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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,612
    edited August 2018
    imidazol97 said:

    bhill2 said:

    This '63 Continental is for sale and being advertised on the Hemmings. If you have access it's worth reading the listing. It's pretty funny

    https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/lincoln/continental/1953162.html

    Doh, thanks midazol97. I didn't think to do that.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    The summary of that ad should be: "It's always something".
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,593
    Anyone know this car?



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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,154
    While a bit too old for this thread, maybe a 1925-ish Hupmobile?
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,593
    texases said:
    While a bit too old for this thread, maybe a 1925-ish Hupmobile?
    You are good, that's it.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,435
    Looks like a '63 Chrysler 300 convertible with an unfortunate droop on the right front.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,756
    I assume a letter car. Would that be a C?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,154
    ab348 said:

    Looks like a '63 Chrysler 300 convertible with an unfortunate droop on the right front.

    Yeah, looks like a weak/misadjusted torsion bar.
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    One only has to watch the auctions on TV to learn that. "Auction fever" is an amazing phenomenon!
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,725
    edited August 2018
    bhill2 said:

    imidazol97 said:

    bhill2 said:

    This '63 Continental is for sale and being advertised on the Hemmings. If you have access it's worth reading the listing. It's pretty funny

    https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/lincoln/continental/1953162.html

    Doh, thanks midazol97. I didn't think to do that.
    It's a beautiful car. I like the color on them that I think it is. Thanks for posting it.

    If it's more yellow than creamy, not as much. Each to his own taste.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    texases said:

    ab348 said:

    Looks like a '63 Chrysler 300 convertible with an unfortunate droop on the right front.

    Yeah, looks like a weak/misadjusted torsion bar.
    stickguy said:

    I assume a letter car. Would that be a C?

    Texases is correct, it's a 1963 Chrysler 300. The "letter" 300 for '63 was the 300J with a larger more powerful engine ( standard413CID) vs. the non-letter300 shown came with choice of 383 or 413 CID.

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  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    stickguy said:

    I assume a letter car. Would that be a C?

    No letters on the '62 and '63 300 convertibles.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    A "C" would be a 1957
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,435
    andys120 said:

    texases said:

    ab348 said:

    Looks like a '63 Chrysler 300 convertible with an unfortunate droop on the right front.

    Yeah, looks like a weak/misadjusted torsion bar.
    stickguy said:

    I assume a letter car. Would that be a C?

    Texases is correct, it's a 1963 Chrysler 300. The "letter" 300 for '63 was the 300J with a larger more powerful engine ( standard413CID) vs. the non-letter300 shown came with choice of 383 or 413 CID.
    {clears throat loudly} Harrrrumph!

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Hey, wait a minute. ab348 gets the chocolate bunny on this one! B)
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,154
    Aw, I gotta send mine back???
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    ab348 said:

    Looks like a '63 Chrysler 300 convertible with an unfortunate droop on the right front.

    ab348 said:

    Looks like a '63 Chrysler 300 convertible with an unfortunate droop on the right front.

    No springs up front but torsion bars. Snapped torsion bar?
    Many problems of snapped torsion bars on 1957 Chryslers. Odd that most snapped when the car was parked and not moving! A good read for all when you have time.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,154
    I'd think it'd look even worse if the torsion bar was snapped.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    A "C" would be a 1957

    Yeah, actually it's pretty confusing. The was no "300A", the series started in '55 with the "C-300" but the '56 was a "300B" and so on thru the 1965 "300L" (there was "no 300i" to avoid confusion w the letter L). Then of course the "300M" came along in 2004 based on the fwd LH platform.

    I don't know

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 268,861
    I thought there was a 300M around '99?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,626
    I suspect the faithful don't count the LH cars. I have an 80-something year old uncle who still has his 300M, in very nice condition. Almost a curiosity already.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 268,861
    Lotus... Evora?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Those earlier 300 letter cars are really nice.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,794
    kyfdx said:
    Lotus... Evora?
    It is an Elise

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    qbrozen said:


    kyfdx said:

    Lotus... Evora?

    It is an Elise

    That's right, a MY 2005 Lotus Elise

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,193
    fintail said:
    I suspect the faithful don't count the LH cars. I have an 80-something year old uncle who still has his 300M, in very nice condition. Almost a curiosity already.
    My Uncle who ran Dodge dealerships through much of the 80s and 90s has a 300m too.  Hunter green over beige.  Looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor.   His son is service manager at a Dodge dealer so I’m sure it gets good service.   I personally prefer his 58 Bonneville! 

