Mystery car pix

Mr_Shiftright

Well sure...one could also argue I guess that Hudson still exists, at least in molecular form.

andys120

tjc78

66 Galaxy 500

fintail

The 66 Galaxie 7 Litre on BaT, just ended past 10K, I think. Nice looking cool car but all the money for one with its needs, IMO. Seller is a known dealer/flipper who probably knows when it is time to move on.

andys120

fintail said:

The 66 Galaxie 7 Litre on BaT, just ended past 10K, I think. Nice looking cool car but all the money for one with its needs, IMO. Seller is a known dealer/flipper who probably knows when it is time to move on.

.

Yup, it is indeed a 1966 Ford Galaxie 7 Litre/428 4sp. A pair of these driven by Dan Gurney and F1 Champion Jim Clark contested the British Saloon Car Championship. Clark had one for his private use that IIRC he owned when he was killed in racing accident in 1967.

ab348

The 7-Litre sold for $14,500. And the seller says he lost money on it after adding in the mechanical work that was done to it.

fintail

And by the look of it, if you wanted it to be mint, you could spend that much again in body/paint work. What is a mint one worth, 30K-ish? Going to be hard to run in the black here.

Mr_Shiftright

Yeah, 30-ish if you can find someone who wants it. Too big for a muscle car or pony car fan. You'd have to be into some kind of NASCAR re-creation I guess. Oh wait, Ford was out of NASCAR by 1967.

andys120

stickguy

67 Cougar XR-7?

ab348

Hood fitment is a bit off.

Mr_Shiftright

Probably as good as a factory fit is going to get.

Mr_Shiftright

fintail

Looks like a Triumph 10 (US/NA market), Standard 10 elsewhere.

Mr_Shiftright

I have no idea what it is, eckchewally. Let me consult my British Car Bible......flip.....flip....

Mr_Shiftright

Hmmm...I'm thinkin' it's a Standard Eight saloon ??

andys120

andys120

stickguy said:

67 Cougar XR-7?

ab348 said:

Hood fitment is a bit off.

Probably as good as a factory fit is going to get.

It's definitely a 1967 Mercury Cougar, don't recall if it was an XR7.
This one has a 390 instead of the standard 289 V8. The hood fitment is all to typical of the era. :@

Mr_Shiftright

Yep, they pretty much just slammed them together in the 60s. The ones you see that are restored are assembled with much more care.

lostwrench1

Well, I'll go with the basic 1964 Plymouth Fury. I was going to post it was the Sport Fury because of that piece on top of the front bumper but it has wheel covers from the Fury as it does the non Red, White, and Blue side rectangles.

texases

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a ‘65 Mustang where the hood/fenders/headlight trim looked “right”. 

lostwrench1

lostwrench1 said:

Well, I'll go with the basic 1964 Plymouth Fury. I was going to post it was the Sport Fury because of that piece on top of the front bumper but it has wheel covers from the Fury as it does the non Red, White, and Blue side rectangles.

Well, after some detective work, I find that piece on top of the front bumper is the rare option Grille Guard.

magnette

I like the way that old Standard Ten is fitted with wire wheels - presumably from a Spitfire or similar. One of the least likely cars to get wire wheels really.

They were very tough though (excluding the rust traps of course) and went for ever - but pretty slowly.

Mr_Shiftright

Yours for only $1000. Better get it before everyone catches on.

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/d/1959-triumph-project/6748367284.html

stickguy

maybe $100 to use it as a lawn ornament. But there is no way in Hades that there is a there to get to, from here, without being so far underwater you are going to have the bends if you try to surface.

Mr_Shiftright

There are some vehicles where the best approach would be to advertise it like this:

"FREE if you take it off my property".

stickguy

that can work on CL. A few years back I redid my kitchen, and had the cabinets saved. Tried to give them to restore, but they could never get out to get them. Finally got late, and the new ones were about to arrive, and I needed the garage space to store them.

I had them listed for some nominal amount, like $100. Crickets. So I updated the ad, to read "Free, but have to pick up today", and people came out of the woodwork asking for them.

were they really that much better of a deal at a $100 discount?

Free, that is just a magical word I guess.

andys120

jpp75

First gen Olds Aurora, a great looking car. Unfortunately it was too late to save Oldsmobile. Plus Northstar.

