Mystery car pix

fintail

I am sure I can find that front clip in any local scrapyard.

Mr_Shiftright

Ha! Very limited production, as you no doubt know. I think that one needs to be melted down and made into teapots for tourists in Istanbul.

fintail

I'd find an enthusiast group and sell it at scrap value to someone insane enough to be restoring one, no point keeping that sad thing around.

andys120

Here's a pic showing the different fin styles. The car on the left is an EX1 (1958-61), on the right is the EX2 produced from '61-'64. Both styles had American style wraparound glass.

magnette

A couple of nice Renault Alpine A610 s in the background

omarman

andys120 said:

Mr_Shiftright said:

andys120 said:

stickguy said:

It's a De Soto!

Okay, we've established that you can read, now how about model, model year or body type?

Looks like one of those "businessman's coupe" they use to sell with little doors going into the trunk.

Better late than never, I guess. Apparently you must be "of a certain age" to recall that term.

Hi Andy! Tonight I just clicked on the "view image info" for your DeSoto picture which is on a Hagerty valuation page and describes the 1946 DeSoto DeLuxe body styles as:
2dr Club Coupe
2dr Coupe
2dr Sedan
4dr Sedan

andys120

qbrozen

1980'ish Honda Accord

andys120

qbrozen said:

1980'ish Honda Accord

It's a '79 Honda Accord hatchback almost identical to the one I had. They only came in three colors, metallic blue, metallic red, and the tan. Good little cars but not very exciting to drive.

andys120

kyfdx

andys120 said:

qbrozen said:

1980'ish Honda Accord

It's a '79 Honda Accord hatchback almost identical to the one I had. They only came in three colors, metallic blue, metallic red, and the tan. Good little cars but not very exciting to drive.

'81 was the last year for that body style. I bought a new one in '82

ab348

That is the '63 Studebaker Lark Daytona convertible on BaT we have been discussing in the Postwar Studebakers forum for the last week.

andys120

ab348 said:

That is the '63 Studebaker Lark Daytona convertible on BaT we have been discussing in the Postwar Studebakers forum for the last week.

Yep, methinks the Lark V8s haven't been duly recognized as pioneers in that they had a performance V8 in a compact chassis before the Mustang or the GTO and other early "muscle cars"

fintail

Still some of those old Accords around here. I see them in silver, a color which must have been on older models.

berri

It's a '79 Honda Accord hatchback almost identical to the one I had.

Where's the patina Seriously though, the car was game changer in the US marketplace.

andys120

Where's the patina Seriously though, the car was game changer in the US marketplace.

I'll say, my two brothers and I all owned Accords in the early 80s. Our '79s were roughly the size of a modern Honda Fit, even a current Civic is a lot gigger.

kyfdx

My new '82 was my daily driver until 1994. 130K miles
No A/C, stick-shift... single speaker AM/FM radio. Not even a right side mirror.
Paid full MSRP (asking was $1200 over.. lol)

I only sold because of carb problems... that and it was pretty rusty and interior was coming apart. Survived a small deer collision, at one time. Traded it on a different used car at a dealer and received $300.

stickguy

Wonderful cars at the time. I remember test driving one. Mostt have long since rusted away up here in salt country.

ab348

stickguy said:

Wonderful cars at the time. I remember test driving one. Mostt have long since rusted away up here in salt country.

Most of them were unfit for the road here within 10 years because of ferocious rust.

andys120

I'd had bad experiences with Fiats and Triumphs having rust problems so when I got the Accord, I got it rustproofed via Ziebart. We kept that '79 Accord for 12 years and had only little bit of rust in the rear hatch area and around the edges of the aftermarket sunroof.

We forget how rustproofed modern cars have become.

Michaell

I had an '85 Accord Hatch, burgundy with louvers on the rear window. Bought it used with 16,000 miles on it for something like $8500.

Kept it for 3+ years and about 40,000 miles - including a cross country trip from CA to MI and back. Loved that car, but traded it in on an Isuzu Trooper as we started a family.

stickguy

I test drove one when I was getting out of college. Probably an 84. Really liked it, but too pricey at the time. Ended up with a colt. Should have scraped up the extra money.

texases

Was helping a friend look at cars in '82, he like the Accord, but the dealer wouldn't budge on the ADM ("I'll sell it to the next guy that walks in the door"), so he got a Subaru. Raspy little car. I thought the opposed 4 should have been smoother.

kyfdx

I wanted the rear window louvers.. But, about $400, IIRC.. Never could justify it.