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  • MichaellMichaell Moderator Posts: 265,996
    I took a serious look at the 300M when I was shopping for a sedan in the early 2000's. Unfortunately, it was just outside of my budget, so I ended up with the Saturn L300 instead.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,794
    andys120 said:
    IIRC, that would be an Exige. I think it is a special edition, though, but I'll be damned if I can remember all those names. I know there was an Exige S, for example, but pretty sure there were a few other special trims at various times.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    qbrozen said:


    andys120 said:



    IIRC, that would be an Exige. I think it is a special edition, though, but I'll be damned if I can remember all those names. I know there was an Exige S, for example, but pretty sure there were a few other special trims at various times.

    It's a 2008 Lotus Exige S40, essentially an Elise with a roof which IMO does not improve the looks. The S40 had bigger brakes than the Exige S.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675


    I'll cherry-pick the coolest car in this scene which is the Porsche 356 Cabrio on the left just about to cross the intersection.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,435
    I'm curious about the white roadster about to enter the intersection.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,756
    2 pintos. white hatch and woody wagon. And up behind the restaurant, is the burgundy sedan a BMW 3.0?

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,154
    '67 Mustang convertible behind the '70 Nova. And that burgundy sedan looks more like a Mercedes to me.
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Around a 70 Dodge Challenger in that real popular at the time Mopar green and a VW squareback, maybe a 68 or so.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,435
    texases said:

    '67 Mustang convertible behind the '70 Nova. And that burgundy sedan looks more like a Mercedes to me.

    The greenhouse does indeed look like that of a Mercedes.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,626
    Yes, the burgundy sedan parked by the Beetle is a BMW E3, a 3.0 or Bavaria.

    I see not one but two Lincoln Continental Mark IVs, would have been new cars then. Mystery roadster behind the Porsche gives me an Italian vibe, also a homemade vibe.

    I like the 4 cent spread between regular and super. Looks like the gas station is long gone:

    https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0907072,-118.3854289,3a,75y,313.39h,95.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPYna21WRdz5x8eY0atHw8Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,435
    edited August 2018
    A while ago there was discussion here about the 2008 "Edsel" replica. A little more info here on it, plus a lot about it's past owner, now deceased, a real Edsel fan.

    http://performance.ford.com/enthusiasts/newsroom/2017/12/-jim-popp_s-_shrine-of-the-holy-grille.html

    A bunch of his cars are coming up for sale at the Sotheby's Auburn auction.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,154
    Yep, it's a BMW. Once I zoomed in the taillights were BMW.
  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    At the PARK all nite lot: White 1964 Impala and brown '73ish Lincoln Mark IV.
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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I never found the Edsel any more over the top than many of the other 58's like the Olds. I know the styling is often blamed for its demise, but I think it had more to do with a recession biting into the middle price market, plus Edsel advertising over hyped and over promised while the product under delivered to those messages. The final straw may have been too many teething and QC issues on the early products. Stories about the 58 Edsel often leave out facts like the big draw of potential customers to its dealers initially.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,626
    That was a fun read. I notice the 58 Citation convertible has a wraparound rear window, unusual. That never caught my eye before.
  • thebeanthebean Member Posts: 1,280
    Agree. That was a great read. I hope his cars go to people that will cherish them as much as he did, if that is possible.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,626
    edited August 2018
    I was just browsing around, and found The 60 4 door HT mentioned, coming up for auction soon as ab348 mentioned - nice car, as a weirdo with a like for 60 Fords, I also like this. Other cars can be found by browsing around the lots.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    ab348 said:

    I'm curious about the white roadster about to enter the intersection.

    Small taillights/rounded trunk=Alfa-Romeo 1300 Spider Giulietta. Well I guess it could be a later Giulia 1600.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,675
    fintail said:

    I was just browsing around, and found The 60 4 door HT mentioned, coming up for auction soon as ab348 mentioned - nice car, as a weirdo with a like for 60 Fords, I also like this. Other cars can be found by browsing around the lots.

    I saw a 1958 or '59 Edsel station wagon yesterday along SR 12 in Plainfield NH. There's a lot of oddball old cars hiding up there. The Edsel was parked neat a '65-ish Valiant.

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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,435
    fintail said:

    I was just browsing around, and found The 60 4 door HT mentioned, coming up for auction soon as ab348 mentioned - nice car, as a weirdo with a like for 60 Fords, I also like this. Other cars can be found by browsing around the lots.

    I have always thought that the '60 Edsel front end was much nicer-looking than that of the '60 Ford, which I don't mind. But the Edsel design just looks wider, lower and better to me.

    Now, as for the rear end, I just don't know what they were thinking when they designed those taillights. I always wondered why they didn't design something that tucked in under the rear wings of the quarter panels, or just used round bullet lens lights in the tail panel where the Ford had its lights.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,626
    The weird rear lights are the same as on a 60 Comet, right? The one originally meant to be the basic Edsel, IIRC.

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