Mystery car pix

tjc78

andys120 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.

I’m one of the forums I read a guy has a Maverick of similar vintage with a late 80s fuel injected HO 5.0 stuffed in.  Must be a little fun and/or scary. 

stickguy

73 pantera?

andys120

stickguy said:

73 pantera?

'72 deTomaso Pantera, sold through Lincoln-Mercury dealers in the US, styled by American Tom Tjaarda @ Ghia. Powered by Ford 351 V8.

omarman

Also father of the Ford Maverick.

texases

andys120 said:

stickguy said:

73 pantera?

'72 deTomaso Pantera, sold through Lincoln-Mercury dealers in the US, styled by American Tom Tjaarda @ Ghia. Powered by Ford 351 V8.

I'm thinking that's a '73 or later, the rear bumper's too big for a '72.

fintail

Close enough, car on the right is a Dodge 400, car on the left is a LeBaron. Movie is from 1983, these are early gussied up K-Cars.

tjc78 said:

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. 

andys120

andys120

I’m one of the forums I read a guy has a Maverick of similar vintage with a late 80s fuel injected HO 5.0 stuffed in.  Must be a little fun and/or scary. 

Maybe not, weight distribution would be close to 5.0 Mustangs of the same era (i.e. very front heavy) which could be tricky but okay if you kept in mind the ease with which the back could break loose.

elias

Why are all the best mystery-pix cars always in Loudon NH? ps - Regarding "have cop friend run the plates". In recent decades cops must file paperwork justifying the reason for running a plate. "barn find" might not be a good reason!

fintail

Buick Somerset Regal - there's a clean one of these still on the road in my area I see now and then. This must be 1985-86.

omarman

Good eye. That does look like a 1973 federal bumper. I double checked by going to the Hemmings site for more pics and found the VIN # which decodes as model year 1973. But the Hemmings listing has it labeled: "1972 DeTomaso Pantera L."

stickguy

So I know more than Hemings? Cool!

Mr_Shiftright

Hemmings ads often have errors. I was just looking at a 69 Alfa Spider, and they were calling it a "Duetto", but the body type badge on the firewall says it's a 1300 Junior.

andys120

kyfdx

andys120 said:

Saab 900 Turbo - mid '80s?

texases

Those wheels made a big impression on me when they came out. I had thought they were called 'snowflake' wheels, but come to find out they're call 'Inca' wheels.

Mr_Shiftright

Saab Turbo Currency Shredder.

andys120

kyfdx said:

andys120 said:

Saab 900 Turbo - mid '80s?

Keerect, caption doesn't give exact yr and you can't tell by looking. Although odd, the Swedish Modern look has aged well IMO. Some call those "Star Wars wheels" because they resemble some of te space ships in the SW movies.

lostwrench1

Andy, if you took that photo, is that a first-aid bag available for public use?

Mr_Shiftright

That's for when you see Sven's transmission repair bill.

But seriously folks---I like old Saab turbos. In fact, I can tell you how to take apart just about anything on them

andys120

Mr_Shiftright said:

That's for when you see Sven's transmission repair bill.

But seriously folks---I like old Saab turbos. In fact, I can tell you how to take apart just about anything on them

As a recovering Saab addict I'm still mystified by the fact that they never could build a reliable transaxle even though they had been building FWD transaxles longer than anyone except maybe Citroen.

The most reliable Saab I owned was the one built by GM (1996 900S-essentially a rebodied Opel).

ab348

I remember in the late '80s/early '90s a coworker (my boss for a time) bought a Saab turbo convertible. I spent a few work hours ferrying her back and forth to various places because the Saab was often parked in front of her house, not driveable due to a string of mechanical maladies..

fintail

Saab 900s make me think of vintage Seinfeld episodes, and this relatively forgotten underappreciated comedy:

stickguy

what movie would that be?

qbrozen

Moving!
Richard Pryor and Randy Quaid. Very funny. Oh, and I think it was Dana Carvey who drove the Saab and wound up modifying the heck out of it.
I often make a joke about Quaid's lawnmower.

https://youtu.be/beXPpObKWFo

qbrozen

and the mad-maxed Saab...

fintail

Yep that's it, "Moving", quite amusing. A few obscure cars in it, good for shots of the 900 Turbo along with the K-Car Town and Country. All the better in the scene with the late run W110 fintail on the road.

