Mystery car pix

andys120

Well you're correct Brian it is a Lotus, specifically it's a Lotus Elite, Colin Chapman's first roadworthy sports car, produced from 1957 to 1962 when it was replaced by the Elan.

The Elite was noteworthy for it's pioneering fiberglass monococque construction and it's
string of victories in sports cars racing where it epitomized the Lotus philosophy "low mass is
it's own reward".

More on the remarkable Lotus Elite.

andys120

michaellno

Looks to be a Fiat Panda, I believe.

ateixeira

My mom owned one of those, my brother still does!

Very space efficient but cheap car overall.

-juice

nwng

is that a factory paintjob?
and the seat fabric pattern is very ....burberry

any specs on this car?

magnette

Fiat Uno Turbo - 1990 by the registration,after the facelift - these were very fast, 127mph, and very nippy in traffic. I drove one once, it cornered on rails, but the turbo lag was quite pronounced. The Panda was smaller.

andys120

You're exactly right, try another?>>

au94

Mazda MX-6

seminole_kev

Is that photo of the MX-6 "squished" a little. Looks a little longer and skinnier than I remember in that shot for some reason. I really liked the style of those (minus that rear spoiler) at the time. Especially in black.

andys120

Correct, ca. MY 1998.

andys120

AFAIK that photo is representative of the proportions of the MX-6.

andys120

bumpy

Yep, that MX-6 is a bit squashed. The photo was probably taken with a telephoto lens or something. This is more like it:

stickguy

looks like the familiar Fiat shape (err., 124? Or 128?), but from the grill (and your intro), I will say one of the eastern European varients/knockoffs.

How about a Lada?

magnette

Zastava 101- the Yugoslav Fiat 128, late 70's/early 80's.

andys120

Bumpy, your photo looks squashed to me, making the roof too tall and the sill too low .

fintail

Ooh I think I know....

Foreground is a Facel Vega II

Background I thought was a Berlinatta Lusso - but the windshield looks wrong and there's no A-pillar vent window. So I think it's a Lamborghini 400.

andys120

Yep it's a '63 Facel II, and the green car is definitely a Lambo, either 350GT or 400GT.

This car is a little later>>

magnette

Toyota Celica GT, 1974/5, and those hefty bumpers make it a US market version - we still had the chrome wrapround ones on this model I think....

andys120

That's right. I never liked those very much but that car looks attractive for a car of that era doesn't it?

Here's another car from that era in a primo color scheme>>

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PF_Flyer

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stickguy

looks like about a '72/73. From the scoop, I assume it is a Trans Am, although I don't recall ever seeing that graphics package.

andys120

It's a '70 Trans Am, in my opinion the best looking Firechicken ever and surely one of the most potent, the hood scoop is for the Ram-Air.

andys120

stickguy

of the beholder.

It is RHD, so British (fine BMC stylig). A Morris something, or a Hillman?

I think it is what came over the pond as the 1970ish Plymouth Cricket.

andys120

I think it is what came over the pond as the 1970ish Plymouth Cricket.

Nope, ChryCo owned Rootes at the time so the Cricket was a rebadged Rootes product>>



Now we have a 2-fer. Who is going to tell us what the red car was and the green car that became the Plymouth Cricket?

rtbwa

..Moris Marina - Sold in North America as an Austin Marina - My first car, what a pile.. :lemon:

au94

Was the Cricket the Hillman Avenger accross the pond?

andys120

That's right, no doubt there was a Sunbeam version as well.

Rtbwa is correct about the Austin/Morris Marina as well.

andys120

oregonboy

That looks basically like a BMW 318ti, but the headlights aren't US spec.

A nice small BMW that flopped in the US of A because the American market prizes power over efficiency. Too bad.

james

ateixeira

A3 is doing pretty well, though it has 5 doors.

-juice

magnette

We didn't get a Sunbeam version of the Avenger, which was introduced in 1970 only as a Hillman but it was re-badged as Chrysler Avenger in 1976, and again as Talbot in 1979, with the last ones sold in 1981. I think the one in the picture is a late Hillman, and the vinyl roof probably means a deluxe, but these cars have just died out, we never see them now, as they were rustbuckets from new....Apparently they were the last cars sold in Britain to have no underseal from new, just painted floorpans, and we use lots of salt on our roads, so they fell apart. They were two or four door saloons, and there was an estate car, which I think was introduced a couple of years after the saloon, but the only ones to look out for were the Tiger, always yellow, with stripes, wing etc, which was fast for the money (till it rotted) and the special rally versions, which were really special, but were only available to works teams- most of them probably ended up wrapped round the scenery in various British forests....

The Marina was only sold as a Morris in Britain, no Austins, from 1971, but it was facelifted a few times, and it eventually became the Morris Ital, which was a more extensive facelift. The Marina was stodgy, but apart from the handling, it was fairly good basic transport, selling in fairly large numbers, but it never took over from the ancient Morris Minor, which it had replaced, or the Oxford (bigger). I think the ones in the photograph are from the second series, facelifted about 1976. You still see the odd Marina on the road, they made estate car and van versions as well, and a pick-up, although that was pretty rare even when new.

kyfdx

That is a 325i Compact.. Or, 320i Compact... or, 316i Compact... you get the idea....

Fairly popular in the UK...

magnette

sorry, every time I try to post a photo, it won't open, are any of you guys using Apple Safari, like I am, 'cos I can't open any of your photos either, when they are just a little blue square with "?" inside

...

I can't even open this, and I posted it. How do you post an open photo?

andys120

You are correct, the bobtail Bimmer is in fact a Three-series "Compact" based on the E46 platform
(318tis were based on the E36). As you suggest it is available with a wide variety of four and six cylinder engines.

andys120

I can't even open this, and I posted it

I assume you're using the little HTML "Img" gizmo below the text box, are you forgetting to close at the end?

andys120

magnette

If that is by using the "close all" button - I've tried that, but it makes no difference...Are you able to open the box on the message I've posted?

magnette

VW-Porsche 914 or 6

andys120

It's a 914/4 2.0, only four cylinder cars had painted metal on the Targa bridge.

I couldn't get the url for your image, email it to me and I'll give it a shot. Be aware that you can close the HTML by clicking "Img" again at the end (after.jpg).

andys120

imidazol97

Your url is incomplete when you post. I think you might be clicking on a jpg on your own computer? rather than on one available on the web? It needs to be hosted somewhere... Either it's a picture on a website somewhere already existing on the web and you enter the address of the picture or you put it up on some picture hosting site and link to it there.

The address to the image you posted is...
/Users/peterconibear/Desktop/xxxxx50b.jpg

I used x's instead of the car name. I don't want to give hints when you do successfully post this puppy!

fintail

Lincoln ca.1982. I don't know if it is the Continental sedan or the Town Car, as it has the carriage top. IIRC the Continental had the oval opera window, and the TC had the rectangular one.

andys120

It's an '89 Town Car w the ever popular carriage roof option. :lemon:

andys120

seminole_kev

I don't know what it is, but I hope someone pushes it back into the sea!

gsemike

Some of those still run around the city as black cars. What passed for luxury back then! The chair rails were always in the worst place for back seat riders.

imidazol97

What does the license plate say? Hyundaus? Isn't it hard on rotors to run through water?

ateixeira

Looks Korean, kind of like the R-class except I think they came a lot earlier.

-juice