Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale. Nice 80's 2 tone paint, all red tail light lens and stolen wheel covers! I'll guess 1983. Some time after that Olds added rear amber turn signal lens. I liked the old, Oldsmobile Delta 88's and had 3 of them from late 70's to the early 80's. One was a 4 door downsized full size GM from 1978, but the others were early 70's 2 door models .
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You're both right, to be exact it's a MY 1982 Olds Delta 88 Brougham. It's odd that a car in such nice shape is missing its wheel covers.
The tem Brougham was very popular in the 70s and 80s because it sounded upscale. Webster's online sez a brougham was a light closed horse-drawn carriage with the driver outside in front. I guess it's luxurious to sit in the back out of the weather while some poor soul sits in the weather telling the horse where to go.
I think you guys are right. It looks like a Park Ward body. The S1 was a lot better car than the S2.
The real "cult" car though is the Bentley Continental Type R, which looks a lot like the S1 except in the rear body treatment, where it is considerably more streamlined. The Type R is very rare and very desirable.
That Bentley is amazing and has an interesting history as well. The placard shown at the front of the car states: 1956 Bentley S1 Continental Coupe.
If you click back to the velocetoday.com site hosting the pic, the summary includes: The Countess of Suffolk, a Bentley Continental collector, was well known for driving fast cars and piloting her own helicopter from her Cornish home to Battersea Heliport in London before going onto the Ritz. This superb Bentley S1 Continental by Park Ward was delivered to her home in Florida in January 1957. Born in 1879, Marguerite ‘Daisy’ Hyde was the second daughter of American retail magnate Levi Leiter...She was nearly 80 years old when she ordered this right-hand drive four speed Continental, one of only 3 of the 431 examples built to that specification...
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Yup, it's a 1950 Aston-Martin DB-2 Drop Head Coupe. I'm not sure I'd call it an "early" one since they'd been making cars since 1913. OTOH the DB-2 Series was the first postwar AM and the first under the ownership of David Brown. In addition this "Royal Aston" was a "First Sanction" (initial production) version. i don't think they were using the Vantage tag at the time.
History is like that. WWI was originally called "The Great War" or the war to end all wars, until the late 1930's with the beginning of the next great war, WWII.
Regarding car history, I don't see anything "incorrect" about referring to "1st gen" Mustangs for example, even if they were not called that in 1965. The only thing that bothers me about the 1964 1/2 Mustang is that it does not exist even now. Or then.
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History is like that. WWI was originally called "The Great War" or the war to end all wars, until the late 1930's with the beginning of the next great war, WWII.
Regarding car history, I don't see anything "incorrect" about referring to "1st gen" Mustangs for example, even if they were not called that in 1965. The only thing that bothers me about the 1964 1/2 Mustang is that it does not exist even now. Or then.
The public introduction of the Mustang took place at the NY World's Fair on April 17, 1964 (the day after my 21st B'day) and they went on sale in fall 1964 which has led some to believe That there were "1964-1/2" 'Stangs. The cars sold in 1964 were all titled as 1965 models following the common practice in those days of introducing the new models in the fall of the year preceding their putative MY. "First gen Mustangs" includes both '65 and '66MYs as there were only minor changes made in '66.
As for the DB1, yes, I was being a bit pedantic but I wanted to call attention to the fact that I was mistaken in saying the DB2 was the first A-M made after Brown took over.
Ford liked the results of the April '64 Mustang intro so much that they did the same thing 5 years later with the Maverick. In that case they were clear in calling it a 1970 model right from the start. The extended model year meant they sold a lot of pretty awful 1970 Mavericks that year.
Ford liked the results of the April '64 Mustang intro so much that they did the same thing 5 years later with the Maverick. In that case they were clear in calling it a 1970 model right from the start. The extended model year meant they sold a lot of pretty awful 1970 Mavericks that year.
Interesting that some people have been led to believe "That there were "1964-1/2" 'Stangs" even though they were all titled 1965! And since the Mustang introduction came on the day after your 21st birthday, then happy belated 21-1/365th birthday! I was not yet born in 1943-1/2 but I do recall being 21-1/365 years old myself. Good times.
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Ford liked the results of the April '64 Mustang intro so much that they did the same thing 5 years later with the Maverick. In that case they were clear in calling it a 1970 model right from the start. The extended model year meant they sold a lot of pretty awful 1970 Mavericks that year.
--And a lot of pretty good ones.
I am unaware of any 1970 Mavericks that met that description.
A savoy! Doesn’t that make it a Plymouth? Looks 1952ish to me.
You're correct on MY and make but way off on MY, that there is a 1955 Plymouth Savoy. This particular example is unusual IMO. Low-end models in two-door pillared coupe form are generally cheesy looking but this one shows what you can do with a nice color, whitewalls and full wheel covers and skirts. Here it is from another angle.
