Mystery car pix

stickguy

an alpine?

andys120

stickguy said:

an alpine?

Yup, it's the ur-Alpine, the 1955 Alpine A106 that was the first of the Alpines.

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fintail

Looks like a late 50s Ford Prefect, US spec I assume.

Matchbox made a lovely little casting:

Michaell

fintail said:

Looks like a late 50s Ford Prefect, US spec I assume.

Matchbox made a lovely little casting:

Wasn't he a character in the "Hitchhikers" books?

andys120

fintail said:

Looks like a late 50s Ford Prefect, US spec I assume.

Yep, it's a 1959 (British) Ford Prefect.
, originally sold in Canada, not the US.

andys120

berri

Maybe a REO pickup?

andys120

berri said:

Maybe a REO pickup?

Good gues but no, it's not a REO.

fintail

I believe it is a just-postwar Diamond T, which retrained attractive prewar styling.

tmart

I agree it's a Diamond T.

andys120

fintail said:

I believe it is a just-postwar Diamond T, which retrained attractive prewar styling.

Yup, 1949 Diamond-T pickup. It anticipated the current trend of having pickups look like the big rigs.

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berri

64 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible. looks like a front bench seat, so probably not an XL. Don't recall if they still called their soft tops Sunliners by then?

andys120

Yup good call. I didn't expect that one to last 8 hours!

andys120

If you were brought up in NYC you'll recognize the location. I'm pretty sure the little roadster
is the newest car, it's 8 or 9 MYs newer than the black car on the left.

Michaell

andys120 said:

If you were brought up in NYC you'll recognize the location. I'm pretty sure the little roadster
is the newest car, it's 8 or 9 MYs newer than the black car on the left.

I'm not from NYC, but I'll guess Coney Island?

tmart

The black car on the left is a 52-54 Ford.

berri

57 Olds

Mr_Shiftright

I went there all the time as a kid. It was kind of a dump, and with sleazy back streets that were mildly dangerous--just what we wanted!

Michaell

Mr_Shiftright said:

I went there all the time as a kid. It was kind of a dump, and with sleazy back streets that were mildly dangerous--just what we wanted!

Were they dangerous because you were there?

Mr_Shiftright

No, haha...just a lot of creepy people preying on the gullible and helpless---you know, "New York".

I carried all my loose change from my paper route in a heavy woolen sock, so I could use that either to extract coins to play all the machines in the arcade, or to swing and hopefully maim somebody who was out to get me.

andys120

I'm not from NYC, but I'll guess Coney Island?

Mr_Shiftright said:

I went there all the time as a kid. It was kind of a dump, and with sleazy back streets that were mildly dangerous--just what we wanted!

Yup, they've cleaned it up a bit and as with Times Square, it's not as interesting.

berri said:

57 Olds

I think so; and isn't that a same year Buick behind it. Interesting that most of the sedans are
two door hardtops. Imagine cars that big having only two doors. The third H/T is the parked '55 or'56 black/red Mercury.

Who's got the little roadster? Going...going...

texases

Alfa Giulia?

berri

I was thinking the Buick HT behind the 57 Olds was a 56, but it appears to be a Roadmaster so maybe that model didn't use the 3 window back glass design? maybe a red 54 Mercury next to it?

andys120

texases said:

Alfa Giulia?

Nope the, Giulia 1600 was the later, longer version of the Alfa Spider. The picture shows a 1960-61 Alfa Giulietta 1300 as per the tiny tailights and the vent windows which weren't on earlier versions.

Yes, the tailights say '54 Merc, not '55-6 as I thought earlier.

Check out that mail truck...they still have some that look just like it.

The black sedan parked to the right is a 1951-52 Pontiac. Too much side trim for a Chevy

andys120

thebean

Looks like a Pug, but doggone if I know which one.

fintail

404

andys120

thebean said:

Looks like a Pug, but doggone if I know which one.

fintail said:

404

Yup, 1975 Peugeot 404

andys120

texases

1972-ish Maserati Indy

andys120

texases said:

1972-ish Maserati Indy

Yep.

ab348

Never knew these existed before now.

andys120

berri

Is that little blue thing some sort of Vespa?

tmart

Mid 80’s Mustang GT convertible.

tmart

Not a clue on little blue, but it’s cute!

ab348

berri said:

Is that little blue thing some sort of Vespa?

Yes, a 1959 Vespa 400. It’s currently on Bring a Trailer.


https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1959-vespa-400/

tjc78

tmart said:

Mid 80’s Mustang GT convertible.

Yeah it’s an 84 or 85

andys120

tjc78 said:

tmart said:

Mid 80’s Mustang GT convertible.

Yeah it’s an 84 or 85

Yup, it's an '85 Mustang GT, similar the '86 I had. The big difference being that '86 was the first yr for the EFI. It actually had 10% less HP (200HP vs. 220 for the carburated '85)

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thebean

Wheel covers say Lancia, but other than looking 50's-ish, I got nothing.

Mr_Shiftright

Right you are! That's a Lancia Aprilia, probably right after WW II, so I'm guessin' 1946. This was soon followed by the more modern Aurelia. A little gem of a car, beautifully made.

ab348

Are you sure it in't an Ardea? 1950 or so.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright said:

Right you are! That's a Lancia Aprilia, probably right after WW II, so I'm guessin' 1946. This was soon followed by the more modern Aurelia. A little gem of a car, beautifully made.

ab348 said:

Are you sure it in't an Ardea? 1950 or so.

Sorry Shifty, ab348 is right, it's a Lancia Ardea(1939-53). It's an easy mistake to make the Ardea is a smaller car that was basically a scaled down Aprilia. The Ardea was technically advanced featuring a V4 engine and the first five speed transmission on a production car. It was succeeded by the Appia.

Ardea-


Aprilia-

Mr_Shiftright

Should have gotten out my measuring tape! Geez, they look the same. I jumped on Aprilia because I had just been around one two weeks ago--and it looked very similar.

I can see one has a split bumper and the other doesn't.

andys120

Mr_Shiftright said:

Should have gotten out my measuring tape! Geez, they look the same. I jumped on Aprilia because I had just been around one two weeks ago--and it looked very similar.

I can see one has a split bumper and the other doesn't.

I wouldn't even count on that, given that both were made for some time. I've never seen either but they looklike neat little cars.

Mr_Shiftright

Oh yeah, they are beautifully made---little jewels, really. They're like a little 30s Packard.

andys120

I don't know if anyone saw the recent HBO series My Brilliant Friend
It was a story about the friendship of two young women that takes place in Naples during the 1950s and 60s. The story is really well done but there's a bonus for us car nuts, there's a plethora of period Italian cars of all kinds: Alfas, Lancias, Vespas, and about every Fiat you can imagine.