Michaell

kyfdx said:

I wanted the rear window louvers.. But, about $400, IIRC.. Never could justify it.

I had mixed feelings about them. I liked the look on my car, but didn't like what they did to visibility.

What I wanted to do with mine was to get some gold lace alloy wheels - I thought that would have looked sharp.

kyfdx

Steel wheels on mine... you must have been a rich kid!

stickguy

You beat me. I couldn’t even afford that!

Michaell

kyfdx said:

Steel wheels on mine... you must have been a rich kid!

Oh, I had plastic wheel covers. I wanted the alloys.

andys120

Yeah, I put Momo Alloys on mine, along with Hella Fog lights. I was trying to make it look sporty but it really was one of the least sporty cars I've owned.

kyfdx

Too old for this discussion.
Needs help identifying old cars:
https://forums.edmunds.com/discussion/51424/general/x/need-help-identifying-these-early-autos#latest

andys120

stickguy

buick. guessing 1959?

imidazol97

1960. Rare as hen's teeth in this area at car shows, let alone a convertible!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLh06AIHaaM

berri

GM historians say the 60 models were emergency toning down of the 59's that didn't really catch on with buyers as hoped. But I liked 'em!

andys120

The 60's took the basic shapes of the '59 Buicks and rounded the edges of the swoopy shapes which was IMO an improvement. The red 'vert shown is a 1960 Buick Invicta.

I don't know why Buick doesn't recycle nice names like Invicta, Electra and Riviera. Their current nomenclature with all the En-somethings is pretty uninspired.

lostwrench1

And, 1960, the portholes return!

berri

Ford engaged in this same "first letter" nonsense (F for cars and E for suv's at Ford and nonsense letter number combo's over at Lincoln). I really think the average person better remembers a neat word and doesn't really care what other cars from the company are named. As for Buick, I still think Invicta is a pretty good model name because it is unusual enough to stand out without being too out there whacko. .

Mr_Shiftright

Electra would certainly be a good name for a Buick version of a Tesla Model 3.

qbrozen

andys120 said:

The 60's took the basic shapes of the '59 Buicks and rounded the edges of the swoopy shapes which was IMO an improvement. The red 'vert shown is a 1960 Buick Invicta. I don't know why Buick doesn't recycle nice names like Invicta, Electra and Riviera. Their current nomenclature with all the En-somethings is pretty uninspired.

Should give them some credit for not yet surrendering to the random numbers and letters schema.

fintail

Buick had a lot of good names in the past. Invicta, Electra, Centurion, Riviera, Roadmaster, etc.

omarman

Gran Sport, GSX, Grand National, GNX

andys120

Believe it or not this car has three rows of seats>

bhill2

Saab 96, I think. Variant or Kombi or some such appellation.

andys120

You're a little off, it's a 1970 Saab 95, basically a wagon-back version of their 96 sedan. I don't think Saab's marketing ever applied any particular terminology to denote that it was a wagon but all 95s were wagons. Wikipedia credits the 95 with seating for seven but that's a stretch, perhaps you could fit two adults in front, three kids in the middle and two more kids in the rearward facing rear seat. Just the thing for thrifty Irish Catholic and Mormon families!

fintail

By the damp weather, solid looking condition of the car, and the house style, I suspect that pic could be local to me.

berri

Was that still a two cycle gas and oil engine?

Mr_Shiftright

andys120 said:

Believe it or not this car has three rows of seats>

I know this will sound implausible, but I swear it's true---I drove one of these to Guatemala and back.

lostwrench1

fintail said:

By the damp weather, solid looking condition of the car, and the house style, I suspect that pic could be local to me.

Ah, my days at Fort Lewis. 7 weeks straight without ever seeing the sun.

andys120

berri said:

Was that still a two cycle gas and oil engine?

'Cording to Wikipedia pre-1967 Saab 95s were based on the Saab 93 and used the same
DKW-derived 3 cyl. 2-strokers. After that they used the same Ford Taunus V4 as the Saab 96s they were based on.

andys120

It's Station Wagon Week!