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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    Time to buy a Dash Cam.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,628
    That's good enough for me, also a Renault 18 wagon between the BMW and Citroen.

    Pic is from "European Vacation", the most underrated and unloved, but still hilarious Vacation film.
    andys120 said:


    No idea what movie it's from but parked on the left is a black Renault 5, a Ciroen 2CV, a red BMW E21 (316/319/320/323 etc) and a Rover SD. The yellow car is an Austin Maxi.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,628
    Marathon Car Rental lot, late 1986/early 1987:

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,756
    tempo front left. most craptastic rental car I ever had. Scary to drie. and far right front, looks like a corolla hatch. And a stray Lumina in front of it.

    man, this is not a good era for the domestic industry.

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,725
    I see TWA in the far background. That's a blast from the past.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 268,917
    imidazol97 said:

    I see TWA in the far background. That's a blast from the past.

    I think the last time I flew TWA was mid-'90s

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Pretty sure that is Lambert Int St. Louis Airport. I think venture (vulture) capitalist Carl Icahn really hurt TWA and its employees, and the American Airlines purchase of TWA dumped them even further. They really just wanted a deal on all those MD-80's in my opinion. Speaking of STL, Ozark was a neat little airline back in its day.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,412
    Oldsmobile Cutlass
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,628
    Yep, a couple Tempo in the pic. Car in front of the Corolla (AE86 coupe, were these actually in rental fleets?) is a Cutlass Ciera. Lumina was MY 1990+.

    Pic is from a movie, which should be easy - hint: Marathon isn't an actual rental car company, gobble gobble.
    stickguy said:

    tempo front left. most craptastic rental car I ever had. Scary to drie. and far right front, looks like a corolla hatch. And a stray Lumina in front of it.

    man, this is not a good era for the domestic industry.

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,628
    Yep, STL.
    berri said:

    Pretty sure that is Lambert Int St. Louis Airport. I think venture (vulture) capitalist Carl Icahn really hurt TWA and its employees, and the American Airlines purchase of TWA dumped them even further. They really just wanted a deal on all those MD-80's in my opinion. Speaking of STL, Ozark was a neat little airline back in its day.

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,756
    the Chevy is next to the brown olds. Maybe that is a Celebrity?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,628
    Yep, that one is a Celebrity.

    Another angle of cars available from Marathon:

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    I suspect they used an actual rental car lot, just changed the signage, as the rest looks believable in a rental fleet.
  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    That had to be a record number of expletives in that rental scene. I was laughing too hard to keep count.
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    tmart said:

    Oldsmobile Cutlass

    To be exact it is a 1961 Oldsmobile F85 Cutlass. That is to say that the Cutlass was a sub-model of the F85, a long forgotten name.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I always thought those early 60's upper level GM compact station wagons were kind of neat looking in their own way. Well, at least stood out as kind of uniquely styled for the times.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    What's interesting about this car is to compare it to the year earlier model--quite the contrast.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,628
    Must be a 49 Lincoln Cosmopolitan, with its unique headlights. Probably a "custom" look of the time.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,439
    An unfortunate front end look. Car looks sad and frowny.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    What's interesting about this car is to compare it to the year earlier model--quite the contrast.

    Yep,from the 30s to the 50s in one fell swoop!




    Imagine being the guy who bought a '48? Year-to year styling changes were so radical back then that your car could easily be "old news" in a year. Suppose you bought a spiffy new Bel Air in 1954?



    ..and Chevy followed w this?


    :'(

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yes, American cars starting "melting" in the late 40s--gone are the pontoon fenders, the vestigial running boards and the high belt line.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,439
    Well, it still happens. Think of someone who bought a 2010 Sonata and how they felt when they saw the 2011. 

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,628
    I think the slashed-about swoopy 2011 model looks just as dated as the inoffensive 2010 model now. The Optima update was much better IMO.

    I suspect a good deal makes buyers of final run "old style" models happier with their purchase. In this day and age, there's no excuse for being in the dark about it.
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,205
    Yes it’s happened a lot over the years.  Imagine buying an 85 Ford LTD and then seeing the 86 Taurus

    Early 90s had a bunch too

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    91 Camry to 92
    91 Crown Vic/ Grand Marquis to 92 

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Tell Toyota - please go back in styling :(
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I'm guessing a 40's Packard limo, maybe just after the war.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,756
    that car defines stately.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,439
    Packard Super Clipper, I think postwar. Packard would have been much better off refining that Clipper body for a few more years instead of going with the ungainly model they came out with in '49.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Packard or Nash for 49, which bathtub do you prefer?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    berri said:

    I'm guessing a 40's Packard limo, maybe just after the war.

    ab348 said:

    Packard Super Clipper, I think postwar. Packard would have been much better off refining that Clipper body for a few more years instead of going with the ungainly model they came out with in '49.

    Yup, it's the first postwar Packard, a 1946 Super Clipper.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    ab348 said:

    Packard Super Clipper, I think postwar. Packard would have been much better off refining that Clipper body for a few more years instead of going with the ungainly model they came out with in '49.

    Well you could argue that the '49 was a refinement of the '46 it uses pretty much the same fenderlines, windshield, roofline, etc. The big difference is the lack of vestigial running boards and the shorter grille:

    '46>



    '49>



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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    It's that beltline bulge that many people didn't like at the time. It makes the car look bottom heavy, you know, like you had a fat.....well, nevermind.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,439
    Exactly, Shifty. I always really liked the original Clipper body and really disliked the next generation. 

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    It's difficult sometime for the modern eye to see what the contemporary eye saw on certain cars.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    It's that beltline bulge that many people didn't like at the time. It makes the car look bottom heavy, you know, like you had a fat.....well, nevermind.

    Okay, get that but I still think it's an attractive car from most angles.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    Datsun 510. Maybe 1970.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,628
    Bathtub Packards look best in convertible form.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 268,917
    omarman said:

    Datsun 510. Maybe 1970.

    That has to be the nicest one in existence. Probably not cheap.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,756
    If I hit lotto that is high on my car collection wish list. I love the 510.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,796
    kyfdx said:

    omarman said:

    Datsun 510. Maybe 1970.

    That has to be the nicest one in existence. Probably not cheap.
    That one is a little rough when you get into the details.

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 268,917
    qbrozen said:

    kyfdx said:

    omarman said:

    Datsun 510. Maybe 1970.

    That has to be the nicest one in existence. Probably not cheap.
    That one is a little rough when you get into the details.
    I don't read... I just look at the pictures.. ;)

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 268,917
    stickguy said:

    If I hit lotto that is high on my car collection wish list. I love the 510.

    I'm thinking of an Alfa coupe of about the same vintage, if I hit the Lotto

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Yup, it's a 1970 Datsun 510, to this day one of the best looking Datsun/Nissan designs ever. That's odd considering it's basically a bunch of rectangles pasted together. ;)

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  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    Love me some Datsun 510!

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I think they still race them in SCCA. They are a fun little car to drive but don't ever sit or lean on one. :p
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,439
    510s have become one of the most overpriced cars on a $/quality basis in recent years. Real tin cans but people love them.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    The collector car market isn't rational most of the time. Buyers set prices, not historians or magazines or appraisers or dealers.

    Some old cars are high-priced and are complete dogs to drive
    Some old cars are very rare and yet worth nothing
    Some old cars are as common as pennies and bring high prices
    Some old cars have doubled in value in a few years
    Some old cars have dropped 50% in value in a few years.

    You figure it out---I can't! B)
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