ornery, a devil to work on-----and today, quite valuable!

Go figure. The rich must have their toys I guess.

fintail said:

Looks like maybe Spanish plates, I will guess Pegaso

It's a 1955 Pegaso Z-102B with a Touring body.

andys120

It's not hard to find the oldest car, the newest one(s) will be a little harder>

texases

Might that be a Model A? I saw one today driving in traffic. 

ab348

stickguy said:

is that a gogomobile?

(In my best Ed McMahon voice) You are CORRECT sir!!!

fintail

The old timer car looks like a late run Model T.

fintail

I see a 56 Chevy in the pic, that might be the newest.

andys120

fintail said:

I see a 56 Chevy in the pic, that might be the newest.

Yeah, there's a parked Chevy convertible hiding behind the blue "shoebox" Ford but I'm not sure if it's '55 or '56... Wait, the door trim is definitely '56 Bel Air, it's behind the doors on '55s.

Is the white over blue Buick parked on the same side a '55 or '56?

fintail

On the left just under the restaurant sign, there's a two tone rear section of a 56 Chevy, yellow over brown or green maybe, hard to tell. Way back on the left side of the Model T looks like a 56 Chevy sedan, too, with an off-white upper section. I can't determine the Buick, I would have to look it up.

andys120 said:

fintail said:

I see a 56 Chevy in the pic, that might be the newest.

Yeah, there's a parked Chevy convertible hiding behind the blue "shoebox" Ford but I'm not sure if it's '55 or '56... Wait, the door trim is definitely '56 Bel Air, it's behind the doors on '55s.

Is the white over blue Buick parked on the same side a '55 or '56?

andys120

fintail said:

On the left just under the restaurant sign, there's a two tone rear section of a 56 Chevy, yellow over brown or green maybe, hard to tell. Way back on the left side of the Model T looks like a 56 Chevy sedan, too, with an off-white upper section. I can't determine the Buick, I would have to look it up.


Good eye on the '56 Chevys. I'm fairly sure the Buick is a '56 as well>

ab348

Lots of vehicles but I'm more interested in the face shown on the neon sign for the Sequoyah restaurant. Is that someone's grandma smoking a cigar?

berri

Boy, add a pillar to that Buick 2 dr and I'd be looking for Broderick Crawford and Highway Patrol. I like the snapshot of that town and actually remember Cites Service gas stations from way back. Is that a 56 Pontiac and a 56 Mercury on either side of that baby blue Caddy by the gas station sign?

Is that someone's grandma smoking a cigar? nah, I'm thinkin' bad hillbilly teeth!

andys120

berri said:

Boy, add a pillar to that Buick 2 dr and I'd be looking for Broderick Crawford and Highway Patrol. I like the snapshot of that town and actually remember Cites Service gas stations from way back. Is that a 56 Pontiac and a 56 Mercury on either side of that baby blue Caddy by the gas station sign?

Not sure about that Merc, could be a '55 or a '56. The Poncho however is very likely a '56.

Wikipedia sez Cities Service became Citgo in 1982.

lostwrench1

ab348 said:

Lots of vehicles but I'm more interested in the face shown on the neon sign for the Sequoyah restaurant. Is that someone's grandma smoking a cigar?

That is Sequoyah, a Cherokee.
He is also on a 19 cent US postage stamp.

andys120

stickguy

definitely a VW. But not one I have ever seen before.

kyfdx

Me either.... cool, though.

qbrozen

i really like it

Mr_Shiftright

Maybe a 1500 Type 3 notchback?

andys120

Mr_Shiftright said:

Maybe a 1500 Type 3 notchback?

Yup, sold in markets outside the US as the 1965 Volkswagen 1500 Sedan, it's the notchback version of the cars sold here as the VW Squareback/Fastback (AKA Type 3)

Mr_Shiftright

I think I saw one some years ago at a show, but never before or since.

fintail

I have this old image of a shopping center in the city where I live, and right in front is a red Type 3 Notchback:




Maybe some others can pick off the rest.

Michaell

andys120 said:

Maybe a 1500 Type 3 notchback?

Yup, sold in markets outside the US as the 1965 Volkswagen 1500 Sedan, it's the notchback version of the cars sold here as the VW Squareback/Fastback (AKA Type 3)

Didn’t Dustin Hoffman advertise for these by popping out of both the front and rear trunks?

andys120

fintail said:

I have this old image of a shopping center in the city where I live, and right in front is a red Type 3 Notchback:




Maybe some others can pick off the rest.

Interesting given that it must be what they call a gray market car (not imported thru official channels). Way off in the farthest row back is a blue 1959 Chevy wagon. It would have been old by the time this was taken (early 70s based on the Cougar in the foreground).

ab348

I'm pretty sure the notchback was sold here in Canada. It looks somewhat familiar.

berri

Maybe a second gen Cougar next to the VW and then around a 67 Olds? Wasn't F&N where Frango mints were developed? Everyone associates them with Marshall Fields, but I think they got them when they bought F&N. Now its all Macy's.

I like the canvas sunroof and outside windshield shade on the old VW shot, along with the whitewalls. What year is it?

andys120

berri said:

Maybe a second gen Cougar next to the VW and then around a 67 Olds? Wasn't F&N where Frango mints were developed? Everyone associates them with Marshall Fields, but I think they got them when they bought F&N. Now its all Macy's.

I like the canvas sunroof and outside windshield shade on the old VW shot, along with the whitewalls. What year is it?

The Veedub is a '65, the sunroof a factory option (my '65 Bug had a steel Golde sunroof) and the sunshade was an aftermarket touch. Whitewalls were pretty rare on any VW of that era but not unheard of.

Here's the same Type 3 sans accessories>

fintail

Yep, Frangos were a F&N thing, yet another item to hail from Seattle.

With the climate here, I think older cars were more common here than most areas back in the day.

iluvmysephia1

Oh, loved those Frango mints!

andys120

ab348

That's a '66 Dodge Monaco 500, beautiful car. These not only had the great twin-pod instrument cluster but a really posh interior with unusual rattan trim panels used throughout.

omarman

I found a link to a '65 Monaco ad which showed some interior options including: 6 different color options depending on either vinyl or cloth and vinyl interior choices. And the rattan wicker pattern trim too.

By 1978 when my dad bought his Dodge Monaco dealer demo, the interior was no way near that level of comfort or style.

Mr_Shiftright

I can still hear those gear-reduction starter motors....

ab348

Mr_Shiftright said:

I can still hear those gear-reduction starter motors....

Colloquially known as the "Hamtramck Hummingbird".

ab348

lostwrench1

Note MONACO on the trunk lid between the tail lights rather than DODGE.

Mr_Shiftright

ab348 said:

Mr_Shiftright said:

I can still hear those gear-reduction starter motors....

Colloquially known as the "Hamtramck Hummingbird".

Oh I love that!

fintail

Wartburg 353, I think.

ab348 said:

fintail

It'd be fun to take that to the actual Monaco (just like taking an old Monte Carlo to Monte Carlo).

Actually, you'd probably be a hit in the old Dodge - while modern American cars are mostly poorly regarded in Europe (save for Mustangs, Corvettes, etc), vintage ones enjoy a big fanbase.

lostwrench1 said:

Note MONACO on the trunk lid between the tail lights rather than DODGE.

ab348

fintail said:

Wartburg 353, I think.

ab348 said:

YES SIR! (apologies to Verne Lundquist).

andys120

iluvmysephia1

'87 Nissan Stanza SW.

fintail

Nissan Maxima wagon, I suspect with those wheels 87-88.

stickguy

was that still the 810/Maxima days?

andys120

fintail said:

Nissan Maxima wagon, I suspect with those wheels 87-88.

Yup, an '88.

kyfdx

stickguy said:

was that still the 810/Maxima days?

Not an 810.

The 810/Maxima was the old RWD version