The Saab starts as a cherished new car:



And ends up Mad Max-ified (no doubt a different car used for modification):

Mr_Shiftright

andys120 said:

Mr_Shiftright said:

That's for when you see Sven's transmission repair bill.

But seriously folks---I like old Saab turbos. In fact, I can tell you how to take apart just about anything on them

As a recovering Saab addict I'm still mystified by the fact that they never could build a reliable transaxle even though they had been building FWD transaxles longer than anyone except maybe Citroen.

The most reliable Saab I owned was the one built by GM (1996 900S-essentially a rebodied Opel).

Sometimes that happens with a company--for some strange reason their engineering department can't solve the problem. One thinks of Saab transmissions, Subaru head gaskets, Porsche IMS bearings--these epidemics sometimes went on for 10 years or more. You can almost excuse under-capitalized companies for it, like Triumph, whose solution to bad head gaskets was to recommend that you stack 3 of them on top of each other (!!) but for well-established companies, it seems like a 5-10% failure rate should be unacceptable.

texases

Skip if you saw the article:

andys120

texases said:

Skip if you saw the article:

Didn't see the article but that's a Lamborghini Islero, late 60s/early 70s

texases

Yep. Lamborghini just put one on exhibition after restoring it and an Espada to celebrate the two cars' 50th anniversary:
https://jalopnik.com/sometimes-you-just-need-to-restore-a-lamborghini-espada-1827846196

ab348

And then there's this:

fintail

Lamborghini 350GT? I like the convex side windows on these.

andys120

ab348

fintail said:

Lamborghini 350GT? I like the convex side windows on these.

That would be it, Lambo's first production model. Unfortunate headlight design.

ab348

andys120 said:

Looks like a Rover P6 a.k.a. 2000TC.

andys120

It is a Rover P6 but not a Twin Cam just a plain ole Rover 2000

ab348

TC designated twin carbs, not twin cams.

imidazol97

fintail said:

Saab 900s make me think of vintage Seinfeld episodes, and this relatively forgotten underappreciated comedy:

Fintail. Is that your Fintail in the picture?

fintail

Nope, that's likely a little newer, and a lesser equipped model. IMCDB identifies it as a W110 200 (4 cylinder gasoline), likely 1965-66.

imidazol97 said:

Fintail. Is that your Fintail in the picture?

andys120

fintail

New A-class, hatch not for here of course, but we should get the sedan.

fintail

Name as many as possible. Bonus points for naming the hilarious and somewhat forgotten movie.

andys120

fintail said:

New A-class, hatch not for here of course, but we should get the sedan.

Yup.

jpp75

fintail

Is someone in CH?

Looks like a 356c by the hubcap.

andys120

jpp5862 said:

A late 50s/early 60s Porsche 356C in a very nice color. Man what a sweet little car.

jpp75

fintail said:

Is someone in CH?

Looks like a 356c by the hubcap.

I was over there for a couple of weeks on vacation. I wish I had gotten more pictures of cars but this one was easy as I wasn't driving and it wasn't moving.

fintail

I thought I spotted a Bern license plate.

Geneva can be good for exotic spotting, lots of iffy money there. Zurich can have some sights too, maybe a little classier. Pretty roads, gas marginally cheaper than Germany much of the time I think.

jpp5862 said:

I was over there for a couple of weeks on vacation. I wish I had gotten more pictures of cars but this one was easy as I wasn't driving and it wasn't moving.

omarman

fintail said:

Name as many as possible. Bonus points for naming the hilarious and somewhat forgotten movie.

'68 Chevy Impala. When I see that make/model/year full size Chevy it always reminds me of the Ohio State Highway Patrol cars from back then.

As usual, no clue on the (80s ?) movie.