Mr_Shiftright

Be careful, this one is tricky:

Michaell

Mr_Shiftright said:

Be careful, this one is tricky:

Mazda 323 GTX.

I think our own @kyfdx had one.

Mr_Shiftright

That's correct! Did he really? It's a very interesting and rare car. Turbocharged, AWD rally car.

ab348

stickguy said:

that can work on CL. A few years back I redid my kitchen, and had the cabinets saved. Tried to give them to restore, but they could never get out to get them. Finally got late, and the new ones were about to arrive, and I needed the garage space to store them.

I was in the same situation. In 2002 when I had my kitchen redone by a local handyman, he was a one-man show and really had no way to get rid of the old cabinets. He installed a couple downstairs in my laundry area and reused a couple of the old boxes but still had 7 or 8 left over. So down into the basement storage they went. I rationalized I might install a couple in the garage but never did and they were taking up space downstairs for 15 years. Earlier this month I finally got tired of seeing them gathering dust in the corner there and called Restore. Two guys showed up with a truck on Friday morning and took them away. Felt bad for them as they were heavy and one of the things was a big pantry cabinet that weighed a ton. Offered them each a $20 tip when they were done but they refused to accept. I made a donation to Habitat after they went. Very glad they are gone, the space freed up was badly needed.

andys120

jpp5862 said:

First gen Olds Aurora, a great looking car. Unfortunately it was too late to save Oldsmobile. Plus Northstar.

My Dad's Northstar Deville blew its freeze plugs at about 72K miles. :@

Mr_Shiftright

andys120 said:

jpp5862 said:

First gen Olds Aurora, a great looking car. Unfortunately it was too late to save Oldsmobile. Plus Northstar.

My Dad's Northstar Deville blew its freeze plugs at about 72K miles. :@

Ouch! That wasn't cheap to fix I'm sure.

Mr_Shiftright

No points unless you name the trim level, too. A rather rare piece, actually.

kyfdx

Mr_Shiftright said:

That's correct! Did he really? It's a very interesting and rare car. Turbocharged, AWD rally car.

Yup... bought it in 1994. Had it for about 18 months.

Factory BBS wheels. DOHC intercooled turbo. That picture is probably the worst angle. Pretty cool double level spoiler in the back. 138 HP and true 50/50 AWD with center differential lock.

Mr_Shiftright

Was it fun?

kyfdx

Mr_Shiftright said:

Was it fun?

It was a blast.. Nice seats, as well.

But, the transfer case had been previously damaged. Which I found out about, when I started having engine problems.

They wanted $2600 for a used engine and transfer case from a salvage yard. Since I'd only paid $5300 for the vehicle, I traded it in. It still ran... just not well. I was very, very happy with it. It's a lot sportier looking in person than that last picture.

andys120

Brochure art>

Mr_Shiftright

A car I've always wanted. I think Jay Leno has one, doesn't he?

stickguy

Leno has just about everything, so probably.

andys120

stickguy said:

Leno has just about everything, so probably.

Actually he doesn't like Ferraris so I don't think he has any of those. Personally I'd rather have one Ferrari than ten Lambos.

magnette

That is a Fiat 1200 Granluce - late 50's. The basic design lived on long afterwards not least in India....

andys120

magnette said:

That is a Fiat 1200 Granluce - late 50's. The basic design lived on long afterwards not least in India....

Thanks, Magnette, you're correct on all counts. The Fiat 1200 was developed from the Fiat 1100 (Millecento), one of the Torino makers best designs. I think of the 1200 as an Americanized 1100 because it's a little bigger, has proportionately more glass and thinner roof pillars and (sorta) fins.

My FIL got one of these when he was stationed in France in the late 50s and found out his '57 Olds was just too big and thirsty for European roads. He kept the Olds for long trips and eventually both cars went back to the US ca. 1960. My wife learned to drive a standars on the 1200.

The Gran Luce was the top level version of the 1200. The 1200 was built under license in India as the Premier Padmini and saw extensive use as a taxi until recent years>

andys120

texases

That 'crosshair' grill goes way back, it seems.

ab348

I posted that Dodge pickup last week HERE in the "I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today!" discussion, but it got snowed under by the avalanche of pics of life in 1930s Kentucky that got posted there.

tmart

57 Dodge 100.

Mr_Shiftright

Nobody took this one, either, so I'll repost: