Mystery car pix

andys120

berri said:

That steering wheel position is like on a big boat

Mr_Shiftright said:

Oh that just screams Austin Healey to me. Probably a 3000, with all the deluxe wood.

Yes it's from a 1960 Healey 3000 Mk>III. Versions prior to the MKII had no wood on the dash. IMO it's a candidate for prettiest dash ever matched only by
the Jag Mk.II saloon>



..and the contemporary E-Type>



Now the E-type lacks the beautiful word facing of the other two but look at all those gauges
and switches. It's like looking at a Spitfire or Mustang.

Mr_Shiftright

These cars smell great--a mixture of leather, wood and gasoline, hot coolant and hydrocarbons. It's REAL drivin' that's for sure.

berri

The Austin is a very good looking dash, but the XKE has toggle switches. Seriously, both look good.

andys120

stickguy

yuck

ab348

Generic Asian sedan.

andys120

Actually, it's a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta, except it's not. VW China has decided to spinoff "Jetta" as a separate brand selling the sedan and a pair of SUV/CUVs (Tiguan + Atlas?). I don't know what the model names will be (Jetta Jetta?)

Apparently Chinese consumers really like big showy grillework which accounts for the yuck front end. I assume Toyota and Lexus sell very well in the Chinese market.

ab348

So a brand only sold in China and manufactured in China as a lookalike sedan to every other similar-class sedan made over there seems to me to be a generic Asian sedan.

andys120

ab348 said:

So a brand only sold in China and manufactured in China as a lookalike sedan to every other similar-class sedan made over there seems to me to be a generic Asian sedan.

I think it's going to be China only. Volkswagen was one of the very early entrants into the Chinese market and the VW brand is highly regarded. I don't know why they think a Jetta Jetta would sell any better than a VW Jetta.

It's a mystery to me but then I never "got" Scion.

andys120

Was working a block away from where this was taken. There's a guy crossing the street that looks like me. I'll call out the red Fiat 124 Spider turning onto 7th Avenue. I owned a yellow '71 Spider 1600 at the time.

stickguy

Brown olds starfire GT dead center, in front of a silver mustang II. 4 door AMC hornet next to the olds.

Finally a generation of cars that I know

tjc78

The white two door is a 74 or 75 Gran Prix

stickguy

And the rental van is a dodge.

Mr_Shiftright

And of course a Checker cab.

fintail

Datsun 210 hatch behind the blue Hornet 2 door.

kyfdx

And hey, that looks like Times Square!

stickguy

Well, 46th street. Just not sure what uptown block that is.

ab348

tjc78 said:

The white two door is a 74 or 75 Gran Prix

And the lady in the passenger seat is waving at the photographer.

That spot sure looks different these days.

texases

ab348

Wow, is that ever pretty!

fintail

1959 Eldorado Brougham, note the side badge, these were Pininfarina

stickguy

Well, it’s a nice color. I wouldn’t say pretty xactly. Buy YMMV.

texases

Yep, they made a total of about 200 total in '59 and '60. Super expensive, I believe.
Here's one that sold for $82k at auction last year:
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/af18/auburn-fall/lots/r0080-1959-cadillac-eldorado-brougham-by-pinin-farina/692986

Here's one for sale now at the bargain price of $160k
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/cadillac/eldorado-brougham/2188940.html

andys120

https://assets.hemmings.com/blog/wp-content/uploads//2019/02/NYC1970s-970x647@2x.jpg

fintail

Leiden NL:

stickguy

Bug and fin tail are easy.

ab348

Hiding behind the Fintail I see a hofmeister kink, so I would guess it is a BMW 1500.

stickguy

Is that little wagon that resembles a VW squareback, some sort of DAF?

fintail

Nope not a DAF

andys120

That front end says NSU Prinz but i couldn't find a pic of a Universal or Kombi.

Oh wait, here's one (such as it is)>

stickguy

looks like you could make that out of legos, and get all the "curves" exact.

omarman

berri

Wasn't that made by Ford?

omarman

Yep Ford Germany. And like the Cortina replaced by Sierra.

edit to add: When I looked up Sierra on wiki I found this statement, "Its aerodynamic styling was ahead of its time and as such, many conservative buyers (including company car drivers) did not take fondly to the Ford Cortina's replacement." I do recall reading that in CD magazine at the time as well. The Cortina was a very well liked car and its replacement was very different looking. But I liked the Sierra a lot from the first pic I saw back then.

andys120

stickguy said:

looks like you could make that out of legos, and get all the "curves" exact.

Odd thing isn't it? It's a version of the NSX built in Uruguay called the Nordex NSU P10.

andys120

bhill2

'60 Mercury 'vert. Looks like a Monterey.

andys120

bhill2 said:

'60 Mercury 'vert. Looks like a Monterey.

Yup, It's definitely a 1960 Merc, probably a Monterey. The odd c-pillar is the same as on the contemporary Lincoln but without the canted back window. Skirts look good on it. '60 was the last ¥r for wraparound glass on just about everything and I don't think they ever were any bigger than on the '59-'60 Mercuries.

ab348

Those Mercs convertibles even had wraparound plastic rear windows. I have to wonder how they held up over time after being compressed under the top many times. Those clear plastic windows were barely adequate even when new.

andys120

The plastic windows were good for about six months

berri

60 and 62 Merc always struck me as a bit different looking. Not bad, just different.

andys120

berri

Early 70's Buick Centurion? Speaking of which, did the Centurion replace the LeSabre or Wildcat, or was it a totally separate model?

andys120

berri said:

Early 70's Buick Centurion? Speaking of which, did the Centurion replace the LeSabre or Wildcat, or was it a totally separate model?

Yup, it's a 1973 Buick Centurion; I don't know the answer to your question but I doubt it replaced the Lesabre which was still in the lineup at the turn of this century.

I've had a soft spot for the big Buick ragtops since i got a chance to drive a well-equipped
1962 Electra/401 which was the same colors as the pictured car.

berri

As a younger person I wasn't all that much into Buick's and was more interested in Olds and Pontiac, but nowadays I really appreciate them.

berri

Looked into the Centurion and it was a replacement for the Wildcat.

andys120

Mystery dash>

tmart

It’s a Hudson, but don’t have a clue as to the year.

andys120

Good job of reading the door plaque Tmart.

Specifically it's a 1950 Hudson Commodore Brougham. It was owned by Actor Steve McQueen at one time. The Commodore Brougham convertibles were top of the Hudson line.

Mr_Shiftright

Always bugs me when people install cheesy aftermarket gauges under the dash on a nice car like that. I personally would just hook up inconspicuous audible alarms. You can't read those gauges anyway at night, and barely in the daytime when they are positioned like that.