BTW-it's a three-speed on the tree/6 cylinder car, the color is Tamiami Green.
1954 may have been the peak year for the "Should've Waited a Year" lament, here's a similar 1954 Savoy.>
Pretty sure the Mustang went on sale in April, or shortly thereafter. The fall models were updated with alternators and no more 170 or 260 cid engines.
Well at least I got the official intro date right. I'd swear I have read that the first Mustang sold at retail was a white convertible to a Canadian pilot but I can't find the story.
Well at least I got the official intro date right. I'd swear I have read that the first Mustang sold at retail was a white convertible to a Canadian pilot but I can't find the story.
I've read about that Mustang and it had, I think, a very low production number. But I don't remember the details of the story or the name of the pilot.
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Well at least I got the official intro date right. I'd swear I have read that the first Mustang sold at retail was a white convertible to a Canadian pilot but I can't find the story.
No, that was the first Mustang produced, s/n 100001.
The first one sold was to an Illinois woman who bought it April 15, 1964, two days before the official introduction date, proving again that dealers will break any and all rules to make a sale..
Well at least I got the official intro date right. I'd swear I have read that the first Mustang sold at retail was a white convertible to a Canadian pilot but I can't find the story.
Have they actually found Mustang #1, (produced) or does Ford own that one?
It's fun to relive the hype and excitement of the unveiling of the first Mustang. There has never been anything like it before or since, and its likely there never will be.
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It's odd that a car in such nice shape is missing its wheel covers.
The tem Brougham was very popular in the 70s and 80s because it sounded upscale. Webster's online sez a brougham was a light closed horse-drawn carriage with the driver outside in front. I guess it's luxurious to sit in the back out of the weather while some poor soul sits in the weather telling the horse where to go.
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The real "cult" car though is the Bentley Continental Type R, which looks a lot like the S1 except in the rear body treatment, where it is considerably more streamlined. The Type R is very rare and very desirable.
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The placard shown at the front of the car states: 1956 Bentley S1 Continental Coupe.
If you click back to the velocetoday.com site hosting the pic, the summary includes:
The Countess of Suffolk, a Bentley Continental collector, was well known for driving fast cars and piloting her own helicopter from her Cornish home to Battersea Heliport in London before going onto the Ritz. This superb Bentley S1 Continental by Park Ward was delivered to her home in Florida in January 1957. Born in 1879, Marguerite ‘Daisy’ Hyde was the second daughter of American retail magnate Levi Leiter...She was nearly 80 years old when she ordered this right-hand drive four speed Continental, one of only 3 of the 431 examples built to that specification...
Bentley Saloons of the era also had the right handed gearshift. I've driven them and they made the whole RHD experience easier for a Yank.
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The model you'll have to guess, this might help: FWIW this car was delivered to Prince Bertil of Sweden in 1950.
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It was only after the DB2 was introduced that the 1948 car was retrospectively called a "DB1"
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The AM 2 Litre Sports was derived from an earlier post-war AM called the "Atom".
Regarding car history, I don't see anything "incorrect" about referring to "1st gen" Mustangs for example, even if they were not called that in 1965. The only thing that bothers me about the 1964 1/2 Mustang is that it does not exist even now. Or then.
That there were "1964-1/2" 'Stangs. The cars sold in 1964 were all titled as 1965 models following the common practice in those days of introducing the new models in the fall of the year preceding their putative MY. "First gen Mustangs" includes both '65 and '66MYs as there were only minor changes made in '66.
As for the DB1, yes, I was being a bit pedantic but I wanted to call attention to the fact that I was mistaken in saying the DB2 was the first A-M made after Brown took over.
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And since the Mustang introduction came on the day after your 21st birthday, then happy belated 21-1/365th birthday!
I was not yet born in 1943-1/2 but I do recall being 21-1/365 years old myself. Good times.
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What on that 1955 Plymouth Savoy indicates that it has 6 cylinders?
BTW-it's a three-speed on the tree/6 cylinder car, the color is Tamiami Green.
1954 may have been the peak year for the "Should've Waited a Year" lament, here's a similar
1954 Savoy.>
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Edit-yep, #1 was sold on April 15, 1964:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/983144002
Gail Wise and her 1965 baby blue pony car.
Gail Wise and her 1965 Mustang VIN 5F08F-109896 are also featured in this youtube video.
Great story for all Mustang fans.
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http://v8passion.com/en/news-vehicules-v8-passion-magazine/first-mustang-ever-produced-sold-in-canada/
The first one sold was to an Illinois woman who bought it April 15, 1964, two days before the official introduction date, proving again that dealers will break any and all rules to make a sale..
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5F08F100001 is on display at the Henry Ford Museum
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