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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,413
    Could the taillights be any smaller? Hard to believe that small would be legal.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    edited July 2018
    Well, you were right on the decade anyway :)

    Today's pic, Brit plates but Euro looks and LHD, maybe a short run coachbuilt special of a normal car of some kind.
    andys120 said:

    '70s Caprice wagon, probably a boring movie too. ;)

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,448
    I believe that is an Arnolt-MG Bertone coupe, based on a TD chassis. Early to mid-'50s.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    ab348 said:

    I believe that is an Arnolt-MG Bertone coupe, based on a TD chassis. Early to mid-'50s.

    You're on the money AB, it's a 1962 Arnolt-MG, styling by Bertone (via Michelotti) and yes, underneath that slick Italian Coupeness is an MG-TD.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    The wagon is a 78 Impala from "Flight of the Navigator" - guess you had to have been there ;)

    Here's another wagon:

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,219
    The car is an 86+ Electra Estate Wagon. Can’t tell the movie. These wagons were in a lot of 80s early 90s movies.  There was one in the garage in Home Alone

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,448
    That's not just a wagon, that's a Buick Estate Wagon.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,780
    don't care for the car. But I would love the house!

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,726
    Notice those wheels on the Buick.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    The Buick is from "Adventures in Babysitting", and plays a big role in the movie, it is seen a lot. If you like those (and 80s Elisabeth Shue etc, and don't mind a movie aimed at youth), it's fun, nostalgia.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    Here's one from a somewhat forgotten movie that I've always liked:

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,219
    I just don’t remember that shot from the movie... I certainly remember her driving the wagon in the movie but haven’t seen it for years 

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,780
    car is a PV Volvo I think. 544? No clue about the movie.

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  • jpp75jpp75 Member Posts: 1,535
    berri said:

    I don't know they year so I'll guess around 86 Mercury Colony Park. I think that chrome around the fake wood decal and the carriage lights set it off from its competitors. I recall that it could be a 10 passenger with the dual facing cargo area seats. I actually like it.

    We had an '85 Colony Park when I was growing up, the 10 passenger seating was kind of cool since the GM counterparts only had the rear facing seat. Otherwise though I hated that car, we had a good bit of trouble out of it (although it was probably on par for a mid 80's domestic).
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    I think it is near the beginning as she is driving to the kids' house (the car was her mom's, if I remember right), also been ages since I have seen it.
    tjc78 said:

    I just don’t remember that shot from the movie... I certainly remember her driving the wagon in the movie but haven’t seen it for years 

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    edited July 2018
    Yep that's right. The movie (comedy - mild mild drama from the 80s) is pretty obscure, can't recall the last time I saw it in a cable rotation.

    Here's another one from the same movie:

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    stickguy said:

    car is a PV Volvo I think. 544? No clue about the movie.

  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    Okay it's the one where Neil Simon's wife gets her car stolen and the police come to take report and! a police lieutenant is assigned to investigate the car theft! Funny!
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  • katherine36katherine36 Member Posts: 1
    Ace Ventura's car is true sturdy. I have my car parts from Chrysler OEM parts - and my car is still running as smooth.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    That's the one, also Matthew Broderick's movie debut, IIRC.

    Another car in it, this in a very period color:

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    omarman said:

    Okay it's the one where Neil Simon's wife gets her car stolen and the police come to take report and! a police lieutenant is assigned to investigate the car theft! Funny!

  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,157
    Another movie car, just became aware of the model:
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    Hard to tell if it has single lights or quad lights - I think if singles, Fiat 2100, if quads, 2300 - Fiat fintail.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,157
    Almost - singles, not a 2100...
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    1800?
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,157
    edited July 2018
    Yep (according to the pic's tag)! Post on another forum talking about the current sorry state of Fiat in the US mentioned a friend buying a 'six cylinder Fiat wagon', turned out to be a 2100. I hadn't heard of them.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    Those were the highline cars. There was also a fairly elegant 2300 coupe of the same era, not sure how many made it over here.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,798
    edited July 2018
    fintail said:

    That's the one, also Matthew Broderick's movie debut, IIRC.

    Another car in it, this in a very period color:

    image


    omarman said:

    Okay it's the one where Neil Simon's wife gets her car stolen and the police come to take report and! a police lieutenant is assigned to investigate the car theft! Funny!

    Oh, that's funny. I actually had that movie in my head on the first pic (because of the house) but didn't think it was possible anybody would know of it. Max Dugan Returns, right?

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    A relative but not a Fiat


  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    qbrozen said:

    fintail said:

    That's the one, also Matthew Broderick's movie debut, IIRC.

