Mystery car pix

Mr_Shiftright

True but they'd have to go through either Turkey or Iran, two very nasty opponents.

kyfdx

Mr_Shiftright said:

True but they'd have to go through either Turkey or Iran, two very nasty opponents.

Already in Syria.... it's a short trip through Lebanon, Jordan or Iraq.

I agree.. not likely.

andys120

texases

Given that my dad had a 4 door, I'll pass it on...

lostwrench1

1963 Dodge Polara 500.
I don't think there was a 4 door.

andys120

lostwrench1 said:

1963 Dodge Polara 500.
I don't think there was a 4 door.

I thought the pictured car was a 4-dr but on closer examination it wasn't nor could I find any photos of four- door '63 Polaras. It's hard to believe they'd make a sedan that big and not even offer 4 doors.

BTW- a big-block 440 hides under that hood.

texases

We had a 4-door '63 Polara, a hardtop at that.

edit - if you're saying there wasn't a Polara 500 4-door, you're right.

texases

Here's one that looks just like ours, color and all, except we had dog-dishes, but not the fancy hubcaps


As always, the 2 doors get saved much more, especially the ones with the hood scoops...

kyfdx

I'm pretty sure I posted a picture of an old Polara, recently... Let me find it.

kyfdx

Found it...

kyfdx

Sadly, I now see it in front of the local pawn shop. Doubt he got over $500 for it.

kyfdx

There is a Coronet with 440 badgeing parked at a local repair shop.. I'll have to grab a picture of that one, tomorrow..

lostwrench1

1964 Dodge 880.

Mr_Shiftright

bhill2

Two red chips on Alfa Romeo Guilietta Spider.

andys120

kyfdx said:

Found it...

1973 Dodge Polara?

qbrozen

Mr_Shiftright said:

I'll go with 1968 1750 Spider that some idiot drilled a hole in for an antenna.

Mr_Shiftright

Close enough. It's a '69 "roundtail Spider", often mis-named a Duetto, which looks very similar. But in 1968 Alfa added a larger 1750 cc engine and for North America, fuel injection, which this car has. Dustin Hoffman drove a genuine Duetto in "The Graduate".

fintail

I saw one of those in my town a few days ago, roundtail, glass lights, very raspy.

Mr_Shiftright

Nice car, getting hard to find. This one was "ok" but really neglected. No rust, however, which in itself means the car should be a shrine and the sick led to it to be healed.

kyfdx

andys120 said:

kyfdx said:

Found it...

1973 Dodge Polara?

I don’t know the year, but I’ll guess it’s closer to 1963 than 1973.

omarman

'63 sounds like a good guess. A '73 Polara would be the fuselage era.

andys120

omarman said:

'63 sounds like a good guess. A '73 Polara would be the fuselage era.

Well that's more like a fuselage era roofline than they had in '63 with the formal C-pillar.

lostwrench1

lostwrench1 said:

1964 Dodge 880.

Repeating...……
1964 Dodge 880

kyfdx

lostwrench1 said:

lostwrench1 said:

1964 Dodge 880.

Repeating...……
1964 Dodge 880

Like this:

I could swear it said Polara on there, somewhere.

kyfdx

I was wrong. No Polara badge. Pawn shop doesn’t own it. Owner is a customer who just has it parked there.

andys120

I can't tell if the red car is a 911 or 912, can you? How about those tailfins?

lostwrench1

I'll grab the 1960 Chevy and the 1957 Dodge.

Mr_Shiftright

No way to distinguish a 912 from a 911 in that particular photo angle. It is an early car, however.

fintail

Ford tow truck is no older than 67.

andys120

lostwrench1 said:

I'll grab the 1960 Chevy and the 1957 Dodge.

Not sure if the Dodge is a '57, tailfins were the same for 1958.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright said:

No way to distinguish a 912 from a 911 in that particular photo angle. It is an early car, however.

Yup, I have a scale model of an early 911 and it looks exactly like the car in the photo as do pics I've sen of early 912s. I thought the tailpipe might be too small for a 911 but my diecast also has a tiny pipe. IIRC the 901/902 types first came to the US in 1966 so that Porsche would be the newest car by quite a bit.

lostwrench1

It's a '57. There is no side script at the rear end of the side strip.

ab348

Not really a mystery car, but a mystery sunroof. Check out the installation on the LeMans at the left.

tmart

Really strange to have it over the rear seat! Wonder if there might be something structural roof support over the front.

omarman

Maybe had an overhead CB radio. The second to the right of that LeMans looks like a Sapporo.

andys120

I just read an interesting article about Schlitterbahn
https://texasmonthly.com/news/jeff-henry-verruckt-schlitterbahns-tragic-slide/

andys120

fintail

356b roadster?

andys120

fintail said:

356b roadster?

Yup, it's a 1961 Porsche 356B T5 Roadster by Belgian coachbuilder D'Eterien. They are very similar to the 356A Convertible D which was basically a Speedster with a taller windshield and roll-up side glass and like the Speedster and Convertible D they're rare on ly 473 were made.

andys120

stickguy

Ford Maverick, about a 70? I like the wheels and color on it.

Mr_Shiftright

All that car needs is some '56 Packard tail lights and a pair of side pipes.

fintail

Last night I saw a somewhat obscure 80s movie I enjoyed when I was younger - it has some obscure cars, too:

lostwrench1

Hint - It's not a Mercury.

tmart

It’s a Meteor, guessing a 56.

fintail

Yes, 1956 Meteor Rideau Crown Victoria. One may notice this one is a glasstop, a very rare car.

Another snap from the same movie - cars look the same but are different:

andys120

stickguy said:

Ford Maverick, about a 70? I like the wheels and color on it.

It's a 1972 Ford Maverick; those wheels are not OEM, they're aftermarket Tor-Q Thrust or American Racing. I like the color but the vinyl roof looks out of place on that roofline.

andys120

tjc78

fintail said:

Yes, 1956 Meteor Rideau Crown Victoria. One may notice this one is a glasstop, a very rare car. Another snap from the same movie - cars look the same but are different:

One on the right should be a Dodge 600.  The one on the left with the vinyl mist be a Lebaron or New Yorker.  Hard to tell but I’d say both earlier than 86.