    Another car in it, this in a very period color:

    image


    omarman said:

    Okay it's the one where Neil Simon's wife gets her car stolen and the police come to take report and! a police lieutenant is assigned to investigate the car theft! Funny!

    Oh, that's funny. I actually had that movie in my head on the first pic (because of the house) but didn't think it was possible anybody would know of it. Max Dugan Returns, right?

    Yes. Charley Lau passed about 1 year after this pic.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    Yep that's it, on cable TV a bit when I was a kid, once in a blue moon today. Jason Robards was good in it too.
    qbrozen said:



    Oh, that's funny. I actually had that movie in my head on the first pic (because of the house) but didn't think it was possible anybody would know of it. Max Dugan Returns, right?

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    SEAT 1500?
    magnette said:

    A relative but not a Fiat


  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    Easy for both car and movie, but it's a great image:

    image
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,780
    Peugeot. 504? No clue about movie

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    magnette said:

    A relative but not a Fiat


    A Lancia from the pre-Fiat era but Can't recall which model.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,798
    stickguy said:

    Peugeot. 504? No clue about movie

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,798
    fintail said:

    Yep that's it, on cable TV a bit when I was a kid, once in a blue moon today. Jason Robards was good in it too.

    qbrozen said:



    Oh, that's funny. I actually had that movie in my head on the first pic (because of the house) but didn't think it was possible anybody would know of it. Max Dugan Returns, right?

    Well now you've gone and done it. Made me think of my favorite Jason Robards film. I thought there were no cars in it, to be honest, but the interwebs has proven me wrong, so here ya go!


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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    Right on both counts. Great movie that stands up well now.

    Car is a Peugeot 505.
    qbrozen said:


    Real Genius. Loved that movie. Val Kilmer was all downhill from there.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    Something Wicked This Way Comes. I haven't seen that one in eons, I have a vague memory of a tornado picking up a carousel, or something along those lines.

    Prominent car in the background is a mid 20s Dodge, and I am sure there's a Model T hanging around somewhere.

    Another Jason Robards movie - car needs more than a make:

    image
    qbrozen said:



    Well now you've gone and done it. Made me think of my favorite Jason Robards film. I thought there were no cars in it, to be honest, but the interwebs has proven me wrong, so here ya go!


  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,780
    Volvo wagon not good enough for you?

    might be a 245GL. though it has a later front end that makes me think V6

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,798
    HOw bout a 265?

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,780
    well yes, that would be the V6 option....

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,798
    fintail said:
    Something Wicked This Way Comes. I haven't seen that one in eons, I have a vague memory of a tornado picking up a carousel, or something along those lines. Prominent car in the background is a mid 20s Dodge, and I am sure there's a Model T hanging around somewhere. Another Jason Robards movie - car needs more than a make: image
    Well now you've gone and done it. Made me think of my favorite Jason Robards film. I thought there were no cars in it, to be honest, but the interwebs has proven me wrong, so here ya go!
    Nice job. They say it is a '24 Dodge Business Sedan

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 266,072
    fintail said:

    Right on both counts. Great movie that stands up well now.

    Car is a Peugeot 505.


    qbrozen said:


    Real Genius. Loved that movie. Val Kilmer was all downhill from there.

    Plus, the Citroen DS that Kent drove, and ultimately ended up in his dorm room.

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  • magnettemagnette Member Posts: 4,237
    edited July 2018
    The Fiat look alike isn't a Lancia (although the Flaminia saloon would certainly look similar) but is instead a Seat 1500 - this particular one from a 1966 brochure I think. Effectively Fiat at that time provided all the technical support for Seat in Spain but the latter had a very protectionist government (under Franco) and cars had to have local content - although Spain was in EFTA as opposed to the then EEC (forerunner of the EU) and other EFTA countries had some concessions on trade with Spain. The UK was also in EFTA until joining the EEC in 1973.

    This isn't a political forum so I'm staying clear of discussion on more recent developments...
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    All I'll say is that if it has Fiat roots it is still "fix it again Tony, fix it all the time" B)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    edited July 2018
    Volvo wagon is identified on imcdb as an 81-82 245 GL (as opposed to a DL I guess) by the fancier wheels.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 269,067
    stickguy said:

    well yes, that would be the V6 option....

    Straight six?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    "Kent, you know you're not supposed to park that on campus."
    Michaell said:



    Plus, the Citroen DS that Kent drove, and ultimately ended up in his dorm room.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,637
    This should be easy:

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,448
    Uh, hate to be a spoilsport, but maybe there should be a board for movie car IDs?

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,798
    Still mystery cars, no? Just a little added trivia to go with it.

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